Faculty & Staff

Oliver de la Paz

Oliver de la Paz

Associate Professor, English Department
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
M.F.A, Arizona State University
Email: odelapaz@holycross.edu   
Office: Fenwick 227 Phone: 508-793-2698
Fields: Creative Writing: Poetry and Hybrid Genres; Contemporary American Poetry; Asian American Literature
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Susan Amatangelo

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World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Professor, Italian Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields:  Modern Italian Literature, Giovanni Verga, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Email: samatang@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 404      Phone: 508-793-3347
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Chris Arrell

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Associate Professor, Music
Digital Media Studies Advisor
Director, Laptop Ensemble 
D.M.A., Cornell University
Fields: Theory, Composition, Computer Music
Emailcarrell@holycross.edu  
Office: Brooks 144 Phone: (508) 793-3339
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Laurie Ann Britt-Smith


Director, Center for Writing 
Director/Advisor, Rhetoric and Composition Minor
Ph.D., St. Louis University
Fields: Rhetoric, Social Justice, Composition Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum, Professional Writing, 19th Century American Literature, Humor Studies Literature
Email: lbrittsm@holycross.edu
Office: Dinand 210 Phone: 508-793-3681
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Rosa E. Carrasquillo

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Professor, History
Concentration Co-Director, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies 
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Fields: Latin America; Afro-Caribbean History; Gender History; History of Latino/as in the United States
Email: rcarrasq@holycross.edu
Office: O'Kane 358 Phone: (508) 793-3450
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William Clark, SJ

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Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Catholic Studies Advisor
S.T.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theolog
Fields: ecclesiology (authority in the Church, Theology of parish, local community); practical and contextual theology; Christian prayer
Emailwclark@holycross.edu  
Office: Smith 433 Phone: 508-793-2717
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Susan M. Cunningham

Associate Director, Concentrations
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Email: scunning@holycross.edu 
Office: Smith 329 Phone: (508) 793 3485

 

 

 

 Caner K. Dagli

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Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Middle Eastern Studies Advisor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Fields: Islamic studies
Email: cdagli@holycross.edu 
Office: Smith 435 Phone: 508-793-2384
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Amy Finstein

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Assistant Professor, Visual Arts
Architectural Studies Co-Advisor
Urban Studies Advisor
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Fields: Modern architecture and urbanism
Email: afinstei@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 401    Phone:  508-793-3098
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Bridget Franco

Professor Bridget Franco

Professor, Spanish
Concentration Co-Director, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies
Ph.D. University of California - Irvine
Fields:  Latin American Film Studies, Digital Humanities, Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) Literature and Memory Studies, Engaged Pedagogy in the Spanish-language Curriculum
Email: bfranco@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 412 Phone: (508) 793-2291
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Cynthia V. Hooper

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Associate Professor, History
Russian and Eastern European Studies Advisor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Fields: Russian and Soviet history; comparative dictatorship; culture and politics in 20th century Europe
Email: chooper@holycross.edu
Office: O'Kane 383 Phone: (508) 793-3447
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Timothy Joseph

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Professor, Classics
Concentration Director, Peace and Conflict Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Latin historiography and epic poetry; the reception of the Classics in the U.S.
Email:tjoseph@holycross.edu 
Office:   Fenwick 427    Phone:   508-793-3780
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Ying Li

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Lecturer, Deaf Studies and Sign Languages
Deaf Studies Advisor
Ed.D., Lamar University
Email: yli@holycross.edu

 

CJ Martin

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Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fields:  African American History, Slavery and Abolition, Race and Politics, the Early Republic, the Long Black Freedom Struggle
Email: cjmartin@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 503
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Edward McDermott

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Visiting Lecturer

 

 

Munya Bryn Munochiveyi

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Concentration Director, Africana Studies
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Fields: African Social & Economic History; Theory & Methodology in History; Development Studies
Email: mmunochi@holycross.edu
Office: O'Kane 387  Phone: 508-793-3654
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Robert Murner

Visiting Lecturer
MBA., Wright State University
Email: rmurner@holycross.edu

 

 

Giovanni Spani

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Associate Professor, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Pedagogical Coordinator
Program Coordinator Italian
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Advisor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Fields: Medieval & Renaissance Italian Literature
Email: gspani@holycross.edu 
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Gerald Sullivan

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Visiting Lecturer

 

 

Karen Teitel

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Associate Professor, Economics and Accounting
Ethics, Society, and the Institution of Business Advisor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Fields: Financial Reporting
Email: kteitel@holycross.edu  
Office: Stein 537    Phone:  508-793-2679
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Karen Todd

Administrative Assistant to Associate Director, Concentrations
Email: ktodd@holycross.edu 
Office: Smith 329 Phone: (508) 793 3485

 

 

Steve Vineberg

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Director of the Film Studies program and Professor of Theatre
Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities
Film Studies Advisor
Ph.D., Stanford University
Email: svineber@holycross.edu
Office: O'Kane 469  Phone: 508-793-3519
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Staff

Theresa Michniewicz

Administrator for Budgets & Operations,
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Email: tmichnie@holycross.edu 
Office: Smith 328 Phone: (508) 793 2497