Faculty News

February 22  | Prof. Belanger Earns National Award For Journal Article
Item Thumbnail The article by Elizabeth Belanger on how Stonehill collaborated with Brockton’s Cape Verdean Association to create a successful public history project has been recognized by the National Council on Public History (NCPH). 
February 12  | Joseph Favazza Named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Item Thumbnail Stonehill President Rev. Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C. recently announced the appointment of Joseph Favazza as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. 
October 17  | College Awarded $1.19 Million Grant To Reconceptualize the Preparation of Mathematics Teachers
Item Thumbnail A grant from the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships Program will help establish “Communities of Practice: Teacher Preparation and Beyond.” 
September 26  | Stonehill Gallery Director Uses Cloth to Explore Autobiography in "Self/Fabricated" Exhibit
Item Thumbnail Candice Smith Corby, director of Stonehill’s Cushing-Martin Gallery, has co-curated a new exhibition currently on display at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. 
September 13  | Introducing New Faculty
Item Thumbnail This year, the College welcomes six new full-time faculty and eight faculty fellows. 
September 10  | Introducing New Faculty
Item Thumbnail This year, the College welcomes six new full-time faculty and eight faculty fellows. 
May 30  | John Golden Receives 2012 Faculty Service Award
Item Thumbnail Associate Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages John Golden was chosen as this year’s recipient of the Stonehill Faculty Service Award. The honor is given to a full-time faculty member whose service has significantly advanced the mission of the College. 
May 29  | Stonehill Prof. Anna Ohanyan Earns Fulbright Fellowship
Item Thumbnail Associate Professor of Political Science Anna Ohanyan has earned a Fulbright Fellowship Award to Armenia where she will spend the 2012-2013 academic year both teaching and conducting research. 
April 03  | Stonehill Professors Featured In New Princeton Review Book “The Best 300 Professors”
Item Thumbnail Stonehill has two of the country's best undergraduate teachers according to The Princeton Review. 
February 17  | Prof. Antonio Barbagallo Honored By Sicilian Gov.
Item Thumbnail Stonehill Professor of Foreign Languages Antonio Barbagallo was recently honored as a Siciliani Eccellenti (Excellent Sicilian) by Sicilia Mondo, a social network partnership created by the Association of Sicilians in the World and the Emigration Department of Sicily’s regional government. 
October 06  | Trading Places
Item Thumbnail The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) is helping faculty re-imagine courses and to improve student learning. 
May 23  | Testimony Turns to Beacon Hill Ties
Item Thumbnail Political Science Professor Peter Ubertaccio was quoted in a Boston Globe article about the corruption trial of former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi. 
May 12  | Senate Race Appears Off To Early Start
Item Thumbnail In this Boston Globe article, Political Science Professor and Director of the Martin Institute Peter Ubertaccio comments on the early start to the Massachusetts Senate race. 
May 10  | Professor Debra Salvucci Named Educator of the Year By State CPA Organization
Item Thumbnail Associate Professor and Chair of Stonehill’s Business Administration Department Debra Salvucci has been named the Massachusetts Society of CPA’s Outstanding Educator of the Year for 2011. 
March 25  | Get Your Draw On At Day-Long Drawing Marathon
Item Thumbnail Members of the Stonehill community will have the chance to show off their drawing talents at a day-long Drawing Marathon on Saturday, April 9. 
March 18  | Professor Weighs in on Football Fallout
Item Thumbnail With the threat of an NFL lockout looking more and more like a reality next season, we asked Economics Professor Akira Motomura, who is an expert in field of sports economics, what economic implications a cancelled 2011 football season would have. 
March 16  | The Irish: Northern Europeans with Mediterranean Sensibilities
Item Thumbnail With St. Patrick's Day in mind, we asked Stonehill Professor and Irish Studies scholar Richard Finnegan '64 for cultural insight on the country, which he says is "a northern European country with Mediterranean sensibility." 
March 15  | Stonehill Professor on NPR
Item Thumbnail On a recent airing of NPR's "On Point," Stonehill Religious Studies Professor Chris Ives called in to the program to get travel writer Colin Thubron's perspective on pilgrimage as a model for living a meaningful life. 
February 16  | Prof. Maureen Boyle Wins Top Journalism Award
Item Thumbnail Asst. Prof. of Communication Maureen Boyle was honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association at its 2010 New England Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet, taking first place in the racial or ethnic coverage category. 
November 17  | Professor Leavy Named Sociologist of the Year
Item Thumbnail At its annual Fall Conference recently, The New England Sociological Association (NESA) honored Stonehill Associate Professor of Sociology Patricia Leavy with its Sociologist of the Year Award. 
October 06  | Chet Raymo: What Is God?
Item Thumbnail In his popular Science Musings Blog, Professor Emeritus of Physics and renowned science writer Chet Raymo recently wrote about Catholic religious inquiry and John Haught's book "What Is God?" which he believes is a good place for students to begin with in their exploration of "the God question." 
October 03  | Professor Michael Coogan Featured in Boston Globe
Item Thumbnail Religious Studies Professor Michael Coogan, author of the new book "God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says," was featured in the Boston Globe on Sunday, October 4. Globe reporter Lisa Wangsness interviewed Coogan for the paper's Ideas section. 
September 29  | New Book by Professor Michael Coogan Examines Sex in the Bible
Item Thumbnail Published by Twelve Books, Coogan's "God and Sex: What The Bible Really Says" examines the Bible’s stance on divorce, same sex relationships, lust, adultery, marriage and other controversial issues. 
September 25  | Bill Clinton’s Brand Still Strong in Political Sphere
Item Thumbnail Political Science Professor and Director of the Martin Institute Peter Ubertaccio talked to the Taunton Daily Gazette about former President Bill Clinton. 
September 24  | Introducing New Full-Time Faculty & Faculty Fellows
Item Thumbnail This year, the College has increased the number of full-time faculty to 151 and has also added four new faculty fellows. 
September 23  | A Fresh Take on Math: An Interview with Professor Norah Esty
Item Thumbnail We recently caught up with Assistant Professor of Mathematics Norah Esty, this year’s Hegarty Award-Winner. Her engaging and challenging ways of teaching math have made her a favorite among students. 
September 15  | Election 2010: Incumbents Finally Have Reason to Worry
Item Thumbnail Peter Ubertaccio, director of the Martin Institute and associate professor of political science, tells the "Raynham Call" that the economy will be the biggest issue driving the November election. 
September 13  | Stonehill’s Second Endowed Chair Announced
Item Thumbnail A gift of $1.5 million by Margaret Vanderslice and her husband Thomas, will underwrite an endowed chair named in honor of her brother, the late Rev. Francis Hurley, C.S.C., the father of biology at Stonehill. . 
September 01  | 2010-2011 Academic Year Begins
Item Thumbnail Stonehill celebrated the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year at its annual Academic Convocation in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex on Tuesday, August 31. 
August 27  | Leith to Deliver Convocation Address
Item Thumbnail At Tuesday’s Academic Convocation, Religious Studies Professor Mary Joan Leith will deliver the keynote address. In the Winter/Spring 2010 issue of the Stonehill Alumni Magazine, Leith answered some questions about teaching at Stonehill. 
August 25  | Nuclear Apartheid: Why Nonproliferation has Failed
Item Thumbnail Shane Maddock, professor of history at Stonehill, analyzes the politics of the nuclear age using recently declassified sources from the U.S. and international archives in an excerpt from his new book, Nuclear Apartheid, which appeared in the UConn Alumni Magazine. 
August 17  | Stonehill Touted a “Best National Liberal Arts College” by U.S. News
Item Thumbnail For the fourth consecutive year since moving into the category of “National Liberal Arts Colleges,” Stonehill ranked in the top tier of schools, improving to 105th in the 2011 edition of the annual U.S. News Media Group Best Colleges guide. 
July 29  | Stonehill College Lauded as National “Gem”
Item Thumbnail Stonehill College is an "overlooked gem" that deserves more attention from applicants and parents, according to a new book by a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist. 
July 14  | Stonehill Professor Attends Reburial of Copernicus
Item Thumbnail When the remains of the Renaissance astronomer Nicholas Copernicus were re-interred at Frombork Cathedral in northern Poland, Stonehill Professor Andre Goddu was one of only two Americans invited to take part in the event. 
July 02  | Founding Fathers Were No Stuffed Shirts
Item Thumbnail Assistant Professor of History Linzy Brekke-Aloise shares her expertise on the Founding Fathers with the Cape Cod Times. 
June 18  | Alumnus’ Gift Pushes Scientific Research to Next Level
Item Thumbnail When Gene Cassis ’78 from Waters Corporation, one of the top analytical instrument companies in the world, asked Professor Maria Curtin and the rest of the science faculty what piece of scientific equipment they would like to have, the faculty didn’t expect to receive a state-of-the-art instrument. 
June 16  | Stonehill College Math Professor Bases New Book on Middle School Experience
Item Thumbnail Stonehill College math professor Shai Simonson, who has spent 20 years teaching college students, has written a textbook based on his middle school experience. 
May 23  | 541 Degrees Conferred at 59th Commencement
Item Thumbnail Over the next few weeks, many of the graduates from Stonehill’s Class of 2010 will move on to the next phases of their lives, beginning year-long commitments to service, new jobs, careers in the military and other exciting ventures. But, at Sunday’s Commencement exercises, the day was left to celebrate their accomplishments and the friendships they have built at the College. 
April 29  | Brain Cell Break Through
Item Thumbnail Working with Courtney Ryan '10 and Kevin McEnroy '11, on an Independent Research project, Associate Professor of Biology and co-Director of the Neuroscience Program, Sharon Ramos Goyette recently succeeded in growing neurons in cell culture. 
April 28  | Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Academic Development Day Considers Public Scholarship and Pedagogies
Item Thumbnail Organized by the Office of Community-Based Learning under the auspices of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Development Day brought together more than 100 Stonehill faculty members. 
April 28  | Assoc. Professor Emeritus of English Rev. Harry B. Eichorn, C.S.C. Passes Away
Item Thumbnail Associate Professor Emeritus of English Rev. Harry B. Eichorn, C.S.C. died at Holy Cross House in Notre Dame, Indiana, on Tuesday, April, 27. He was 79 years old. 
April 23  | Why Heidegger?
Item Thumbnail For an appreciation of Martin Heidegger's work, we turn to Professor of Philosophy Richard Capobianco, author of the acclaimed "Engaging Heidegger," in this extended version of a recent interview with Stonehill Alumni Magazine. 
April 09  | Public Scholarship & Teaching Reexamined
Item Thumbnail Stonehill faculty members will join in the growing national debate about public scholarship and teaching when they gather for Academic Development Day on Wednesday, April 21 in the Martin Institute. 
April 05  | Five Facts You Should Know About Cancer
Item Thumbnail With no end in sight to the war against cancer, Stonehill biology professors and authors of a new book about the disease, Craig Almeida and Sheila Barry shared with us five facts everyone should know about cancer. 
March 31  | Girls Abandon Dolls for Web-based Toys
Item Thumbnail "Girls don't play with dolls as much or for as long anymore because they are being socialized by media culture to grow up faster," said Patricia Leavy, an associate professor of sociology at Stonehill in this Philadelphia Inquirer article. 
February 25  | Faculty Members Release New Books
Item Thumbnail This week, Visiting Lecturer for the Visual Arts Department Colleen Ellis released her book "ABCing: Seeing The Alphabet Differently" while on March 15, History Professor Shane Maddock will release his book, "Nuclear Apartheid: The Quest for American Atomic Supremacy from World War II to the Present." 
January 22  | Remembering Fr. Francis Hurley, C.S.C.
Item Thumbnail The father of biology at Stonehill and one of the pioneers of the College's science program, the Rev. Francis Hurley, C.S.C., died on Friday, January 22. He had been in failing health for some time. 
January 13  | Ageless Athlete Professor Sets World Records
Item Thumbnail Religious Studies Professor Greg Shaw recently broke his own world record in the 50m butterfly in the 55 to 59-year-old age-group by three-hundredths of a second, finishing in 26.93 seconds. 
January 07  | Stonehill Professor Explores Changes in Celebrity Culture in Wake of Elvis’ 75th Birthday Celebration
Item Thumbnail This Friday, January 8 marks Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. Associate Professor of Sociology Patricia Leavy, an expert in popular culture, recently explored how celebrity culture and the media have evolved since the King of Rock n’ Roll ruled the world. 

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