Faculty and Staff
Administrators | Full-Time Faculty | Adjunct Faculty | Graduate Instructors | Staff
(Excel file: Fall 2012 Directory, including office hours and teaching schedules)
Faculty Administrators
Lynne Derbyshire
Associate Professor, Chair Office: Davis Hall, Rm 202 (401) 874-4732 derbyshire@uri.edu |
Rachel DiCioccio
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Office: Davis Hall, Rm 210A (401) 874-9072 dicioccio@uri.edu |
Adam David Roth
Associate Professor, Basic Course Director Office: Davis Hall, Rm 205 (401) 874-9526 adamroth@uri.edu |
Full-Time Faculty
Mark August
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 406 (401) 874-9488 august@uri.edu |
Regina Bell
Lecturer & Director, Public Relations; University College Advisor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 105A (401) 874-2857 rbell@mail.uri.edu |
Sharman Jane Brown
Lecturer, Internship Program Coordinator Office: Davis Hall, Rm 306 (401) 874-4737 sharmanb4@gmail.com |
Winifred Brownell
Professor, Dean of Arts & Sciences Office: Chafee Hall, Rm 257 (401) 874-4101 winnie@uri.edu |
Kristine Cabral
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 405 (401) 874-9413 kcab5403@gmail.com |
Guo-Ming Chen
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 310 (401) 874-4731 gmchen@uri.edu |
Crystal Fonseca 
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 407 (401) 874-9415 cfons@mail.uri.edu |
Mark Greenwood
Lecturer, University College Advisor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 406 (401) 874-7453 markrgreenwood@verizon.net |
Mary Healey Jamiel
Associate Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 209B (401) 874-9016 maryhealey@mail.uri.edu |
Sandra Ketrow
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 209A (401) 874-4733 sketrow@mail.uri.edu |
Geoffrey Leatham
Associate Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 312 (401) 874-4735 leatham@uri.edu |
Patrick A. Logan
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 108 (401) 874-2970 mayfly@uri.edu |
Kevin McClure
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 105B (401) 874-4726 kmcclure@uri.edu |
Catherine Morrison
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 401 (401) 874-4723 catemorrison@mail.uri.edu |
Joanne Mundorf 
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 306 (401) 874-9414 jmundorf@gmail.com |
Norbert Mundorf
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 206 (401) 874-4725 nmundorf@gmail.com |
Daniel Munksgaard Lecturer Office: Davis Hall 404 (401) 874-4723 dmunksgaard@uri.edu |
Marilda Oviedo Postdoc Fellow Office: Davis Hall, Rm 210B, (401) 874-4651 moviedo@mail.uri.edu |
Danielle Parsons
Lecturer, University College Advisor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 407 (401) 874-5144 danniealf@mail.uri.edu | Vincent Petronio 
Assistant Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 212A (401) 874-9487 petronio@uri.edu |
Tracy Proulx
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 402 (401) 874-2955 comproulx@aol.com |
Vanessa Wynder Quainoo
Associate Professor of Comm. Studies, Director of Africana Studies Program Office: Lippitt Hall, Rm 102H (401) 874-4730 Vquainoo@mail.uri.edu |
Ian Reyes
Assistant Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 302 (401) 874-2555 ianreyes@mail.uri.edu |
Abran Salazar
Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 303 (401) 874-9015 abran_salazar@uri.edu |
Richardson Smith
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 404 Phone: (401) 874-9847 rsmith@uri.edu |
Stephen Stifano
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 401 (401) 874-4723 sstiphano@mail.uri.edu |
Judith Swift 
Professor, Comm. Studies and Theatre; Director, Coastal Institute Office: 124 Coastal Institute, Narragansett Bay Campus (401) 874-6513 jswift@uri.edu | Kathleen Torrens
Associate Professor and Interim Coordinator, Online Teaching and Learning Office: Davis Hall, Rm 212 (401) 874-4809 kmtorrens@uri.edu |
Martha Waitkun
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 405 (401) 874-9410 mwaitkun@uri.edu | Daphne Bui Wales 
Lecturer Office: Davis Hall, Rm 402 (401) 874-9417 daphnewales@mail.uri.edu |
Stephen Wood
Professor of Comm. Studies & Film Media Office: Davis Hall, Rm 213 (401) 874-4030 DocWood@uri.edu |
Yinjiao Ye
Associate Professor Office: Davis Hall, Rm 304 (401) 874-4724 yinjiao_ye@mail.uri.edu |
Adjunct Faculty
| Robert Beagle rmbeagle43@gmail.com |
David Bettencourt filmmaker@mail.uri.edu |
William Behrends wbehrends@mail.uri.edu |
| Michelle Curreri michelle@uri.edu |
William Fisher william_fisher@mail.uri.edu |
Nancy Burns-Fusaro nmburnsfusaro@aol.com  |
| Laura Gostin lgostin@gmail.com  |
Shirley Kinsey shirlkinsey@gmail.com  |
Stephen Landes slandes@mail.uri.edu  |
| Michelle Le Brun milebrun@mail.uri.edu  |
Kevin Olson kwolson@mail.uri.edu |
Joanne Rotondo jvrotondo@mail.uri.edu |
| Genoa Shepley genoa_shepley@mail.uri.edu |
Nicole Wardle nichole@longwoodevents.com |
Graduate Student Instructors
| Ron Haley ron@ronhaley.com  |
Yue (Tracy) Hu yue_hu@my.uri.edu |
Ryan Laliberty rlaliberty@my.uri.edu |
| Sandra McGee sandyellen80@yahoo.com |
Katharine McGwin kmcgwin@my.uri.edu |
Agnieszka Rosner arosner@my.uri.edi |
| Allison Smith allisona_smith@my.uri.edu  |
Collin Syfert collin_syfert@my.uri.edu  |
Nicole Wheatley nicole_wheatley@my.uri.edu |
Staff
Sandra Baker
Sr. Word Processing Typist Office: Davis 204 (401) 874-9011 sandrab@mail.uri.edu |
Donna Cerce
Sr. Word Processing Typist, Assistant to Grad. Dir. Office: Davis 207 (401) 874-4006 donnacerce@uri.edu |
Kou Nyan
Student Worker |
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