Media Experts List

The Providence College Media Experts list has been designed to help members of the media take full advantage of the wealth of expertise PC faculty and staff members offer.

This page is designed to allow you to find experts by keyword searches, by academic department or academic expertise. To use the keyword search function, simply type what you’re looking for into the search box. To use the departmental search, click on any of the links. This will display faculty profiles, which allow you to view areas of expertise, research interests, and recent scholarship.

To arrange for an interview, please contact the Office of Public Affairs, Community and Government Relations: Carolyn Cronin at 401.865.2413 or ccronin2@providence.edu.

The Office of Public Affairs, Community and Government Relations continually updates the database of faculty and staff experts. We invite members of the media to check back periodically for important changes and/or additions.

Carolyn E. Cronin

Associate Director
Media Relations
401.865.2413
ccronin2@providence.edu

Dr. Anthony Affigne

Black StudiesPolitical Science

Professor

  • Campaigns and Elections (U.S. and Rhode Island)
  • Environmental Politics (Global, U.S., Rhode Island)
  • Politics in Literature and Film
  • Politics of Race and Ethnicity
  • PSC 421 Political Thought in Science Fiction
  • PSC/BLS 416 Race and Politics in the Americas
  • Public Policy

Dr. Tuba I. Agartan

Health Sciences

Associate Professor

  • Comparative Health Policy
  • COVID-19
  • Global Health
  • Health Care Reform
  • Medical Sociology

Dr. Sarah Ahmed

Health SciencesWomen's and Gender Studies

Assistant Professor

  • Gender and Development in the Global South
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Gendered Violence
  • Global Health in South Asia
  • Polio Eradication
  • The American Healthcare System

Dr. Heather Allcock

Elementary/Special Education

Associate Professor

Dr. Edward E. Andrews

History

Associate Professor

  • Christian Missionaries
  • Early American/Atlantic History
  • Native American History
  • Race/Slavery in Early Rhode Island

Dr. Christopher Arroyo

Philosophy

Professor

  • Catholic Sexual Ethics (Homosexuality)
  • HON 481 "Sex, Marriage, & New Natural Law
  • PHL 479 "Catholic Sexual Ethics: A Philosophical Critique

Dr. Comfort M. Ateh

Secondary Education

Professor and Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Dr. David Baier

Biology

Professor

  • Biomechanics
  • Human Anatomy
  • Locomotion
  • Origin and Evolution of Flight
  • Paleontology
  • Vertebrate Anatomy

Dr. James Bailey

Economics

Assistant Professor

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Health Economics
  • Health Insurance
  • Labor Economics
  • Regulation

Dr. Richard M. Battistoni

Political Science

Professor of Political Science, Professor of Public and Community Service Studies, and Director of Public Administration Program

  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Organizing
  • Learning Citizenship Education
  • Service Learning

Dr. Mary L. Bellhouse

Political Science

Professor

  • Feminist Theory
  • ​​Political Theory
  • Politics and Culture

Dr. Ruth Ben-Artzi

Political Science

Associate Professor

  • Development and Aid
  • ​International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Political Economy

Dr. Christopher Bloom

Psychology

Professor and Assistant Chair of Psychology

  • Affective neuroscience
  • Animal models of psychpathology
  • Superstitious conditioning
  • The neuroscience of fear

Dr. Stephanie Pocock Boeninger

English

Associate Professor

  • Irish Drama
  • J.M. Synge
  • Missions and Missionaries in Literature
  • Modern Drama
  • W.B. Yeats

Dr. Rachael Bonoan

Biology

Assistant Professor

  • Beekeeping
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Biology
  • Environmental Methods and Statistics
  • Foundations in Environmental Biology
  • Insect pollinators
  • Nutritional Ecology
  • Pollination Ecology
  • Social Insects

Dr. Laura Boynton-Hauerwas

Elementary/Special Education

Professor

  • Assessment
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • ​Response to Intervention
  • Specific Learning Disabilities

Dr. Joan R. Branham

Art

Professor of Art History, Associate Dean of School of Arts and Sciences, and Fellowships Chair of Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem

  • Art History and Religion
  • Gothic Architecture
  • Iconoclasm
  • Late-Antique and Medieval Jewish and Christian Art and Architecture
  • Ritual and Gender Studies
  • Sacred Space in Art and Architecture
  • Sacrifice and Blood
  • The Jerusalem Temple
  • Theories of Sacred Space

Dr. Elizabeth Bridgham

English

Associate Professor

  • Anthony Trollope
  • British Literature and Film
  • Charles Dickens
  • Contemporary Women’s Issues
  • Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Nineteenth Century British Literature and Culture
  • Women's Studies

Rae Caloura

Marketing

Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing

  • Consumer Shopping Trends
  • Marketing Research and Consulting

Dr. Joseph P. Cammarano

Political Science

Associate Professor

  • Campaign and Elections
  • Congress, Youth, and Politics
  • Presidency
  • Public Management/Administration
  • Public-Community Service Studies

Julia Camp

Accountancy

Professor

  • Finance
  • Taxes