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. Christopher Lyddy

Management

Assistant Professor

  • Management​
  • Mindfulness and Meditation
  • Mindfulness in the Workplace

Dr. Stephen J. Lynch

English

Professor of English and Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program

  • Renaissance Literature
  • Shakespeare

Jacqueline MacKay

Student AffairsUndergraduate Studies

Director of the Parent Program

  • College Parent Programs
  • Parent Involvement and impact on a student’s adjustment (first year)
  • Parent/Child relationships and the college experience

Dr. Margaret Manchester

History

Associate Professor

  • American Diplomacy
  • American History
  • Cold War

Dr. John B. Margenot III

World Languages and Cultures

Professor of Spanish and Fulbright Scholarship Campus Advisor

  • Modern Language Studies
  • Modern Spanish Literature

Dr. Sylvia Maxfield

School of Business

Interim Provost

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • ​Gender and Management
  • International Economics and Economies
  • Presidency
  • US Economic Policy

Dr. Susan K. McCarthy

Political Science

Professor

  • China
  • Comparative Politics
  • East Asia
  • NGOs and Faith-Based Organizations

Dr. Terence McGoldrick

Theology

Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Theology

  • Business ethics
  • Catholic Health Care issues
  • Christianity and culture
  • ​Social Justice Issues

Dr. David P. McIntyre

Management

Professor and Recipient of the Michael Ruane Professorship

  • Business/Corporate Strategy
  • Competition in High-Technology Markets
  • Technology and Innovation Management​

Dr. Saaid Mendoza

Psychology

Assistant Professor

  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Gender Workplace Discrimination
  • Implicit Bias
  • Stereotypes & Prejudice

Dr. Vance G. Morgan

Philosophy

Professor

  • American Philosophy
  • Early Modern Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • History of Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Knowledge
  • Simone Weil

Dr. Margaret Morrissey-Basler

Health Sciences

Assistant Professor

  • Climate Change
  • Occupational Heat Stress
  • Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses
  • Thermal Physiology

Dr. Seann Mulcahy

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Associate Professor

  • Chemical Biology​
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • ​​​Organic Chemistry

Dr. Jessica Mulligan

Health Sciences

Associate Professor

  • Ethnography
  • Health Policy
  • Insurance
  • Managed Care
  • Medical Anthropology

Dr. Sharon Ann Murphy

History

Professor

  • American 19th Century History
  • ​American Business History
  • American Financial History

Dr. Adam Myers

Political Science

Assistant Professor

  • Campaigns and Elections
  • Geography and Politics
  • Political Parties
  • State Politics

Dr. Jeffery L. Nicholas

Philosophy

Professor

  • Active Learning
  • Bioethics
  • Catholic Social Thought
  • Ethics
  • Health Care Ethics
  • Philosophy

Dr. Wendy Oliver

Theatre, Dance, and Film

Professor and Department Chair

  • Ballet
  • Children’s Dance
  • Dance Composition
  • Dance History
  • Jazz Dance
  • Modern Dance
  • Women in Dance & Sport

Dr. Todd Olszewski

Health Sciences

Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

  • Biomedical Research
  • Health Policy
  • History of Medicine

Rev. David Thomas Orique, O.P., Ph.D.

Latin American Studies

Associate Professor and Director of Latin American Studies Program

  • Bartolome de las Casas, O.P.
  • Latin American History, Colonial and Modern
  • Spanish Conquest and Colonization of Americas

Dr. Mark Pedretti

English

Assistant Professor

  • Conspiracy Theories
  • Digitial Culture
  • Internet Speech
  • Memes
  • Popular Culture
  • Public Discourse
  • Zombies