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An Intellectual Fellowship

The Humanities Program is sustained by an intellectual fellowship among faculty, administrators, students, and others both on and off campus. The members of the Program represent a diversity of disciplines, departments, and offices, and share a devotion to undergraduate education, a love of our Catholic and Dominican Mission, and a commitment to the highest standards of academic inquiry.

Leadership and Administration

Dr. James Keating
Humanities Program Director
Associate Professor of Theology and Humanities
229 Ruane Center for the Humanities
jkeating@providence.edu
401.865.1349

Dr. Raymond Hain
Humanities Program Associate Director
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
231 Ruane Center for the Humanities
rhain@providence.edu
401.865.2477

Dr. Iain Bernhoft
Humanities Forum Coordinator
228 Ruane Center for the Humanities
ibernhof@providence.edu
401.865.2151

Pam Belcher
Humanities Program Administrative Coordinator
pbelcher@providence.edu
401.865.2231

Elisia Pagliuca ’25
Senior Student Fellow
epagliuca@friars.providence.edu

Dedicated and Jointly Appointed Faculty

Dr. Richard Barry IV
DWC Program Associate Director
Associate Professor of Theology and Humanities
217 St. Catherine of Siena Hall
rjbarryiv@providence.edu
401.865.1713

Dr. Matthew Cuddeback
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
113 St. Catherine of Siena Hall
mcuddeba@providence.edu
401.865.2278

Dr. Andrew Horne
Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities
232 Ruane Center for the Humanities
ahorne3@providence.edu

Dr. Patrick Macfarlane
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
230 Ruane Center for the Humanities
pmacfarl@providence.edu
401.865.2643

Dr. Justin Noia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities
232 Ruane Center for the Humanities
jnoia@providence.edu

Humanities Program Committee

The Humanities Program Committee includes, alongside the leadership, administration, and faculty of the Program, additional colleagues from across campus who support the Program and its initiatives. Representing academic departments as well as administrative offices, they embody the Humanities Program’s engagement with the broader campus community and our commitment to interdisciplinarity and Providence College’s Catholic and Dominican mission.

Sr. Matthew Marie Cummings, O.P.
Clinical Professor of Education, PACT Program
206 Harkins Hall
mcummin7@providence.edu
401.865.2080

Dr. Stephen Long
Assistant Professor of Theology
215 St. Catherine of Siena Hall
slong4@providence.edu
401.865.2545

Kevin McMahon, CFA
Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance
372 Ryan Center for Business Studies
kmcmaho5@providence.edu
401.865.2075

Robert Pfunder
Associate Vice President for Mission and Ministry
109 Martin Hall
rpfunder@providence.edu
401.865.1770

Fr. Simon Teller, O.P.
Chaplain, Director of Campus Ministry
St. Dominic Chapel, Lower Level
chaplain@providence.edu
401.865.2159

Fr. Jordan Zajac, O.P.
Assistant Professor of English
LL27 Ruane Center for the Humanities
jzajac@providence.edu
401.865.2146

Additional Teaching Faculty

The Humanities Program offers courses taught by colleagues from across Providence College. In addition to our Program faculty, those listed below have taught at least one course in the Program since 2022.

Dr. Robert Barry
Associate Professor of Theology

Dr. Christopher Berard
Adjunct Professor of Humanities

Fr. Justin Bolger, O.P.
Chaplain, Brown University

Fr. Justin Brophy, O.P.
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Fr. James Cuddy, O.P.
Chaplain, Providence College Alumni and Athletics

Gil Donohoe
Director of Liturgical Music, Campus Ministry

Fr. Damian Day, O.P.
Assistant Chaplain, Campus Ministry

Dr. J. Columcille Dever
Assistant Professor of Theology

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
Assistant Chaplain, Campus Ministry

Dr. Suzanne Fournier
Associate Professor of English

Fr. Peter Gautsch, O.P.
Assistant Chaplain, Campus Ministry

Allyse Gruslin
Campus Minister, Director of Peer Ministry

Fr. Humbert Kilanowski, O.P.
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Sr. Anne Frances Klein, O.P.
Campus Minister

Dr. Alyssa Lopez
Assistant Professor History and Classics

Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P.
Professor of Theology

Fr. David Pignato
Adjunct Professor of Humanities

Dr. Jay Pike
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Joseph Ribaudo
Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics

Dr. Daria Spezzano
Associate Professor of Theology