Faculty

The papacy and parenting. Sacraments and social justice. Ecclesiology and early Church history. Jewish-Catholic relations and historical Jesus. These are only a few of the many areas our faculty members are specialists in. Complete faculty profiles can be viewed below.
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Theology Department

Siena Hall
401.865.2274

Faculty

John Allard, O.P.

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 002
401.865.1986
jallard@providence.edu

Brendan Baran, O.P.

Assistant Instructional Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 219
401.865.1691
bbaran@providence.edu

William Bonney

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 212
401.865.1819
bbonney@providence.edu

Gary Culpepper

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 234
401.865.2863
garyculp@providence.edu

Robert Elliot

Visiting Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 214
401.865.2506
relliot@providence.edu

Benjamin Hohman

Visiting Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 219
401.865.1000
bhohman@providence.edu

Travis Lacy

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 224
401.865.1543
tlacy@providence.edu

Thomas McCreesh, O.P.

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 215
401.865.1150
tmccrees@providence.edu

Isaac Morales, O.P.

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 214
401.865.2506
imorale1@providence.edu

Patrick Reid

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 216
401.865.2229
patvreid@providence.edu

Daria Spezzano

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 205
401.865.1523
dspezzan@providence.edu

Arthur Urbano

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 216
401.865.1351
aurbano@providence.edu

Peter Batts, O.P.

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 233
401.865.2052
pbatts@providence.edu

Richard Barry IV

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 217
401.865.1713
RJBarryIV@providence.edu

Kathleen Cavender-McCoy

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 225
401.865.1692
kcavende@providence.edu

J. Columcille Dever

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 228
401.865.2590
jdever@providence.edu

Andrew Geist

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 239
401.865.2839
ageist@providence.edu

James Keating

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 224
401.865.1349
jkeating@providence.edu

Ian Levy

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 232
401.865.2258
ilevy@providence.edu

Terence McGoldrick

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 211
401.865.2684
tmcgoldr@providence.edu

Gina Noia

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 229
401.865.2318
gnoia@providence.edu

Augustine Reisenauer O.P.

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall
401.865.1865
mreisena@providence.edu

N. Joseph Torchia, O.P.

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 119
401.865.1895
jtorchia@providence.edu

Dominic Verner, O.P

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 227
401.865.1043
dverner@providence.edu

Albino Barrera, O.P.

Professor
Faculty Profile
Accinno Hall 206B
401.865.2609
abarrera@providence.edu

Robert Barry

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 205
401.865.2894
rbarry@providence.edu

Holly Taylor Coolman

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 233
401.865.1767
hcoolman@providence.edu

Dana Dillon

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
Feinstein Academic Center 316
401.865.2240
ddillon@providence.edu

Paul Gondreau

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 235
401.865.1833
gondreau@providence.edu

Sandra Keating

Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 238
401.865.1727
skeating@providence.edu

Stephen Long

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 215
401.865.2545
slong4@providence.edu

Paul Melley PhD

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 228
401.865.1614
pmelley@providence.edu

R. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P.

Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
Ruane Center for the Humanities 247
401.865.2245
gpivarni@providence.edu

Bruno M. Shah, O.P.

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 209
401.865.2280
bshah@providence.edu

Gabriel Torretta, O.P.

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 019
401.865.2052
gtorrett@providence.edu

Michael Wahl

Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 220
401.865.2801
mwahl@providence.edu