Profiles

Faculty

Faculty Profiles

Robert Giles, ’86

Physics & Applied Physics, Submillimeter Wave Technology Lab Professor, Chair, Director
To watch Prof. Bob Giles interact with students in the classroom and laboratory, you would never know that he was once a reluctant university educator.
Joey Mead

Plastics Engineering
For most of her professional life, Prof. Joey Mead has been interested in plastics.
Linda Williams

Criminal Justice and Criminology
Williams has spent decades studying family violence, violence against women, and child sexual abuse. Her recent work includes a study of commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth and domestic and international trafficking of humans.
Ardeth Thawnghmung

Political Science
When Ardeth Thawnghmung of the political science department teaches international relations, her students will be learning from someone with real hands-on experiences.
Daniel Schmidt

Associate Professor, Plastics Engineering
When Daniel Schmidt first visited the University and learned more about it, he was very impressed with the facilities available in the Plastics Engineering Department as well as its history.
Keith Mitchell

English
Keith Mitchell’s search for a university that challenged him as a teacher and scholar as well as offered a diverse campus community ended when he visited UMass Lowell in 2004.
Thomas B. Shea

Director, Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research
You can have the best research facilities in the world and still might be missing the essential element to the university experience—the interaction between faculty and students.
Kay Doyle

Clinical Laboratories and Nutritional Sciences
Prof. Kay Doyle has always been driven to help students succeed.
Mignon Duffy

Sociology
Prof. Mignon Duffy is passionate about teaching and inspiring students, and finds that the Sociology Department attracts students who want to make a difference in the world.
Lisa Abdallah

Nursing
Lisa Abdallah loves the Merrimack Valley. When the Lawrence native heard of a faculty opening with UMass Lowell’s nursing department in 2003, she didn’t have to think twice.
Jie Wang

Computer Science
Jie Wang enjoys teaching computer science at UMass Lowell and likes the freedom of doing research in a university environment.
Laura Punnett

Work Environment, Center for Public Health in the New England Workplace
Prof. Laura Punnett, who co-leads the Center for Health and Promotion in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), has dedicated her career to making workplaces healthier for people.
Ashleigh Hillier

Psychology
Ashleigh Hillier’s work in the areas of neuropsychology, psychophysiology and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is cutting-edge, interesting and extraordinarily beneficial to young people in the community and beyond.
Stefanie Tate

Manning School of Business
Stefanie Tate brings a competitive skater’s dedication and passion for her work to the classroom.
Susan Braunhut

(Honorary University Professor, 2008-2011) Biological Sciences
Students in Prof. Susan Braunhut’s Biology class are fortunate to talk shop; they share ideas and debate real life scenarios.
Maureen Stanton

English
Award-winning Assoc. Prof. Maureen Stanton shares her love of storytelling with students in writing classes.
David Martins, ’79

Music Performance
Professor David Martins was one of the first two students to graduate from the Masters in Music Performance program. He liked the department so much that he’s been a faculty member for more than 30 years.
Xinwen Fu

Computer Science
Asst. Prof. Xinwen Fu is spearheading efforts to help protect the country’s national cyber infrastructure.
Steven Tello, ’80, ’02

Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development; Assoc. Prof. Management and Entrepreneurship
Steven Tello credits UMass Lowell with providing the education, skills and confidence he needed to accomplish significant success in his lifetime.
Meg Bond

Psychology Department
Meg Bond combines her passion for social justice with an equal passion for research, teaching in the renowned Community Social Psychology graduate program.
Chad Montrie

History
For someone who wasn’t born and bred in Lowell, Prof. Chad Montrie has a strong kinship for the Mill City. Montrie, a native of Louisville, Ky., saw the opportunity to work at UMass Lowell as a golden one. “I really can’t see myself anywhere else,” he says.
Pauline Ladebauche

Assistant Dean, School of Health and Environment
Pauline Ladebauche creates a positive educational experience for all School of Health and Environment students.
Thomas Wilson, ’87

Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
When Thomas Wilson graduated from the University’s medical technology program in 1987, little did he know then that he’d return as a researcher and faculty member working side-by-side with his former teachers.
Silas Laycock

Lecturer Physics & Applied Physics, Director of UMass Lowell Astronomical Observatory
Physics lecturer Silas Laycock plans to engage with students and faculty to pursue exciting research into black holes, neutron stars and time-domain astrophysics.

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