Metropolitan College's distinguished faculty comprises an esteemed group of academic and real-world experts. These talented educators excel in their chosen fields and are eager to share their expertise in a student-focused setting. Metropolitan College's faculty understands first-hand the importance of convenient, flexible, and challenging educational opportunities.
Jennifer S. Alpert
Ph.D. (History) Boston University
M.A. (History) Boston University
B.S. (Mathematics and History) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course: MET IS 327 The Meaning of America: People, Identity, and Conflict that Built a Nation
Millard Baublitz
Associate Professor of Natural Science
B.S. (Physics and Astronomy) University of Maryland
Ph.D. (Physics) Cornell University
Research interests: foundations of quantum mechanics, X-ray diffraction, solids at high pressures
Course: MET IS 480 Physics of Motion: Something in the Way it Moves
Laura D'Amore
Ph.D. (American Studies) Boston University
M.A. (American Studies) Boston University
B.A. (Anthropology) Boston University
Research interests: Gender and Women’s History, United States History, American Studies,
Sexuality, Motherhood, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Third Wave Feminism, Global Feminism, the American Family, Comic Book Studies, Film & Television Studies
Course: MET IS 360 Literature, Film, and the American Dream
June Grasso
Associate Professor of Social Science
Ph.D. (Modern China, Japan and
International Relations) Tufts University
M.A. (Asian Studies) Tufts University
B.A. (Asian Studies) Wellesley College
Research interests: U.S.-China policy, modern
Chinese history
Course: MET IS 370 China, the Emerging Superpower: A Model for Development?
Samuel Hammer
Associate Professor of Natural Science
Academic Coordinator, Online Undergraduate Degree Completion Program
Ph.D. (Biology) Harvard University
M.A. (Biology) San Francisco State University
M.A. (Counseling) De Paul University
B.A. (Anthropology) Grinnel College
Research interests: science and nature, botany, history, arts
Courses: MET IS 312 Food Stuff: A Taste of Biology; MET IS 380 Landscape, Climate, and Humans
Regina Hansen
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
Ph.D. (English/Victorian Studies) Boston College
B.A. (English/Anthropology) Tufts University
Research interests: Victorian Literature, children's fiction, composition studies
Courses: MET IS 350 Nature and the Divine in Myth, Literature, and Art; MET IS 385 Interior and Exterior Landscapes: Understanding Native American Cultures
Arthur Johnson II
Ed.D. (Mathematics Education) Boston University
C.A.G.S. (Curriculum/Administration) Northeastern University
M.Ed. (Curriculum/Administration) University of Massachusetts Lowell
B.A. (Mathematics/History) Tufts University
Course: MET IS 362 Mathematics that Matters in the 21st Century
Susan M. Kryczka
M.A. (Journalism) Northeastern University
M.A. (History) Loyola University Chicago
B.A. (History) Roosevelt University
Course: MET IS 327 The Meaning of America: People, Identity, and Conflict that Built a Nation
Ludmilla Leibman
Assistant Professor of Music, D.M.A. (Musical Arts)
Aspirantura (Music Theory) Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
M.A. (Music Theory and Ethnomusicology)
Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
B.M. (Music Theory) The Music College of the Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
Course: MET IS 419 The Holocaust and Music
Gerald Lewis
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology) George Washington University
B.A. (Psychology) George Washington University
Research interests: Organizational Crisis Management: The Human Factor,
psychological issues in the workplace, developing resiliency as an
individual and/or an organization, religion and spirituality issues
Course: MET IS 420 The Moral Self: Psychological, Religious, and Spiritual Perspectives
Joellen Masters
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Ph.D. (English Literature) Boston University
M.A. (English Literature) Boston University
B.A. (English Literature) Mount Holyoke College
Research interests: Victorian literature and culture,
modernism, women's studies and film criticism
Course: MET IS 345 Rethinking the Classics: Contemporary Takes on the Canon
Matthew Parfitt
Chairman, Division of Rhetoric
Associate Professor of Rhetoric
Ph.D. (English) Boston College
M.A. (English) University of Toronto
B.A. (English) University of Toronto
Research interests: composition, literature theory, British literature 1880-1930, gender studies, World War I, Robert Frost
Course: MET IS 325 Explorations in the Essay: History, Theory, Practice
Donna Shea
Assistant Dean and Director, Summer Term
Ph.D. (Economics) Boston University
M.A. (Economics) Boston University
B.A. (Economics) University of Connecticut
Research interests: labor and urban economics
Course: MET IS 367 Jobs, Wages, and the Global Economy
Sally Sommers Smith
Assistant Professor of Natural Science
Ph.D. (Anatomy and Cellular Biology)
Tufts University
B.A. (Biology) Grinnel College
Research interests: pulmonary cell biology,
traditional Irish music
Course: MET IS 333 Manipulating Life: The Ethics and Science of Biotechnology
Kevin Stoehr
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Ph.D. (Philosophy) Boston University
M.A. (Philosophy) Boston University
A.B. (Philosophy) Bowdoin College
Research interests: ancient and modern philosophy, film studies, ethics, cultural studies, knowledge management
Courses: MET IS 308 Exploring Philosophy through Film: Knowledge, Ethics, & Personal Identity; MET IS 333 Manipulating Life: The Ethics and Science of Biotechnology
Megan Sullivan
Associate Professor of Rhetoric
Ph.D. (British Literature) University of Rhode Island
M.A. (English) Southern Connecticut State University
B.A. (English) Albertus Magnus College
Research interests: education, writing, literature, film, women's studies, Irish studies
Course: MET IS 421 The Art of Rhetoric in Life and Work
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