Tenured and Promoted Faculty Citations

This listing was published on September 25, 2025

Arts and Sciences

Faculty receiving Tenure or Tenure with Promotion

Mattie Armstrong-Price
Tenure | Assistant Professor
History

Professor Armstrong-Price is an intellectual and cultural historian of Great Britain and the British Empire. His rich archival and theoretically grounded research focuses on gender, work, and race on, in, and around the British and colonial Indian railway system in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and he has also written on the work of Marx, contemporary feminism, transgender rights, and higher education. His book, Respectability on the Line: Gender, Race, and Labor along British Colonial Indian Railways, is forthcoming with University of California Press, and he has published in top interdisciplinary journals like History of the Present, the South Atlantic Quarterly, and Postmodern Culture. Professor Armstrong-Price has taught several courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, including Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe, Ethical Responsibility and Historical Representation, and Histories of Capitalism.

 

Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Political Science

Professor Cuevas-Molina is a political scientist working in the area of partisanship, electoral behavior, and public opinion. Much of her research focuses on Latinx politics and the politics of Puerto Rico, both within the United States and on the island. Her work has been published in Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Politics, and Centro Journal. Professor Cuevas-Molina teaches a variety of courses, including Introduction to Politics, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Latinx Politics in the U.S., and Political Participation. Professor Cuevas-Molina also engages in extensive service for the University, profession, and community, including her current role as Dean Fellow for Equity and Inclusion and her former position as Commissioner on the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission.

 

Eduardo Gallo 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Biological Sciences 

Professor Eduardo Gallo is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on dopamine control of brain molecular processes that are relevant to addiction and motivation. Having earned a PhD in Neuroscience from Weill Cornell Medical College, he pursued post-doctoral research at Columbia University before joining the Fordham Department of Biological Sciences. At Fordham, he directs numerous Fordham undergraduate and graduate students in his research laboratory at Larkin Hall. His mentees rave about his intense engagement with them and their projects, his high expectations, as well as his kindness. He also performs essential teaching tasks for the Biology Department in the fields of Neuroscience and Cell Biology. He holds a coveted multi-year R01-type research grant from the NIH. Last but not least, Professor Gallo is also a member of a standing review study section for the NIH, which illustrates the high degree of respect he has earned as a leading scientist in his field.

 

Leonel Guardado 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Theology

It is a profound honor to celebrate the tenure and promotion of Dr. Leo Guardado, whose scholarship, teaching, and service embody the very best of theology today. His groundbreaking research on migration, sanctuary, and liberation theology – exemplified by his award-winning book Church as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement and his editorial work completing Gustavo Gutiérrez’s final volume, Vivir y Pensar El Dios de los Pobres – has established him as a leading voice in global, bilingual, and tri-continental theological conversations. His scholarship is rigorous and creative, at once deeply spiritual and political, calling the Church to be a “witness to love” and to stand with the displaced and marginalized. In the classroom, Dr. Guardado is an extraordinary teacher (he was last year’s recipient of both the Undergraduate Humanities Teaching Award and a co-recipient of the Pedagogy Innovation Award!) whose courses on Christian mysticism and liberation theology have transformed students’ lives and inspired future scholars. His service to Fordham, most notably through his leadership of the Initiative on Migrants, Migration, and Human Dignity and his transformative trips to the U.S./Mexico border, has had a profound impact on our community and deepened our commitment to the Jesuit mission. Above all, Dr. Guardado’s intellectual acumen, gift for building community, pastoral presence, and unwavering commitment to justice make him not only an invaluable colleague but a true gift to Fordham, the wider Church, and the world.

 

Catalina Jordan 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Theatre and Visual Arts

Professor Jordan Alvarez has brought clarity, energy, and rigor to the nascent Art and Engagement area of study in the Visual Arts Program. She’s an esteemed colleague who has reached out to countless organizations and programs at Fordham and in local communities to encourage students to consider the art they make as a way of entering into a meaningful, spirited dialogue with social issues. Her own research is collaborative in nature; her feature film Sound Spring showed at the Wexner Center in Columbus, OH, and the Cleveland International Film Festival and is distributed by Grasshopper Films. She has also done live performances in Lisbon, Portugal, Tokyo, Japan, and Budapest, Hungary. She is the recipient of numerous grants to support her work, including the New York State Creative Artist award and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts COVID-19 Bridge Fund Grant.

 

Heather Macbeth
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Mathematics

Heather Macbeth is a deep mathematician who started her career working in the classical area of Differential Geometry and with publications in such well-known journals as the International Mathematics Research Notices and the Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Over the last 5 years, her research interests have morphed into the exciting new area of formal proofs. Heather quickly became one of the leading experts on the computer language Lean. She devised a way to teach Discrete Mathematics via Lean, for which she was funded by Microsoft Research, and has written a textbook on Lean. Heather is now a sought-after speaker for conferences around the world on formal mathematics. 

 

Patrick McFaddin 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Mathematics

Patrick McFaddin is an accomplished researcher focusing primarily on the intersection of algebraic topology, category theory, and computational methods. He has regularly published in such high-profile journals as the Advances in Mathematics and Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Patrick is one of the best teachers at Fordham University, having taught a wide array of courses from Finite Math to Applied Statistics to Industrial Careers in Mathematics. He is very active with outreach activities like the Math Gym at MoMath (Museum of Mathematics).

 

Pablo Schenone
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Economics

Professor Schenone is an economic theorist specializing in the development of mathematical tools for theoretical and applied research. Prof. Schenone’s work within the field of economic theory spans literature on decision theory, game theory, matching theory, and network theory. The unifying framework for his work is the application of mathematical tools to clarify concepts and resolve inconsistencies, among other issues, within economic theory, particularly in decision theory and market design, and propose novel solutions. He has published in top journals such as Games and Economic Behavior, Mathematical Social Sciences, and Economics Letters, among others. He teaches our core courses in Microeconomics at the undergraduate and graduate levels and co-organises our seminar series. Pablo is also an inspiring member of our department, always interested in the deeper questions, yet never able to allow the opportunity for a good joke to pass. 

 

Timothy Wood 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Communication and Media Studies

Since joining Fordham in 2018, Dr. Tim Wood has developed an innovative and methodologically rigorous line of research focused on strategic communication from a critical perspective. His first book, The Company We Keep, is a groundbreaking investigation into the role that corporations play in developing and supporting ‘front groups’; ostensibly, grassroots movements that support the development of fossil fuel infrastructure. In the classroom, Dr. Wood calls upon his students to ‘think generously’ about the work they are introduced to in his classes. Meanwhile, his deep compassion and commitment to education mark him out as a pedagogical leader and a highly respected educator. The Department of Communication and Media Studies and the broader Fordham community are delighted to celebrate Dr. Wood’s achievements via his tenure and promotion.

 

Promoted Faculty

Alan C. Anderson
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Economics

Dr. Anderson primarily teaches in our statistics sequence, regularly teaching Statistics I and II. He is a beloved statistics instructor, with his gentle exhortations and eagerness to draw students into all the “cool things” stats can teach you. His evaluation ratings are always at the top of the ratings for our faculty, despite being a difficult grader. Many students' remarks on evaluations comment on Prof. Anderson’s ability to reach them “where they are” and his ability to teach material they often struggle with in an accessible and engaging manner. His classes are a delight to attend, with the quiet studiousness of the environment that Professor Anderson creates, through his organization and calm instruction, as well as his fun anecdotes. Many of the students also comment on his kindness and compassion for his students. We hope that Professor Anderson will stay with us for many years to come to inspire and encourage more generations of students.

 

Ida Bastiaens
Promotion to Professor
Political Science

Professor Bastiaens is an expert in international political economy, with a focus on economic development and the impact of tax and welfare policies on poverty reduction in the Global South. She has co-written a book with the top press in political science, Cambridge University Press, titled Democracies in Peril: Taxation and Redistribution in Globalizing Economies. She has also published an impressive number of journal articles in high-quality political science and international relations journals. Prof. Bastiaens is a popular teacher, and she currently serves as the chair of the political science department.

 

Michael Calamari
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Economics

Dr. Calamari teaches in our statistics sequence and also contributes to the Economics major by teaching the introductory and upper division courses, such as Money and Banking, and the Gabelli School Honors Macroeconomics course. Professor Calamari’s classroom runs on efficiency and enthusiasm. His quiet use of irony, engaging style, and ability to make the subject matter real for the students create a great learning environment. He has become an integral part of our department since joining Fordham as a faculty member in 2022, and we are very pleased to congratulate him on his promotion and hope for many more good years together!

 

Cesar Castope
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Economics

Professor Castope primarily teaches our introductory economics and statistics courses with a great deal of energy and passion for economics. Students praise Prof. Castope for helping them feel comfortable and confident that they can understand economics even if they don’t love mathematics. He shows students how to apply the material to their daily lives and how it relates to issues in business, the environment, and their personal lives. His classroom style is organized yet fast-paced, providing students with multiple ways of understanding concepts, using group problem solving, colourful graphics, and frequent shifts from tables to graphs to diagrams to keep students learning and appreciating concepts from different perspectives. A common comment from students is “I really appreciated and liked how Prof. Castope is straightforward with his teaching. He also offers clear and easy-to-follow explanations. Just a great professor.” We hope you will continue enlightening and engaging our students for many more years!

 

Caitlin M. Cawley
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
English

Caitlin Cawley is an English PhD researching and teaching in the areas of 20th and 21st Century American Literature, war culture, and composition and rhetoric. She has published on topics including documentaries from contemporary war campaigns and pedagogical strategies for designing multimodal and antiracist writing projects. She is currently working on a book project that explores cultural perspectives on the Iraq War from both American and Iraqi writers and filmmakers. As the Assistant Head of the Fordham Writing & Composition Program, she assists centrally with staffing, curricular design, programmatic assessment, and more, serving as a key point person for student success and pedagogical support for dozens of writing instructors. Dr. Cawley has been teaching at Fordham for a decade and has taught a wide range of courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including the Graduate Writing Pedagogy Practicum, American Cultures of War, and first-year Composition.

 

Jennifer Clark
Promotion to Associate Professor
Communication and Media Studies

Dr. Clark is a Film Studies scholar engaged in research and pedagogy that examines the world of cinema and the moving image beyond and behind the screen. Her 2024 book, Producing Feminism, lays out a groundbreaking analysis that speaks to the recent turn to feminist media historiography that has taken place in the discipline. A highly respected educator, Dr. Clark continually challenges herself to develop learning experiences that engage students in meaningful conversations about an industry they are often passionate about entering upon graduation. She has held the position of Associate Chair for over three years and has spearheaded a dynamic approach to student advising. Fordham is incredibly lucky to count Dr. Clark among its ranks, and we are delighted that she has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.  

Meghan M. Dahn
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
English

Meghan Maguire Dahn is the author of the poetry collection Domain and the chapbook Lucid Animal. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bennington Review, Boston Review, the Cincinnati Review, Denver Quarterly, Fence, Gettysburg Review, the Iowa Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Her current projects include a manuscript of poems written from the intersection of her research into the environmental crisis and neurodiverse family dynamics, an article-in-progress on the mid-20th-century painter and poet Sonja Sekula and the challenges of archival research on marginalized figures, and building pedagogical approaches to working through creative lineage. At Fordham, she teaches in Composition, Creative Writing, and Public and Professional Writing.

 

Utteeyo Dasgupta 
Promotion to Professor
Economics 

Dr. Dasgupta works in the field of experimental economics with research interests in the positive, normative, and strategic aspects of decision-making. His research interests span topics in labor economics, corruption, decisions under risk and uncertainty, discrimination, gender, social preferences, and the developing area of experimental/behavioral development economics. The unifying theme of Utteeyo’s work is to understand the preferences and behaviour of individuals, alone or in groups, in contributing to the negative social behaviours of discrimination and corruption. He has designed unique experiments to study preferences and choices under different economic, social, and institutional constraints. Dr. Dasgupta’s work has appeared in top general and field journals such as The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic Theory, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, and the Journal of Economic Psychology. His research has also appeared in popular media such as VoxDev, IdeasforIndia, and the Guardian. He is also the Associate Editor for two academic journals (Studies in Microeconomics and Economic Inquiry) and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, a Fellow at the Global Labor Organisation, and a Research Associate at ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change at the University of Essex, UK. His humour, curiosity for the world, and regular department presence in seminar organizing and contributions to various workshops also make him a much-appreciated member of the department. 

 

Diane A. Detournay
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
English

Diane Detournay’s research interests focus on excavating the colonial and racial foundations of hegemonic feminist agendas. Her current book project, Feminist Visions of Freedom in the University, explores the institutionalization of feminist and anti-racist discourses in the contemporary university. Diane’s courses include “Empire and Sexuality,” “Transnational Feminism,” “Gender and Sexuality in Postcolonial Literature,” and “Race, Sex and the University.” In addition to her course offerings in English, Diane also teaches in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and is currently the Director of the American Studies Program. She serves on a range of committees at Fordham dedicated to issues of racial and gender justice.

 

Chris Dietrich
Promotion to Professor
History

A world’s authority on the history of foreign relations, Professor Christopher Dietrich will easily discern diplomatic niceties from what are our sincere expressions of collegial congratulations. His colleagues in the History Department earnestly hope he knows how much they appreciate his tireless commitment to his scholarship, his colleagues, and his university. The author of a renowned monograph and the editor of field-defining collections and book series, he always has the time to listen to colleagues and share his own thoughtful and assuring comments. The Core Curriculum Committee, the Core Revision Committee, American Studies, and now the History Department have shared the good fortune of his leadership. History is particularly grateful for his warmth. Professor Dietrich always checks in, inquires about our families, and wraps trenchant observations about academia with barbed-wire wit and a conspiratorial smile. It would be difficult to imagine a finer colleague– a brilliant historian and teacher who works for the betterment of the university with absolute conviction and commitment.

 

Claire Gherini
Promotion to Associate Professor
History

Professor Gherini is a historian of early modern medicine, the Atlantic World, and colonial America. Her deep archival research documents and tells the story of healthcare and hierarchy in British Caribbean plantation slavery and its place in the development of modern medicine. Her book, Slavery’s Medicine: Illness and Labor in the British Plantation Caribbean, 1763-1807, was published by University of Virginia Press in 2025. The lead organizer for a joint program between Fordham and the New York Botanical Garden on science and slavery, she has also won fellowships from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies in Philadelphia, and the Library Company of Philadelphia, among others, and her work has been published in the journal Atlantic Studies.

Stephanie Gillespie
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Biological Sciences

Sara C. Hanaburgh
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Dr. Sara Hanaburgh is an accomplished translator, a scholar of African cinema and literature, and a dedicated teacher. She is an important member of the French program, inspiring students at various levels of the curriculum. Most recently, Dr. Hanaburgh offered two new courses, “Narratives of the Sahel” and “Critical Disability Studies: Perspectives in French and Francophone Literature and Film,” that have invited students to revisit Francophone cultural and social histories anew. In addition to her expertise in the fields of French and Francophone studies, Dr. Hanaburgh is fluent in Portuguese.

 

Stephen Holler
Promotion to Professor
Physics and Engineering Physics

Professor Holler is a physicist whose research has focused on a variety of disciplines in optics, including aerosol light scattering and microcavity optics. He is well-regarded in his field both nationally and internationally and has given numerous invited talks on his research around the world. Professor Holler has mentored dozens of undergraduate students throughout the years and was named Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. Additionally, he recently founded Project FRESH Air (Fordham Regional Environmental Sensor for Healthy air), a pioneering citizen science initiative to educate communities in New York City (focusing on the Bronx and Manhattan) about urban air quality. In addition to teaching several courses in the department, such as General Physics I & II, Optics, and Modeling, Simulation, and Design, he has developed a variety of courses for both majors (Experimental Techniques in Engineering and Physics) and non-majors (The Physics of Climate Change, Rediscovering the New World, and Climate Change: Science & Society). Beyond his research and teaching, Professor Holler has played an active role at the university level to improve science education at Fordham.

Samantha Iyer
Promotion to Associate Professor
History

Professor Iyer is a historian of capitalism, the history of the twentieth-century United States, and international history. Her multi-national, multi-lingual, and multi-archival research delves into the ways that U.S. global power deployed its vast agricultural surpluses in the era of the Cold War and decolonization. Her book, Agrarian Superpower: Food, Development, and the Global Ascendancy of the United States, is forthcoming with Columbia University Press, and she has published in top journals, including Past and Present and Comparative Studies in Society and History. She has won fellowships from the Library of Congress, the American Council of Learned Societies, and Harvard University.

 

Carey Kasten 
Promotion to Professor
Languages and Cultures

Dr. Carey Kasten's research explores the intersections of ideology, aesthetics, propaganda, fascism, and migration, with major contributions to Spanish cultural studies and migration justice. She has published extensively, co-edited influential volumes, secured significant grants, and organized community-engaged projects such as Hostile Terrain 94 and student and faculty trips to the U.S.–Mexico border. Her teaching integrates innovative pedagogy with social justice commitments, consistently earning high praise from students for its transformative impact. Through mentoring, immersion programs, and collaborations with other disciplines, Dr. Kasten has profoundly shaped both students and colleagues, embodying Fordham's Jesuit Missions in and beyond the classroom.

 

Marija Kundakovic 
Promotion to Professor
Biological Sciences 

Dr. Marija Kundakovic began her career with a Master's degree in Experimental Pharmacology from the School of Medicine of the University of Belgrade. She then received a PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and went on to complete postdoctoral training at Columbia University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 2015, she was awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Award by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Dr. Kundakovic's research has recently received several major awards from the National Institute for Health and is an elected Council Member of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences. She is also an elected Associate of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, a position that speaks to the high regard in which her contributions to the field are held by her peers. Dr. Kundakovic’s pioneering work at the forefront of psychiatric epigenetics research focuses on hormonal and environmental factors driving sex differences in depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Her lab’s discovery of sex-specific epigenetic regulation in the female brain as a function of the ovarian cycle provides a new molecular framework to study the female-specific susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.

 

Michaël V. Latour
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

María A. León Umaña
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Professor León Umaña has a Ph D in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures from CUNY's Graduate Center. A specialist in Central American Cultural Studies, her research focuses on how neoliberalism has impacted urban space in Central America, and how this has been represented in literary fiction and film from the region. At Fordham, she has taught a variety of Spanish language and culture courses and has been an active participant in diversity initiatives sponsored by A & S Challenge Grants.

 

Shubhangi G. Mehrotra
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
English

Dr. Shubhi Mehrotra, a wonderful teacher of Core and writing-intensive classes in Fordham’s English Department, performs with excellence in the classroom. Remarkably clear and encouraging, Dr. Mehrotra has over two decades of expertise in teaching writing, specializing in English rhetoric, composition, Disability Studies, and transformative pedagogy. She is passionate about embedding global, intersectional, and decolonial perspectives within academic discourse, equipping students with the critical acumen necessary to navigate and influence the evolving landscape of education. Her work on “Disabled Bodies Matter” has been published in Critical Insights: Postcolonial Literature.

Jelena Mihailovic
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Professor Mihailovic has a Ph D in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures from CUNY's Graduate Center. She is a specialist in Chilean and Argentine Contemporary Literature, with research focusing on the links between crime fiction and memory studies. Currently one of two Spanish-language coordinators at Fordham, she has taught extensively at all levels of Spanish language and culture courses. She has also been an active participant in Teaching Race across the Curriculum initiatives sponsored by A & S Challenge Grants.

Vicente Rubio-Pueyo
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Professor Vicente Rubio-Pueyo, Ph.D., is an Advanced Lecturer of Spanish in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Fordham University. His research focuses on the intersection of politics and culture in Contemporary Spain, with interests in cultural studies, social movements, populism, municipalism, and political and social documentary and film. His book Un país entre dos tiempos. La década en que España experimentó políticamente (2025) analyzes the crises and political transformations that reshaped Spanish democracy between 2008 and 2020. His work has appeared in the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies and boundary2, and he recently collaborated on the Spanish translation of Stuart Hall’s Policing the Crisis (2024). At Fordham, Professor Rubio-Pueyo has taught since 2010, offering courses across the Spanish language sequence, as well as literature, culture, and research-based classes such as Cultural Politics in Spanish Democracy (1978–2020) and Spanish for Media.

Casey C. Ruble
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Theatre and Visual Arts

Casey Ruble is a Bronx-based multidisciplinary artist working in collage, painting, artist's books, photography, and film. Her work focuses on place, memory, and the excavation of hidden histories, often as they pertain to race in the U.S. Professor Ruble has received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution, the Warhol Foundation, Tulane’s New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and the New Jersey Council on the Arts. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Hyperallergic, and Sculpture Magazine. She teaches Visual Thinking, Drawing, the Senior Seminar, and a variety of courses in the Art and Engagement area of study.

Guillermo A. Severiche
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Hailing from Mendoza, Argentina, just east of the Andes mountains, Professor Severiche is an accomplished and active teacher, creative writer, researcher, and cultural agent. He has published outstanding research on gender and sexuality in Latin American cultural production and has taught creative writing at Fordham and Wesleyan Universities. His plays have received staged readings in New York, Orlando, and Madrid, and his debut novel, El agua viene de noche, was published in Argentina in 2021. In addition to his work at Fordham, where he took over this fall as Language Program Director, he is the founder of EN CONSTRUCCIÓN, a series of literary readings that amplifies the work of NYC-based Latin American writers, and he serves as Literary Manager at IATI Theater, a Latinx bilingual company in the East Village.

 

Dennis Tyler
Promotion to Professor
English

Dennis Tyler is a scholar of African American literature and culture, disability studies, performance studies, and popular culture. His essays and reviews have appeared in African American Review, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, Gender: Space, The Feminist Wire, Oxford Bibliographies, American Literary History Online Review, and elsewhere. Dr. Tyler’s first book, Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present (New York University Press, 2022), was the winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award and a finalist for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAHL). His work has been recognized with grants and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies.

 

Carolina P. Vittor Medina
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Languages and Cultures

Professor Víttor-Medina joined Fordham in 2022, shortly after finishing her Ph.D. at SUNY/Stony Brook. She has made a number of important contributions to the Languages and Cultures Department as an esteemed teacher and a reliable colleague. Her exciting research on 20th and 21st-century cinema, literature, and history in her native Argentina—she received her undergraduate degree from the venerable Universidad de Buenos Aires—has deeply informed her teaching at Fordham. She has taught at multiple levels here, from beginning Spanish language to Spanish for heritage learners, to upper-level electives—most recently one about cultural narratives of crisis in Latin America.

 

Julianne Welby
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Communication and Media Studies

When Julianne Welby accepted the position of Advanced Lecturer in Journalism in 2022, she had already been a member of the Fordham community for over thirty years, originally graduating with a BA in Communications in 1993. With over a decade of experience at WNYC and almost as long at WFUV, Julianne returned to Fordham with a wealth of knowledge, experience, and insight, which she now translates into meaningful learning experiences at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Student evaluation reports identify her as an exceptional educator who supports and provides for her students on many levels, while also inviting them to challenge themselves to strive for ‘the bigger story’. Julianne has also played a significant role in the administration of the Master's in Public Media, and continues to act as a primary advisor for undergraduate students in the Journalism program. We are delighted that she has been promoted to the ranks of Senior Lecturer. 

Gabelli School of Business

Aniko DeLaney
Promotion to Advanced Lecturer
Marketing

Aniko DeLaney is an Advanced Lecturer of Marketing at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Aniko DeLaney holds her M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from NYU, and her Bachelor’s of Arts in French and Art History from Middlebury College. Alongside being an educator at Fordham University, DeLaney currently has an incredibly successful career as a Brand Consultant at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., and has served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Marketing, Managing Director at BNY Mellon, and more recently, as the Senior Vice President, Head of Ultra High Net Worth Marketing at Bank of America’s Private Bank and Merrill's Private Wealth Management. Aniko DeLaney’s first-hand industry experience continues to influence marketing education and broaden opportunities for Fordham’s Gabelli students, bridging her corporate experience and expertise in strategic corporate branding initiatives, digital marketing, and market research with the classroom. Her passion and dedication to shaping the next generation of business leaders, who are adept at developing marketing plans, driving business growth, and positively impacting the world when they enter the industry, carry forward the Jesuit tradition of service and excellence.

 

Ying Hong
Promotion to Professor
Leading People & Organizations

Professor Ying Hong, Ph.D., is a Professor of Leading People and Organizations at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial Relations/Human Resources from the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University in 2009. She also holds Master degrees in Industrial Relations/Human Resources from Rutgers University, and in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Saint Mary's University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and English Language/Literature from Zhejiang University, China. Professor Hong is recognized for her research specializing in the role human-resource management plays in enhanced employee performance and organizational efficiency. She has received multiple honors during her years of service at Fordham University, including the 2016 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, outstanding research contributions in her field, honoring her dedication to Fordham and its community. She was also awarded the Scholarly Achievement Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management, which is presented to the author of the most significant article in HR management published in recognized journals and research annuals. Her research has been published in multiple FT50 journals, emphasizing the role of HR practices in shaping employee behavior and organizational culture. These accolades underscore her excellence as a scholar advancing the theoretical foundations of human resource management and as a researcher whose work has practical implications for organizational success.

 

Robert L. Kissell
Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor
Finance & Business Economics

Professor Robert L. Kissell, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Professor Kissell earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Fordham University. He holds Master's degrees in Applied Mathematics from Hofstra University and in Business Management from Stony Brook University. His Bachelor’s degree is in Applied Mathematics & Statistics from Stony Brook University. Prior to entering academia, Professor Kissell had an extensive career in portfolio management and strategies, holding positions at prominent institutions such as UBS, JPMorgan Chase, etc., specializing in quantitative modeling, statistical analysis, and risk management. He continues to advise and consult with financial institutions on appropriate risk management, portfolio management techniques, and best execution practices. Kissell has published numerous research papers on trading strategies, algorithmic trading, risk management, and best execution. His paper, “Predictive Sports Analytics,” won the Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) best paper award in 2019. Through his teaching and contributions in applied research, Dr. Kissell continues to influence the landscape of financial education, bringing his real-world corporate experience and expertise in algorithmic trading, fintech, and investment analysis to the classroom.

 

Paul Lynch
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Accounting & Taxation

Professor Paul Lynch, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Professor Lynch earned his Ph.D. in Management from Rutgers University in 2008. He also holds two M.B.A. degrees, one from Rutgers University in Professional Accounting and the other from the University of Chicago, as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Rutgers University. Prior to entering academia, Lynch had an extensive career in banking and financial services, holding positions at prominent institutions such as UBS Securities, Capital Markets Assurance Corporation, etc., developing his expertise in structured financial transactions, acquisition analysis, pricing and structuring of derivative securities, and the valuation of fixed income securities. Throughout his years of teaching at Fordham, Lynch has been recognized for his exceptional teaching and dedication to student development, receiving the 2025 and the 2016 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Beyond teaching, he has contributed to the field through his mentorship for undergraduate students, by being a thesis advisor to Accounting majors at Gabelli. These accolades and his mentorship of students underscore his excellence and outstanding commitment to academic excellence and student success at Fordham. Professor Lynch continues to inspire and educate students to be future leaders, and his legacy stands as a testament to his impact at Fordham University.

 

James H. McCann
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Finance & Business Economics

James H. McCann serves as a Senior Lecturer of Finance and Business Economics at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. James H. McCann holds his Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University, and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to entering academia, McCann had an extensive career in financial services, holding positions at prominent institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Citibank, developing expertise in performance measurement, analytics, attribution, and risk measurement solutions, with his client work spanning from institutional pension systems to nonprofits. McCann has contributed through his mentorship for undergraduate students, by actively engaging in career advising and development, to help guide students in future careers in finance. He has led the finance initiative of the Global Business program since 2014 and has been an advocate for advancing Fin-Tech as a critical discipline in business education. His outstanding career and his research with a practical emphasis bridge Wall Street and the classroom. In 2024, McCann earned the prestigious Faculty Cura Personalis Award, an honor that acknowledges faculty members who exemplify the Jesuit ideal of caring for the whole person. James McCann stands as a shining example of academic excellence and compassionate mentorship.

 

Rosa Romeo
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Accounting & Taxation

Rosa Romeo is a Clinical Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. She is a double-Fordham alumna, holding her Master’s in Business Administration and her Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting, both from the Gabelli School of Business. After a successful career as an Audit Manager, specializing in alternative investments at PwC’s Investment Management Group, she returned to Fordham in 2004 as a Clinical faculty member and was recently promoted to Full Clinical Professor. She has served as the Director for the Dual-Degree Programs, the Undergraduate Accounting Program, and as the Director of External and Corporate Relations from 2007 to 2010. She is an integral part of curriculum development at Fordham, designing and teaching key courses, and has even contributed to the W. Edwards Deming Scholars Program. She actively supports many student organizations at Fordham, currently serving as an advisor for the Smart Woman Securities program and the campus liaison for the New York State Society of CPAs. Romeo has received multiple honors during her years of service at Fordham, including the 2025 Faculty Magis Award, given to faculty members who strive for more than excellence, and the Gabelli School's Adjunct of the Year Award. She is also a multiple-time recipient of Who's Who Among American Teachers honors. Rosa Romeo’s journey, from Fordham student to beloved faculty member, is one marked by passion, leadership, and dedication to both academic excellence and student development at the Gabelli School.

 

Iris Schneider
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Accounting & Taxation

Iris Schneider, J.D., CPA, is a Clinical Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Iris Schneider holds her J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from CUNY’s Lehman College. Schneider brings a wealth of professional experience in academia, having worked in significant roles for SONY, Mitsui & Co. Inc. (USA), etc., as tax counsel/director, focusing on domestic and international taxation, especially relating to the media and entertainment, commodities, and financial services industries. She is an attorney in New York and New Jersey, is a member of the American Bar Association, is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State, and is the former president of the Tax Executives Institute’s New York chapter. At Fordham, she has served as the Director of the Master of Science in Taxation Program and as the Deputy Director of the Master of Science in Accounting Program from 2016 to 2023. Iris Schneider has received the prestigious 2022 Stanley Fuchs Award, commemorating the legacy of a beloved faculty member and champion of students. Her robust corporate tax background enriches her teaching, offering her students real-world insights into the complex tax environments across diverse industries.

 

Kelly Ulto
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Accounting & Taxation

Kelly Ulto is a Clinical Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Kelly Ulto holds her M.B.A. in Accounting and Information Systems from Iona College, and her Bachelor’s of Science in Public Accounting from Fordham University. After a successful career as a Staff and Senior Audit Manager in the Financial Services Sector at KPMG LLP, she was recently promoted to Full Clinical Professor. Throughout her tenure, Kelly Ulto has exemplified excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, embodying Fordham’s mission to educate with wisdom, integrity, and compassion. Her commitment to student success extends beyond the classroom, where she has mentored future business leaders and nurtured a spirit of curiosity and resilience, through her leadership in multiple facets at Fordham, currently serving as the Director for the Masters’ of Science programs in Accounting and Taxation, chair of the Academic Integrity Committee, co-director of the Center for Professional Accounting Practices, and as the faculty advisor of the Gabelli School of Business Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi. Kelly Ulto’s professional achievements and service to the Fordham community reflect her deep commitment to Fordham University’s reputation for academic rigor and engaged learning.

 

Dongli Zhang
Promotion to Professor
Information, Technology & Operations

Professor Dongli Zhang, Ph.D., is a Professor of Information, Technology & Operations at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. She earned her Ph.D. in Operations and Management Science from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, in 2009. She also holds a Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science from Fudan University, China. Professor Zhang is recognized for her empirical approach in research and her expertise in Quality Management, Process Improvement, Operations Strategy, and Supply Chain Management. She has received multiple honors during her years of service at Fordham, including the 2025 Dean’s Award for Service, honoring her dedication and contributions, and was awarded a spot at the 2024 Faculty Research Abroad Program, to help facilitate research collaborations between Fordham and international Jesuit universities. Professor Zhang’s work at Fordham has been published in many leading academic journals, such as Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, exemplifying scholarly rigor and dedicated service; innovatively bridging empirical research with the classroom, thereby underlining her impact at Fordham and beyond.

Graduate School of Education

Jennifer Cooper 
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Psychological & Educational Services

Dr. Cooper is a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. Prior to earning her PhD from The Ohio State University, she obtained a master’s degree in public policy. Dr. Cooper has years of experience working with marginalized populations in school and clinical settings and strives to work on a system-level for equitable educational and mental health outcomes for youth. Her research focuses on social justice pedagogy in school psychology training and culturally responsive school-based behavioral and mental health supports.

Angie Sjoquist 
Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor
Psychological & Educational Services

Dr. Sjoquist is a certified school psychologist and licensed psychologist in New York State. Dr. Sjoquist has worked in both clinical and administrative roles within school and community settings. She is currently the director of the Hagin School Consultation Center, a psychology training clinic associated with the Division of Psychological and Educational Services of the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. In this role, Sjoquist coordinates the activities of the center and serves as a clinical supervisor for psychoeducational and neuropsychological assessments. 

Graduate School of Social Service

Kimberly Hudson
Tenure & Promotion to Professor

Dr. Hudson has an impressive record of accomplishments in research, scholarship, teaching, and service since joining the Graduate School of Social Service faculty in 2019. She has made significant contributions to research and scholarship, particularly in Health and Wellbeing in LGBTQ+ Communities of Color and Advancing Anti-Oppressive, Social Justice-Oriented Social Work Research, Teaching, and Practice. Her research findings are widely cited in academic literature and popular media, including The New York Times. Dr. Hudson has been the recipient of several fellowships and awards, including a highly competitive two-year award funded through the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. She is highly regarded by her students and cultivates dynamic and effective learning environments both within and outside the classroom. She is dedicated to mentorship for both MSW and PhD students, providing them with valuable opportunities for participation in research and publication. Dr. Hudson is actively engaged in service to the School, the University, and the broader academic and professional community, including serving on the Society for Social Work Research Social Policy Committee. Dr. Hudson’s work and commitment exemplify excellence in the “Three Pillars of Higher Education.”

 

School of Law

Atinuke Adediran
Tenure

Atinuke, or Tinu, Adediran is a leading scholar of business, law, and society. She uses empirical and sociological methods to study diversification initiatives among large private corporations and has brought a critical lens to the power structures in the non-profit and pro-bono sectors. Her new book, Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress, examines corporate rhetoric around race. Professor Adediran’s work has been recognized by the Center for Racial Justice at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the Ford Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation. In 2023, Professor Adediran received the university-wide Distinguished Research Award for Interdisciplinary Studies here at Fordham. Professor Adediran came to Fordham from Boston College Law School, and before entering academia, she was an associate in the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and Senior Advisor on Racial Justice to the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the US Environmental Protection Agency. She holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Sociology from Northwestern University and received her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.

 

Maggie Wittlin 
Promotion to Professor

Professor Maggie Wittlin is a true polymath. Building on her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics magna cum laude, from Yale, her J.D. from Yale, her LL.M. from Columbia, two clerkships for federal judges, and time in private practice, Professor Wittlin has produced significant scholarship in an extraordinary number of fields, including economic regulation, climate change, patents, antitrust, evidence, and intellectual property policy, probability, civil procedure, and trademarks. Her work ranges from careful empirical studies to deep theoretical insights, and is published in major law reviews and technical journals. Having earned the respect and admiration of her peers. Professor Wittlin is now a highly sought-after contributor to scholarly symposia in the United States and abroad, and is the co-author of the leading treatise on Expert Evidence. Professor Wittlin has compiled her scholarly record while garnering three awards for her teaching of Torts, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Criminal Adjudication, and Scientific Evidence, and played a leading role in Fordham Law’s Faculty Appointments Committee, which she now chairs. To her most impressive list of achievements, Fordham Law School is happy to add Professor Wittlin’s promotion to full professor.