Faculty who identify as AHANA (African, Hispanic, Asian and Native American descent) play a vital role in the BC community and are important resources. They pursue cutting-edge scholarship. They teach innovative classes in a wide range of subjects and serve as mentors and advisors.
Allyssa L. Harris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Connell School of Nursing
Ph.D.: Boston College
Representative courses: Advance Practice Women's Health; Theoretical Foundations in Women's Health & Pediatric Nursing
Research interests: Sexual risk behavior; parent-child communication; media influence on sexual health
Alvis Lo
Associate Professor, Accounting, Carroll School of Management
Ph.D.: University of British Columbia
Representative courses: Managerial Accounting; Financial Accounting
Research interests: Determinants and consequences of financial disclosures; bank accounting; debt contracting
Ana Martinez Alemán
Professor, Education
Educational Leadership & Higher Education; Associate Dean, Faculty & Academic Affairs, Lynch School of Education and Human Development
Ed.D.: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Representative courses: Higher Education and American Society; Diversity in Higher Education; Gender and Higher Education
Research interests: Philosophy and theory of higher education; campus culture, race and gender in higher education
C. Shawn McGuffey
Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Representative courses: Race, Class & Gender; Intro to African American Society; Intro to African Diaspora Studies; Understanding Race, Gender & Violence
Research interests: Intersectionality; trauma; violence