May 05, 2024  
2020-21 UMMachias Catalog 
    
2020-21 UMMachias Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Full-Time Faculty


Christopher Abbandonato

  • Instructor of Mathematics
  • BSc, McGill University
  • BEd, St. Thomas University
  • MSc, University of New Brunswick

Uriah Anderson

  • Associate Professor of Psychology
  • B.S., Indiana State University
  • M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University

Heather L. Ball

  • Associate Professor of Special Education
  • B.A., Rhode Island College
  • M.Ed., Duquesne University
  • Ed.D., Ph.D., University of Maine

Brian F. Beal

  • Professor of Marine Ecology
  • B.S., University of Maine at Machias
  • M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Ph.D., University of Maine

Karen Beeftink

  • Chair, Division of Professional Studies
  • Associate Professor of Environmental Recreation and Tourism Management
  • B.A., University of Illinois
  • M.S., West Virginia University
  • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Rebecca Bragg

  • Assistant Professor of Management & Entrepreneurial Studies
  • B.A., Grove City College
  • M.A., Wheaton College
  • M.B.A., Sawyer Business School
  • J.D., Western New England University School of Law

William Driscoll

  • Assistant Professor of Management & Entrepreneurial Studies
  • B.S., Eastern Nazarene College
  • M.B.A., Sawyer Business School
  • A.B.D., California Intercontinental University
  • J.D., Suffolk University School of Law
  • L.P.D., Northeastern University

Meghan W. Duff

  • Chair, Division of Arts and Letters
  • Associate Professor of Psychology
  • B.S., Emory University
  • M.S., Ph.D., Antioch New England Graduate School

Julia Herron

  • Assistant Professor of Inclusive Early Childhood Education
  • A.S., Nassau Community College
  • B.A., M.S., Long Island University
  • Ph.D., Northcentral University

Ellen G. Hostert

  • Professor of Biology
  • B.A., Cornell College
  • M.A., University of Northern Iowa
  • Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz

Tora Johnson

  • Chair, Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems
  • B.S., University of Oregon
  • M.Phil., College of the Atlantic
  • Ph.D., University of Maine

Eric H. Jones

  • Associate Professor of Plant Biology
  • A.S., Tallahassee Community College
  • B.S., Florida State University
  • Ph.D., Florida State University

Kay Kimball

  • Assistant Professor of History
  • M.A., University of Tennessee
  • Ph.D., Emory University

M. Gayle Kraus

  • Professor of Marine Ecology
  • B.A., M.A., Hofstra University
  • Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

Lois-Ann Kuntz

  • Professor of Psychology
  • B.S., University of Georgia
  • M.S., University of Central Florida
  • Ph.D., University of Florida

Garret M. Lee 

  • Lecturer of Education
  • B.A., Eastern Washington University 
  • M.A., University of New Mexico

Marcus A. LiBrizzi

  • Professor of English
  • B.A., Simon’s Rock College of Bard
  • M.A., University of Maine
  • Ph.D., McGill University

Elizabeth L. Mann

  • Assistant Professor of Marine Science
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • B.A., Bowdoin College

James H. Moreira

  • Associate Professor of Community Studies
  • B.A., University of King’s College
  • M.A., Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland

Eugene C. Nichols

  • Professor of Music
  • B.M., SUNY-Potsdam
  • M.M. and M.M., Northern Illinois University

William H. Otto

  • Professor of Chemistry
  • B.A., MidAmerica Nazarene University
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas

Jonathan E. Reisman

  • Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy
  • B.A., Colby College
  • M.A., Brown University
  • M.A., University of Southern Maine

H. Lori Schnieders 

  • Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • B.A., Northern Kentucky University
  • M.Ed., Xavier University
  • Ed.D., University of Louisville

Sherrie A. Sprangers

  • Professor of Biology
  • B.S., University of Wisconsin
  • Ph.D., Marquette University

Stuart G. Swain

  • Professor of Mathematics
  • B.A., Colby College
  • M.A., University of Washington
  • Ph.D., University of Maine

Bernard G. Vinzani

  • Professor of Art & Book Arts
  • B.S., M.F.A., Indiana State University