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InSight: RIVIER ACADEMIC JOURNAL, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 1, SPRING 2009
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LONNIE R. ARMSTRONG Jr. is originally from Fresno, CA. He served in the Armed Forces Department of
the Navy for seven years. He earned his B.A. in American Studies from Franklin Pierce College in 2006 and his
M. Ed. in Educational Studies from Rivier College in 2007. He is currently in the CAGS program in school
psychology at Rivier College. He resides in Nashua, NH.
SUSAN E. BARBARO, Ph.D., obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from Concordia University, Montreal,
Quebec, and Master of Science and Doctorate from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Her desire to understand
and protect the environment has always played an important role in determining Susan’s research interests. In
particular, she is interested in the microbial ecology of fresh water and soil ecosystems. Susan has studied and
conducted research related to microbial physiology, biological control, and bioremediation. Her first full-time
teaching position was at Delaware State University, a Historical Black College. She joined the faculty at Rivier
College in 2003. Dr. Barbaro is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Department of Biology.
KATHI VIESER BIANCO is a freelance writer from Long Island, New York, specializing in higher education
and consumer marketing. The winner of multiple awards for both nonfiction and fiction writing, she holds a
bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and master's degrees from New York Institute of Technology and
the City University of New York-Queens College.
MARK W. BOEGEL earned his M. Ed. from Rivier College in 1989. Since then he has worked as a school
counselor, a technical recruiter and the director of career services at the local campus of a nationwide technical
college. He has also worked in other unrelated fields. As a Clinical Case Manager for the Mental health Center of
Greater Manchester, Mark currently works with people with severe and persistent mental illnesses. He resides in
Nashua with his wife Linda and Martin, the youngest of his three sons. His two older sons and two grandchildren
live on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
LUCIE BRYAR earned a B.A. in English Communications from Rivier College in 1976. She has more than 20
years experience in news-writing, marketing, and public relations, including 14 years as a staff writer for Rivier
College. In her current position as a writer for Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Bryar produces the
employee newsletter. She also writes for the hospital magazine, as well as contributes to the production of
collateral marketing material.
Professor LLOYD J. CARR, Ph.D., has been a member of Rivier’s Philosophy Department since 1985, having
previously taught at Baruch College (CUNY) and Long Island University (Brooklyn). His philosophical interests
include normative critical and practical reasoning, theories of rational choice, and philosophy of mind. His article
“Deliberation versus outcome: a procedural problem for committees” draws from his recent courses in political
philosophy and decision making, as well as from his study of articles in professional journals.
Sr. THERESA COUTURE is an artist in digital and combined media. She received her M.F.A. from Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; D.Min. in Theology and the Arts from Graduate Theological
Foundation, South Bend, Indiana (partially coordinated with studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley,
California and the Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA); and M.A. and B.A. in English from
Rivier College. Theresa Couture combines an active studio life with a full professorship in art at Rivier College, a
Catholic liberal arts institution sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary of which she is a member.
She has served as Co-chair of the Department of Art and Music and Director of the Design Program. She is
currently Director of the Rivier College Art Gallery. Her work on paper has been exhibited throughout the United
States. Many of her pieces are in private and university collections as well as in the collections of the Armand
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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Her work has appeared in Art New England, Christianity and the Arts, Insight, Face of the Deep, and publications
of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA).
ROBERT CRAVEN, Ph.D., Professor of English and Humanities, is an interdisciplinary scholar who teaches
Humanities and Art History. Bob is a recipient of the Southern New Hampshire University award for excellence
in teaching. He has published five books, including a two-volume encyclopedia of symphony orchestras around
the world. He has also written more than 80 reviews for the magazine Art New England, of which he was for
many years the New Hampshire review editor. He instituted and formerly directed SNHU's McIninch Art
Gallery. As he approaches retirement, his interest in photography has turned away from technical work towards
images of birds, emphasizing their colors and personalities.
TIMOTHY J. DOHERTY, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Department of English and
Communications at Rivier College, where he also directs the campus writing program and chairs the Faculty
Development Committee. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in
1996, and is currently interested in the intersection of conflict resolution, deliberative democracy, and core
education in colleges and universities.
ERIC DROUART, a native of France, after graduating from Institut de Préparation à l’Administration et à la
Gestion (IPAG) in Paris, France, attended the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), and received a Bachelor’s
in Business Administration and a Master’s of Science in Business Administration. Drouart joined Rivier College
in early 2000. He is an Associate Professor in the Business Administration Division teaching courses in
management, marketing, advertising, international business, and strategic management. Drouart had extensive
international marketing and general management experience with Bristol-Myers Squibb. He was based in Paris,
France from 1994 to 1999. Eric also spent five years, from 1986 to 1991, in Japan, and one year (1993) in Italy.
Drouart had prior international research experience with General Foods Corporation and Burke Marketing
Research. Drouart is a member of the American Marketing Association.
PETER ELIOPOULOS received his Bachelor of Arts degree, in Political Science and Philosophy, from Boston
College. He is currently enrolled in the Writing and Literature M. A. Program at Rivier College. His works have
been published in Remodeling News, Typically Unusual, and The Lowell Sun newspaper. His writing has also
been featured on Jay Leno's Tonight Show. He lives in Lowell, Mass., with his daughters Julia and Mia.
LISA ENRIGHT is the Director of Academic Advising at Rivier College. She received her M.A. in
Communication degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1994 and B.A. in Political Science
degree from Utica College of Syracuse University, in 1993. Lisa joined Rivier College in May 2002 as the
Evening Academic Advisor before being promoted to Director of Advising in July 2004. Lisa now oversees both
day and evening nursing advising offices and also continues to serve as the academic advisor for all B.S. evening
nursing students. Before coming to Rivier, Lisa served as an adjunct humanities faculty member and academic
advisor at New Hampshire Community Technical College (NHCTC) at Nashua. Prior to working at NHCTC, Lisa
was the Elderhostel Summer Program Coordinator and Marketing Assistant for the University of New England’s
(UNE) Office of Continuing Education, Biddeford, ME. Before going to UNE, Lisa worked as a Staff Assistant
for the Office of the Provost, State University of New York System Administration. Lisa is a member of the
National Association of Academic Advisors (NACADA).
Dr. H. ALAN GOODMAN is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Graduate Program in
Clinical Psychology at Rivier College. He has a Bachelor's degree from California State University, a Master's
Degree from the University of the Incarnate Word, and a Ph.D. from St Mary's University, and he is all but
dissertation in a second Ph.D. in General/Experimental Psychology from Tufts University.
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GEORGI LAURIN HIPPAUF holds a B.A. from Boston University and an M.A. in Education from SUNY at
Albany, NY. She edited and co-authored three books with former Governor Hugh Gregg on New Hampshire
Primary politics. She led the founding of Le Parc de Notre Renaissance Française in Nashua, about which she
wrote the descriptive book The Third Century: A Recognition of Franco-Americans to raise funds for the park’s
bronze sculpture. Her latest book, The Story of How They Banished Pickled Frogs’ Legs Forever, was illustrated
by RISE colleague Diane Statkum. Georgi co-hosted Talkline with Maury Parent for three years on Nashua’s
local radio stations. She has facilitated courses at RISE, including French a la Mode, and serves on its Executive
Board as RISE publicity director.
JENNIFER LISKOW is Rivier’s Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications and teaches in the
College’s Professional Communications program. Jennifer earned her bachelor’s in English and communications
from Notre Dame College in Manchester, N.H. in 1996. In 2002, she completed her master’s in writing and
literature at Rivier. She began writing in junior high school; since then, she has had poems, short stories, features
and essays published. She serves on the Board of Directors for NH Roller Derby, the state’s first competitive flattrack
roller derby league.
Professor MARIA MATARAZZO is Chair of the Division of Business Administration at Rivier College and
has served as a faculty member for the past 20 years. Matarazzo has a comprehensive background in business
management, business communications, and business software applications. Matarazzo has previously held fulltime
faculty positions at Southern New Hampshire University and Manchester Community College. Professor
Matarazzo has served on the Board of many professional organizations. She is past president of the New
Hampshire Business Education Association and has held memberships in the National Business Education
Association, the Eastern Business Education Association, the Academy of Management, the Association of
Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the National Campaign for Tolerance, and local organizations such as
the Nashua Chamber of Commerce. She serves as a marketing advisor for Business Week. Matarazzo has been
named several times to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, as well as being inducted into several honor
societies—Pi Omega Pi, Alpha Sigma Lambda, and Alpha Delta Kappa. She has been honored with the State of
NH Excellence in Education Award, 2005. Additionally, Matarazzo has been honored with the State of NH/BPW
“Excellence in Advocacy” Award, and the 2003-2004 "Megaphone Award" for her advocacy of legislative issues
that impact working women, families, and minorities. Matarazzo has presented to the International Management
Council, the New England Council of Lions, and the National Regional Conference of the Association of
Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the New Hampshire Business Education Association, and other
professional organizations. She has recently published a paper “Shifting Hemispheres: Age, Altruism, and New
Markets” that will be presented at the 9 th International Conference on Knowledge, Change, and Culture in
Organizations. Professor Matarazzo resides in Nashua, New Hampshire.
ROBERT T. McLAUGHLIN, Ph.D., chaired Rivier College’s education division in 2008. He oversees
professional educator preparation program approval for the NH Dept. of Education. His three children, he enjoys
telling them, are usually cute and adorable; with his wife he provides a home for four border collies, who all are
cute and adorable. He founded and chaired the International Society for Technology in Education’s interest
groups on innovative learning technologies and digital equity, serves on the national commission on technology
and the future of teacher education, and is senior fellow for the Stokes Institute for Opportunity in STEM
Education.
KATHY MORRISSEY is the Administrative Assistant for Academic Advising and has been with Rivier College
for two years, serving one year in the Division of Nursing as an administrative assistant.
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JOANN B. NICHOLS is enjoying her first year as faculty in the Rivier College Education Division, having
taught as adjunct faculty and in the Rivier Early Childhood Center Kindergarten for several years. She is eagerly
anticipating the pending completion of her doctoral dissertation on the history of reading instruction.
KATHLEEN PATENAUDE is the president of the Rivier-St. Joseph Nursing Honor Society. She is an
Instructor of Nursing at Rivier College with over thirty years of nursing experience. Kathleen has also served the
public in various roles with a background in critical care. She holds licensure as a registered nurse in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. Kathleen earned a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's degree in nursing
education at Rivier. She has had the pleasure of contributing to the community's education of nursing program for
the last ten years, six of which were spent at Rivier. Her devotion to Rivier College and the Sisters of the
Presentation began in her high school years as a student at Presentation of Mary Academy in Hudson, New
Hampshire. Most recently, Kathleen was appointed to be the certified nurse educator (CNE) for the National
League of Nursing (NLN).
Dr. VLADIMIR V. RIABOV, Professor of Computer Science at Rivier College, teaches Introduction to
Computing, Networking Technologies, Computer Security, Software Engineering, Object-Oriented System
Design, System Simulation and Modeling, and Professional Seminar in Computer Science. He received a Ph.D. in
Applied Mathematics and Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and M.S. in Computer
Information Systems from Southern New Hampshire University. Vladimir published about 100 articles in
encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and international and national conference proceedings, including The Internet
Encyclopedia, The Handbook of Information Security, The Handbook of Computer Networks, International
Journal of Computers and Structures, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Journal of Aircraft, Journal of
Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Proceedings of International Congress of Aeronautical Sciences, International
Symposia on Rarefied Gas Dynamics and Shock Waves, International Conferences on Computer Science and
Information Systems, Conferences of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and others. He is a
member of ACM, AIAA, IEEE, and MAA. His hobby is digital photography. Vladimir’s photos have been
published in The Bedford Bulletin and The Goffstown News. He has also participated in the SNHU Community
Art Shows and New Hampshire Art Association Photo Exhibitions.
Dr. VIRGINIA RYAN is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rivier College since 1999. She earned a
Ph.D. from Boston College in 1998 (Dissertation: “Physician-Assisted Suicide from a Social Justice
Perspective”), M.A. in Special Education from Assumption College (1989), M. Div. from Andover Newton
Theological School (1977), and B.A. from Boston College (1974). Dr. Ryan teaches courses in Bioethics,
Christian Ethics, Environmental Theology, Biblical Theology, and Feminist Theology & Spirituality. Before
becoming a college professor, Virginia was a hospital chaplain, patient representative, and youth minister. She is
a Board Member and Section Convener (Theology, Ecology and Natural Science) of the College Theological
Society and is an active member in the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian
Ethics. She is on the Advisory Board and Ethics Committee of Notre Dame Health Care Center in Worcester,
MA. Dr. Ryan has spoken to various groups on such topics as ecotheology, justice in the Church, spirituality and
sexuality, and bioethics. She lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, married to Neil Castronovo. They have two
daughters, Elizabeth, 23 and Annie, 18.
MARGARET SHAW is currently in the M.A. in Writing and Literature Program at Rivier. She earned a B.S. in
Elementary Education and Psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Peggy taught at the
kindergarten for 15 years. Also she was an ESL tutor for immigrants for five years. Peggy lives with her husband,
Thomas in Hudson, NH. They enjoy sailing the Prickly Heat in Wellfleet, MA and in the Lake Winnisquam, NH,
cross country skiing at Windblown, and bike riding on the Niagara Water Front in Canada. They have no pets, but
neighborhood cats do enjoy playing mortal combat with the field mice that inhabit Shaw’s fieldstone foundation.
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Dr. REGINA SHEARER is the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rivier College. She received
her Bachelor and Master's of Science in Physics and Bachelor of Arts in French at Shippensburg State Teachers
College. She received her Masters of Divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and an Honorary
Doctoral Degree from Rivier College. Dr. Shearer is the Executive Pastor of Zion Church Ministries,
headquartered in Everett, MA, and Dean of the Covenant Christian Bible Institute.
LYNN LESSARD SPERL is a communications specialist for New Hampshire Local Government Center in
Concord, New Hampshire, and is more than half-way through coursework for obtaining an M.A. in Writing and
Literature at Rivier College. The former journalist has been a writer and editor for the healthcare industry for over
25 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Hampshire and is an active member
of the New England Society of Healthcare Communications. Lynn lives in Gilford, New Hampshire, with her
entrepreneur husband, Kevin Sperl, who publishes the new Lakes Region Spirit magazine to which Lynn
contributes her copyediting and column writing talents.
Photography by JODIE ANDRUSKEVICH, ROBERT CARLIN, and DANIEL MARINO ’99
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