CHRISTINA ALEJANDRE, MBA, assistant professor of business management and NCAA faculty athletic representative (pictured above left), moderated a Great Northeast Athletic Conference professional development seminar panel on student-athlete mental health. She and other panel members were awarded a citation from Massachusetts representative Chynah Tyler for their work.

DEBORAH BALDIZAR, MFA, associate professor of art, exhibited a body of artwork created during her spring sabbatical in a group show, “Art from Across the River,” at Angell Street Galleries in Providence (pictured above, second from left).

HEIDI BURGIEL, M.ED., PH.D., applications system analyst, has published The Magic Theorem: A Greatly-Expanded, Much-Abridged Edition of The Symmetries of Things.

PATRICIA GARCIA, PH.D., assistant professor of education, presented an action research study, “Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs and Preparedness to Teach Multilingual Learners,” at the National Association of Teacher Educators Conference in March. She also facilitated a panel discussion at the Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages conference in May.

ANNE GAUGHEN, MFA, M.ED., director of alumni engagement and annual fund, presented a session on antagonists in fiction as guest faculty at the Lasell Solstice MFA in Creative Writing program’s July residency.

ETHAN GILSDORF, MFA, lecturer, published a personal essay, “My Mom, Julia Child and Me,” with WBUR/NPR’s Cognoscenti. He also published an essay, “How They Did It: Scene Creation in Lee Martin’s ‘Bastards’” in the Brevity Blog.

BETH SAUCIER GOODSPEED, M.S., ABC-BIO, program chair and assistant professor of forensic science, was recently appointed to the board of trustees for the Forensic Sciences Foundation (FSF), which is the scientific, research, and educational arm of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).

JOHN GUILFOIL, M.A., lecturer, received the Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America. He and his colleagues at John Guilfoil Public Relations were acknowledged for their work on an innovative communications campaign that virtually eliminated violent crime, fighting, and arrests in the Cape Cod community of Dennis during the Fourth of July holiday season.

SHARON HARRINGTON-HOPE, M.A., LMHC, director of counseling and clinical counselor, was presented with this year’s Thomas E.J. de Witt Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership.

ELIZABETH HARTMANN, PH.D., chair of the graduate education program, was a guest on the EdIS eXchange podcast with student Chynel McCrink. They discussed how Universal Design Learning and Lasell’s workforce development program in Northern Ireland have impacted Chynel’s teaching practice.

JANET HUETTEMAN, MBA, associate professor and graduate program chair of business, published her debut novel (pictured above, furthest right), Beautiful Jail, under the pen name Janet H. Wolfe. The story is a modern whodunit that weaves together romance, betrayal, and murder.

JOSEPH JANOSKY, DRPH, MSC, PT, ATC, assistant professor of athletic training, delivered a keynote at the Isokinetic Conference in Madrid, presented two scientific sessions at the European Sports Medicine Associates focus meeting in Bologna, Italy, and served as head physiotherapist and athletic trainer for the Puerto Rico men’s U20 national lacrosse team at the World Lacrosse Championships in Jeju, South Korea (pictured above, second from right).

MEG KEARNEY, M.A., founding director of Lasell’s Solstice MFA in Creative Writing program, published her heroic crown of sonnets, Cardiac Thrill, with Green Linden Press in September.

ASHMITA KHASNABISH, PH.D., lecturer, became an elected fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in London in June. She also delivered a paper at a conference for the Harvard Divinity School’s Program for the Evolution of Spirituality and chaired a panel at the Northeastern Modern Language Association’s annual convention.

SARA LARGE, PH.D., associate professor of writing, authored a chapter, “Lean On: Planning for, Insisting On, and Accepting Support” in Rutgers University Press’s edited collection Parenting While PhDing: Surviving and Improving the Working Conditions of Graduate Student Parents.

VARSHITHA MANJUNATH, M.S., assistant professor of cybersecurity, was made a fellow of the Soft Computing Research Society and was a recipient of the organization’s Global Excellence Award. She was named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Day Ambassador and also represented Women in Security and Privacy (WISP), which advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in cybersecurity, at DEF CON’s 33rd annual conference in Las Vegas.

KRISTINA MARKOS, M.L.S., associate professor and graduate chair of communications, delivered a session at Ragan’s Employee Experience conference (pictured above, third from left) in August: “Winning L&D Strategies for Results-Driven Teams.”

SAMANTHA MOCLE, M.A., director of communications and stewardship, graduated with a master’s degree in publishing from Emerson College in May.

MICHELLE NIESTEPSKI, PH.D., has accepted the role of assistant vice president for academic operations. Prior to this position, she served as dean of student success, a role in which she supported Lasell’s academic community through her leadership in academic advising, outcomes assessment, and numerous student success initiatives.

CLAUDIA RINALDI, PH.D., dean of curricular integration and director of the RoseMary B. Fuss Teaching and Learning Center, was a keynote speaker for the 2025 Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages conference. She also presented at the New York State Education Department’s Multi-Tiered System of Support Integrated Virtual Learning Summit.

EMILY STANLEY, M.A., executive director of admission (pictured above, third from right), was named conference chair for the Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association’s 2026 annual conference.

MICHAEL STEVENS, PH.D., MBA, lecturer, successfully defended his dissertation and was awarded his Ph.D. from Liberty University in May. He also served as a guest speaker at the Steel Manufacturers Association Conference on the supply chain challenges and opportunities facing the sector in the digital age.

ANH LE TRAN, PH.D., the Joan Weiler Arnow ’49 Professor of Economics and Management, delivered the University’s Arnow lecture, “The U.S.-China artificial intelligence race,” in April. He also wrote an article for Hanoi Television and served as a peer reviewer for the International Journal of Environment and Pollution.

KELLIE WALLACE, PH.D., CAGS, program chair and professor of justice studies and queer initiatives facilitator, was awarded a Whiting Foundation grant to travel to Australia to research aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples to create an undergraduate course on international indigenous justice.

BRIAN WARDYGA, ED.D., professor of communication, was presented with this year’s Thomas E.J. de Witt Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership. He also completed the manuscript for the third edition of The Video Games Textbook and was a judge for competitions run by the Broadcasting Education Association and Textbook and Academic Authors Association.

Lasell celebrated the well-deserved retirements of four faculty and staff members in 2025: LINDA BUCCI, M.S., J.D., professor and chair of justice studies and criminal justice; JEFFREY CORCORAN, MBA, M.S., M.I.S., associate professor of business management; DAVID HENNESSEY, ED.M., associate vice president and dean of student affairs; and NANCY WALDRON, PH.D., assistant provost and professor of entrepreneurship and management.