Faculty & Staff

The Sociology and Criminal Justice faculty and staff are here to help the Suffolk University community as a whole—students should contact their professors and administrators to address all questions and concerns.

Full-time Faculty

Erika Gebo
Professor, Chair, Sociology & Criminal Justice

Amy Agigian
Associate Professor

Donna Cole
Visiting Assistant Professor 

Felicia Wiltz
Associate Dean, Administration, Operations & Planning, College of Arts & Sciences, Associate Professor

Georgi Georgiev
Instructor

Jessica Gillooly
Assistant Professor  

Carlos Monteiro
Associate Professor

Susan Sered
Professor 

Mike Siegel
Associate Professor 

Emeritus Professors

Debra Harkins
Professor Emerita

Donald Morton
Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology

Maureen Norton-Hawk
Professor Emerita, Sociology

James Ptacek
Professor Emeritus, Sociology & Criminal Justice

Steven Spitzer
Professor Emeritus, Sociology

Part-time Faculty

Part-time faculty may be reached at the main department phone number, 617-573-8485. They may also be reached via the departmental fax number, 617-994-4278.

The part-time faculty office is located at 73 Tremont Street, Room 7015A. 

Anthony Benedetti
Senior Lecturer
JD, Suffolk University
BA, Boston College 

Carole Cafferty
Lecturer
MA, Criminal Justice Administration, UMass Lowell
BA, Criminal Justice, Saint Anselm College

Lina M. Cañon
Lecturer
MBA, Social Impact & Leadership and Organizational Transformation, Boston University
BA, Sociology & Government, Suffolk University

Lauren Clingan
Lecturer

Peter Coyne
Senior Lecturer
JD, Suffolk Law
MS, Law, Policy & Society, Northeastern University
BA, UMass Amherst

Georgia Critsley
Senior Lecturer
JD, Suffolk University 

Kara Hayes
Lecturer
MA, Public Administration & Public Policy, UMass Boston
BA, Boston College

Pamerson O. Ifill
Lecturer
MA, Social Policy, Brandeis University
BA, Political Science & Government, Economics, Stonehill College

William McNicholas
Lecturer
PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston
MA, Applied Sociology: Criminology & Corrections, University of Massachusetts Boston
BA, Spanish Literature & Grammar, Secondary Education, University of Massachusetts Boston

Abraham Pena
Executive Director, Center for First-Generation & Educational Equity
PhD, Florida State University
MS, Florida State University
BS, University of Texas at Austin

Gabriella Priest Celestin
Lecturer
MS, Suffolk University
BS, Suffolk University

Andres Reyes
Lecturer

Nicholas Roberts
Lecturer
BA, University of Massachusetts Boston
MA, University of Massachusetts Boston

Lori Rosenberg
Academic Coach Conditional Transfers

Yahya Shamekhi
Associate Director, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Asha White
Lecturer
JD, Northeastern University
BA, Boston College

Candence Wills de Jesus
Lecturer

Department Staff

Nathan Siket, BS '23
Administrative Coordinator
617-573-8485
73 Tremont St, 7th Floor