Presidential & Provost Fellows
Senior Presidential Fellows
In the course of the past academic year, the Presidential Fellows developed, led, and delivered trainings for faculty, including two Summer Symposia and three summer workshops, as well as the programming for our AI@Iona Outreach to local schools and districts. In July 2025, they delivered a robust report to President Carey and Provost Mulligan outlining a strategic institutional approach to AI and pragmatic guidelines for AI-aware education. Excerpts from their report are presented on the facing page; it can be read in full here.
Chair, Education Department
Associate Professor of Education
- Office:
- 82 President Street
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2380 (914) 633-2380
- Email:
- chardigree@iona.edu
Clinical Lecturer
Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2140 (914) 633-2140
- Email:
- rkissner@iona.edu
Christy Solorio, Ph.D., MS, RN, CNE, CPN
Assistant Professor, Nursing Department
- Office:
- Brunn-Maier Hall, Bronxville Campus
- Email:
- csolorio@iona.edu
Associate Professor of English
- Office:
- 32 Hubert Place
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2056 (914) 633-2056
- Email:
- istabell@iona.edu
2025-2026
Presidential Fellows
The second cohort of Presidential Fellows are charged with further elaborating and operationalizing the programs established or outlined in the Center’s first-year work, including the planning, programming, and delivery of workshops, symposia, and internal and external trainings. A key deliverable will be a proposal for a three-year roadmap for the Center building on their predecessors’ report.
Senior Director of Clinical Experiences/Clinical Lecturer
Education Department
- Office:
- 80 President Street
- Email:
- eabrams@iona.edu
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Chair, Mathematics & Physics Department
- Office:
- Spellman Hall, Room 4-206F
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2272 (914) 633-2272
- Email:
- bgaines@iona.edu
Marie Elaine Gioiosa, Ph.D., CPA
Associate Professor of Accounting
Chair, Accounting Department
- Office:
- LaPenta School of Business, 434
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2527 (914) 633-2527
- Email:
- mgioiosa@iona.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – DESIGN THINKING & INNOVATION
HYNES INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2178 (914) 633-2178
- Email:
- asapru@iona.edu
Provost Fellows
Computer Science Department
Project to drive integration of AI into the department’s educational ecosystem and adapt curricula to emerging challenges and to changes in the software development life cycle driven by delegation of many programming tasks to AI systems.
Md Golam Moula Mehedi Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Office:
- Murphy Center, Room 113E
- Email:
- mmehedihasan@iona.edu
Chair, Computer Science Department
Professor of Computer Science
Game Development Coordinator
Contact for All Undergraduate Programs
- Office:
- Murphy Center, Room 113J
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2578 (914) 633-2578
- Email:
- livanov@iona.edu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Office:
- Murphy Centre, Room 113E
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2241 (914) 633-2241
- Email:
- mnuseir@iona.edu
Education Department
Project to study how faculty integrate and extend learning from a university-sponsored AI symposium into their research, teaching, and curricular practices and to explore how diverse disciplinary perspectives and (dis)positions toward AI inform sustained, ethical, and collaborative engagement with generative technologies.
Assistant Professor of Education
- Office:
- 82 President Street, Room 24-5
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2552 (914) 633-2552
- Email:
- acompton@iona.edu
Jonathan (JD) McCausland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
- Office:
- 82 President Street, Room 24-3
- Email:
- jmccausland@iona.edu
History Department
Project to develop a micro-credential in AI Literacy for the Humanities that equips students with understanding of generative AI, while also exploring how humanistic perspectives can shape responsible technology use, curricular innovation, and workplace preparedness.
Jimena Perry, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor, History Department
- Office:
- 10 President Street
- Email:
- jperry@iona.edu
Chair, History Department
Associate Professor of History
- Office:
- Ryan Library
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2651 (914) 633-2651
- Email:
- nslonimsky@iona.edu
Interprofessional Education/NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences
Project to launch AI: A Catalyst for Interprofessional Teamwork in Healthcare, an innovative collaboration among faculty in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and other health sciences. Project will create AI enhanced simulations and case studies that help students strengthen clinical reasoning, ethical decision making, and teamwork across disciplines.
Monica L. Diamond-Caravella, DNP, MSN, RN, AE-C
Senior Clinical Lecturer, Nursing Department
- Office:
- Brunn-Maier Hall, Bronxville Campus
- Phone:
- (914) 637-2721 (914) 637-2721
- Email:
- mdiamondcaravella@iona.edu
Gary Grimaldi, Ph.D., OTR/L, ATP
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
- Office:
- Feth 204A
- Email:
- ggrimaldi@iona.edu
Christina Orozco Nevers, Ph.D., ATC
Clinical Lecturer
Program Coordinator - Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness Program
- Office:
- Sieker Hall, Room 201, Bronxville Campus
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2073 (914) 633-2073
- Email:
- cnevers@iona.edu
Director, Undergraduate Social Work Practicum Education
Clinical Lecturer of Social Work
- Office:
- Sieker Hall, Room 216
- Email:
- apeters@iona.edu
Rhoda San Jose, DNP, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CHSE
Director of Nursing Laboratories and Simulation Learning, Nursing Department
- Office:
- Kelly Center for Health Sciences, Bronxville Campus
- Phone:
- (914) 637-2753 (914) 637-2753
- Email:
- rsanjose@iona.edu
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
- Office:
- Feth 204C
- Email:
- HTheysohn@iona.edu