Education:
- MSci - University of Bristol
- Ph.D - University of Bristol
Education:
B.S.,M.S.,Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.
Education: Graduate Certificate of Special Studies, Administration & Management Harvard University MBA, General Business Georgia State University BA, Education University of South Carolina
Background: Kristin McGillicuddy has 28 years of business experience in corporate business and marketing roles across a variety of industries, including maritime communications. At KVH Industries, she worked on content, social media, advertising, PR, corporate events, and programs related to maritime connectivity, including seafarer welfare initiatives. Her maritime experience spans across both the leisure and commercial shipping sectors. She is currently a professor of practice in the graduate marketing program at Stonehill College and also directs the college’s graduate business administration programs, including data analytics, marketing, and MBA.
Research/Teaching Interests: Business Ethics, Strategic Marketing, Maritime Technology & Communications, Seafarer Welfare, Innovation & Creative Problem Solving, Strategic Planning, Digital Marketing, Product Management, Business Communications
Education:
- BS Biology, The College of William and Mary
- MA Education, Simmons College
- MS Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
- EdD Northeastern University
- Ph.D., Bachelor of Law, and Master of Law from University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Durban South Africa Attorney of the High Court
- South Africa Rough Diamond Certification - De Beers Diamond School, South Africa
- Dr. Ndlovu specializes in commercial legal principles of international trade particularly, Maritime Law/Maritime Business (main specialty) which directly includes, International Commerce, International Trade, Environmental Regulation, International Diamond Trade Law and other International Law subjects. Her research has extended to Asia Pacific trade matters, Maritime Pedagogy, the Mining of Sea Areas, employment of vessels for mining and the Law of the Sea. She has coordinated the Maritime Law and Commerce programs in different nations in service to the academic institutions she has been affiliated with during her career.
- As a practicing maritime lawyer, Dr. Ndlovu provides consultancy services to government bodies such as the Ports Regulator in South Africa, legal compliance advice and policy advice and support to various commercial entities and law firms has sat as an arbitrator/assessor in various tribunals bringing specialized academic and practical legal knowledge of maritime business matters.
- She has written various peer reviewed journals and published books with her most recent book 'Diamond Law' receiving a citation for ‘Most Notable Publication Received in the Energy and Natural Resources Law Journal (JERL) Vol. 31 No 3 2013.
Education:
- B.S. Biochemistry, Providence (2000)
- PhD Biochemistry, Brandeis University (2006)
Laurie earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Bowdoin College and her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon completion of her studies, she worked as a research scientist for Honeywell’s Consumer Products Group, where she formulated products used in the car care industry. She is an inventor on four patents related to that work. She taught at Western Connecticut State University and Bridgewater State University before joining the faculty at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. In collaboration with a veteran of the fire services, she co-authored Hazardous Materials Chemistry, 3rd Edition, published in 2018.
Education: PhD Mathematics Education, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; M.M. Sound Recording Technology, University of Massachusetts Lowell; B.S. Oceanography United States Naval Academy Research/Teaching Interests: My interests center on creating active and safe spaces for students to learn mathematics.