{"id":44401,"date":"2025-12-05T15:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=44401"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:34:47","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/accounting\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Accounting\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-accounting\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-44341\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44341\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/accounting\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44340\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44340\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/accounting\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44339\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44339\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/accounting\/beyond-the-classroom\/\">Beyond the Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44349\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44349\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/accounting\/careers-and-internships\/\">Careers and Internships<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/judy-beckman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Judy-Beckman-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Judy-Beckman-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Judy-Beckman-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/judy-beckman\/\">Judy Beckman<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Area Coordinator of Accounting Programs, Vangermeersch Professor of Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2337 (main office)<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:beckman@uri.edu\">beckman@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/cynthia-blanthorne\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Cynthia-Blanthorne_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cynthia Blanthorne\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Cynthia-Blanthorne_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Cynthia-Blanthorne_web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/cynthia-blanthorne\/\">Cynthia Blanthorne<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and MS Accounting Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4363<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:blanthorne@uri.edu\">blanthorne@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/alex-hazera\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/alejandro-hazera.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alex Hazera\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/alejandro-hazera.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/alejandro-hazera-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/alejandro-hazera-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/alejandro-hazera-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/alex-hazera\/\">Alex Hazera<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence, Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4332<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:sofborder@uri.edu\">sofborder@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/kate-jelinek\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/kate-Jelinek-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman smiling wearing a brown jacket and white shirt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/kate-Jelinek-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/kate-Jelinek-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/kate-jelinek\/\">Kate Jelinek<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7470<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:kjelinek@uri.edu\">kjelinek@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/tanya-jones\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Tanya-Jones-web-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Tanya-Jones-web-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Tanya-Jones-web-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Tanya-Jones-web-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Tanya-Jones-web-1-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/tanya-jones\/\">Tanya Jones<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4362<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:tanya_jones@uri.edu\">tanya_jones@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/dave-kale\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dave-Kale.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dave-Kale.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dave-Kale-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/dave-kale\/\">Dave Kale<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4199<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:dkale@uri.edu\">dkale@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/qi-liu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Qi-Liu-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Qi-Liu-web.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Qi-Liu-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Qi-Liu-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Qi-Liu-web-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/qi-liu\/\">Qi Liu<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4217<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:qiliu@uri.edu\">qiliu@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/gilberto-marquez-illescas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/gmarquezillescas1-2.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gilberto Marquez Illescas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/gmarquezillescas1-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/gmarquezillescas1-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/gilberto-marquez-illescas\/\">Gilberto Marquez Illescas<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5409<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:gmarquez@uri.edu\">gmarquez@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/roberta-i-newell\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Roberta-Newell-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Roberta-Newell-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Roberta-Newell-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Roberta-Newell-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/roberta-i-newell\/\">Roberta I. Newell<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5747<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:roberta_newell@uri.edu\">roberta_newell@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/anis-triki\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/anis-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/anis-web.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/anis-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/anis-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/anis-web-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/anis-triki\/\">Anis Triki<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2387<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:trikianis@uri.edu\">trikianis@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":44317,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-44401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44401"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44975,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44401\/revisions\/44975"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}