{"id":16889,"date":"2026-03-03T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/?page_id=16889"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:08:53","slug":"leia-b-a-advisors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/learning-and-education-in-action-b-a\/leia-b-a-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"LEiA B.A. Advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning and Education in Action (B.A.)<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"LEIA B.A.\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-leia-b-a\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-16924\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16924\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/learning-and-education-in-action-b-a\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16923\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16923\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/learning-and-education-in-action-b-a\/leia-b-a-curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16922\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16922\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/learning-and-education-in-action-b-a\/leia-b-a-experiential-learning\/\">Experiential Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16921\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16921\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/learning-and-education-in-action-b-a\/leia-b-a-advisors\/\">Advisors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advisors<\/h2>\n\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\/education\/meet\/nicole-hersey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Nicole-Hersey-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nicole Hersey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Nicole-Hersey-web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Nicole-Hersey-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Nicole-Hersey-web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Nicole-Hersey-web-80x80.jpg 80w\" 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\/education\/meet\/nicole-hersey\/\">Nicole Hersey-Bertram<\/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\">Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Secondary Education, Mathematics<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4165<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ndhtennis@uri.edu\">ndhtennis@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\/education\/meet\/virginia-killian-lund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/virginia-lund.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"virginia lund headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/virginia-lund.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/virginia-lund-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/virginia-lund-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/virginia-lund-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\/education\/meet\/virginia-killian-lund\/\">Virginia Killian Lund<\/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\">Elementary Language Arts<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4205<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:vkillianlund@uri.edu\">vkillianlund@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\/education\/meet\/sarah-mcmahon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Sarah-McMahon.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sarah McMahon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Sarah-McMahon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Sarah-McMahon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Sarah-McMahon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Sarah-McMahon-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\/education\/meet\/sarah-mcmahon\/\">Sarah McMahon<\/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\">Academic Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-5167<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:sarah.mcmahon@uri.edu\">sarah.mcmahon@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\/education\/meet\/jihan-minikon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan.jpg 772w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Minikon_Jihan-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/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\/education\/meet\/jihan-minikon\/\">Jihan Minikon<\/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\">Education Professional Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Student Academic Services<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4155<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jminikon@uri.edu\">jminikon@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\/education\/meet\/george-nippo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/George-Nippo.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/George-Nippo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/George-Nippo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/George-Nippo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/George-Nippo-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\/education\/meet\/george-nippo\/\">George Nippo<\/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\">Education Professional Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4496<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:nippo@uri.edu\">nippo@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":"<p>Learning and Education in Action (B.A.) 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