Dean, Health and Human Performance
Professor of Education
Director of Student-Teaching Abroad
Phone: 920-403-3229
Email: bola.delano-oriaran@snc.edu
Bola Delano-Oriaran, Ph.D., is an advocate for equity and multiculturalism in education and society. She earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Savannah State University, Georgia, and her Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University before assuming her current position as associate professor of education and director of the Student-Teaching Abroad program at St. Norbert College.
Delano-Oriaran has more than 30 years of experience in engaging students from marginalized communities to pursue higher education opportunities. She continues to apply her teaching and scholarship focus, especially in the areas of positioning people of color for academic and professional success and engaging predominantly white communities and school districts in critical conversations on issues of race and social injustice.
Her teaching and research focus on diversity and inclusion issues in schooling and society, authentic critical culturally engaging service-learning, closing the opportunity gap, engaging teachers for successful diverse classrooms and multicultural education. She has published papers in refereed journals and books and consults and speaks publicly on issues of diversity and inclusion and best practices in community engagement. She is the lead editor of two volumes on service-learning: 2015 SAGE Sourcebook of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement and the forthcoming volume on Culturally Engaging Service-Learning with Diverse Communities.
Delano-Oriaran is the founder and co-founder of numerous initiatives, including African Heritage, Inc., Umoja, a Black Heritage program for transracial families with Black/African-American children and the African Heritage Emerging Student Leaders Institute. She is the recipient of numerous awards on diversity issues and community change, including the 2020 Ethics in Action Award, Sister Joel Read Civic Engagement Practitioner Award, the City of Appleton’s Toward Community Unity in Diversity Award, St. Norbert College’s Scholarship Award, the Wisconsin State Human Relations Association’s Outstanding Human Relations Educator Award, and St. Norbert College’s Bishop Morneau Community Service Award. She was also recognized as one of the 28 most influential African-Americans in Wisconsin.
Dean, Schneider School of Business and Economics
Professor of Economics
Phone: 920-403-3447
Email: kevin.quinn@snc.edu
Kevin Quinn joined St. Norbert College in 1994. Before entering the academy, he worked in private industry, in aerospace and medical imaging, later earning his Ph.D. in energy and environmental economics from University of Illinois-Chicago. He has also taught courses at Marquette University, Loyola University Chicago, where he received his undergraduate degree in Physics and Mathematics, and at UIC where he also earned an MBA in Economics and Marketing. He is a frequent guest economist in local and national media, and is author or editor of numerous academic articles and books, including Sports and Their Fans and The Economics of the National Football League: The State of the Art. Quinn is regularly featured in local, regional and national media. He does interviews on the business workings of the NFL and the Green Bay Packers. With the NFL Draft coming to Green Bay in 2025, Quinn will be highly sought-after by the media.
In 2014, following a variety of administrative positions at St. Norbert, Dr. Quinn was named as the founding dean of the college’s new Donald J. Schneider School for Business & Economics. He served in that role until 2017 when he was selected as the 8th president of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Under Dr. Quinn’s leadership, Aquinas was recognized for its navigation through COVID challenges, while successfully completing the largest fundraising campaign in its history. Aquinas became ranked for the first time ever among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report during Dr. Quinn’s tenure, which also saw record student retention, successful reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, and the development and implementation of comprehensive institutional strategic and facility master plans.
In the fall of 2022, Dr. Quinn returned to the classroom and the St. Norbert Economics faculty. He has since stepped back into his role as Dean of the Schneider School of Business and Economics where he guides the business faculty and curriculum at SNC as well as our graduate programs.
Dean, Arts & Sciences
Phone: 920-403-2939
Email: jamie.lynch@snc.edu
Jamie Lynch was appointed dean of arts and sciences in July 2024. He previously served as dean of natural and social sciences at the college. His research focuses on inequality and the education-health gradient, and he teaches courses in statistics, public health and socialization.
As the leader of the college's largest academic unit, Lynch is a firm believer in the transformative power of a liberal arts education for both students and the community. He is committed to fostering innovative initiatives that promote faculty excellence and enrich the student experience.
A Seattle native, Lynch earned a bachelor’s of science degree in sociology from Western Washington University and a doctorate degree in sociology from the Ohio State University.
