Academic History
Ph.D., Systematic Theology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (June, 2001)
M.A., Systematic Theology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (May, 1997)
B.A.,  Government and Theology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (May, 1989)

Expertise
Catholic Social Thought
Catholic Education

Selected Publications
“Exploring the Distinctive Catholic University Contribution to the Formation and Preparation of Catholic School Teachers.” In Callings: What Does it Mean to be Called by God, edited by Michael R. Miller (Baylor, 2007) [Forthcoming]. 

“`Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way’: Handing on the Faith to the `New Athenians’ in the American Catholic Church” (Co-authored with Christopher Ruddy). In Handing on Catholic Faith in 21st Century America: Challenge and Hope, edited by Robert P. Imbelli (Sheed and Ward, 2006) [Forthcoming].

“The Humble God: Healer, Mediator, and Sacrifice: St. Augustine and Christ’s Saving Humility” in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 7:3 Summer 2004, p. 87-108.

“To Stay or To Leave?” Commonweal 130 (September 12, 2003): 25-26.           

 “Humilidad (humilitas)”, Diccionario de San Agustin: San Agustín a traves del tiempo (ed. por A. Fitzgerald/J. Garcia), Trad. Por C. Ruiz-Garrido (Eerdmans, 2001), 653-663 [French translation 2005, Italian and English translations, 2007].

"Christian Humility and Democratic Citizenry: St. Augustine and Jacques Maritain." In Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain's Man and the State, eds. Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press 2001).

"Jacques Maritain and Alasdair MacIntyre: The Person, the Common Good, and Human Rights." In The Failure of Modernism: The Cartesian Legacy and Contemporary Pluralism, ed. Brendan Sweetman (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1999): 127-140.             

Review of Paul Mariani’s Thirty Days on Retreat with the Exercises of Saint Ignatius, Commonweal magazine (May 17, 2002).

Selected Presentations
“The Social Mission of the Church: Catholic Social Teaching for Schools and Parishes” Minnesota Catholic Education Association Conference (August 26, 2005).

“Integrating Faithful Citizenship into the College and University Culture” (with Dr.  Stephen D. Miles, Loyola College, Maryland) plenary session lecture, Faithful Citizenship: The Role of the University in Developing Faithful Citizens Conference, sponsored by Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) (February 22, 2004)

“The Theological Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching” Annual Social Ministry Gathering/Higher Education Wrap-Around Conference, Scholarship, Service, and Faith: Pursuing Peace, Overcoming Poverty, Advocating Human Rights, (February 7-9, 2003).

“On the Waterfront – A Theological Framework for CST” Minnesota Catholic Conference gathering with Minnesota bishops and Archdiocesan Social Service and Advocacy Leaders, (September, 2002) (with Dr. Michael Naughton and Dr. Jeanne Heffernan).

“Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education” Southern Catholic Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 5-6, 2001).

“The Spirituality of Work: The Teaching Vocation”, (with Dr. Margaret Reif) at the  Minnesota Catholic Education Association Conference, Rochester, Minnesota, (August 23, 2001)

Professional Memberships
Catholic Theological Society of America
National Catholic Educational Association