Academic History

B.S., Magna cum Laude, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota.
M.A., Department of Theology, St. John's University, Collegeville.
Ph.D., Department of Religion and Religious Education, Catholic University of America.

Expertise

World Religions
Comparative Studies


Awards & Honors

UMAIE Travel Grants, 2005, 2007.
Maxi-Grant, University of St. Thomas, 2006.
Partnership-in-Learning Grant, University of St. Thomas, 2003, 2004.
John Quasten Fellowship, Catholic University, 1995-2000.
Departmental Scholarship, Catholic University, 1994.
Eldon Siehl Scholarship, St. John?s University, 1993.

Publications

"Swami Abhishiktananda and Comparative Theology." Horizons: The Journal of the College
    Theology Society 31, no. 1 (2004): 40-63.
"Swami Abhishiktananda's Interreligious Hermeneutics of the Upanishads." Hindu-Christian
    Studies Bulletin 16 (2003): 22-29.
"Christianity and Other Religions." In The Christian Theological Tradition, ed. Catherine A.
    Cory and David T. Landry, 2d ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002.
"A Solvatochromic Study of the Effect of Chain Length, Chain Branching, and Polymethylation
    of the Alkylbenzenes on Solvent Polarizability." Edward T. Ulrich and Peter W. Carr.
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry 95 (1991): 10197-203.


Presentations

"The Role of Art in the Development of Aurobindo's Religious Nationalism." College Theology
    Society, 2006.
Respondent: "Indology and the Theology of Religions" by Patrick Olivelle, Catholic Theological
Society of America, 2006.
"Hellenistic Relativism and Contemporary Religious Pluralism in India." College Theology
    Society, 2004.
"The Limits of Interreligious Sharing." Catholic Theological Society of America, 2002.


International Travel

India: Madras, Tiruvannamalai, Pondicherry, Bangalore, Sravana Belgola, Mysore,
    New Delhi; 11 July 2005- 24 August 2005.

Professional Memberships

Abhishiktananda Society.
American Academy of Religion.
Catholic Theological Society of America.
College Theology Society.
International Society for Neoplatonic Studies.
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.