DARLENE FOZARD WEAVER Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

DARLENE FOZARD WEAVER

Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Phone: 412.396.1595 Duquesne University Fax: 412.396.4501 Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Email: [email protected]

I. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION & EXPERIENCE

Education

Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1998 Dissertation: Being and Becoming Before God: A Theological Ethical Account of Right Self Love Advisor: William Schweiker Readers: David Tracy and Kathryn Tanner

M.A.R. Yale Divinity School 1993

B.A. (with honors) Carnegie Mellon University 1991

Appointments

Professor of Theology 2016 – present Director, University Core Curriculum 2016 – present Director, Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition 2012 – present Associate Professor of Theology 2012 – 2016 Adjunct Faculty in the School of Law (effective 2013) Duquesne University

Associate Professor of Theology 2007 – 2012 Director, Theology Institute 2005 – 2012 Assistant Professor of Theology 2001 – 2007 Villanova University

Visiting Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics 1998 – 2001 Georgetown University

Adjunct Assistant Professor 1997 Calumet College of Saint Joseph, Hammond, IN

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Society of Christian Ethics 1998 – present

American Academy of Religion 1997 – present

Catholic Theological Society of America 2011 – present

Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (UK) 2014 – present

North American Paul Tillich Society (elected to membership) 2000 – 2007 Appointed to Board of Directors 2004 – 2007

Duodecim Theological Society (elected to membership) 2006 – present

Society of Biblical Theologians (elected to membership) 2000 – 2014

II. SCHOLARSHIP

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology 2015 and Religion $20,000 Project Grant (co-PI with Dr. Elizabeth Cochran, Duquesne)

 Duquesne University Presidential Scholarship 2015 $5,000

 McAnulty College Grant-writing Award 2014 Co-PI, Dr. Elizabeth Cochran, Theology $3,000

 Phi Kappa Phi, Duquesne University chapter 2014

 Lily Fellows Program Small Grant 2013 Co-PI, Dr. Maureen O’Brien, Theology “Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability: Explorations at a Spiritan Catholic University,” $3,000 grant for Faculty Development workshop

 Villanova University Summer Research Grant 2006 With co-PI Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, $10,000

 Villanova University Research Support Grant 2006 With co-PI Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, $2,500

 Member-in-Residence Fellowship 2004 – 2005 Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ $20,000

 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology 2003 and Religion $ 7,000 Summer Research Grant

 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology 2002 and Religion Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Pre-Tenure Religion Faculty at Church-Related Colleges and Universities $2,500

 “Catholic Social Teaching: Issues of Justice in the Marketplace” 2002 Curriculum Development Seminar, Villanova University $500

 Louisville Institute Summer Grant 2001 $8,000

 Georgetown University Summer Research Grant 2001 $10,000 (I declined it due to my move to Villanova)

 “Internet Technology, Moral Identity and the Teaching of Ethics” 1999 – 2000 Center for New Designs in Learning Colloquia, $500 Georgetown University

 Junior Fellow, Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion 1997 – 1998 University of Chicago

 Qualifying Exams passed with Distinction 1996 University of Chicago

 Brauer Seminar Fellow 1995 University of Chicago

 Adamson Awards Recipient, Carnegie Mellon University 1991

 Minnie Patton Stayman Scholarship 1989 –1991 Carnegie Mellon University

 Andrew Carnegie Merit Scholarship 1987 – 1988 Carnegie Mellon University

Scholarly Publications

Books

 The Acting Person and Christian Moral Life (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011)

 The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition, co-edited with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman (Kluwer/Springer, Studies in Catholic Bioethics series, 2007)

 Self Love and Christian Ethics, New Studies in Christian Ethics series (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)

Articles and chapters

 “Human Dignity in Catholic Tradition,” Dignity and Conflict: Contemporary Interfaith Dialogue on the Value and Vulnerability of Human Life,eds. Jonathan Rothchild and Matthew Petrusek, forthcoming, University of Notre Dame Press

 “Embryo Adoption before and after Dignitatis Personae: Defending an Argument of Limited Permissibility,” co-authored with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman for Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics, ed. Jason Eberl, forthcoming, Springer Press

 “The Difference Charism Makes to Civic Development and Community Engagement: Curricular and Co-curricular Reflections,” co-authored with Lina Dostilio Ph.D and Luci-Jo DiMaggio, Director of Mission Animation, under review for Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education

 “Water is Thicker than Blood: Adoptive Families and Catholic Tradition,” Concilium, 2016/2: 98-110 in English volume (also published in Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Croatian volumes)

 “Adoption, Social Justice, and Catholic Tradition,” Journal of Catholic Social Thought 13:2 (Summer, 2016): 197-213

 “Apologies and Their Import for the Moral Identity of Offenders,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (36.1, Spring/Summer 2016): 87-105

 “Sustainability,” an article length chapter for the Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, ed. Henk ten Have (Springer, 2016) doi: 10.1007/978-3-319- 05544-2_413-1

 “Spiritan Pedagogy and Ethics: Creating a Constructive Learning Environment for Students,” with accompanying questions for readers Spiritan Horizons 10 (2015): 114-129

 “Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Core Principles for the University,” forthcoming from Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities for national distribution, co-authored with a select group of nine colleagues from across the nation; peer-reviewed

 “Augustine, Families, and Social justice,” Augustine and Social Justice, ed. Kim Paffenroth (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015)

 “Human Worth: Intrinsic, Divinely Conferred, or Contingent Value Commitment?” Studies in Christian Ethics 28.2 (2015): 224-235

 “Double Agents: Persons and Moral Change in Jennifer Herdt’s Putting on Virtue,” Journal of Religious Ethics 41.4 (December, 2013): 710-726

 “Sin, Concepts of” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)

 “The Invention of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” Spiritan Horizons (Fall, 2012)

 “Vatican II and Moral Theology,” After Vatican II: Trajectories and Hermeneutics, edited by James Heft and john O’Malley (Eerdmans, 2012)

 “Moral Agency, Sin, and Grace: Prospects for Christian Hope and Responsibility,” Covenant and Hope eds. Eugene Korn and Robert Jenson, (Eerdmans, 2012)

 “Conscience,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology, eds. Ian McFarland, Karen Kilby, Iain Torrance, David Fergusson (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

 “Birth control,” “Celibacy,” “Conception,” ”Eugenics,” and “Procreation,” for The Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, ed. Joel Green (Baker Academic, 2011)

 “Violence and Religion,” commissioned for An Introduction to the Study of Religion, ed. Paul Myhre, St. Mary’s Press (Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2009); double blind peer-reviewed

 “Embryo Adoption: Expanding the Terms of the Debate,” Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (New York: Orbis, 2008)

 “Embryo Adoption Theologically Considered: Bodies, Adoption, and the Common Good,” The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition, co- edited with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman (Kluwer/Springer, Studies in Catholic Bioethics series, 2007)

 “The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition,” with Sarah- Vaughan Brakman, in The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition, co-edited with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman (Kluwer/Springer, Studies in Catholic Bioethics series, 2007)

 “Self Love,” Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions, Yehudit Kornberg Greenberg, Ed., ABC-CLIO (2007)

 “Intimacy with God and Self-Relation in the World: The Fundamental Option and Categorical Activity” in New Wine, New Wineskins, ed. William Mattison (Sheed and Ward, 2005)

 “Death,” Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics, eds. Gilbert Meilaender and William Werpehowski (Oxford University Press, 2005)

 “Sorrow Unconsoling and Inconsolable Sorrow,” Making Sense of Dying and Death, Ed. Andrew Fagan, At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries, ed. Andrew Fagan (Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2004)

 “Thomas Merton and the Moral Meaning of Meekness,” Journal for Peace and Justice Studies 13.1 (2003):43-58

 “Taking Sin Seriously,” Journal of Religious Ethics 31:1 (Spring, 2003): 45-74

 “How Sin Works: Sin and Immorality in Recent Religious Ethics,” Journal of Religious Ethics 29:3 (Fall, 2001): 473-501

 “Sexuality, Ethics, and Christian Communities,” in Religious Studies Review 26:2 (April, 2000): 165-170

Conference Proceedings, Editor

 Children of a Better God: Technology and the Next Humanity, Selected Papers from the Villanova University Theology Institute (Editor) (Villanova University Press, 2012)

 Who is my Enemy? Religious Hope in a Time of Fear: Selected Papers from the Villanova University Theology Institute (Editor) (Villanova University Press, 2011)

 Forgiveness: Selected Papers from the Villanova University Theology Institute (Editor) (Villanova University Press, 2009)

 God and Mammon: Selected Papers from the Villanova University Theology Institute, (Editor) (Villanova University Press, 2008)

 Discipleship and the City: Selected Papers from the Villanova University Theology Institute, (Editor) (Villanova University Press, 2007)

 The Church and Human Freedom: Forty Years after Vatican II, (Editor) Proceedings of the Villanova University Theology Institute, Vol. XXXVIII (Villanova University Press, 2006)

Analytic Book Reviews

 Herant Katchadourian, Guilt: The Bite of Conscience (Stanford, CA. Stanford University Press, 2010) Journal of Religion 91.2 (April 2011): 286-287

 Margaret Farley, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethic, (New York: Continuum, 2006) Theology CXII.868 (July/August 2009) 299-300

 Lisa Sowle Cahill, Theological Bioethics (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005) Journal of Religion 88:2 (2008) 259-260

 Don Browning, Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2005) in Journal of Religion 86:1 (2006):136

 Jon Pahl, Shopping Malls and Other Sacred Spaces: Putting God in Place (Brazos, 2003) in Religious Studies Review 32:2 (April, 2006): 138

 Charles R. Pinches, Theology and Action: After Theory in Christian Ethics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2002) in Pro Ecclesia 13:4 (2004): 505-07

 Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, Morality and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Ethics (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002) in Journal of Religion 83: 3 (2003): 487

 Gerald Schlabach, For the Joy Set Before Us: Augustine and Self-Denying Love (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2001) in Augustinian Studies (forthcoming)

 Colin Grant, Altruism and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) in Journal of Religion 83:1 (2003): 161-62

 James Davison Hunter, The Death of Character (New York: Basic Books, 2000) in Anglican Theological Review LXXXIV:1 164-65

 Todd A. Salzman, ed., Method and Catholic Moral Theology: the Ongoing Reconstruction (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 1999) in Journal of Religion 81:1 (2001):170-71

 Robert P. George, ed., Natural Law and Moral Inquiry: Ethics, Metaphysics and Politics in the Work of Germain Grisez (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1998) in Journal of Religion 80:3 (2000): 538-39

 Howard Lesnick, Listening for God: Religion and Moral Discernment (New York: Fordham University Press, 1998) in Journal of Religion 80:2 (2000):356-57

 Lisa Sowle Cahill and James F. Childress, eds. Christian Ethics: Problems and Prospects (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim, 1996) in Anglican Theological Review LXXX:4 644-45

 Mary Timothy Prokes, Toward a Theology of the Body (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996) in Anglican Theological Review LXXXI:2 354-55

 Richard B. Brandt, Fact, Values and Morality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Anglican Theological Review LXXXI:2 355-56

 Caroline J. Simon, The Disciplined Heart: Love, Destiny and Imagination (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1997) in Journal of Religion 78:3 (1998): 469-70

 Lisa Sowle Cahill, Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Journal of Religion 78:3 (1998): 477-79

 Elaine Graham, Making the Difference: Gender, Personhood and Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995) in Anglican Theological Review LXXIX: 3 67-68

 Susan Frank Parsons, Feminism and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Journal of Religion 77:4 (1997): 652-53

 R. A. Sharpe, The Moral Case Against Religious Belief (London, SCM Press, Ltd., 1997) in Reviews in Religion and Theology 1997/4 November: 63-65

Scholarly Articles in Magazines

 “Conscience: Rightly Formed and Otherwise,” Commonweal Magazine, September 23, 2005

 “How to be Good,” a titled, analytic review of Charles Curran, The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005) in Commonweal Magazine (12/16/05 132:22, 27)

Additional Publications

 “Balancing Action and Contemplation: Martha and Mary” Meeting Jesus Changes Everything: A CFM Program (Christian Family Movement, 2016)

Presentations

 “The Penitent as Moral Exemplar: Christian Ethics, Moral Failure, and Exemplarist Moral Theory,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, New Orleans, 2017. National/International.

 “Can Virtue Be Learned? An Exploration of Student Learning Experiences and Their Implications for Influencing Moral Character,” co-presenter with Dr. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, New Orleans, 2017. National/International.

 “Moral Injury and Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching about Social Justice,” co-presenter with Dr. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, 2016. National/International.

 Panelist for “Divorce and Remarriage: Explorations in Faith,” Fordham University, New York, NY, 2016. Regional.

 “Secularization, Identity, and Moral Identity,” Tradition, Secularization, Fundamentalism: Orthodox/Catholic Encounters, Fordham University, New York, NY, 2016. International.

 “Water is Thicker Than Blood: Adoption, Social Justice, and Catholic Teaching about Families,” Villanova University, November 2015. Regional.

 “The Spiritual Legacy of Thomas Merton,” Villanova University, November 2015. Regional.

 “Apologies, Excuses, and Explanations: Making Sense of Wrongdoing and its Import for Moral Identity,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, January 2015. National/International.

 “Reclaiming Charity in Work for Justice: Basic Needs and Development Strategies in Local Communities,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, 2014. National/International.

 “Sinners Being Sanctified: Sin, Responsibility, and Moral Identity” Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, Cambridge University, UK, 2014. National/International.

 “Trust and Moral Agency,” Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2013. Regional.

 “Goodness and Holiness: On Morality and Spirituality,” Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2013. Regional.

 “Interpersonal Trust and Enhancing Human Freedom,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, 2013. National/International.

 “Putative Fathers and Safe Havens: Child Relinquishment, Reproductive Responsibility, and Sex Education,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, 2013. National/International.

 “Forgiving Oneself and New Life in Christ,” College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, 2012. Regional.

 “In Good Conscience: Conscience at the Center of Moral Anthropology and Moral Theory,” The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012. National.

 “Spiritual Progress: A Response to Marilynne Robinson,” Center of Theological Inquiry and Templeton Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2012. International.

 “The Invention of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Mission and Identity in Catholic Higher Education,” Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012. Regional.

 “Homosexuality and the Bible: A Response to David Adams,” Society of Biblical Theologians, 2011. Princeton, NJ. National.

 “Hope as Burden, Sustenance, and Gift,” College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, 2011. Regional.

 “Moral Agency, Sin, and Grace: Prospects for Christian Hope and Responsibility,” Van Leer Institute and the Center for Jewish- Christian Understanding and Cooperation, Jerusalem, 2011. International.

 “Shame: A Response to Joel Gereboff,”Annual Meeting of the Society of Jewish Ethics, San Jose, CA, 2010. National/International.

 “Catholic Perspectives on Health Care Reform,” Old St. Joseph parish, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 2010. Regional.

 “Adoption and Christian Identity,” First Presbyterian Church, Pottstown, PA, 2010. Regional.

 “The Crucified God of Compassion,” from Elizabeth A. Johnson’s Quest for the Living God, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Baltimore, MD, 2009. Regional.

 “Forgiving Oneself,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, 2009. National/International.

 “Problems in the Available Arguments about Embryo Adoption,” “The Family: Searching for the Fairest Love” conference, University of Notre Dame, 2008. National.

 “Self-Deception,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta, 2008. National/International.

 “Faithful Citizenship,” St. Ann’s Church, Diocese of Trenton, 2008. Regional.

 “Reproductive Ethics: Secular and Catholic Views,” St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY, 2008. Regional.

 “Peace and Justice: A View from Catholic Social Teaching,” Ohio Dominican University, OH, 2008. National.

 “Catholic Arguments about Embryo Adoption,” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, DC, 2007. National/International.

 “Shame: A Christian Ethical Account,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Dallas, 2007. National/International.

 “Catholic Theology in the 21st Century,” Consultation on the Future of Theological Inquiry, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ, 2007. International.

 Six part lecture series on moral decision-making and conscience formation, Old St. Joseph, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 2007-08. Regional. I planned the entire series and gave talks at all six sessions.

 “Ethical Issues in Embryo Adoption,” Ethics Program, Villanova University, 2006. Regional.

 “The Work of Love,” St. Monica’s parish, Berwyn, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 2006. Regional.

 “Embryo Adoption: Changing the Terms of the Debate, ”Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Conference, Padua, Italy, 2006. International.

 “Embryo Adoption and the Common Good,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Miami, 2005. National/International.

 “When Nothing Happens Something Does: Betrayal and the Theological Significance of Willing and Acting” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, 2004 (I was unable to present the paper due to illness). National/International.

 “What Respect for Life Requires,” Villanova University, 2004. Regional.

 “The Year of the Eucharist,” St. John the Baptist parish, Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, PA, 2004. Regional.

 “The Catholic Theological and Ethical Aspects of the Decision” Faculty Panel Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Villanova University, 2003. Regional.

 “Intimacy with God and Self-Relation in the World: The Fundamental Option and Categorical Activity” New Wine, New Wineskins: A

Symposium for Young Catholic Moral Theologians, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 2002. National.

 “Sin, Freedom, and Responsibility,” Birmingham Colloquium, Villanova University, 2002. Regional.

 “Sorrow Unconsoling and Inconsolable Sorrow,” International Conference on Making Sense of Dying and Death, Brussels, Belgium, 2002. International.

 “A response to Tillich and Islamic Theology: Common Themes,” North American Paul Tillich Society, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, 2002. International.

 “Thomas Merton and the Moral Meaning of Meekness,” Modern Peacemakers Conference, Villanova University, 2002. National.

 “Sin(s) and Immorality in Christian Ethics, ”Third Global Conference, Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, Prague, Czech Republic, 2002. International.

 “Taking Sin Seriously,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Vancouver, 2002. National/International.

 “The Church’s Teaching on Sexuality in Today’s World” Theology on Tap, Ministry of Young Adult Catholics, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, PA, 2002. Regional.

 “Stem Cell Research and Catholic Social Teaching”, St. Thomas of Villanova parish, Villanova, PA, 2002. Regional.

 “The Church’s Wisdom Concerning Sexuality,” SpringFest Conference, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of Youth and Young Adults, PA, 2002. Regional.

 “Just War & America’s War Against Terrorism,” St. John the Evangelist Young Adult Community, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, PA, 2001. Regional.

 “Making Moral Judgments,” Symposium on Women & Islam, Villanova University, 2001. Regional.

 “The Critique of Desire: Principles and Practices in the Thought of Iris Murdoch,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nashville, 2000. National/International.

 “Where is the Self in Self Love? A Misplaced Debate and a Way Beyond It,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Arlington, VA, 2000. National/International.

 “The Politics of Desire” A lecture sponsored by the Women’s Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2000. Regional.

 “Faith, Works and Free Self-Understanding: Lessons from Rahner,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston, 1999. National/International.

 “Ultimately Concerned with Oneself: Tillich’s Approach to Religions,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston, 1999. National/International.

 “Toward a Hermeneutic Account of Moral Action” Chicago Writing Group in Theology and Ethics, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Orlando, 1998. National/International.

 “Anthropomorphizing the Divine: A Hermeneutic Retrieval of Love for God,” Midwest American Academy of Religion, Terre Haute, 1997. Regional.

 “To Love Oneself Divinely: Theism, Morality and the Human Predicament,” Midwest American Academy of Religion, Terre Haute, 1997. Regional.

 “Religious Worldviews and the Problem of Pluralism: Prospects for Dialogue on War and Peace” Religion, War and Peace Conference, Wisconsin Institute and Ripon College, 1996. National.

 “Reflections on the Christian Men’s Movement,” Family Studies Workshop, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1995. Regional.

Works in Progress

Chapters and articles

 “Personhood,” The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics, eds. William Schweiker et al, Wiley Blackwell

 “Responsibility-Taking and Moral Identity,” for a forthcoming volume from Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig

Books

 A book manuscript on wrongdoing, moral psychology, and spirituality

 An edited collection on biomedical engineering and Catholic moral tradition, under consideration for publication by Springer Press, to be co-edited with Dr. John Viator, Duquesne

Articles intended for submission to peer reviewed journals

 “Putative Fathers and Safe Havens: Child Relinquishment, Reproductive Responsibility, and Sex Education”

 “Shame and Moral Responsibility”

III. TEACHING

Graduate Courses Taught

Duquesne University LAWS 131 Catholic Social Thought and the Law

Villanova University THL 8340 Personal Ethics THL 8350 Ethics Among the Disciplines THL 8360 Christian Love and Moral Discernment THL 8390 Christian Love THL 8390 Spirituality and Ethics THL 8390 Discipleship and the City LST 7205 Ethics and the Family: Dilemmas in the Span of Human Life NUR 9500 Health Care and Social Ethics MSCM 8510 Leadership in Religious Organizations/Organizational Ethics/Catholic Social Thought

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Duquesne University UCOR 253 Health Care Ethics UCOR 152 Theological Ethics THEO 251 Sexuality, Sex, and Morality

Villanova University ETH 2050 Ethical Traditions and Contemporary Life

THL 4340 Ethics, Justice, and the Family Also cross listed with Honors College HON 4800, Peace and Justice 5400 THL 1050 Christian Theology: An Introduction THL 4690 Theology of Social Justice THL 4690 Adoption, Theology, and Ethics THL 4690 Infidelity, Betrayal, and Deceit

Georgetown University THEO 131 Classics in the Catholic Tradition THEO 183 The Roman Catholic Moral Tradition THEO 070 Theology of Social Justice THEO 100 Introduction to Christian Ethics JUPS 124 Introduction to Peace and Justice

Academic Advisement and Supervision

Dissertation committees chaired

 Jacob Kohlhaas, “Beyond Biology: Bases for a defended Spring 2015 Child-Centered and Functional Account of Parenthood”

 Richard Wilson, “Techno-Salvation: Christian Acceptance in progress and Rejection of Enhancement Technology”

Dissertation committees as a member

 Theology: Ann Vinski, “A Constructive Account of defended Spring 2015 Children’s Moral Agency Drawing on Thomas Aquinas’s Theory of Emotions”

 Center for Healthcare Ethics: Jillian Walsh, “A New defended Spring 2015 Model for Parental Decision Making for Pediatric Care”

 Center for Healthcare Ethics: Melissa Hooks, “Focusing in progress on Mental Health Awareness, Ethical Principles, and Patient Safety to Reduce Stigma and Increase Access and Utilization to Mental Health Treatment”

Examiner for Comprehensive Exams, PhD in Theology at Duquesne University

 Mark Ortwein Spring 2013  Richard Wilson Fall 2014  Arlene Montevecchio AY 2016-17  Lisa Hickman Fall 2015

 Todd Johanson Fall 2016  Steven Perry AY 2016-17  Stephen Meawad Fall 2016 * I also serve as a substitute examiner for John Odeyemi and Jeff Shooley when their assigned committee members were unavailable

Master’s Level Exams Reviewed

The Theology Department is affiliated with the Spiritan International School of Theology (Nigeria). Theology faculty are responsible for reviewing comprehensive examinations and MA thesis for their M.A. in Theology. I have reviewed several dozen exams and one MA thesis.

Thesis committees chaired *Theses were optional and uncommon in Villanova’s MA in Theology program

 Justin Sands, “Christian Fathers in America: 2008 An Ethical Analysis,” Villanova University

 William LeMaire, “Forgiveness in the Polis: Seeking 2007 Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid Africa,” Villanova University

Thesis committees as a member

 Elise Italiano, “The Paradox of Christian Moral and 2009 Spiritual Life,” Villanova University

Examiner for Comprehensive Exams, MA in Theology at Villanova University

 Mark Medwig Spring 2003  Carolyn Ashton Spring 2004  Jason Ramos Spring 2006  Justin Sands, Committee Chair Spring 2007  Elise Italiano Spring 2008  Jenna Cucco, Committee Chair Spring 2010  Lindsay Myers, Committee Chair Spring 2010  Becky Matakas, Committee Chair Fall 2010  John Labuda, Committee Chair Spring 2011  Sarah Jane Engle Spring 2011  Jeffrey Mayer Spring 2011  Jennifer Lamson-Scribner Spring 2012  Hugh McNichol Spring 2012  Steven Dyer Spring 2012

Graduate Independent Studies Supervised at Villanova

 Mark Medwig, “Responsibility and Social Ethics” Spring 2002

 Carolyn Ashton, “Christian Sexual Ethics” Fall 2003

 Marie Miller, “C. S. Lewis and Narrative Theology” Spring 2006

Number of thesis and dissertation advisees

 8 as a formal committee member, 10 additional students as an informal mentor, for example in assisting Duquesne PhD students in forming a dissertation support group

Approximate number of graduate, undergraduate advisees

 Approximately 50 advisees across my institutions

Presentations Pertaining to Teaching

“Grant Opportunities in the Humanities: Tips for Researching, 2015 Writing, and Submitting,” sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence.

“The Difference Charism Makes to Civic Development 2014 and Community Engagement: Curricular and Co-curricular Reflections,” Kings College, PA. Co-authored with Lina Dostilio, Ph.D. and Luci-Jo DiMaggio, M.A.; co-presented with Lina Dostilio. National, competitively refereed.

“Challenging the Traditional ‘Canon’: Teaching Strategies, 2013 Curricular Resources, Institutional Responsibilities,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Pedagogy Group. National. Invited.

“A Life Worth Living,” syllabus discussion, Ethics for Lunch 2010 Villanova University

“Introduction to Graduate Study in Ethics,” Villanova University 2009

Catholic Social Teaching Faculty Curriculum 2008 – 2011 Development Workshop, annual presentations at Villanova University for national faculty audiences

Catholic Social Teaching Faculty Curriculum 2006 – 2011

Development Workshop, annual presentations at Villanova for interdisciplinary Villanova faculty audiences

Keynote address, “Why Pursue a Liberal Arts Education?” 2007 Villanova University

Keynote address, “Liberal Education and Life’s Wager,” 2007 College Medallion Ceremony, Villanova University

“Ethics and Social Responsibility in Business Education,” 2006 Faculty Development Workshop for School of Business, Villanova University

“Graduate Study in Ethics,” Graduate Pro-seminar, 2003 Department of Theology, Villanova University

“Practices for Graduate Student Life,” sponsored by the 2001 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Villanova University

Other Activities Relevant to Teaching

Duquesne University Rice on the Road lecture series, Organizer & sponsor 2013-15 Spiritan Pedagogy series, Organizer, co-facilitator 2013-present Consultation with UCOR Revision Committee 2015 Day of Learning and Speaking Out, Organizing Committee 2015 Program review, Department of Theology 2014 Xavier University, New Orleans, LA Theological Pedagogy, graduate student pedagogy formation group, 2014 organized by Dr. Elisabeth Vasko Participant, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2014 “Exploring Race and Pedagogy at Our Predominantly White University” Participant, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2014 “The Teacher-Scholar Nexus Through a Spiritan Prism” Participant, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2013 On In-class Writing Assignments Participant, Community-Engaged Teaching and Research overview 2012

Villanova University Ethics Curriculum Revision, Villanova University 2009 Core Curriculum Revision: Experiential Learning 2008 Presidential Scholars Committee 2002, 2003

Honors and Awards Received for Teaching

Nominated as a “highly effective teacher” to participate in a nation-wide study entitled “Teaching Introductory Theology and Religion: Lessons from the Practices of 50 Effective Teachers.”

Honorary Member, Georgetown University Alpha Mu chapter of Alpha Phi Omega

IV. SERVICE

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: UNIVERSITY

Duquesne University

Middle States Steering Committee 2016 – present Chair, Standard 1 committee 2016 – present

Annual President’s Conference on the Integrity of Creation 2014 – present Steering Committee member

Community-Engaged Teaching and Research/Service Learning 2013 – present Advisory Committee

Community-Engaged Teaching and Research planning committee 2016 – present

President’s Advisory Council 2013 – 2014 Membership is by appointment for a one year term

Villanova University

Theology Institute, Director 2005 – 2012  Committee to review the Theology Institute 2004

Ethics Program Steering Committee 2001 – 2012  Evaluation committee 2005 – 2012  St. Catherine of Siena Fellow Faculty Search Committee 2011 – 2012 2007 – 2008 2001 – 2002  ETH 2050 Course revision Task Force 2009 – 2010  Coach, Ethics Bowl Team 2009, 2010  Conducted feasibility study with the Assoc. Director of 2007 – 2008 the Ethics Program on a graduate program in ethics  Student Ethics Symposium review committee 2002, 2005

Common Course Committee, College of Engineering 2001 – 2003

Moderator/Presider at University events

Reconsiderations: A Conference on Contemporary Augustinian 2006 Scholarship, “Augustine the Controversialist”

Catholic Social Teaching and Human Work Conference, 2006 “Alternative Models of Economic Development,” Gregory Baum

Reconsiderations: A Conference on Contemporary Augustinian 2003 Scholarship, “Augustine, Roman Africa, and the Construction of Christianity,” Villanova

Catholic Social Teaching and Globalization Conference, 2003 “Catholic Social Thought and Globalization,” Michael Crosby, OFM

Crisis in the Church: A Multi-Faceted Problem: Symposium 2002 on the Roman Catholic sex scandal, “Being Catholic Now: Scandal, Discipleship”

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: COLLEGE

Duquesne University

McAnulty College Promotion and Tenure Committee 2014 – present

Christian-Muslim Dialogue Award Committee 2013 – 2014

Villanova University

Women’s Studies Steering Committee 2001 – 2006  Graduate Assistantship in Women’s Studies 2001 – 2002 I helped create, launch, and fill the assistantship the 2005 – 2006 Inaugural year  Programming sub-committee 2002 – 2003

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: DEPARTMENT

Duquesne University

Undergraduate Committee Department of Theology 2013 – 2016

Peer Evaluator for Faculty Teaching 2013, 2015,

2016

Villanova University

Graduate Committee 2010 – 2012 2004 – 2007

Departmental Evaluation Committee 2009 – 2012

Search committee for Systematic Theology hire 2006 – 2007

Search committee for Religion and Culture hire 2006 – 2007

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2004 – 2006 (Acting member Spring, 2004, elected member fall, 2004 –2006)

Additional Presentations Otherwise Not Mentioned

Presenter, “What Makes a Saint?” Panel Discussion on the 2014 Canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII, sponsored by McAnulty College, Theology Department, CCIT, Duquesne

Presenter, “Pope Francis: The First 100 Days,” 2013 McAnulty College, Duquesne

“Conscience and Commitments to Pluralism,” 2013 Duquesne University World Issues Forum in Theology

Presenter, “Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” 2012 Theology on Tap, Spiritan Campus Ministry, Duquesne

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Reproductive 2006 Responsibility, Maternal Ambivalence, and a Culture of Life,” presentation for Villanovans for Life

“Faith and Morality,” Awaken Retreat, 2003 Villanova University students and by Campus Ministry

“Faith, Spirituality, and the Moral Life,” 2003 for Villanova University Campus Ministry

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Membership on editorial boards of scholarly journals

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics Editorial Board member 2015 – present

Journal of Religious Ethics Book Discussion Editor 2011 – present Editorial Board member 2006 – present Recording Secretary 1999 – 2001 I was not a member of the Editorial Board at this time but was invited by the Editor of the JRE to serve as Recording Secretary.

Religious Studies Review Ethics Area Editor 2010 – 2016 Theological Ethics Sub-Editor 2009 – 2016

Conversations in Religion and Theology Editorial Board member 2002 – 2011

Participation in professional societies

Leadership appointments

Chair, Search Committee for Editor, Journal of the Society 2015 – 2016 of Christian Ethics, Society of Christian Ethics

Steering Committee: Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, 2001 – 2007 and Culture Group, American Academy of Religion

Steering Committee: Augustine and Augustinianisms 2000 – 2005 Consultation, American Academy of Religion

North American Paul Tillich Society Board of Directors 2004 – 2007 In 2007 I was asked to serve as President of the Society but declined due to increased teaching, scholarship, and service commitments.

North American Paul Tillich Society Peer Review Committee 2000 – 2007

Mentoring

Advisor to junior scholars for conference paper proposals, 2009 – present Society of Christian Ethics

Panel Organizer

“Seeking Human Flourishing in Community vs. Waging a War 2014 on Poverty: The Impact of Religious Discourse,” American Academy

of Religion, San Diego. National/International.

“Deliberation and Descriptions: Moral Psychology and 2008 Christian Ethics” Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta. National/International.

Panel co-organizer

“The Ethics of Embryo Adoption: Connecting Catholic and 2007 Jewish Analyses,” with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Washington, DC. National/International.

“Adoption and the Common Good,” 2005 with Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics. Miami. National/International.

“Retrieving Twentieth Century Theology for the Twenty-first,” 1999 with Charles Mathewes,Theology and Religious Reflection Section, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston. National/International.

Moderator

Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture, “Public 2005 Theology and Democracy,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia. National/International.

Arts, Literature, and Religion Panel, “Artistic Responses to Loss,” 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Toronto. National/International.

Augustine and Augustinianisms Consultation “Augustine’s 2001 ‘Friends’ and ‘Enemies’: The Question of Augustine’s Neoplatonism,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Denver. National/International.

Augustine and Augustinianisms Consultation “Augustine and 2000 Augustinianisms: Past and Present,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nashville. National/International.

“Breakfast with an Author,” Judith Merkle, A Different Touch: 1998 A Study of Vows in Religious Life, Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics,

Cincinnati. National/International.

“Breakfast with an Author,” Diana Fritz Cates, Choosing to 1997 Feel: Virtue, Friendship and Compassion for Friends, Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta. National/International.

Service as a referee/external evaluator

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (2) 2016 The Journal of Moral Education 2016 Tenure and promotion cases (2) 2015 Studies in Christian Ethics 2015 Horizons 2015 Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 2015 Studies in Christian Ethics 2014 Journal of Religious Ethics 2014 Journal of Religious Ethics 2013 Journal of Religious Ethics 2012 Tenure and Promotion Case 2011 Journal of Religious Ethics 2011 Studies in Christian Ethics 2010 Journal of Religious Ethics 2010 Horizons 2010 Tenure and Promotion Case 2008 Journal of Religious Ethics 2008 Journal of Religious Ethics 2007 Journal of Religion 2007 Horizons 2007 Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 2007 Journal of Religion 2006 Journal of Religious Ethics 2006 University of Notre Dame Press, book manuscript 2005 Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 2005 Journal of Religion 2005 Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 2003 Journal of Religion 2002 Journal of Religious Ethics 2001 Greenwood Press, book manuscript 2001 Selection Committee for American Association of University 2001 Women’s International Grant Competition, Visiting member

Other Professional Service

Interviews for radio and news outlets, including 2005 – present Public Radio’s Voices in the Family

Community Service

St. James School, Sewickley, PA Board of Advisors, elected member 2015 – present Forensics Coach 2015 – present Team Manager, Battle of the Books 2015, 2016 Junior Achievement presenter 2015 Teacher Appreciation Committee 2014 – 2016 Cafeteria and playground volunteer 2014 – present

St. Philip School, Crafton, PA Cafeteria volunteer 2012 – 2013 Recruitment Committee 2013 Vacation Bible School 2012

St. Gregory the Great Parish and School, Hamilton Square, NJ Vacation Bible School 2010 – 2012 Lector 2010 – 2012 Cafeteria volunteer 2010 – 2012 Bingo volunteer 2010 – 2012 Classroom helper 2010 – 2012

FOCUS Pittsburgh Wednesday night dinner volunteer 2014, 2015

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Brown bag lunch provider 2008 – 2011