JO RENEE FORMICOLA, Ph. D.
Seton Hall University Tel. (Home) 973-377-4977 Department of Political Science E-mail: [email protected] South Orange, N. J. 07079 Jubilee Hall, Room 506 ______
Education
Drew University: Madison, New Jersey Ph.D. 1981 Politics and Ethics Georgetown University: Washington, D.C. M.A. 1966 International Relations/Political Theory Le Moyne College: Syracuse, New York B.S. 1963 Political Science and History
Professional/Administrative Experience
2015-2021 Professor, Department of Pol. Science & Public Affairs 2014-5 Sabbatical 2008-14 Professor, Department of Political Science 2007-8 Sabbatical 2003-7 Professor, Department of Political Science 2002-3 Co-Chair, Department of Political Science 2000-1 Sabbatical 2000 Promoted to Full Professor 1997-1998 Chair, Department of Political Science 1997-1996 Acting Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 1996-1995 Chair, Department of Political Science 1995-1994 Sabbatical 1994-1989 Chair, Department of Political Science 1994 Promoted to Associate Professor/Tenure 1990 Department Chair and Pre-Legal Advisor 1988-1987 Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University 1986-1983 Term Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University 1983 Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers University 1982 Instructor, Seton Hall University 1981 Instructor, College of St. Elizabeth
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I. Publications: Books and Special Editions
Formicola, Jo Renee. Guest Editor. Special Issue on Catholic Church-State Relations in Global Transition, in Religions. Forthcoming May 2022.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Guest Editor. Special Issue on Catholic Clerical Se ual Abuse, Journal of Church and State,Vol. 62. No. 1. Winter 2020.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Papal Policies on Clerical Sexual Abuse: God Weeps. (New York: Peter Lang, 2019).
Formicola, Jo Renee. Clerical Sexual Abuse: How the Crisis Changed U. S. Catholic Church- State Relations. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Author profiled and interviewed in Gannett newspapers, 25 January 2015. Book discussed on Academic Minute on NPR on 3 April 2015. http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2015/01/25/madison-author-bankruptcy-within- catholic-church-changed-everything/22212891/.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Guest Editor. Special Issue on Historical and Contemporar Challenges to Catholicism and its Church,” Journal of Church and State, Vol. 54, No. l, Winter 2012
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Politics of Values. Games Political Strategists Play. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008). Author interviewed; book featured and discussed on Caucus New Jersey in January 2008.
Mc Graw, Barbara and Jo Renee Formicola, eds. Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously. (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005). Reviewed in The New York Times Review of Books, 25 December 2005 and chosen by its editor as one of the top books on religion and government for the year.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Mary Segers and Paul Weber. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003).
Formicola, Jo Renee. John Paul II. Prophetic Politician. (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2002). This book was presented personally by the author to His Holiness in May 2003; and received with gratitude; followed b letter of appreciation from the Pope s Assessor.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Hubert Morken, eds. Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Politics: Ten Profiles. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001).
Morken, Hubert and Jo Renee Formicola. The Politics of School Choice in the United States. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).
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Formicola, Jo Renee and Hubert Morken eds. Everson Revisited: Religion, Education and Law at the Crossroads. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997).
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Catholic Church and Human Rights. (New York: Garland Press, 1988).
II. Chapters in Books:
Formicola, Jo Renee. Catholicism and Pluralism: A Continuing Dilemma for the Twenty-First Century, in McGraw and Formicola, eds., Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously. (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005). Chapter 4.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Mary Segers. The Ugly Politics of the Bush Faith Based Initiative, in Formicola, Segers, and Weber. Faith Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003). Chapter 3.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Good in the Bush Faith Based Initiative, in Formicola, Segers and Weber, Faith Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003). Chapter 1.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Reverend Al Sharpton: Pentecostal for Racial Justice, in Formicola and Morken eds., Faith-Based Initiatives and Religious Leaders: Ten Profiles. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield: 2001). Chapter 3.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Catholic Jurisprudence on Education, in Formicola and Morken eds. Everson Revisited: Religion, Education and Law at the Crossroads. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield: 1997). Chapter 4.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The American Catholics Bishops and Prophetic Politics, in Neal Riemer, ed. Let Justice Roll: Prophetic Challenges in Politics and Society. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield: 1996). Chapter 8.
Formicola, Jo Renee. American Catholic Political Theology, in Mary Segers, ed., Church Polity and American Politics. (New York: Garland Press, l990). Chapter 1.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Gays, Georgetown, and the Government, in Mary Segers, ed., Church Polity and American Politics. (New York: Garland Press, 1990). Chapter 12.
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III. Refereed and Published Articles
Formicola, Jo Renee. Papal Governance on Clerical Se ual Abuse, in The Cambridge History of the Popes, Vol. 3, forthcoming 2022.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Catholic Religious Presence in Civil Societ : A Waning Influence, Religions, 20 April 2021; https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/4/248
Formicola, Jo Renee, Clerical Se ual Abuse: The International Church-State Ramifications, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 62, No. 1 Winter 2020. pp. 1-4.
Formicola, Jo Renee, Popes and the Polic of Sin, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 62, No. 1, Winter 2020, pp. 135-157.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Politics of Moral Values, in Barbara Mc Graw, Religion and Politics in the United States. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell:2016, pp. 387-400.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Politics of Clerical Se ual Abuse, Religions. Vol. 7, No 1. 8 January 2016 pp. 1-13. www.mdpi.com/journal/religions. Religions 7. 9; doi.10:10.3390/rel17010009.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Recalibrating U. S. Catholic Church-State Relations The Effects of Clerical Se ual Abuse, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 58, No. 3 Spring 2016, pp. 72-85. Available online at http://jcs.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/csu108?ijkey=kUsmXfdur1VUdoY&keytype=ref
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Moral-and Political-Force of Pope Francis on Climate, The Conversation, 6 June 2015. http://theconversation.com/the-moral-and-political-force-of-pope- francis-on-climate-42874
Formicola, Jo Renee. Historical and Contemporar Challenges to Catholicism and its Church, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 54, No. 1, Winter 2012, pp. 1-4. (Guest editorial)
Formicola, Jo Renee. Globali ation: A Twent First Centur Challenge to Catholicism and its Church, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 54, No. 1, Winter 2012, pp. 106-121.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Catholic Clerical Se ual Abuse and Vatican Sovereignt , Journal of Church and State, Vol. 53, No. 4, Winter 2011, pp.523-544.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Catholic Moral Demands in American Politics: A New Paradigm, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 51, No. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 4-24.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Religion and American Politics, The Encyclopedia of Religion, eds. Greg Tobin and Harold Rabinowitz, (New York: The Sterling Press, 2008), pp. 775-780.
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Formicola, Jo Renee. The Further Political Consequences of Clerical Se ual Abuse, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 49, No. 3, Summer 2007, pp.445-65.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Political Legacy of Pope John Paul II, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 47, No. 2, Spring 2005, pp. 235-242. Reprinted in Chester Gillis, The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Their Influence (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, December 2005.)
Formicola, Jo Renee. A Pope Who Changed the World , The Star Ledger, Column in Special Papal Obituary Section, April 3, 2005, p. 7.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Vatican, the American Bishops, and the Church-State Ramifications of Clerical Se ual Abuse. Journal of Church and State, Vol. 46, No. 3, Summer, 2004, pp. 479-502.
Formicola, Jo Renee and Mar Segers. The Bush Faith-Based Initiative and the Catholic Response, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 44, No. 4, Autumn 2002, pp. 693-715.
Formicola, Jo Renee. John Courtne Murra and the First Amendment, Momentum, Vol. 33, No.1, February/March, 2002, pp. 36-9.
Formicola, Jo Renee. A Biograph of Governor Christine Todd Whitman, The Encyclopedia of New Jersey, 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Catholics and U. S. Education Polic , Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, Vol. 3, No.4, June 2000, pp. 462-473.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Human Rights, in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Politics. Congressional Quarterly Books: Washington, D.C. 1998.
Formicola, Jo Renee. John Paul II: International Political Actor, American Review of Politics, Vol. 18, Spring/Summer 1997, pp. 137-160.
Formicola, Jo Renee. U.S.-Vatican Relations: Toward a Post-Cold War Consensus, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 1996, pp. 799-815.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Everson Revisited: This Is Not Just A Little Case Over Bus Fares, Polity, Fall 1995, Vol. 28, pp. 49-66.
Formicola, Jo Renee. American Catholic Political Theolog , Journal of Church and State, Vol. 29, No.3, Autumn 1987, pp. 457-474.
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IV. Interviews
Interviews conducted by Formicola: Theodore Cardinal Mc Carrick, John Cardinal O'Connor, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Floyd Flake, Ambassador Raymond Flynn; Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Mayor Bret Schundler, Benno Schmidtt Esq., Lynda Chavez, Public Policy Liaison in Reagan Administration, Robert Barr Esq., of Reagan Cabinet Council, Dr. Ron Sider, Dr. John DiIulio, former Head of Faith-Based Office in the White House, and others.
Formicola interviewed by: The New York Times, PBS, Fox News, WNBC, WABC, WWOR, NJN, WTOP, WTAP, WGAN, WLIW, News Channel 12, UPN 9, News 12 New Jersey, The Voice of America, www.beliefnet. com; The Daily Beast as well as The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today, The Des Moines Register, The Dallas Morning Bulletin, The Star Ledger, The Bergen Record, The Morristown Record, The Asbury Park Press, The Oregonian, The Recorder News Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post-Dispatch, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times, The Saint Petersburg Times, Time Magazine, and local newspapers, as well as others serviced by the Associated Press of America and The Catholic News Service. Internationally interviewed by the AFP, the Associated Press of France, and the Asian News of Singapore. An article on these media contributions on the visit of Pope John Paul entitled, Seton Hall Shares Papal E pertise with the World, is available in Seton Hall, Spring 2005. Congressional Quarterly book on the Supreme Court and Religion by Seth Stern (2008). Provided commentary on the visit of Pope Benedict XVI at the United Nations in 2008 and for Pope Francis on WNBC and FIOS 1 for his visit to the White House, the U. S. Congress, the United Nations, and Ground Zero in October 2016.
V. Book Reviews
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Lo e s Betra al by Peter Mulholland. Journal of Church and State, Vol. 62, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/csaa019
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of The Roots of Pope Francis s Social and Political Tho ght: From Argentina To The Vatican by Thomas R. Rourke (Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland, 2016, in Politics and Religion, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 914-916.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Reverse Mission by Timothy A. Byrnes (Georgetown University Press: Washington, D. C. 2011.) The Journal of Politics and Religion, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2014, pp. 219-221.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of The Church-State Debate: Religion, Education and the Establishment Clause in Post-War America by Emma Long (Continuum: New York: 2012) The Catholic Historical Review. Vol. 99, No. 4, October 2013, pp. 808-9.
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Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Pews, Prayers and Participation by Corwin Schmidt et.al (Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University Press, 2008) in The American Review of Politics. Vol. 30, Spring/Summer 2009, pp. 82-4.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Catholicism and Religious Freedom by Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt, eds. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006) in Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 23, 2008. pp. 101-105.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Reviews of Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Programs in the States by Sheila Kennedy Seuss and Wolfgang Bielefeld. Perspective on Politics (Washington, D. C. Georgetown University Press, 2006), 637.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Welfare-to Work in Los Angeles by Stephen Monsma and J. Christopher Soper. Perspectives on Politics (Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006), Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2007, pp. 638.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of The Catholic Church and the Nation-State by Paul Christopher Manuel, Lawrence C. Reardon and Clyde Wilcox, eds. (Washington D. C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006) in Conscience, Winter 2007-8, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, pp. 49-51
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of God at the Grassroots by Mark Rozell and Clyde Wilcox eds., in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 60, No. 4, November 1998, pp. 1231-3.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of War and its Discontents: Pacificism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions by J. Patout Burns, ed., in The American Political Science Review, June 1997, Vol. 91, No. 2, p. 431.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Through A Window by Jane Goodall in Politics and the Life Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 1, August 1991, pp. 119-120.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Boundaries Dimly Perceived by Christopher Mooney, S.J., in the Journal of Church and State, Vol. 33, No. 4, Autumn 1991, pp. 802-3.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Politics and the Restraint of Science, by Leonard Cole in Politics and the Life Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, August 1984, p. 93-4.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Review of Against Fate by Glenn Tinder in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 76, No. 4, December 1982, p. 971.
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VI: PRESENTATIONS OF PAPERS, SEMINARS, AND INVITED LECTURES
Joe Biden: The Second Catholic President? American Political Science Association, Seattle Washington, 1 October 2021.
Clerical Se ual Abuse, Invited Lecture, Caldwell College, 31 Januar 2019.
The Politics of Clerical Se ual Abuse: Up-Dated, New England Political Science Association, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 20 April 2018.
Clerical Se ual Abuse and U. S. Catholic Church-State Relations. Invited speaker at the New Vernon Presbyterian Church, New Vernon, New Jersey 10 April 2015.
How Clerical Se ual Abuse Changed U. S. Catholic Church State Relations. Invited speaker at St. Mark s Lutheran Church in Morristown, New Jerse . 7 June 2015. Sponsored b Voice of the Faithful.
Clerical Se ual Abuse and Catholic Church-State Relations (2001-2014), American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., 28 August 2014.
A Comparative Pedagogical Anal sis of Technolog , Politics and Campaign Management, Mid-West Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 14 April 2013.
Technolog and Politics, North East Political Science Association, Boston Massachusetts. 20 November 2010. (Paper with Dr. Michael Taylor)
“Globali ation and the Catholic Church, Invited speaker/seminar leader at the Conference on Religion and Globalization at Boston University, 21 June 2010.
Vatican Responses to Clerical Se ual Abuse, North East Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 20 November 2009.
Catholic Moral Imperatives in Politics: Involvement, Coherence and Consistenc , American Political Science Association Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. 28 August 2008.
Catholic Moral Imperatives in Politics: Moral Coherence, Eucharistic Consistenc and Rudolph Giuliani, New England Political Science Association Meeting. Providence, Rhode Island. 25 April 2008.
The Church-State Ramifications of Clerical Se ual Abuse in the United States, Invited speaker to lecture at Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey. 6 April 2005.
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"Catholicism and Pluralism: A Continuing Dilemma for the Twenty-First Century," American Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 5 September 2004.
"The Church-State Ramifications of Pedophilia in the United States" the Northeast Religion and Society Association. South Orange, New Jersey. 26 March 2004.
"John Paul II and Catholic Contributions to International Affairs," Invited. The Carnegie Council Symposium on Ethics and International Affairs. New York, New York. 18 March 2003.
The Bush Faith-Based Initiative and the Catholic Response, Northeast Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9 November 2001.
School Choice and U. S. Public Polic , Invited, Public Lecture at Providence College. Providence, Rhode Island. 23 April 2001.
Faith-Based Politics in the United States, Invited presentation before the Political Science Department of the National Taiwan University. Taipei, Taiwan. 9 April 2001.
Religious Leaders, Political Causes: The Reverend Al Sharpton and Racial Discrimination, International Congress of Americanists. Warsaw, Poland. 10 July 2000.
How Charter Schools Came to New York State, American Political Science Association Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. 6 September 1999.
Pope John Paul II: International Political Actor, American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D. C. 31 August 1997.
The Politics of School Choice in New Jerse , North East Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 November 1997.
The Strateg of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on Abortion. American Political Science Association. San Francisco, California. 29 August 1996.
The U.S. And the Vatican: Partners in a New World Order? Western Political Science Association. San Francisco, California. 11 March 1996.
U.S.-Vatican Relations: Toward A Post-Cold War Consensus? American Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. 1 September 1995.
Christine Todd Whitman: A Potential National Figure. New Jerse Political Science Association. Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. 1 April 1995.
Catholic Jurisprudence on Abortion. New York Political Science Association. Alban , New York. 22 April 1994.
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Lobb ing b Litigation: The Catholic Bishops and the Amicus Brief. Invited speaker at Le Mo ne College. Syracuse, New York. 13 April 1994.
Everson Revisited: This Is Not Just A Little Case Over Bus Fares. New Jerse Political Science Association. Eagleton Institute of Politics. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 19 March 1994.
Catholic Jurisprudence on Education. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Graduate Deans of the Association of Graduate School of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Washington, D.C. 2 December 1993.
Catholic Jurisprudence and the Bishops Use of the Amicus Brief. North East Political Science Association. Newark, New Jersey. 18 November 1993.
The First Freedom and John Courtne Murra . American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C. 1 September 1993.
Writing Goals and Objectives for Political Science. New Jersey Political Science Association. Brookdale College. Brookdale, New Jersey. 14 April 1993.
John Courtne Murra and the First Amendment. The Murra S mposium at the Woodstock Theological Center. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 31 October 1992.
Human Rights and Women s Rights: The Perspective from Rome. North East Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 15 November 1991.
The Catholic Church and Partisan Political Activit . S mposium on Rerum Novarum. Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange, New Jersey. 20 September 1991.
Reagan Management Innovations. North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 16 November 1990.
John Stuart Mill and Pope John Paul II on Women s Rights. Invited speaker at the Universit of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 2 November 1990.
Post-Mortems on the New Jerse Gubernatorial Race. Invited speaker at Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey. 4 December 1989.
The Ga s, Georgetown and the Government. North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 15 November 1988.
The Catholic Intra-Church Debate Over Political Involvement. North East Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17 November 1987.
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Reagan and the Catholics. North East Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Penns lvania. 15 November 1984.
Catholic Political Theor : Activism Justified. North East Political Science Association. Boston, Massachusetts. 17 November 1984.
The Catholic Church and Human Rights. Conference on Religion and Political Activism. University of Southern Mississippi, Biloxi, Mississippi. 4 April 1984.
Professional Ethics. Columbia Universit School of Dental and Oral Surger . New York, New York. 8 September 1982.
The Moral Development of Children. Invited speaker for the American Association of Universit Women. Morristown, New Jersey. 5 April 1981.
VII. GRANTS
Formicola, Jo Renee. "The Bush Faith-Based Initiative." Seton Hall University Research Council. $3000. Approved and funded. March 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Journal Publication, "Lunch and Learn," and Speakers. Submitted to Pi Sigma Alpha. Approved and funded: $750, $640, $250 and $500 in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Ser ice-Learning Mentors. Council of Independent Colleges of New Je Approved and funded: $15,000. 1 July 1996.
Formicola, Jo Renee. The Establishment of an Instit te for Ser ice Learning at Seton Hall Uni ersit . New Jersey State Legislature. Approved and funded: $90,000. 1 July 1996.
VIII. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Webinar: Catholics, the Media, and the 2020 Presidential Election, Seton Hall Universit , 22 October 2020, and Popes and the Polic of Sin, The University of Messina, Italy. 6 November 2020.
Roundtable Discussant, The Twenty-Fifth Anniversar of The Catholic Bishops in American Politics, Southern Political Science Association Meeting. San Juan Puerto Rico, 11 January 2016.
Dissertation Examiner for Mr. Michael McDonald, a Ph. D. Candidate at the University of New 11
England, Armidale, Australia. Ma 2014. Dissertation entitled Religious Freedom in Australia: The Disconnection of Liberalism and Religion and the Exclusion of Religious Community from Liberalism.
Panel Discussant. Governor Chris Christie. New Jerse Political Science Association. Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey 25 February 2011.
Panel Discussant. “The Road to the 2012 Presidential Election. Panelist for former presidents of the North East Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 November 2011.
Panel Discussant. The Obama Presidenc . Panelist for former presidents of the North East Political Science Association. Boston, Massachusetts, 18 November 2010.
Panel Discussant. The View from Trenton. Panelist for the Democratic Committee for the Cit of Summit, New Jersey. 16 February 2011.
Seminar Leader/Facilitator. E cellent Catholic Parishes. Series at St. Thomas More Church, Convent Station, New Jersey. October, November, December 2010 and January 2011.
Guest Speaker. On Being a Catholic Citi en, St. Paul Inside the Walls, 24 April 2009.
Guest Speaker. Catholic Librar Association. John Paul II as Political Actor. Seton Hall University, 28 April 2006.
Evaluator and Curriculum Specialist. Middle States Accreditation Team for the Evaluation of American University, March 2004. Middle States Accreditation Team for the Evaluation of La Salle University, March 2006.
Convener and Moderator. Conference with White House Faith-Based Director, James Towey and New Jersey State Officials on The B sh Faith-Based Initiati e. Seton Hall University, 20 November 2002.
Reviewer and Review Boards. Manuscripts for Journal of Politics and Religion (2000-2014); Social Science Quarterly (2005); Polity (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2005); Journal of Church and State (1998- 2017); Lexington Books (1998); Rowman and Littlefield (2005, 2006); Review Board: Catholic Education: A Magazine of Practice and Inquiry (2002 -2006)
Dissertation Examiner for Ph. D. Candidate at Seton Hall University, May 2000. Dissertation entitled The Politics of Higher Education in New Jerse .
Convener and Moderator. Conference on Religion and Education at the Crossroads: The Catholic Perspective. Seton Hall Universit School of Law, 14 June l997 and Conference for Teachers of First Year Students at Seton Hall University. 19 October 1996
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Chair. Panel on "Governmental Institutions and the Press: Who is Using Whom?" North East Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12 November 2002. Panel on Presidential Leadership Assessment. North East Historical Association. Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York. 26 September 1992; Panel on State and Local Government Issues. North East Political Science Association. Providence, Rhode Island. 17 November 1992.; Panel on Women and Politics. American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D.C. 30 August 1989; Panel on Innovative Teaching Methodologies. New Jerse Political Science Association. Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. 17 March 1989.
Panelist. Chris Christie and New Jerse Politics, New Jerse Political Science Association, April 2012. The Future of the Church. Invited b the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to address the Conference of National Diocesan Attorneys. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 26, 2005. Faith and Foreign Polic : The Catholic Tradition and American Foreign Relations. Invited b Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Relations. New York, New York. March 7 and 8, 2002; Faith-Based Initiatives; The Governor s Conference on Faith-Based Initiatives. Newark, New Jersey. 24 June 2001; On Getting Published. Northeast Political Science Association Meeting. Albany, New York. 14 November 2000.
Discussant. Panel on The Political Dimensions of the Bush Faith-Based Initiative, American Political Science Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 31 August 2006. Provost s Distinguished Lecture Series on Liberal Education and the Core Curriculum, 22 April 2005. Panel on Democrac and Religion. American Political Science Association Meeting Philadelphia, PA. 29 August 2003. Panel on Religion and Politics. North East Political Science Association. Newark, New Jersey. 9 November 1995; "Ethics and Municipal Managers." Center for Public Service. Seton Hall University, South Orange N. J. 15 July 1999. Panel on Religious Political Activism American Political Science Association Meeting. Washington, D.C. 5 September 1984.
Attendee. Personal Democracy Forum on Technology and Politics, June 2010 and June 2014, New York. Carnegie Council, the Fellows Presentation on Learning from Environmental Justice, 17 June 2004; Conference on Envisioning Ethical Alternatives in Health Care. 9 December 1996. National Council of Churches. New York, New York; North East Political Science Association Meeting. Boston. 15 November 1996; Edu-Com Conference on Information Technolog . Philadelphia, Penns lvania. 7 and 8 October 1996; Conference on Women s Challenges: At the Door of the Twenty-First Centur . St. Peter s College. Jerse Cit , New Jersey. 10 May 1996; New Dean s Conference. Seattle. 1-4 November 1995; Conference on Technolog in Higher Education. IBM Campus at Purchase, New York. 27 September 1995; APSA Short Course on Religion and Politics: The 1994 election in a Cultural Perspective. Chicago, Illinois 31 August 1995; Conference at the Universit of Chicago on Multiculturalism and Higher Education. Chicago, Illinois. 20-23 November 1993; Panel on U.S. Involvement in the Gulf War. New Jerse Political Science Association. Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. 18 March 1991; Conference of the Association of American Colleges on Evaluation and Assessment. Washington, D.C. 16-18 January,1991; Conference of the New Jersey Institute for College Teaching on Leadership and Management. 21 September 1990; Conference of the American Association of
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Higher Education on Multicultural Diversit in Higher Education. San Francisco, California. 15- 18 April 1989; Conference of the Carnegie Council on International Affairs at Purdue University on Human Rights and Foreign Polic . West Lafa ette, Indiana.16-18 September 1988.
IX. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
Board of Trustees, Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 2014-2016.
Board of Regents. Le Moyne College, Syracuse. 2008-2014.
Elected Councilwoman. Madison, New Jersey 1989-1992.
X. SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Convener. Forum on "Ethics of Politics in New Jersey," 3 March 2003; Student Discussion with Ms. Ph llis Lee of the United Nations on The U. N. and Human Rights, Spring 2000; Lunch and Learn Career Da for Students of Political Science, Social Work and Criminal Justice, Fall 1999; Getting Started in Local Politics. Women s Facult Association, Seton Hall Universit , 18 March 1998(Guest Speaker); College of Arts and Sciences Chairs Orientation. 1991. Lunch and Learn for Political Science Majors, 1985, 1988-1991 and 1999.Conference on Campaign Ethics. College of Arts and Sciences, April 1984.
Committees. University Rank and Tenure 2020; Search Committee, Department of Political Science 2108. Chair, College Rank and Tenure 2009-2010; Member, College Rank and Tenure Committee 2005-7 and 2008-9; Political Science Chair of Rank and Tenure, 2009-2019. Provost s Research Da Committee 2006, Co-Chair of Journal Committee, Religion and Politics Section of APSA 2004-5; Convocation Committee 2005; Chair, Rank and Tenure Committee of Department of Political Science 2004-5; Alternate, College Rank and Tenure Committee 2004-5; Co-Chair, Religion and Politics Committee on the Journal 2004; Member, Environmental Studies Committee 2003-4; Chair of Millennium Committee for Borough of Madison, New Jersey 1998; Steering Committee for Catholic Service Initiative 1997-1998; University Council 1996; Arts Council for the University 1996; Steering Committee of the ACE/Kellogg Project 1995 to Make Strategic Change for the First Three Semesters; Provost s Orientation Committee for Department Chairs 1993-1994; Member of the Business School Task Force on Establishing a Master s Program in International Business 1993; Liaison to the Middle States Accreditation team 1992-1993; Chancellor s Task Force on Facult Governance 1991-1992; Chair, Selection Committee for Washington Internship Minority Fellows Scholarship Program 199l-1993; Deans' Committee on Practica, Internships and Co-operative Education 1992; Associate Provost s Retention Committee 1990-1993 and 1995-1996; Committee Woman, Madison Municipal Republican Committee 1992; Program Chair of North East Political Science Association Meeting Boston 1998; Provost Search Committee 1997-1998; Faculty Senate 14
1995; Chair of College By-Laws Committee 1989.
Consultant. Le Moyne College (Syracuse, New York) on the Le Moyne-Zogby International Polling Initiative. April 200l
Guest Speaker. Graduation Speaker, Benedictine Academ , 2014. Panelist on Governor Christie and the State Legislature, Summit Democratic Discussion, 2012. Panelist on The Presidential Candidates for the 2008 Election, Summit Democratic Discussion, 29 March 2007. Seton Hall University Faculty Dialogue on The Catholic Bishops, Abortion and the 1996 Presidential Election, 30 October 1996; Morristown Presb terian Church. Religion and the 1996 Election, 10 October 1996; Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Speaker Drew University,1992; Seton Hall University Freshman Convocation, 1992; Honors Colloquia of Farleigh Dickinson and Drew Universit , 1992; The Bill of Rights. 4 July 1992, Harding, N. J.
Advisor. Republican Club, 2014, 2015 and 2018. Political Anal sis, Student Journal, 1992, 1998, 2002; St. Thomas More Pre-Legal Society. 1991; Pi Sigma Alpha. 1987-1992, 1998-2000, and 2002. Campaign Manager for State Senator Leanna Brown for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate, 1993; Dorm Wing Advisor, l992; Founded and Advised. The New Jerse Pre-Law Review, 1991; Political Science Association. 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Political Science.; American Government; Ethics & Public Administration; Church and State; Human Rights; U. S. Foreign Policy; Ecology & Politics; Parties & Politics; The Presidency; The Congress; Western Political Thought, Catholics in the Political Process, Technology and Politics, Campaign Management, and New Jersey Politics. Seminars: Religious Pluralism & Public Polic ; The Politics of Values; Ethics & Politics; Religious Leaders/Political Causes; Faith-Based Politics; Terrorism & Human Rights; Anarch in America; Republicans: Rouges or Reformers? The Road to the White House; The Bush Presidency; The Politics of Education, The Obama Victor , The Obama Presidenc , Politics and Campaigns, 2016, Trump, Conservatism in America, and The Media and Politics.
XI. HONORS AND AWARDS
Nominated 2022 Baylor University Robert Foster Cherry U.S. Teacher of the Year Award Selected: 2016 Editorial Board of the Journal of Church and State Selected: 2015 Woman of the Year at Seton Hall Universit Selected: 2012-2016 Editorial Board of the Journal of Politics and Religion Selected: 2008 Ignatian Award for Professional Achievement by Le Moyne College Selected: 2006-2011 American Editor, Journal of Religion and Politics Elected: 2005 Researcher of the Year, Department of Political Science Served: 2000 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Immediate Past President Elected: 1999 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. President Elected: 1998 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Vice President and Program Chair
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Elected: 1997 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Second Vice President Elected: 1995 N. E. Pol. Sci. Assoc. Third Vice President Selected: 1995 Seton Hall Universit Trustees Service Award Elected: 1995 APSA, Religion and Politics Section, Executive Board Elected: 1994 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair Elected: 1993 N. J. Political Scientist of the Year Elected: 1991 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair Elected: 1990 N. E. Political Science Association, American Chair Elected: 1990 N. J. Political Science Association, President Elected: 1989 Councilwoman, Borough of Madison (New Jersey) Elected: 1989 N. J. Political Science Association, Vice President Chosen: 1989 N. J. Political Science Association, Program Chair Elected: 1988 APSA, Religion and Politics Section, Executive Board Selected: 1966 Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honor Society for Political Scientists Selected: 1963 Gamma Pi Epsilon, Jesuit Honor Society for Women. Selected: 1963 Who s Who in American Colleges and Universities
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