Gerald J. Beyer, Ph.D. Villanova University Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies Saint Augustine Center 229 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 United States Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA September 2000 – May 2005 Doctorate in Theological Ethics, Margaret Flatley Doctoral Fellowship Dissertation: The Unfinished Revolution: Solidarity, Freedom and Participation in Poland after 1989 through the Lens of Catholic Social Thought Readers: Professor David Hollenbach, S.J. (director), Department of Theology, Boston College Professor Thomas Massaro, S.J., Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Professor Piotr Mazurkiewicz, Department of Political Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw Doctoral Comprehensives: The Bible as a Source of Christian Ethics: Methodological Studies and Biblical Understandings of Economic Justice The Theology of Augustine (with specialization in his political and social morality and the influence of his understanding of the Fall on it) The Theology of Karl Rahner (with specialization in his understanding of the unity of the love of God and neighbor and his theology of grace and freedom) Economic Rights in Roman Catholic Social Thought The Just War Tradition in Christian Historical Thought Kant & Contemporary Theologians on Discipleship and the Problem of Evil Bellah’s “Civil Religion” and the Secularization Thesis Academy of Economics, Krakow, Poland August 1999 - June 2000 Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Philosophy Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT September 1997 - May 1999 M.A.R. (Ethics Concentration), summa cum laude Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland October 1995 - June 1997 Two-year program of study in Polish language, history, and culture Pontifical Academy of Theology, Krakow, Poland October 1996 - June 1997 Student in the Department of Theology Georgetown University, Washington, DC September 1988 - 1992 B.A. in Philosophy, Minor in Theology Senior Thesis: “Relation and Freedom in Gabriel Marcel’s Thought” Beyer, 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Villanova University, Villanova, PA August 2013 - Present Tenured Associate Professor of Christian Ethics in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies Associate Editor, Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society Design and teach “Faith, Reason and Culture,” “Solidarity and Peacebuilding in Central and Eastern Europe,” “Markets and Morality,” “Economic Ethics” (MA/Ph.D. seminar), “Foundations of Christian Ethics” (MA/Ph.D. course), “Ethics of Higher Education” (Ph.D. seminar) Dissertation Co-Director (currently 2 doctoral students) UG Thesis Advisor to Senior Peace and Justice Major (Evaluation of “Right-to-Work” Laws in Light of Catholic Social Teaching”) Doctoral Portfolio Reviews (2) and Masters’ Portfolio Reviews (4) Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA August2004-June 2015 Tenured Associate Professor of Christian Social Ethics in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies; Assistant Professor (August 2004- August 2010) Design and teach “War and Peace,” “Economic Ethics,” “Economics, Politics, and the Ethic of Solidarity in Poland,” “Introduction to Christian Social Ethics” (service learning course), “Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition” Named Principal Investigator of the RICCI Project in collaboration with Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society of the University of Pennsylvania (March 2006 – May 2007) Faculty Fellow, Institute of Catholic Bioethics (Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009) Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA June - July 2003 Teaching Assistant to Prof. Mary Rose Bumpus and Prof. Sandra Schneiders “Gospel Spiritualities: Luke & John,” Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry Graded student exegesis papers and aided students in the graduate program in research and writing Teaching Assistant to Prof. David Hollenbach September 2002 - May 2003 “Ethics of War and Peacemaking” (Fall) and “Ethics, Religion and International Politics” (Spring) Graded student essays and exams, lectured, aided students in research and writing on a weekly basis and provided a writing workshop Research Assistant to Prof. Lisa Sowle Cahill November 2000 - June 2002 Conducted research in bioethical issues and the common good Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, CT September 1997 - May 1999 Acquisitions Assistant Catalogued incoming theological resources for circulation Prolog School of Languages, Krakow, Poland Summer, 1997, 1998 Instructor of English Taught English to adult learners of ESL and designed curriculum Public Lyceum VI, Krakow, Poland September, 1996 - June 1997 Instructor of English Taught English to Polish high school students using literature and philosophy Jewish Employment and Vocational Services, Phila., PA January 1995 - October 1995 Case Manager/Instructor Counseled and helped empower clients attempting to gain employment Taught “life skills” course Beyer, 3 Maintained case files to be examined by the PA State Welfare Commission Friend’s Hospital, Phila., PA December 1994 - October 1995 Volunteer Recreational Therapist Facilitated recreational therapy groups as volunteer in youth and geropsychiatric units St. John’s College High School, Washington, DC September 1992 - June 1994 Faculty Member, Department of Religious Studies Taught 170 sophomores and juniors in ethics and biblical studies. Moderated all student government functions and participated in National Honor Society Selection The Foundation for a Civil Society, New York/Prague, Czech Republic June - August 1993 Mazaryk Fellow Taught English at Charles University in Prague and led cultural exchange programs Office of Campus Ministry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC October 1991- August 1992 Assistant to the Director of Retreats Led fall retreat, designed brochure layouts and provided input regarding the creation of various ministry programs The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC June - October 1992 Assistant to the Campaign Manager Analyzed and catalogued press information related to the Senator’s campaign PUBLICATIONS Books Just Universities: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Corporatized Higher Education (Fordham University Press, in press, expected pub. Jan. 5, 2021). Available at https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823289974/just-universities/ Recovering Solidarity: Lessons from Poland's Unfinished Revolution (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010). Available at http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P01343 Third Place, Best Book of the Year, Polifemo XXI secolo: a Journal for History of Religions in the XXI Century Reviews of Recovering Solidarity: National Center for the Laity, Initiatives in Support of Christians in the World, No. 228 (Sept. 2016): Available at http://classic.catholiclabor.org/NCL%20Inititiative/Sept%2016.pdf Artur Rosman, Ethika Polityka, August 12, 2014. Available at http://ethikapolitika.org/2014/08/12/polish-lesson-communism-solidarity-capitalism/ John P. Burgess, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2013): 29 Anna Maria Mydlarska, Wolność i Solidarność, No. 3 (2012): 248-51 Matthew Shadle, Political Theology, Vol. 13, No. 3 (2012): 371-73 Donald E. Pienkos, The Polish Review, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2012): 125-126 Editorial Review, Ethos, Vol. 24, No. 4 (2011): 284-86 Kacper Szulecki, H-Net Reviews. Available at http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=30597 Padraic Kenney, Slavic Review, Vol. 70, No. 1 (2011): 179-180 Beyer, 4 John Pawlikowski, Theological Studies, Vol. 72, No. 1 (2011): 229-30 John Pawlikowski, Religion in Eastern Europe, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (2011) Thomas Duszak, Catholic Library World, Vol. 81, No. 2 (2011): 136 Edited Books Karol Wojtyła, Katolicka etyka społeczna, edited by Gerald J. Beyer, Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik, Alfred Wierzbicki (Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL, 2018). Available at http://www.wydawnictwokul.lublin.pl/sklep/product_info.php?products_id=3700 2019 FENIKS Award for Best Edited Volume, Catholic Publishers Association, (Stowarzyszenie Wydawców Katolickich), Poland Articles/Book Chapters 43. “Karol Wojtyla’s Katolicka etyka społeczna as Precursor and Hermeneutic Key to Pope John Paul II’s Economic Teaching” (in preparation) 42. “Worker Justice as a Pro-Life Issue” in Nicholas Cafardi, ed. Voting and Holiness (Mahwah: Paulist Press, in press): 153-78 41. “Curing the ‘Fever’ in Corporatized Higher Education: Prescriptions from the Catholic Social Tradition’ in Christine Firer Hinze, Michael Pirson and John Seitz, eds., Working Alternatives: Studies of Economic Experiment and the Human Person (New York: Fordham University Press, in press): 148- 88 40. “Tezy skrytpu Karola Wojtyły a współczesna katolicka nauka społeczna” in Karol Wojtyła, Katolicka etyka społeczna, edited by Gerald J. Beyer, Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik, Alfred Wierzbicki (Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL, 2018): 507-522 39. “The Principle of Mercy in the World of Work Today” in Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik, ed., Ekonomia a chrześcijaństwo: świat biznesu przez pryzmat encyklik św. Jana Pawła II Centesimus annus i Laborem exercens (Warszawa: Instytut Papieża Jana Pawła II, 2017): 141-68 38. “Advocating Worker Justice: A Catholic Ethicist’s Toolkit,” Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 45, No. 2 (2017): 226–250 37. “John XXIII and John Paul II: The Human Rights Popes” in Kevin Ahern, Meghan Clark, Kristin Heyer and Laurie Johnston, eds. The Future of Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution of David Hollenbach (Maryknoll, N.Y: Orbis Books,