David A. Tamisiea Assistant Professor of Theology Director of Undergraduate Theology Program Ave Maria University Henkels Academic Building, Room 3004 5050 Ave Maria Boulevard Ave Maria, Florida 34142 (239) 304-7363 (work phone) (239) 227-0752 (cell phone) [email protected] (work email) EDUCATION: Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, FL, 8/06 – present • Ph.D. candidate in Theology, GPA 3.95 • Major: Systematic Theology • Minor: Moral Theology • Area of Focus: Ecclesiology • Ph.D. dissertation: “The Baptismal Priesthood of the Christian Lay Faithful” • M.A. in Theology, Summa Cum Laude, May 2008, GPA 3.94 • M.A. thesis: “From Vincent of Lerins to Vatican II: The Catholic Idea of a Living Tradition” University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, 5/06 – 8/06 Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 1/06 - 5/06 College of Saint Thomas More, Ft. Worth, TX, 6/05-12/05 • 22 total hours propaedeutic work for M.A. in theology, consisting of 13 hours of coursework in philosophy and 9 hours in Latin, cum. GPA 4.0 University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, 8/91 - 5/94 • Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 1994 • Member Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 8/83 - 5/87 • Bachelor of Arts, With Honors, May 1987, GPA 3.492 • Double Major: Pre-medicine and Psychology • Walk-on varsity football team 1984-85 • Bengal Bouts boxing tournament participant 1986 Summer Institute of Catholic Social Thought, Washington, DC, 6/10 • Certificate of completion • Joint program of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists and the Center for the Advancement of Catholic Higher Education, held at the Catholic University of America, focusing on the social doctrine of the Catholic Church LANGUAGES: Reading proficiency in Latin, Greek, and French Page 1 __________________________________________________________________________________ David Tamisiea, Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, FL; fall 2013 – present • Assistant Professor of Theology, fall 2013 – present • Made public Profession of Faith, Oath of Fidelity, and received Mandatum, fall 2013 • Director of Undergraduate Theology Program, fall 2015 – present THEO 105 Sacred Scripture, Ave Maria University – fall 2013, fall 2014, and fall 2015 • This course has a twofold goal: to introduce students to the principles of authentic Catholic biblical exegesis, and to explore how God, the Creator, has acted through his covenants to draw his people, disordered by the Fall, back to himself. The course begins by examining the principles of Catholic exegesis as set forth definitively by Dei Verbum and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We then undertake a careful reading of large segments of the Old and New Testaments, with an emphasis on the unity of Scripture. THEO 205 Sacred Doctrine, Ave Maria University – fall 2012 (Ph.D. student- teacher), spring 2013, and spring 2014 • This course serves as an introduction to Catholic dogmatic theology, with particular attention given to natural and divine revelation, the modes of transmission of divine revelation, the essential doctrines of the faith, the moral life, liturgy and the sacraments. THEO 400 Living in Christ, Ave Maria University – fall 2013, spring 2014, fall 2014 (directed study for three students), spring 2015, and fall 2015 • This course serves as an introduction to Catholic moral theology. By examining holiness, the beatitudes, human actions, the moral and theological virtues, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and natural and divine law, this course investigates how Christians are conformed to Christ in their lives. THEO 490 Senior Theology Seminar, Ave Maria University – fall 2014 (directed study for two students) • As the final course in the theology sequence, the senior seminar is designed for and required of all theology majors. In a seminar format, students examine a topic in depth and prepare a research project to be presented at the end of the semester. THEO 553 Catholic Systematic Theology & Eschatology (M.A.), Ave Maria University – fall 2015 (co-taught with Fr. Matthew Lamb) • This course provides an overview of the sapiential character of theology. It draws upon biblical, patristic, scholastic, and contemporary efforts to integrate the quests for wisdom and holiness with those for science and scholarship in the two millennial tradition of Catholic systematic reflections on the truth of the Catholic faith. The theoretical understanding of the whole of theology as subaltern to God and the Blessed in St. Thomas Aquinas is related to the importance of relating history to eternity. In this context eschatology is studied with reference to the theological reflections of Professor Joseph Ratzinger on the teachings of the Bible, the Page 2 __________________________________________________________________________________ David Tamisiea, Curriculum Vitae Fathers, Schoolmen, and contemporary issues. Masters Thesis Director, Ave Maria University – spring 2014 • I directed the written thesis paper and oral presentation by M.A. student, Peter G. Lesniewski, entitled “The Good as Self-Diffusive, and the Role of the Family in the Prophetic Office of Christ.” Theology Teaching Assistant, Ave Maria University – spring 2012 • Teaching assistant duties included attending classes, holding office hours to assist students majoring in theology with research and writing of their senior theses, and assessing each student’s final, public oral presentation of their senior thesis Latin Tutor, Ave Maria University Classics Dept., Ave Maria University – each fall and spring semester from 2007 – 2011 • Provided tutoring for university students in introductory Latin class Latin Teaching Assistant, Ave Maria University – fall 2007, spring 2008 • Provided teaching assistance to professor of Latin for university students in introductory Latin class • Duties included tutoring and grading quizzes/exams Teacher, Vatican II Class, Young Serra Community of Dallas, Dallas, TX, fall 1999 • Organized series of classes to teach the four constitutions of Vatican II in response to Pope John Paul’s call in Tertio Millennio Adveniente to prepare for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 by studying and applying the teachings of Vatican II • Retained theologians from University of Dallas to present monthly lectures on each constitution, followed by a series of weekly classes presented by individual Young Serra members on each constitution • Taught 5-week course to young adults on Lumen Gentium as my part of this Vatican II class Constitutional Law Preceptor, University of Texas Law School, Austin, TX, fall 1993 – spring 1994 • Selected as preceptor by Professor Philip Bobbitt as a third-year law student for Constitutional Law class to first-year law students • Duties included attending professor’s bi-weekly lectures to whole class, attending separate lectures to preceptors, and teaching my own section of first-year law students for one hour each week High School Teacher, Mount Michael Benedictine High School, Elkhorn, NE, Mount Michael Associate: Full-time Volunteer Teacher/Coach 8/88 - 5/89 (one- year commitment) • Co-founder of the Mount Michael Associates program for alumni to return and offer one or two years of full-time volunteer service in teaching, coaching, and other activities • Taught American government and religion to seniors, and social studies Page 3 __________________________________________________________________________________ David Tamisiea, Curriculum Vitae to freshmen • Assistant coach of varsity football team • Started and led Mount Michael Students for Life group SCHOLARLY INTERESTS: Primary Areas of Interest • Ecclesiology/Vatican II • Theology of the Laity • Moral Theology • Conversant especially in the thought of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Yves Congar Secondary Areas of Interest • Liturgy and the Sacraments • Catholic Social Doctrine • Catholic Bioethics • Theology of Revelation • Relationship between Faith and Reason PRESENTATIONS/ PUBLICATIONS: Scholarly Article • “St. Thomas Aquinas on the One Esse of Christ,” Angelicum 88 (2011): 383-402 Scholarly Chapter in Book • “Vatican II, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Sensus Fidelium,” in Wisdom and the Renewal of Catholic Theology, ed. Roger Nutt and Thomas Harmon, publication forthcoming by Wipf & Stock. Academic Conference Presentations • “Vatican II, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Sensus Fidelium” at the annual national meeting/conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists at Franciscan University of Steubenville, themed “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” Steubenville, OH, 10/24/15 • “Vatican II, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Sensus Fidelium” at the annual conference of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University, themed “Wisdom and the Renewal of Theology: A Conference in Honor of the Theological Legacy of Matthew L. Lamb,” Ave Maria, FL, 2/7/2015 • “A Thomistic Appraisal of the Phoenix Abortion Case in Light of Veritatis Splendor and Evangelium Vitae,” at the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars annual conference, Ethics and Morals session, Washington, D.C., 9/29/12 • “A Thomistic Appraisal of the Phoenix Abortion Case, with Special Consideration Given to the Self-Determinative Structure of Human Acts,” at the annual conference of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University, graduate student session, Ave Maria, FL, 1/26/13 Academic Conference Panels Chaired/Moderated • Panel Moderator, “Education and the Wisdom of Great Thinkers,” the Page 4 __________________________________________________________________________________