Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D. (in progress), University of Notre Dame — Moral Theology
- Advisor: Jean Porter
- Candidacy exams, March 2012: passed with high honors.
- M.T.S. (2008), University of Notre Dame — History of Christianity
- Exams passed with distinction
- B.A. (2005), Messiah College — Peace and Conflict Studies
- Summa cum laude, with departmental honors
Doctoral Seminars Taken
- Fall 2009: “Rousseau, Hegel, Marx,” “Modern Theories of Natural
Right,” “Medieval Negative Theology,” “Tradition, Ethics, and Dialogue”
- Spring 2010: “Bonaventure,” “Duty and Virtue in Contemporary Moral
Philosophy,” “Theological Anthropology,” “20th-c. Catholic Moral
Theology”
- Fall 2010: “Bioethics,” “Kierkegaard,” “Medieval Mendicant Controversies”
- Spring 2011: “Ethics of Karl Barth,” “Feminist Theologies,” “Catholic
Social Thought”
Teaching Experience
- Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Notre Dame
- For Margaret Pfeil (2011-12)
- For David Clairmont (2010-11)
- For Richard McBrien (Fall 2007)
- Adjunct Instructor, Messiah College (2008-2009)
- Courses designed and taught: Introduction to Christian Theology
(3 sections), Faith and Society (1 section).
- Tutor and Teaching Assistant, Messiah College
- Writing Tutor, Messiah College Writing Center (Fall 2005)
- Greek Tutor (Spring 2005)
- Teaching Assistant for Glenn Bucher (Fall 2004)
Publications & Presentations
- “William of Saint-Amour: an anti-Franciscan theory of property.”
Presented in a session on Franciscan theories of property at the
International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, UK,
July 2011.
- “Voluntary poverty and political theology: the case of Bonaventure.”
Presented in a session on “Franciscan Political Theory” at the
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
May 2010.
- “The ground of perfection: Michael Sattler on ‘the body of Christ.’”
In New Perspectives in Believers Church Ecclesiology. Winnipeg:
Canadian Mennonite University Press, 2010.
- “Human rights as a theological concept” (December 2008). Presented
as part of faculty panel at Messiah College on the topic, “What
Are Human Rights?”.
- “The perfection of Christ: Michael Sattler’s ecclesiology” (May
2008). Presented at the 16th Believers Church Conference at
Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- “Evil’s defeat” (March 2008). Presented as part of a graduate
theological colloquium series on “Problems of Evil” at the
University of Notre Dame.
* “Truthful liturgy as a practice of peace: Walter Brueggemann and
Anabaptism” (2005). Placed 2nd in national Anabaptist Research
Paper Competition, sponsored by the Sider Institute, Messiah
College.
* “Catechesis as training in Christian servanthood” (2005). Presented
at the C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest, sponsored by the
Mennonite Central Committee. Placed 1st at Messiah College, 3rd in
bi-national competition (U.S. and Canada).
Academic Honors
- Presidential Fellow, University of Notre Dame (2009-2014)
- Lilly Graduate Fellow (2009-2012)
- Full tuition scholarship for M.T.S. program, University of Notre Dame
- Presidential Honors Scholar, Messiah College
- Boyer Scholar (2005), Messiah College
Community Involvement
- Graduate Theological Society, University of Notre Dame
- 2012-13, President
- 2011-12, Carrel Coordinator
- 2010-11, Vice President
- 2009-10, Representative to the Graduate Student Union
- Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame
- Fall 2007, Small Group Facilitator, Summer Service-Learning Program
* __Peace and Conflict Studies Initiative Committee__, Messiah College
+ Fall 2005, Student Representative
* __Dismantling White Privilege Discussion Group__, Messiah College
+ 2005, Coordinator / Leader
Foreign Languages
- Italian
- French
- Spanish
- Latin
- Koine Greek
- German