Curriculum Vitae
Academic Employment
Director, Meister Eckhart Center for Catholic and Dominican Life (August 2021-Present)
Albertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion (August 2022-Present)
Albertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT
Education
Ph.D. | Systematic Theology (August 2021)
Fordham University | Bronx, NY
Dissertation: “Recognizing Race in an Ecclesiology of the Built Environment.”
Dissertation Director: Dr. Bradford Hinze
Dissertation Readers: Dr. Michael Lee, Dr. Bryan Massingale
Comprehensive Exams: High Pass (20th Century Paradigmatic Works, Ecclesiology, Economics and Ethics, Church in the Built Environment)
Master of Divinity | Christianity (May 2015)
Harvard Divinity School | Cambridge, MA
M.Div. Thesis: “Fully Child, Fully Divine: Imagining the Incarnation in Light of Child Development.”
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mayra Rivera
Bachelor of Arts | Religious Studies (May 2008)
Yale University | New Haven, CT
Senior Thesis: “Song as Theology: Human Action and Divine Liberation in the Black Spirituals and the American Folk Revival.”
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Shannon Craigo-Snell
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record
“Religion and the City,” Albertus Magnus College, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
“Church in Controversy,” Eloquentia Perfecta Seminar, Fordham University, Spring 2020, Fall 2018.
“Faith and Critical Reason,” Fordham University, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
“Faith and Critical Reason,” Eloquentia Perfecta Seminar, Fordham University, Fall 2017.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
“Great Christian Hymns,” Instructor: Dr. Judith Kubicki, CSSF, Fordham University, Spring 2017.
“Religion, Theology & New Media,” Instructor: Dr. Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, Fall 2016.
Teaching Training
Wabash Seminar for Doctoral Students (Wabash Center, October 2020), a weekend seminar focused on critically reflective teaching, design of learning experiences, teaching contexts, and diversity in the classroom.
Wabash Teaching Diversity Seminar: Genre Diversity (Fordham University, Spring 2020), a semester-long seminar focused on incorporating non-textual material into courses and employing non-traditional methods of engaging with texts.
Jesuit Pedagogy Seminar (Fordham University, Spring 2019), a semester-long seminar focused on the history, philosophy, and practice of Ignatian pedagogy.
Teaching Theology Seminar (Fordham University, Fall 2016), a semester-long course focused on syllabus design, lesson planning, instructional methods, grading and evaluation, technology in the classroom, and diversity and inclusion.
Research Interests
Ecclesiology; Religion and Cities; Catholic Social Thought; Ethics and Economics; Christianity and Racial Justice; Theological Method
Publications
2022 “Undoing the Memory Wipe: Metz, Droids, and the Victims of History,” in Theology and the Star Wars Universe, edited by Benjamin Espinoza (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic).
2019 “Cities as Learning Ecosystems: Lonergan’s Emergent Probability in Urban Spaces,” in Everything is Interconnected: Towards a Globalization with a Human Face and a Truly Integral Ecology, edited by Lucas Briola and Joseph Ogbonnaya (Marquette University Press, 2019).
2018 Book Review: Ecumenical Perspectives on the Filioque for the 21st Century, edited by Myk Habets. Pneuma. 44, no. 4 (2018).
Public Scholarship
2023 Lectionary Commentary: “Epiphany,” “21st Sunday in Ordinary Time,” “32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time,” The Just Word (Future Church, 2023).
2021 Blog Post: “Co-design, Creative Learning, and COVID,” Open Windows (2021.3).
2020 Ministry Resource: Redemptive Placemaking: A Toolkit for Discerning Your Church’s Mission in the Built Environment, co-authored with Sara Joy Proppe (Proximity Project, 2020).
Invited Talks and Panels
2023 Panelist: “Global Migration, Justice and Catholic Social Teaching.” Truth and Justice Panel, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.
2022 “How to be an Urban Mystic.” Presented at Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.
2021 “Integral Ecology and an Ecclesiology of Urban Life.” Presented at the Laudato Si’: Promise and Possibility Virtual Colloquium, Marquette University (online).
Conference Papers
2022 Workshop: “The College in Context: Understanding Our Place in the Neighborhood.” Presented at the Dominican Colloquium, Dominican University (online).
2021 “Building Housing in God’s Backyard: A Case Study in Affordable Housing Ministry.” Presented at the Religion and Cities Unit of the Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX.
2019 “Murals beneath the Expressway: Dangerous Memory in Chicago Park.” Presented at the Religion and Cities Unit of the Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA.
2019 “Discernment and Action in Lonergan’s Theology.” Presented at Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology (LEST), Leuven, Belgium.
2019 “Christological Interpretations of Land in Willie Jennings and Roberto Goizueta.” Presented at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, New Brunswick, NJ.
2018 “Concrete and the Church: Interrogating Racism in the Built Environment.” Presented at the Religion and Racial Justice in South Africa and the United States Consultation, Soweto, South Africa.
2018 “Undoing the Memory Wipe: Reconstructing Repressed Voices in Star Wars.” Presented at the Fordham Theology Graduate Students Association Conference, New York, NY.
2018 “Cities as Learning Ecosystems: Lonergan’s Emergent Probability in Urban Spaces.” Presented at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, New Brunswick, NJ.
2017 “The Scars of Good Intentions: Racial-Spatial Hierarchy in New Haven.” Presented at the Fordham Theology Graduate Students Association Conference, New York, NY.
2016 “God Grows Up: Considering the Incarnation in Light of Child Development.” Presented at the New England regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA.
Academic Awards, Honors, and Scholarships
Research Fellowship, a Distinguished Fellowship awarded by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Fordham University, 2020–2021.
Summer Research Fellowship, a Distinguished Fellowship awarded by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Fordham University, 2018, 2020.
Loyola Fellowship, Fordham University, 2015–2020.
Billings Scripture Prize, Massachusetts Bible Society, 2015.
Distinction in the Major, Yale University, 2008.
Service to the Academy
2023-Present General Education Pathway Coordinator for the Sustainability Pathway, Albertus Magnus College
2021-Present Religion and Cities Unit, American Academy of Religion, Steering Committee Member
2020 ReImagining Higher Ed Incubator, Fordham University, Participant
2019 Theology Department, Fordham University, Summer Graduate Assistant
2017–2020 Theology Department Newsletter, Fordham University, Editor
2018–2019 Theology Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Chair
2018–2019 Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Theology Dept. Representative
2017–2018 Theology Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Secretary
2013–2015 Cult/ure Graduate Journal, Harvard Divinity School, Editorial Board Member
Professional Experience
2018–2021 Theological Consultant, Proximity Project, St. Paul, MN
2014–2017 Theologian in Residence, Craigville Tabernacle, Craigville, MA
2014–2015 Pastoral Intern, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Newtonville, MA
2012–2013 Pastoral Intern, St. Francis House, Boston, MA
2011–2012 Team Lead (Technical Writing), Epic Systems Corporation, Madison, WI
2010–2011 Technical Writer, Epic Systems Corporation, Madison, WI
2008–2009 Elementary School Teacher, School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Research Languages
Spanish, German
