Director, Meister Eckhart Center for Catholic and Dominican Life <\/strong>(August 2021-Present) Lecturer, Philosophy and Religion <\/strong>(Spring 2022; Spring 2026-Present) Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion <\/strong>(August 2022-December 2025) Ph.D. | Systematic Theology<\/strong> (August 2021) Master of Divinity | Christianity<\/strong> (May 2015) Bachelor of Arts | Religious Studies<\/strong> (May 2008) \u201c<\/span>Contemporary Christian Theology,\u201d Albertus Magnus College, Summer 2025 (taught online), Fall 2025, Summer 2026 (taught online).<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>The Examined Life,\u201d Albertus Magnus College, Spring 2025.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Religion and the City,\u201d Albertus Magnus College, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Spirit and Nature,\u201d Albertus Magnus College, Spring 2024.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Church in Controversy,\u201d Eloquentia Perfecta Seminar, Fordham University, Spring 2020, Fall 2018.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Faith and Critical Reason,\u201d Fordham University, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Faith and Critical Reason,\u201d Eloquentia Perfecta Seminar, Fordham University, Fall 2017.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Great Christian Hymns,\u201d Instructor: Dr. Judith Kubicki, CSSF<\/span>, Fordham University, Spring 2017.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Religion, Theology &<\/span> New Media,\u201d Instructor: Dr. Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, Fall 2016.<\/p>\n Seminar on Problem-Based Learning (Albertus Magnus College, August 2023), a two-day seminar focused on problem-based learning in the general education curriculum and strategies for group work.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Jesuit Pedagogy Seminar (Fordham University, Spring 2019), a semester-long seminar focused on the history, philosophy, and practice of Ignatian pedagogy.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Ecclesiology; Religion and Cities; Catholic Social Thought; Economic Ethics<\/p>\n 2023 \u201cEcclesial Action and Discernment in Lonergan\u2019s Theology,\u201d in Theos &<\/span> Polis: <\/em> Political Theology as Discernment<\/em><\/a>, edited by Stephan van Erp and Jacques Haers (Leuven University Press), p. 369\u2013379.<\/p>\n 2022 \u201cUndoing the Memory Wipe: Metz, Droids, and the Victims of History,\u201d in Theology and the Star Wars Universe<\/em><\/a>, edited by Benjamin Espinoza (Lexington Books\/Fortress Academic).<\/p>\n 2019 \u201cCities as Learning Ecosystems: Lonergan\u2019s Emergent Probability in Urban Spaces,\u201d in Everything is Interconnected: Towards a Globalization with a Human Face and a Truly Integral Ecology<\/em><\/a>, edited by Lucas Briola and Joseph Ogbonnaya (Marquette University Press, 2019).<\/p>\n 2018 Book Review: Ecumenical Perspectives on the Filioque for the 21st Century, edited by Myk Habets. Pneuma<\/em>. 44, no. 4 (2018).<\/p>\n 2023 Lectionary Commentary: \u201cEpiphany,\u201d<\/a> \u201c21st Sunday in Ordinary Time,\u201d<\/a> \u201c32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time,\u201d<\/a> The Just Word <\/em>(Future Church, 2023).<\/p>\n 2021 Blog Post: \u201cCo-design, Creative Learning, and COVID<\/span>,\u201d<\/a> Open Windows<\/em> (2021.3).<\/p>\n 2020 Ministry Resource: Redemptive Placemaking: A Toolkit for Discerning Your Church\u2019s Mission in the Built Environment<\/a><\/em>, co-authored with Sara Joy Proppe (Proximity Project, 2020).<\/p>\n 2026 Book Panel: \u201cMarie-Dominique Chenu: Catholic Theology for a Changing World\u201d by Mary Kate Holman, Fairfield University.<\/p>\n 2024 \u201cDisputatio: A Framework for Discourse in the Dominican Tradition.\u201d With Nate Friday. Spark Webinar Series, Dominican Veritas Ministries.<\/p>\n 2023 Panelist: \u201cHomelessness in the United States and New Haven.\u201d Truth and Justice Panel, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2023 Panelist: \u201cGlobal Migration, Justice and Catholic Social Teaching.\u201d<\/a> Truth and Justice Panel, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2022 \u201cHow to be an Urban Mystic.\u201d<\/a> Presented at Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2021 \u201cIntegral Ecology and an Ecclesiology of Urban Life.\u201d<\/a> Presented at the Laudato Si\u2019: Promise and Possibility Virtual Colloquium, Marquette University (online).<\/p>\n 2026 Panelist: \u201cVERITAS<\/span> in Pursuit of Justice: Building Community Through Engaging the World.\u201d Presented at the Dominican Colloquium, Molloy University, Rockville Centre, NY<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2025 \u201cNoticing the Gaps: The Limitations of Synodality and the Role of Theologians\u201d Presented at the Vatican II<\/span> Studies Unit of the Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2025 Moderator: \u201cBuilding Power by Engaging Faith Institutions in Support of Pro-Homes Campaigns.\u201d YIMBYTown, New Haven, CT<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2024 \u201cFinding Truth Together: Disputation in the Classroom.\u201d With Dr. Jon Sozek. Presented at the Dominican Colloquium, Edgewood College, Madison, WI<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2022 Workshop: \u201cThe College in Context: Understanding Our Place in the Neighborhood.\u201d Presented at the Dominican Colloquium, Dominican University (online).<\/p>\n 2021 \u201cBuilding Housing in God\u2019s Backyard: A Case Study in Affordable Housing Ministry.\u201d Presented at the Religion and Cities Unit of the Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2019 \u201cMurals beneath the Expressway: Dangerous Memory in Chicago Park.\u201d Presented at the Religion and Cities Unit of the Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2019 \u201cDiscernment and Action in Lonergan\u2019s Theology.\u201d Presented at Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology (LEST<\/span>), Leuven, Belgium.<\/p>\n 2019 \u201cChristological Interpretations of Land in Willie Jennings and Roberto Goizueta.\u201d Presented at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, New Brunswick, NJ<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2018 \u201cConcrete and the Church: Interrogating Racism in the Built Environment.\u201d Presented at the Religion and Racial Justice in South Africa and the United States Consultation, Soweto, South Africa.<\/p>\n 2018 \u201cUndoing the Memory Wipe: Reconstructing Repressed Voices in Star Wars.\u201d Presented at the Fordham Theology Graduate Students Association Conference, New York, NY<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2018 \u201cCities as Learning Ecosystems: Lonergan\u2019s Emergent Probability in Urban Spaces.\u201d Presented at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, New Brunswick, NJ<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2017 \u201cThe Scars of Good Intentions: Racial-Spatial Hierarchy in New Haven.\u201d Presented at the Fordham Theology Graduate Students Association Conference, New York, NY<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2016 \u201cGod Grows Up: Considering the Incarnation in Light of Child Development.\u201d Presented at the New England regional meeting for the American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2026 Dominican Theology and Practice Conference, Albertus Magnus College, Conference Coordinator<\/p>\n 2025\u20132026 Strategic Plan Committee, Albertus Magnus College<\/p>\n 2025 Artificial Intelligence Policy Taskforce, Albertus Magnus College<\/p>\n 2024 Catholic Identity Statement Revision Committee, Albertus Magnus College<\/p>\n 2023\u20132025 Academic Policy Committee, Albertus Magnus College, Philosophy and Religion Representative<\/p>\n 2023\u20132025 Sustainability Pathway in the General Education Curriculum, Albertus Magnus College, Coordinator<\/p>\n 2023 Religion and Urban Ecology Conference, Albertus Magnus College, Conference Coordinator<\/p>\n 2022-Present Religion and Cities Unit, American Academy of Religion, Steering Committee Member, Co-Chair (2023-Present)<\/p>\n 2021-Present Laudato Si\u2019 Action Team, Albertus Magnus College, Coordinator<\/p>\n 2020 ReImagining Higher Ed Incubator, Fordham University, Participant<\/p>\n 2018\u20132019 Theology Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Chair<\/p>\n 2021-Present Religion and Cities Unit, American Academy of Religion, Steering Committee Member<\/p>\n 2020 ReImagining Higher Ed Incubator, Fordham University, Participant<\/p>\n 2019 Theology Department, Fordham University, Summer Graduate Assistant<\/p>\n 2017\u20132020 Theology Department Newsletter, Fordham University, Editor<\/p>\n 2018\u20132019 Theology Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Chair<\/p>\n 2018\u20132019 Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Theology Dept. Representative<\/p>\n 2017\u20132018 Theology Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, Secretary<\/p>\n 2013\u20132015 Cult\/ure Graduate Journal, Harvard Divinity School, Editorial Board Member<\/p>\n Research Fellowship, a Distinguished Fellowship awarded by the Graduate School of Arts &<\/span> Sciences, Fordham University, 2020\u20132021.<\/p>\n Summer Research Fellowship, a Distinguished Fellowship awarded by the Graduate School of Arts &<\/span> Sciences, Fordham University, 2018, 2020.<\/p>\n Loyola Fellowship, Fordham University, 2015\u20132020.<\/p>\n Billings Scripture Prize, Massachusetts Bible Society, 2015.<\/p>\n 2022-Present Board Member, SeeMore Impact Labs<\/a>, Boulder, CO<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2020\u20132025 Board Member, Historic Wooster Square Association<\/a>, New Haven, CT<\/span>. Vice President (2021\u20132022), Secretary (2022\u20132025).<\/p>\n 2018\u20132021 Theological Consultant, Proximity Project<\/a>, St. Paul, MN<\/span><\/p>\n 2014\u20132017 Worship Coordinator and Theologian in Residence, Craigville Tabernacle<\/a>, Craigville, MA<\/span><\/p>\n 2014\u20132015 Pastoral Intern, St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church<\/a>, Newtonville, MA<\/span> (sermons preached<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2012\u20132013 Pastoral Intern, St. Francis House<\/a>, Boston, MA<\/span><\/p>\n 2011\u20132012 Team Lead (Technical Writing), Epic Systems Corporation<\/a>, Madison, WI<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAlbertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAlbertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAlbertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT<\/span>
\nFaculty status ended due to administrative redefinition of my role.<\/em><\/p>\nEducation<\/h2>\n
\nFordham University | Bronx, NY<\/span>
\nDissertation: \u201cRecognizing Race in an Ecclesiology of the Built Environment.\u201d (Director: Dr. Bradford Hinze)<\/p>\n
\nHarvard Divinity School | Cambridge, MA<\/span>
\nM.Div. Thesis: \u201cFully Child, Fully Divine: Imagining the Incarnation in Light of Child Development.\u201d (Advisor: Dr. Mayra Rivera)<\/p>\n
\nYale University | New Haven, CT<\/span>
\nSenior Thesis: \u201cSong as Theology: Human Action and Divine Liberation in the Black Spirituals and the American Folk Revival.\u201d (Advisor: Dr. Shannon Craigo-Snell)<\/p>\nTeaching Experience<\/h2>\n
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