Faculty Research Interests

Name	Title	Degree and Institution	Section	Areas of Research
Olegs Andrejevs	Instructor	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	The Synoptic Problem, The Composition of Mark's gospel, The Minor Agreements of Matthew and Luke against Mark
Mara Brecht	Department Chair Associate Professor	PhD, Fordham University	Theology	Race, Theology, and Whiteness; Religious Diversity and Theologies of Religious Pluralism; Embodiment as a Theological Resource and Theme; Friendship as Theological Resource and Theme; Christian Formation in Contexts of Difference; Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning; Mission, Identity, and Catholic Higher Education
Emily Cain	Associate Professor	PhD, Fordham University	Theology	Christian Late Antiquity Patristics Women's Stories Epistemology Neoplatonism
Teresa Calpino	Lecturer	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	Acts of the Apostles Women and Gender Letters, Inscriptions, and Artifacts of the Early Christian World
Miguel Diaz	John Courtney Murray S.J. Chair in Public Service	PhD, Notre Dame University	Theology	Trinitarian Theology Theological Anthropology Political Theology Latino/a Theology
Colby Dickinson	Professor	PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Theology	Systematic Theology Political Theology Continental Philosophy and Theology Contextual Theologies (Feminist, Postcolonial)
Robert Divito	Associate Professor	PhD, Harvard University	NTEC	Old Testament and Northwest Semitic Philology Hebrew Bible History of Religion of Israel and Ancient Near East Anthropology Biblical Hermeneutics
Brian Flanagan	Associate Professor	PhD, Boston College	Theology	Ecclesiology Synodality Communion Ecclesiology Ecumenism LGBTQ+ Catholicism Jewish-Christian dialogue Vatican II
William French	Associate Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	Environmental Ethics and Creation-Oriented Theology War and Peace Studies Environmental Sustainability Global Security Justice
Molly Greening	Instructor	PhD, Loyola University of Chicago	Ethics	Decolonial Ethics Catholic Colonial Histories Transnational Feminisms Coalitional Social Movements, Queer/Trans Theory
M. Emin Gulecyuz	Assistant Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Religious Studies	Islamic Religious Thought Sufi Metaphysics Islamic Theology and Philosophy Quranic Hermeneutics Comparative Philosophy of Religion Judeo-Arabic Philosophy Theology, and Mysticism Modern Muslim Theologies
Hille Haker	Professor Richard A. McCormick S.J. Chair in Roman Catholic Moral Theology	PhD, University of Tubingen	Ethics	Foundational Ethics Biomedical Ethics and New Technologies Gender and Feminist Ethics Ethics and Literature
Brian Yong Lee	Assistant Professor	PhD, Notre Dame University	NTEC	Pauline Literature Second Temple Judaism Hellenistic Judaism Hellenistic Philosophy Early Jewish and Christian Ethics
Bret Lewis	Senior Lecturer	PhD, Arizona State University	Religious Studies	World Religions Comparative Religion Religion and Higher Education Religion and Conflict
Yarina Liston	Advanced Lecturer	PhD, Temple University	Religious Studies	Buddism Women and Gender
Michael Patrick Murphy	Senior Lecturer Director, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage	PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley	Theology	Sacramental Theology Christian Spirituality Systematic Theology (Christology, Trinitarian Theology) Theology and Literature Theological Aesthetics
Hugh Nicholson	Professor	PhD, Boston College	Theology	Comparative Theology Interface between Theology and the Comparative Study of Religion Theology and Post-modern Thought Classical Indian Philosophy
Lauren O'Connell	Advanced Lecturer Undergraduate Program Director	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	Johannine Literature Johannine Pneumatology Pneumatology in Second Temple Judaism Patristics Religion in Popular Culture
Tracy Pintchman	Professor Director, Global Studies Program	PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara	Religious Studies	Comparative Religious Studies Gender Issues in Hinduism Hindu Goddess Traditions Hinduism
Tisha Rajendra	Associate Professor	PhD, Boston College	Ethics	Catholic Social Thought Christian Ethics Ethics of Food and Food Systems Globalization Theories of Justice International Relations Political Philosophy
Josefrayn Sanchez-Perry	Assistant Professor	PhD, University of Texas at Austin	Theology	Historical Theology Religious Studies Latin American Christianities Mesoamerican Religions and Material Culture Colonialism and Mission Studies Nahuatl and K'iche" Languages
Devorah Schoenfeld	Associate Professor	PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley	Religious Studies	Medieval Bible Commentaries Jewish-Christian Relations Dream Interpretation in the Talmud Proofs for the Existence of God in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Michael Schuck	Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	History and Principles of Roman Catholic Social Thought Social Theory and Religious Ethics Political Philosophy and Christian Ethics Indigenous Environmental Justice
Christopher W. Skinner	Professor	PhD, Catholic University of America	NTEC	Johannine Literature Synoptic Gospels Gospel of Thomas Nag Hammadi Library Narrative Christology Narrative Criticism & Literary Hermeneutics New Testament Ethics
Olivia Stewart Lester	Associate Professor	PhD, Yale University	NTEC	Prophecy Gender Pseudepigraphy Revelation Sibylline Oracles Hellenistic Judaism Apocalypticism
Sandra Sullivan Dunbar	Associate Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	Feminist Ethics Sexual Ethics The Christian Family and its Relation to Social Justice History of Christian Ethics Interdisciplinary Conversations between Christian Theology and Feminist Political Theory
Hans Svebakken	Senior Lecturer	PhD, Loyola University of Chicago	NTEC	New Testament Hellenistic Christianity Historical Theology
Aana Vigen	Professor	PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York	Ethics	Ethics and Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Methods Feminist Ethics Healthcare and Medical Ethics Theological Anthropology Bioethics and Biomedical Ethics Protestant Ethics Immigration
Thomas Wetzel	Associate Professor	ThD, Harvard Divinity School (Hebrew Bible) PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (English and Literary Studies)	NTEC	Hebrew Bible Deuteronomistic History Former and Later Prophets Jewish-Christian Dialogue Violence in the Bible Flannery O'Connor and Catholic Literature

Name	Title	Degree and Institution	Section	Areas of Research
Olegs Andrejevs	Instructor	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	The Synoptic Problem, The Composition of Mark's gospel, The Minor Agreements of Matthew and Luke against Mark
Mara Brecht	Department Chair Associate Professor	PhD, Fordham University	Theology	Race, Theology, and Whiteness; Religious Diversity and Theologies of Religious Pluralism; Embodiment as a Theological Resource and Theme; Friendship as Theological Resource and Theme; Christian Formation in Contexts of Difference; Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning; Mission, Identity, and Catholic Higher Education
Emily Cain	Associate Professor	PhD, Fordham University	Theology	Christian Late Antiquity Patristics Women's Stories Epistemology Neoplatonism
Teresa Calpino	Lecturer	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	Acts of the Apostles Women and Gender Letters, Inscriptions, and Artifacts of the Early Christian World
Miguel Diaz	John Courtney Murray S.J. Chair in Public Service	PhD, Notre Dame University	Theology	Trinitarian Theology Theological Anthropology Political Theology Latino/a Theology
Colby Dickinson	Professor	PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Theology	Systematic Theology Political Theology Continental Philosophy and Theology Contextual Theologies (Feminist, Postcolonial)
Robert Divito	Associate Professor	PhD, Harvard University	NTEC	Old Testament and Northwest Semitic Philology Hebrew Bible History of Religion of Israel and Ancient Near East Anthropology Biblical Hermeneutics
Brian Flanagan	Associate Professor	PhD, Boston College	Theology	Ecclesiology Synodality Communion Ecclesiology Ecumenism LGBTQ+ Catholicism Jewish-Christian dialogue Vatican II
William French	Associate Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	Environmental Ethics and Creation-Oriented Theology War and Peace Studies Environmental Sustainability Global Security Justice
Molly Greening	Instructor	PhD, Loyola University of Chicago	Ethics	Decolonial Ethics Catholic Colonial Histories Transnational Feminisms Coalitional Social Movements, Queer/Trans Theory
M. Emin Gulecyuz	Assistant Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Religious Studies	Islamic Religious Thought Sufi Metaphysics Islamic Theology and Philosophy Quranic Hermeneutics Comparative Philosophy of Religion Judeo-Arabic Philosophy Theology, and Mysticism Modern Muslim Theologies
Hille Haker	Professor Richard A. McCormick S.J. Chair in Roman Catholic Moral Theology	PhD, University of Tubingen	Ethics	Foundational Ethics Biomedical Ethics and New Technologies Gender and Feminist Ethics Ethics and Literature
Brian Yong Lee	Assistant Professor	PhD, Notre Dame University	NTEC	Pauline Literature Second Temple Judaism Hellenistic Judaism Hellenistic Philosophy Early Jewish and Christian Ethics
Bret Lewis	Senior Lecturer	PhD, Arizona State University	Religious Studies	World Religions Comparative Religion Religion and Higher Education Religion and Conflict
Yarina Liston	Advanced Lecturer	PhD, Temple University	Religious Studies	Buddism Women and Gender
Michael Patrick Murphy	Senior Lecturer Director, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage	PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley	Theology	Sacramental Theology Christian Spirituality Systematic Theology (Christology, Trinitarian Theology) Theology and Literature Theological Aesthetics
Hugh Nicholson	Professor	PhD, Boston College	Theology	Comparative Theology Interface between Theology and the Comparative Study of Religion Theology and Post-modern Thought Classical Indian Philosophy
Lauren O'Connell	Advanced Lecturer Undergraduate Program Director	PhD, Loyola University Chicago	NTEC	Johannine Literature Johannine Pneumatology Pneumatology in Second Temple Judaism Patristics Religion in Popular Culture
Tracy Pintchman	Professor Director, Global Studies Program	PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara	Religious Studies	Comparative Religious Studies Gender Issues in Hinduism Hindu Goddess Traditions Hinduism
Tisha Rajendra	Associate Professor	PhD, Boston College	Ethics	Catholic Social Thought Christian Ethics Ethics of Food and Food Systems Globalization Theories of Justice International Relations Political Philosophy
Josefrayn Sanchez-Perry	Assistant Professor	PhD, University of Texas at Austin	Theology	Historical Theology Religious Studies Latin American Christianities Mesoamerican Religions and Material Culture Colonialism and Mission Studies Nahuatl and K'iche" Languages
Devorah Schoenfeld	Associate Professor	PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley	Religious Studies	Medieval Bible Commentaries Jewish-Christian Relations Dream Interpretation in the Talmud Proofs for the Existence of God in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Michael Schuck	Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	History and Principles of Roman Catholic Social Thought Social Theory and Religious Ethics Political Philosophy and Christian Ethics Indigenous Environmental Justice
Christopher W. Skinner	Professor	PhD, Catholic University of America	NTEC	Johannine Literature Synoptic Gospels Gospel of Thomas Nag Hammadi Library Narrative Christology Narrative Criticism & Literary Hermeneutics New Testament Ethics
Olivia Stewart Lester	Associate Professor	PhD, Yale University	NTEC	Prophecy Gender Pseudepigraphy Revelation Sibylline Oracles Hellenistic Judaism Apocalypticism
Sandra Sullivan Dunbar	Associate Professor	PhD, University of Chicago	Ethics	Feminist Ethics Sexual Ethics The Christian Family and its Relation to Social Justice History of Christian Ethics Interdisciplinary Conversations between Christian Theology and Feminist Political Theory
Hans Svebakken	Senior Lecturer	PhD, Loyola University of Chicago	NTEC	New Testament Hellenistic Christianity Historical Theology
Aana Vigen	Professor	PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York	Ethics	Ethics and Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Methods Feminist Ethics Healthcare and Medical Ethics Theological Anthropology Bioethics and Biomedical Ethics Protestant Ethics Immigration
Thomas Wetzel	Associate Professor	ThD, Harvard Divinity School (Hebrew Bible) PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (English and Literary Studies)	NTEC	Hebrew Bible Deuteronomistic History Former and Later Prophets Jewish-Christian Dialogue Violence in the Bible Flannery O'Connor and Catholic Literature