Charles Zech, PhD
Professor Emeritus | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
Charles Zech, PhD, is an expert on Catholic Church finance and management.
Massimo Faggioli, PhD
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.
Pope Francis Religion Catholicism and World/European Politics Historical Theology and Ecclesiology American Catholicism
Timothy Matovina
Chair, Department of Theology · University of Notre Dame
Timothy Matovina works in the area of theology and culture, with specialization in U.S. Catholic and U.S. Latino theology and religion.
Catholic Church Latino Theology Catholic History in the American Southwest Mexico's Guadalupe Tradition
Christopher Kaczor
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Ethics Program · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Bioethics Ethics Positive Psychology & Spirituality Catholic Church
Kathleen Grimes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Kathleen Grimes, PhD, is an expert on Christian ethics and their bearing on racism, white supremacy, sex, gender, and the environment.
Theology Religion Environmental Ethics Sexual Ethics Racism, White Supremacy and the Catholic Church
José Ignacio Badenes, S.J.
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor - Modern Languages and Literatures - Spanish · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Gender and Sexuality Theology and literature Hispanic modernismo Federico Garcia Lorca Comparative Literature
Michael Moreland, JD, PhD
University Professor of Law and Religion; Director, Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy | Charles Widger School of Law · Villanova University
Michael Moreland, JD, PhD, is an expert in the areas of law and religion, free speech, constitutional law and bioethics.
Brett Kavanaugh Anthony Kennedy Bioethics First Amendment Gerrymandering
Jacqueline Murray
3M National Teaching Fellow / Professor of History · University of Guelph
Expert in the history of contemporary sex and gender. An award winning professor and expert on how to improve teaching and student success.
Medieval and Early Modern History Women and Gender Studies Pedagogy in Higher Education Student Learning Outcomes
Luis Ricardo Fraga
Director, Institute for Latino Studies; Acting Chair, Department of Political Science · University of Notre Dame
Luis Ricardo Fraga specializes in race, education, ethnicity, and Latino politics, as well as immigration, urban and voting rights policy.
Latino Politics Politics of Race Politics of Ethnicity Urban Politics Educational Policy
Jacek Lubecki
Associate Professor, Political Science and International Studies · Georgia Southern University
Jacek Lubecki is an expert in Polish and European military history.
Global Political Economy Counter-Insurgency Middle East Polish Politics and History East-Central Europe
Colin Rafferty
Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington
His research has taken him to the mountains of central Vietnam, the concentration camps of WWII, and the house of Rutherford B. Hayes.
History Rutherford B. Hayes Creative Writing World War 2 Monuments and Memorials
Francis Beckwith, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Associate Director of Graduate Studies · Baylor University
Dr. Beckwith is a nationally recognized author and speaker in the areas of philosophy, ethics & church-state issues
Faith Law Church and State Issues Philosophical and Theological Ethics Ethics & Values
Nicole Bouvier-Brown
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Climate Literacy Environmental Justice Biogenic VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Atmospheric Chemistry
Julie Byrne
Associate Professor of Religion · Hofstra University
The Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University
Religion and Popular Culture Religion and Sports Pope Francis Independent Catholics Roman Catholics
Allyson Poska
Professor, History and American Studies · University of Mary Washington
Professor of History and Program Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies
Spanish History Latin American History Colonialism International Studies Transatlantic Migration
Renee Alexander Craft, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, and the Curriculum in Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
Analyzes use of black diaspora performance to build community, argue for rights of citizenship & map differential blackness in the Americas.
Digital Humanities Black Diaspora Performance Carnival traditions in Panama Black Speculative Fiction Critical Ethnography
Louis A. Pérez, Ph.D.
J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History. Director, Institute for the Study of the Americas, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Pérez’s principal research interests center on the 19th and 20th century Caribbean, with a research emphasis on Cuba.
Cuba Cuban Revolution Caribbean Studies Latin American Culture
Aniedi Okure, O.P.
Extension Instructor · Loyola Marymount University
Center for Religion and Spirituality
Charles Keith
Assistant Professor of History · Michigan State University
Charles Keith is an expert on Southeast Asia and the cultural, political and religious aspects of historical and modern Vietnam.
Daniel Smith-Christopher
Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Old Testament Studies Old Testament Theology Religion and Peace Nonviolence Cross-Cultural Interpretation of the Bible and Indigenous Christianity Postcolonial Interpretation of Bible