Education

• 1995-2000 Boston University, Boston, MA
  Ph.D. in Sociology
  Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Religion (American Catholicism and Religious Institutions); Civil Society; Community Studies and Urban Sociology
  Dissertation: "A Place for Sacrifice: American Catholics and the Religious Value of Sacrifice" Director: Peter L. Berger; Readers: Alan Wolfe, Daniel Monti Defended August, 2000
  
  
• 1991-1995 Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, MA
  Master of Divinity, May, 1994
  
  
• 1988-1989 Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  Philosophy Studies
  
  
• 1985-1986 The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  Master of Arts in International Relations
  Thesis: From Regalism to Activism: The Catholic Church and Rightist Governments in Four Third World Countries
  
  
• 1978-1982 Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  Bachelor of Arts in History
  
  
• Spring 81 American College in Paris, Paris, France
  

   

Relevant Professional Experience

• 2003- Director, Lilly Vocation Discernment Initiative, College of the Holy Cross
  
  
• 2000- Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Associate Director, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, College of the Holy Cross. Courses taught: "Sociology and Social Reform," "Modernity," "Shaping Cities: Ethnicity and Group Identity," and "The Sociological Perspective."
  
  
• 1998-2000 Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Special Assistant to the Dean, College of the Holy Cross.
  
  
• 1991- Founder/Director, Collegium, a faculty fellows program initially funded by the Lilly Endowment and sponsored by The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. A consortium of 62 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, Collegium sponsors faculty development programs on issues of faith and intellectual life.
  
  
• 1999-2000 Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor, Division of Social Sciences, Harvard University.
  
  
• 1996- Summer Instructor, "Exercising Leadership in Religious and Public Settings," Loyola University Chicago (IL), and Saint John's University (MN).
  
  
• 1995-1997 Teaching Fellow Department of Sociology, Boston University (Soc 100, Introduction to Sociology; Soc 115, Introduction to Sociology: Law and Society)
  
  
• 1994-1995 Associate Project Director, Leadership Education Project, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
  
  
• 1992-1995 Teaching Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government (PAL 101, "Exercising Leadership: Mobilizing Group Resources" and STM 118, "Exercising Authority").
  
  
• 1991-1995 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Fairfield University.
  
  
• 1989-1991 Instructor, Department of Political Science, Fairfield University. Courses taught: International Relations, United States Foreign Policy, Colonialism and Dependency, Comparative Socialist Societies, Socialist Societies in Transition, Caribbean Politics, History of Jesuits.
  Faculty Advisor to 40 department majors; Residence Hall Prefect.
  
  
• 1989-1993 Program Coordinator, The College Access Program, a University-sponsored summer program for Black and Hispanic high school students.

Publications

Books

• Editor and contributor, As Leaven for The World: Catholic Reflections on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life (Franklin, WI: Sheed and Ward, 2001).

Peer-Reviewed Articles, Chapters, and Encyclopedia Entries

• "Statistical Profile of Colleges Founded by Women Religious." for Encyclopedia of American Catholic Women, University of Notre Dame Press (forthcoming).
• "The Colleges in Context," in Catholic Women's Colleges in America, ed. Cynthia Eagle Russett and Tracy Schier. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
• "Environmentalism and Catholic Social Thought: Some Background, Challenges and Opportunities," New Theology Review, 9 (May, 1996).
• "Forty Years and Some Revolutions Later: The Problem of Catholic Intellectual Life Today," U.S. Catholic Historian (February, 1995).
• "Myths That Shape Us: Jesuit Beliefs About the Value of Institutions." In Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits 26, (November, 1994).
• "Connecting Poverty and Sustainability," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 21, (Winter, 1994).
• "From Miracle to Crisis: Brazilian Foreign Debt and the Limits of Obligation." Monograph, Case Studies Series, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 1990; Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, no. 509.

Popular Journals and Magazines

• “Four Cornerstones and “Now What?” in Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education, no. 27, spring 2005).
• Consulting Editor, Commonweal Magazine, 1999-2001.
• "Christ the King?" Commonweal Dec. 3, 1999.
• "Catholic Studies in Catholic Colleges and Universities," America 178, January 3-10, 1998. Reprinted in Best Practices: Enhancing Religious Identity in Catholic Colleges and Universities, ed. John Wilcox and Irene King (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000).
• "Collegium and the Intellectual's Vocation to Serve," Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, 10 (Fall, 1996).
• "Politics on Parade," Commonweal 121, (September 9, 1994).
• "A Papal Visit, A Troubled Island" America (August 14-21, 1993).
• "What's Missing from This Picture?" (interview with Norman Lear on civil rights and religious liberty), Commonweal 119, Oct. 9, 1992).
• "Lay Leadership and Catholic Higher Education: Where Will It Come From?" America, 162, (March 17, 1990).

Book Reviews

• Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church. Francis Oakley and Bruce Russett, eds. (New York: Continuum, 2004) for Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education, forthcoming.
• Goodbye Father: the Celibate Male Priesthood and the Future of the Catholic Church. By Richard A. Schoenherr. Edited with an introduction by David Yamane. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) in Journal of the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Spring 2004.
• A History of Christian Education: Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Perspectives by John L. Elias (Krieger, 2002) in Theological Studies, December 2002, Vol. 63, No. 4.
• The Soul of the American University by George Marsden (Oxford, 1994) in Theological Studies, 55, (December, 1994).

Talks and Papers

• August 31, 2004, Keynote Speaker, Faculty Development Conference Day, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT.
  
  
• January 27, 2004, "Catholic Intellectual Traditions and the Future of Catholic Higher Education," Rivier College Faculty Assembly.
  
  
• July 18, 2003, "The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Curriculum," Boston College Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education.
  
  
• June 14, 2003, "Becoming Familiar with the Catholic Intellectual Tradition," Lay Leaders in Catholic Higher Education: An Emerging Paradigm" national conference, Sacred Heart University, CT.
  
  
• July 18, 2002, "Engaging Catholic Intellectual Traditions on Campus," Boston College Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education.
  
  
• May 31, 2002, Panel Convener, "Education for Justice," Robert Bellah, et.al., Transitions Conference, San Francisco.
  
  
• October 19, 2001, "Many Disciplines, Various Faiths: Faculty Diversity and Mission," Lilly Fellows Program National Workshop for Administrators, Rivier College, NH.
  
  
• August 17, 2001, "The Value of Sacrifice" Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting, Anaheim, CA.
  
  
• July 12, 2001, Panel Chair, Conference for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, Boston College.
  
• Apr 28, 2001, "What Happened to Sacrifice?" Alumni Association "Classroom Revisited, College of the Holy Cross.
  
• Mar 9-11, 2001, Participant, Catholic Common Ground Dialogue on Young Adult Catholics, Chicago, IL.
  
• Feb 5, 2001, Panelist, "Hiring for Mission," Annual meeting of Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (college presidents), Washington, DC.
  
• November 13, 1999, Panelist, annual meeting, Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
  
• August 19, 1999, Faculty Development Day Keynote, Rivier College, NH.
  
• March 18, 1999, Paper Response, Faculty Seminar on Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross.
  
• May 9, 1998, Keynote, Lilly Regional Consultation on Church-Related Colleges, Messiah College, Grantham, PA.
  
• November 21, 1997, "Catholic Studies," Presentation to Chairs of Religious Studies and Theology, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, San Francisco.
  
• November 6-7, 1997, Presentation, Catholic Studies Conference, University of Saint Thomas, MN.
  
• October 13, 1997, Keynote Address at "Loyola Day" gathering for faculty and staff of Loyola University, New Orleans.
  
• July 3, 1997, "Politics of Church-State Relations in Contemporary America," Panel Discussion, Multinational Institute in American Studies, New York University.
  
• May 9-10, 1997, "Demographics of Catholic Higher Education, 1960-1990) Catholic Higher Education Colloquium, Saint Louis University, MO.
  
• February 5, 1997, Panel Presentation, "Faculty Development in Catholic Higher Education," Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
  
• October 19, 1996, "Teaching Sociology," Panel Discussion, Department of Sociology, Boston University.
  
• December 21, 1995, "Leadership," Jefferson Fellows Program (USAID), John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
  
• September 23-25, 1995, Leadership Education Workshop, Boston College High School, Boston, MA.
  
• August 3, 1995, Panel Discussion Leader, "The State of Catholic Intellectual Life," Catholic Higher Education: Practice and Promise Conference, Saint Paul, MN.
  
• July 19, 1995, "The `New Evangelization' and Intellectuals," Religious Education and Pastoral Ministries Conference, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
  
• March 26, 1995, Committee on the Art of Teaching, Seton Hall University, NJ.
  
• October 7, 1994, Presentation to academic vice-presidents of Jesuit colleges and universities, Fairfield University.
  
• August 21, 1994, Keynote, Daylong faculty and staff development seminar, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO.
  
• June 13, 1994, "Faculty Development: Building Allies," Panel Discussion, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Conference on Peace and Justice Education, John Carroll University,
  Cleveland, OH.
  
• May 25, 1994, "Faculty Development for Mission and Identity," Higher Education in the Heartland Conference, Loyola University of Chicago, IL.
  
• March 28, 1994 "Catholic Identity: What Difference Within the Disciplines?" Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO.
  
• March 17-18, 1994 Instructional workshop, Boston College, Sponsored by the University Council on Teaching.
  
• March 14, 1994 Faculty seminar and evening talk, "Catholicism and Intellectual Life," John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH.
  
• December 8, 1993 "Catholicism and Intellectual Life," Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, talk followed by panel discussion; sponsored by Committee on the Art of Teaching.
  
• November 18, 1993 "Catholic Intellectuals?" Harvard University Catholic Graduate Student Association.
  
• November 14, 1993, "Catholic Intellectuals?" Cornell University Catholic Graduate Student Association.
  
• October 22, 1993 Conference of Coordinators of Mission and Identity, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Loyola University Chicago - Keynote.
  
• March 27, 1993 Boston College Law School, Sustainable Solutions Conference, Chestnut Hill, MA.
  
• June 26, 1992, FADICA (a foundation consortium), Los Angeles, CA. Reprinted in Proceedings: Institutional Identity and the Religious Impact of Catholic Higher Education (FADICA, 1992), and Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, vol. 13.
  
• June 9, 1992, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
  
• October 17, 1991, Catholic Graduate Students, Northwestern University.
  
• October 18, 1991, Catholic Graduate Students, The University of Chicago.
  
• April 10, 1991, National Honor Society Induction, St. Dominic's High School, Oyster Bay, NY.
  
• January, 1990, "The Crisis in Kuwait" Panel Discussion, Fairfield University.

Higher Education Consulting

• May 19-23, 1999, Rhodes Consultation on Church-Related Higher Education (32 institutions), Albiquiu, New Mexico.
  
• April, 1999, Saint Norbert College, DePere, WI.
  
• April 12, 1995, Lilly Consultation on Religion and Higher Education, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis.
  
• March 12, 1995, Lilly Consultation on Theological Education, Wabash College, IN.

Grants and Awards

• 2005 $500,000 from Lilly Endowment, Inc., for the College of the Holy Cross (co-author).

• 2001 $2 million and $50,000 from Lilly Endowment, Inc., for the College of the Holy Cross (co-author).
  
• 1995-1999 Full Departmental Scholarship and Teaching Stipend, Boston University
  
• 1999 McShain Foundation, $10,000; Doty Foundation, $10,000; Meehan Foundation, $15,000; Koch Foundation, $27,450; all for Collegium
  
• 1998 An anonymous family foundation, Switzerland, $70,000 for Collegium.
  
• 1995 Lilly Endowment, Inc., $410,000 for Collegium.
  
• 1994 An anonymous family Foundation, USA, $32,500 for Collegium.
  
• 1992 Fund for Globalization in Theology, $700 for study/travel in Brazil.
  
• 1991 Lilly Endowment, Inc., $478,000 to establish Collegium.
  
• 1991 Lilly Endowment, Inc., $4,500 to organize a Collegium planning workshop.
  
• 1990 Humanities Institute, Fairfield University, $1550 for course development, outside lecturers, and videotapes of all lectures (RS109/HI109 "Companions of Ignatius").
  
• 1987 Canadian High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica; CAN$22,000 to establish a lunch program for malnourished and undernourished students at St. George's College, a Jesuit secondary school.

Memberships

• American Sociological Association
  
  
• Association for the Sociology of Religion
  
  
• Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Service

College of the Holy Cross:

• 2004-5 Chair, Winter Convocation Committee; Member, Kraft-Hiatt Committee and Fall Convocation Committee.
  
  
• 2001- "Core committee" member, Saint Joseph Chapel Enhancement Program
  
  
• 2000- Co-leader, Commonweal student reading group
  
  
• 1999- Member, Catholic Studies Steering Committee

 

Other:

• 2005- Board member, Jesuit Prison Ministries, Inc.
  
• 2004 - Board member, Notre Dame Faculty Leadership Network.
  
• 2004- member, Dedham Historic District Commission
  
• 2003 -Consultant, Notre Dame Faculty Leadership Network, under direction of Provost Nathan Hatch.
  
  
• 2000- Board Member, Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, Boston College.
  
  
• 1995-1996 Graduate Program and Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, Boston University.
  
  
• 1994-1995 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, "Research Project on Mission and Identity in Catholic Colleges and Universities," Research Leadership Team.
  
  
• 1994,1997 Co-director, Transitions Conference, Regis University, (CO), Loyola Marymount University (CA). A national conference to prepare Jesuits presently in graduate studies for creative service in higher education at the 28 Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
  
  
• 1992-1994 Member, Commission on Ministries. Planning group for apostolic ministries in the New England Jesuit colleges, high schools, and retreat houses.
  
  
• 1992 Member, Dean's Council and Academic Affairs Committee, Weston School of Theology.
  
  
• 1990-1994 Founder of the Loyola Lecture Series, an annual series co-sponsored by the University of the West Indies and the Jamaican Jesuits, which brings distinguished Jesuit and lay scholars to the University's Mona (Kingston) campus.
  
  
• 1986-1995 Member, Society of Jesus of New England