Curriculum Vitae
Thomas
M. Landy, Ph.D.
College of the
Holy Cross 59
Church Street .
1 College
Street Dedham, MA
Worcester, MA 01610-2395 02026
(508) 793-3723 (781)
326-1572
tlandy@holycross.edu
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 Fairfield University. A consortium of 55 Catholic colleges and
universities in the U.S. and Canada, Collegium sponsors
faculty development programs on issues of religion 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
- 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
- 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.
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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
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