Faculty
Alan J. Avery-Peck, Ph.D.
Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, Professor, Department Chair
(Ph.D., Brown University)
Fields: Judaic studies, history and literature of early Rabbinic Judaism, Hebrew language
E-mail: aavery@holycross.edu
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John E. Brooks, S.J., S.T.D.
Loyola Professor of Humanities
Fields: Contemporary Christological studies, Old Testament, New Testament
E-mail: jbrooks@holycross.edu
Todd T. Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor
(Ph.D., Columbia University)
Fields: Buddhism, Hinduism, East Asian religions, anthropology of religions, modernization, ecology and religion
E-mail: tlewis@holycross.edu
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Frederick J. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
Fields: New Testament, Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, historical Jesus, apocalypticism
E-mail: fmurphy@holycross.edu
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William E. Reiser, S.J., Ph.D.
Professor
(Ph.D., Vanderbilt University)
Fields: New Testament Christology, Christian spirituality, systematic theology, Theology of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola
E-mail: wreiser@holycross.edu
Mary E. Hobgood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Temple University)
Fields: Christian social ethics, Catholic social teaching, economic ethics, feminist ethics
E-mail: mhobgood@holycross.edu
Alice Laffey, S.S.D.
Associate Professor
(S.S.D., Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome)
Fields: Hebrew scriptures/
Old Testament, feminist Hermeneutics, ecology and the Bible
E-mail: alaffey@holycross.edu
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James B. Nickoloff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley)
Fields: Contemporary Catholic theology, Latin American liberation theology, North American theologies of liberation, ecclesiology
E-mail: jnickolo@holycross.edu
Joanne M. Pierce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Notre Dame)
Fields: liturgical studies, medieval Christianity, ritual studies, ecumenical theology, theology and speculative/science fiction
E-mail: jpierce@holycross.edu
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Mathew N. Schmalz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Fields: global Catholicisms, Hinduism, Catholic esotericism, modern religious movements
E-mail: mschmalz@holycross.edu
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Rosemary P. Carbine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School)
Fields: modern and contemporary Christian theology; theological anthropology (theologies of the human person); feminist, womanist, and Latina/mujerista theologies; U.S. Christian social thought and practice; U.S. public/political theology
E-mail: rcarbine@holycross.edu
William A. Clark, S.J., S.T.D.
Assistant Professor
(S.T.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology)
Fields: Ecclesiology (authority in the Church, Theology of parish, local community); practical and contextual theology; Christian prayer
E-mail: wclark@holycross.edu
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Mary M. Doyle Roche, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Edward Bennett Williams Fellow
(Ph.D. Boston College)
Fields: Catholic moral theology and social teaching, Christian ethics, virtue ethics, bioethics, feminist ethics
E-mail: mroche@holycross.edu
Caroline E. Johnson Hodge, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Brown University)
Fields: New Testament, Paul, women in early Christianity, kinship and ethnicity, domestic religious practices
E-mail: chodge@holycross.edu
William M. Shea, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor and Director, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture
(Ph.D., Columbia University)
Fields: American religion and religious philosophy, Lonergan studies, modern atheism, and
Evangelical-Catholic relations
E-mail: wshea@holycross.edu
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Jeffrey C. Burke, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., McGill University)
Fields: women in religious traditions, the history of Islam, Muslim-Christian relations
E-mail: jburke@holycross.edu
Gary P. DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Associate Director, Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies
(Ph.D., Boston University/Harvard University)
Fields: Asian religions, mysticism, Chinese religions, Japanese religions
E-mail: gdeangel@holycross.edu
Brian Flanagan, Ph.D.
Lecturer
(Ph.D., Boston College)
Fields: ecclesiology, ecumenism, contemporary Catholic theology, liturgical/sacramental theology
E-mail: bflanaga@holycross.edu