1992- Ph.D. in Theology with distinction, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois
1984- M.A. in Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois
1983- A.B. in Religion, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, summa cum laude
Research Interests
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Economic Ethics
Environmental/Ecological Ethics
Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
Gender and Sexual Ethics
History of Theological Ethics
Immigration
LGBTQ Theologies
Race
Social Ethics
Virtue Ethics
Past Events
Trent 2010
Sarajevo 2018
Recent Publications
“Local Authoritarianism as a Barrier to Democracy,” Journal of Moral Theology 8 no. 2 (June 2019): 113-121.
“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Unwanted Pregnancy, Mercy, and Solidarity.” Journal of Religious Ethics 46 no.4 (December 2018): 658-81.
“Holy Family or Holy Child? Child Migrants as Vulnerable Agents.” Unaccompanied Minor Children: Social, Legal, and Ethical Proposals, ed. Hille Haker and Molly Greening (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2018), 141-60.
“The Vice of ‘Virtue’: Teaching Consumer Practice in an Unjust World,” Journal of Moral Theology 7 no. 1 (2018):13-27.
“‘This is the Year’: Narratives of Structural Evil.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 37 no. 2 (2017): 3-19.
Prologue to Tolerance: Human Fragility and the Quest for Justice, ed. Ville J. Päivänsalo, Taina Kalliokoski, and David Huisjen, Jr. (Zűrich: LIT, 2017), 5-6.
“Humanae Vitae,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Volume 12: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult. Edited by Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, Steven L. McKenzie, Thomas Römer, Jens Schröter, Choon-Leong Seow, Barry Dov Walfish, and Eric J. Ziolkowski (Boston: De Gruyter, 2016), 532.
“Whose Sensus? Which Fidelium? Justice and Gender in a Global Church.” In Learning from All The Faithful: A Contemporary Theology of the Sensus Fidei. Edited by Peter C. Phan and Bradford Hinze (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016), 155-169.
“Commodifying Sex: A View from the Margins.” Concilium 2014 no. 4: 44-52. Also published in Spanish and Italian.
“A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Dealing Honestly with Pastoral Power.” In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?: Power in Pastoral Care, 122-144. Edited by Annemie Dillen. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
2018-present Co-chair, Contingent Faculty Task Force, Society of Christian Ethics