2011, M.A.R., Religious Ethics, cum laude, Yale Divinity School
2006, B.A., Double Major in Biology and Religion, cum laude, University of Southern California
Research Interests
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
Fundamental Moral Theology
Gender and Sexual Ethics
Nonviolence
Philosophical Ethics
Political Ethics
Virtue Ethics
War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Recent Publications
“A Clergy Sexual Abuse Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” In Responding to the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church: Perspectives from Theology and Theological Ethics, edited by Daniel J. Fleming, James F. Keenan, Hans Zollner. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2023.
“Moral Distress as Critique: Going Beyond ‘Illegitimate Institutional Constraints,’” with Xavier Symons and Charlotte Duffee, The American Journal of Bioethics 23:4 (April 2023): 79-82.
Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics. Moral Traditions series. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2022.
“Just War, Peace, and Peacemaking: Moral Dilemmas.” In Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contribution to Christian Ethics, edited by Ki Joo Choi, Sarah M. Moses, and Andrea Vicini, SJ, 83-95. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2020.
v“Moral Distress in Health Care Professionals,” Health Progress: Journal of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (Summer 2020): 23-29.
“Niebuhrian Insights on Human Nature and Anxiety for a Time of Crisis,” Political Theology Network (April 2020).
“The Principle of Proportionality: An Ethical Approach to Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Bioethics Today (April 2020).
“Book Review of Virtue and Theological Ethics: Toward a Renewed Ethical Method,” Catholic Books Review, 2019.
“Book Review of Born from Lament,” Catholic Books Review, 2017.
“Book Review of The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families,” Ethics & Medicine, The Bioethics Press, 32, no. 1 (Spring 2016): 55-56
Professional Activities and Affiliations
Society of Christian Ethics
Catholic Theological Society of America
College Theology Society
American Academy of Religion
Participant, Virtual Roundtable, Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church: Perspectives from Theological Ethics, CTEWC