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Mary Jo Iozzio

United States
Institution Boston College, School of Theology & Ministry
Position Professor of Moral Theology
Email Address mjiozzio@gmail.com
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Prior Educational Background
  • PhD Fordham University 1994
  • MA Providence College 1987
  • MA Fordham University 1982
  • BA Pennsylvania State University 1977
Research Interests
  • Disability Ethics
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Race
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Trent 2010
  • Padua 2006
Recent Publications
  • Sex and Gender: Christian Ethical Reflections, Co-Editor with Patricia Beattie Jung. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2017.
  • Calling for Justice throughout the World: Catholic Women Theologians on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic; Editor, with Mary M. Doyle Roche and Elsie Maria Miranda. New York, NY: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc., 2009.
  • Brothers & Sisters All: the Pax Christi USA Anti-Racism Initiative, Workshop Teacher’s Manual. Erie, PA: Pax Christi USA, 2008.
  • “Building Coalitions with NGOs: Religion Scholars and Disability Justice Activism,” Religions 9.1 (2018): 1-18; doi:10.3390/rel9010028.
  • “Radical Dependence and the Imago Dei: Bioethical Implications of Access to Healthcare for People with Disabilities.” Christian Bioethics 23.3 (2017): 234-260.
  • “God Bends Over Backwards to Accommodate Humankind … While the US Civil Rights Acts and the Americans with Disabilities Act Require [Only] the Minimum.” Journal of Moral Theology 6. SI 2 -Engaging Disability (2017): 10-31.
  • “Norms Matter: A Hermeneutic of Disabilities/A Theological Anthropology of Radical Dependence.” E.T. Studies 4.1 (2013): 89-106.
  • "Autonomy and Independent Living Movements for People with Disabilities.” E.T. Studies 4.1 (2013): 147-155.
  • “Liturgical Anthropology of a Soulful Sister: Thea Bowman, FSPA,” Journal of Religion, Disability & Health 17.3 (2013): 317-326.
  • “The Authority of Experience and Study: persons with disabilities adequately and integrally considered.” Louvain Studies 35 (2011): 162-180.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • American Academy of Religion (past member of the Task Force on Disability in the Profession, the Status Committee of People with Disability in the Profession, and past chair of the Religion and Disability Studies Unit)
  • Catholic Theological Society of America (past Member of the Board and the Committee on Underrepresented Ethnic Racial Groups)
  • Society of Christian Ethics (past member of the Board and Co-Editor of the JSCE)
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