Theology Discipline Specific Criteria
The faculty member is to have demonstrated annually service to the department and/or the university through advising, committee work, independent studies or directed readings, student club moderations and other services. Service to the Catholic community (leadership roles at retreats, lectures in parishes, publications to general audience, etc.) also contributes to meeting the service requirement.
Service
I serve the UST community in a variety of ways. These include committee work, collaboration in student events (particularly spiritual talks), and search committee work.
​I also serve the local and wider Church community through helping to organize retreats and offering talks on theological topics, including Thomistic Institute Lectures
Recent University Service
Senate Secretary: 2020-present​​
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Core Theology Search Committee: 2024
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Electrical Engineering Search Committee: 2024
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​Center for Faith and Culture Search Committee: 2023
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Festival of St. Thomas Rosary booth: 2022
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Philosophy Department Search Committee: 2021-2022
Department
Graduate Theology Committee: 2020-present
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Department of the Core Book List Review Subcommittee Chair: 2024-present
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Spring 2022 Directed Studies in Christology course
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Student Groups and Events
Festival of St. Thomas Theology Event Speaker: 2023
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UST World Youth Day Trip: 2023
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Celts for Life Guest Speaker: 2023
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“Discernment: Making Holy Choices,” UST Women’s Retreat, March 5, 2022.
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The Wider Community and Church
Peer Review Service
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Catholic University of America Press, 2023 onwards (occasional book manuscripts)
Nova et Vetera, 2023 onwards (occasional articles)
The Thomist, 2022 onwards (occasional articles)
Review for Religious, 2022 onwards (occasional articles)
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Upcoming: “Sacramentality of Creation” a Thomistic Institute Lecture at the University of Michigan, November 18, 2024.
“What if I Don’t Feel Anything When I Receive the Eucharist,” a Thomistic Institute Lecture at University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, April 4, 2024.
“The Profundity and Personalism of the Eucharist,” a Thomistic Institute Lecture at University of Dallas, October 10, 2023.
“The Caritative Fruit of the Eucharist” at the Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies, November 18, 2023.
“The Sacramental Setting of the Eucharist” at the Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies, November 18, 2023.
“Can We Be Good Without God?” a Thomistic Institute Lecture at Trinity University, San Antonio, October 10, 2022.
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Other Popular Talks
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“The Truth of the Eucharist,” Catholic Theology Show with Michael Dauphinais, episode 32, May 7, 2024.
“The Eucharist: An Intellectual Retreat for Student Leaders,” Thomistic Institute, Dominican House of Studies, November 17-18 2023.
“Three Medieval Spiritual Traditions,” Order of Malta Formation Meeting, April 8, 2022.
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​“Meet St. Albert the Great” Doctors of the Church Lecture Series, St. Edward’s Parish, January 26, 2022
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