Current Doctoral Students

 Veronica Arntz

Veronica Arntz

M.A. Augustine Institute
B.A. Wyoming Catholic College

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Eucharistic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, ecclesiology, nature, grace, and humanity's knowledge of God

Luke Beavers

Luke Beavers

Th.M. Duke Divinity School

M.A., MDiv  Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.S. Liberty University

Concentration:  Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity

Areas of Interest:  Gospels (esp. Luke-Acts and John), Second Temple Judaism, Canonical and Theological Exegesis

 Patrick L. Bowman

Patrick L. Bowman

Th.M. St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
M.A. St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
M.Div. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
B.S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Theology of repentance in early Christianity, Epistle to the Hebrews, ecumenism and intra-Christian conversion

Patrick Conlin

Patrick Conlin

M.A. Theology, Marquette University, 2019
B.A. Christian Ministries, Trinity International University, 2012

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Syriac Theology, Gender roles in antiquity, Liberation theology

Shayla Covington

Shayla Covington

M.A. Iliff School of Theology
B.A. Creighton University

Concentration Systematic Theology/Theological Ethics
Areas of interest Feminist Theology, Creativity and Imagination in Religious Participation, Health Care Ethics

Colin Destache

Colin Destache

B.S. University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

M.Div. Yale University

Concentration:  Systematic Theology

Areas of Interest:  Indigenous Studies and Sports

Daniel Edwards

Daniel Edwards

B.S. West Virginia University
M.Div. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Early Monasticism, Patristic Spirituality, Pneumatology
Dissertation “The Heavenly Fire of the Godhead”: Locating Macarian Pneumatology in its Ascetic, Liturgical, and Theological Contexts
Director Marcus Plested

Daniella Goldfarb

Daniella Goldfarb

M.T.S. Duke Divinity School
B.A. American University

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest History of Biblical Interpretation, Eucharistic Theology During the Reformation, Christian Mysticism

 Hannah Grubbs-Oechsle

Hannah Grubbs-Oechsle

M.T.S. Anderson University
B.A. Anderson University

Concentration Theological Ethics
Areas of interest Virtue theory, moral psychology, ecological ethics and embodiment
Dissertation Moral Emotions in the Habituation of Virtue
Director Andrew Kim

Vance Halfaker

Vance Halfaker

M.Div. Brite Divinity School

B.A. Southwest Baptist University 

Concentration:  Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity

Areas of Interest:  Gospel of John, Doctrine of the Trinity, and Theology of Scripture

D. Hayden Hagerman

D. Hayden Hagerman

M.Div. Duke University
B.A. Cincinnati Christian University

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Cappadocian Fathers & Augustine, Patristic Mariology, Modern Catholic Theology
Dissertation Ever-Virgin: The Alexandrian Contribution to the Theology and Defense of Mary's Ever-Virginity before the Council of Ephesus 431
Director Marcus Plested

Silas Hasselbrook

Rev. Silas M. Hasselbrook

B.A. Concordia University Wisconsin
M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

Concentration Systematic Theology/Theological Ethics
Areas of interest Person and personhood, bioethics/health care ethics, fourth and fifth century Patristics

Micah Hogan

Rev. Micah Hogan

M.Div. Nashotah House Theological Seminary
B.A. Biola University

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Theological conceptions of Eros, Greek and Byzantine Patristics, Christian Platonisms

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson

M.A. Saint Louis University
B.A. DeSales University

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Development of the early Church, Marian doctrine and devotion, material culture and theological belief

 Brandon W. Koble

Rev. Brandon W. Koble
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S.T.M. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
B.A. Purdue University

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest The mystical union, Reformation and Post-reformation Christology, St. Augustine
Dissertation The Defender of Schwabian Christology: The Christological Development of Jakob Andreas in the Pursuit of Concord
Director Mickey L. Mattox

Luyen Ngo

Luyen Ngo

B.A. Ha Noi University, Vietnam

B.A. Mount Mary University

M.A. Villanova University

Concentration:  Theoloical Ethics

Areas of Interest:  Bioethics, Assisted Reproductive Technology in Contemporary Vietnamese culture and infertile couples

Hayden McDermott

Hayden McDermott

M.Div. Western Seminary
B.A. University of California, Davis

Concentration Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
Areas of interest Theodicy, Hellenistic Judaism, Philosophy and Christian Theology

Joshua Miller

Joshua Miller

B.A. Trinity International University
M.T.S. Duke Divinity School

Concentration Historical Theology
Areas of interest Greek and Syriac Patristics, Christology, Development of Doctrine
Dissertation From Chalcedon to Constantinople II: The Reception and Articulation of Conciliar Christology (451-553)
Director Marcus Plested

Ngoc Nguyen

Sr. Ngoc Nguyen, LHC

MTS Villanova University, Villanova, PA
MA Aquinas Institute of Theology, Saint Louis, MO
BA Hanoi University, Vietnam

Areas of interest: Confucianism-Christian theology, ethics of sex and gender, feminist theology
Dissertation: Responding to the Influence of Confucianism on Vietnamese Catholic Women: Constructing and Implementing a Vietnamese Women’s Phụ Nữ Theology.

Director: Dr. Conor Kelly

Caitlyn Proietta

Caitlyn Proietta

M.T.S. Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

B.A. College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

Areas of Interest:  Systematic Theology/Theological Ethics

Areas of Interest:  Theology and Literature, Mariology

 

Michael Proietta

Michael Proietta

B.A. Boston College

M.T.S Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Concentration:  Systematic Theology/Theological Ethics

Areas of Interest:  St. Thomas Aquinas and 20th Century Thomism, Theological Aesthetics and Virtue Ethics, Theological Reception of 19th and 20th Century Philosophy

Dissertation: "L'art pour I'art"?:  The Infused-Acquired Duplex Ordo of Art as an Intellectual Virtue

Director:  Andrew Kim

Cody Sandschafer

Cody Sandschafer

B.A. Marian University

M.A. Boston College

M.A. Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

Concentration:   Systematic Theology/Theological Ethics
Areas of interest:  Bernard Lonergan, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, René Girard, and Memory

Dissertation:  The Site of Human Conscious Particiation in Sanctifying Grace

Directors:   Joseph Obgonnaya

Elizabeth Schick

Elizabeth Schick

S.T.L. International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria
S.T.M. International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria
B.S. Central Michigan University

Concentration Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
Areas of interest Nuptial Imagery and the God-Human Relationship, The Gospel of John, Trauma and Theology

Rachel Sheils

Rachel Sheils

M.A. Augustine Institute

B.A.  Booth University College

Concentration:  Systematic Theology  and Theological Ethics

Areas of Interest:  Subsidiarity and Service to the Poor, "New Evangelism" and the process of conversion, Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue

Jennifer Wotochek

Jennifer Wotochek

M.A. Regent College

B.S. Northwestern University

Concentration:  Theology and Society

Areas of Interest:  Menopause, Aging, Animal Theology & Ethics, Ecotheology, Political Theology