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August 24, 2023
Education
2022: Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Department of Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dissertation Title: Maximus the Confessor in Aquinas’s Christology
Directors: Mark Johnson, Ph.D. & Marcus Plested, D.Phil.
2017: M.T.S., Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
2015: B.A., Summa Cum Laude, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Majors: Theology & Classical Languages; Minor: Spanish
Summa Oral Presentation: “The Integration of Theology & Classics”
Appointment
2022: Assistant Professor of Theology and Fellow of the Core, Division of Liberal Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
Publications
Articles & Book Chapters
2022
“Thomistic Maximianism: A Theology for Catholic and Orthodox Re-communion,” in Maximus in the Latin West, edited by Kevin Clarke and Thomas Cattoi. Details with Brill Publishers forthcoming.
2021
“Catechisms, Communion, and Latin Scholastic Reception of Byzantine Thought: St. John Damascene’s De fide orthodoxa in St. Bonaventure’s Breviloquium.” Nova et Vetera, 19.4 (Fall 2021).
Book Reviews
2021
“Michael W. Lucas’s Absolute FreeBSD (3rd Edition): A Scholar’s Review,” FreeBSD Journal, July/August.
Kantzer Komline, Han-Luen. Augustine on the Will: A Theological Account. Thomistica. August 14.
2018
Trade / Other
2023
“C is to BSD what Latin is to Us: A Theologian’s Report of His Trip to Present at BSDCan 2023,” FreeBSD Journal, July/August
2021
“FreeBSD for the Writing Scholar,” FreeBSD Journal, January/February.
2018
“Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer for Good Friday,” Vulgate Media (vulgatemedia.com), March 28.
“Hans Urs von Balthasar and Praying with the Church Fathers,” Vulgate Media (vulgatemedia.com), March 1.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships
2021: Hank Fellowship in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition [where I have a profile], Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Loyola University Chicago
2021: North American Patristics Society’s Dissertation Progress Grant
2021: ULINE Cybersecurity Training Opportunity Grant, Center for Cyber Security & Awareness, Marquette University
2019: Graduate School Research Travel Award, Marquette University
2018: Outstanding Student Paper Prize, 2018 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society
Paper: “Integrated Selves in the Image of the Trinity: The Mundicordes in Book 8 of St. Augustine’s De Trinitate”
2018: Graduate School Research Travel Award, Marquette University
2017–2022: Teaching Assistantship, Marquette University
2016: Individual Conference Grant, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Student Forum
2016: Individual Conference Grant, Boston College Graduate Student Association
2015–2017: Dean’s Fellowship, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
2015: Partnership-in-Learning Grant, University of St. Thomas
Advisor: Mark DelCogliano, Ph.D.
2014: Collaborative Inquiry Grant, University of St. Thomas
Advisor: Mark McInroy, Ph.D.
2014: Theta Alpha Kappa’s Undergraduate Achievement Award
2011–2015: Aquinas Scholars Honors Program, University of St. Thomas
All Semesters: Dean’s List, University of St. Thomas
Conference Activity
Sessions Led
2022
“Maximus the Confessor in the Medieval Latin West,” The 2022 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Hyatt Regency of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May
Paper Presented: “Thomistic Maximianism: A Theology for Catholic and Orthodox Re-communion”
Panel Members: Jonathan Bieler, Vladimir Cvetkovic, and Benjamin Heidgerken
Respondent: Thomas Cattoi
Papers Presented
2023
“Maximus the Confessor and John Damascene on Dionysius’s Theory of Christ’s “Theandric Operation”: A Case Study in Patristic Devotion and Polemics in the Earliest Greek Scholasticism,” Development of Early Christian Theology Unit, 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, Texas, November
“How to Incorporate Real-world Data into the Scholarship-Aware and Libre Computer Game 0 A.D. for Ancient History and Language Instruction,” Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies Unit, 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, Texas, November
“John Damascene as Maximus the Confessor’s Student in De fide orthodoxa 58 and 59,” 2023 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies / Association canadienne des études patristiques under the auspices of the 2023 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, May 28
“BSD for Researching, Writing, and Teaching in the Liberal Arts,” BSDCan 2023, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May 20
2022
“A Move Toward the Pervasive Maximianism of the Tertia Pars: Nicetas of Heraclea’s Quotations of Maximus the Confessor in Aquinas’s Catena in Lucam,” Thomas Aquinas II: The Catena aurea, 57th International Conference on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Virtual), May
“Thomistic Maximianism: A Theology for Catholic and Orthodox Re-communion,” St. Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, February
2021
“‘Et superiorum et posteriorum’: Difficulties Dating St. Augustine’s De consensu evangelistarum,” The 2021 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Hyatt Regency of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Virtual), May 26
“‘The Power to Save Perfectly’: John Damascene’s De fide orthodoxa 58 & 59 as Mediators of Maximian Soteriology,” Hope and Death, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida (Virtual), February 11
“FOSS for the Professional Historian: Optimizing a Multisource Historical Research Workflow in BSD or GNU/Linux with a Tiling Window Manager and Manuscripts Galore,” Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM) 2021, Brussels, Belgium (Virtual), February 6
2020
“‘Medium tenens’: Summa Theologica III, Q. 2, A. 6 & the Transcendence of Orthodoxy,” Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, February 8
2019
“‘Puer Jesus proficiebat’: Aquinas’s Disagreement with the Damascene on the Hypostatic Union and Soteriology in Luke 2:52,” Aquinas the Biblical Theologian, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, February 9
2018
“Integrated Selves in the Image of the Trinity:
The Mundicordes in Book 8 of St. Augustine’s De Trinitate,” The 2018 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Pre-Dissertation Research Workshop, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 24–26
*Outstanding Student Paper Prize Recipient
“St. John Damascene’s De Fide Orthodoxa in St. Thomas Aquinas’s De Unione Verbi Incarnati,” Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, January 25
2017
“‘Not One Iōta of the Law Will Pass’ or be Changed: St. John Damascene’s De Hymno Trisagio (Chapters 1–7) and Liturgical Orthodoxy,” The Pappas Patristics Institute’s 13th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Patristics Graduate Student Conference, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, March 4
“The Holy Mass as Wholly Beautiful: Transformational Aesthetics in the Liturgical Theology of Dom Prosper Guéranger,” Lumen et Vita Fall Symposium 2016, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, November 10
2016
“Different Biblical Versions Show Distinct Christological Truths: St. Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah and the Servant Songs,” Patristic, Medieval, & Renaissance Conference 2016, Villanova University, Radnor, Pennsylvania, October 15
“St. John Damascene’s De Fide Orthodoxa in St. Bonaventure’s Breviloquium: A Case Study in Medieval Reception of Byzantine Thought,” Florovsky Symposium 2016, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, May 7
“Tongues Can Save or Damn: St. Gregory the Great’s Fortieth Gospel Homily and the Priority of Moral Exegesis,” The Pappas Patristics Institute’s 12th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Patristics Graduate Student Conference, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, March 5
Service as Respondent
2017
Porcu, Zachary. “The Letter Kills but the Spirit Gives Life: Challenging Our Hermeneutical Presuppositions via Origen’s Biblical Exegesis,” The Pappas Patristics Institute’s 13th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Patristics Graduate Student Conference, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, March 3
2016
Jenks, Sarah. “Typology in the Hymns of St. John of Damascus: A Case of Patristic Biblical Interpretation,” The Pappas Patristics Institute’s 12th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Patristics Graduate Student Conference, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, March 5
Undergraduate
2014
“John of Damascus on the Resurrection: The Eschatology of the Last Church Father,” Theology Major Capstone, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 5 (Advsior: Rev. Fr. Steven McMichael, OFM, S.T.D.)
Other Presentations
2022
“Theology Professor and Free Software Advocate, Corey Stephan Ph.D.,” DistroTube, October 20
2021
“The Writing Scholar’s Guide to FreeBSD,” FreeBSD Friday, FreeBSD Foundation, October 22
“The Writing Scholar’s Guide to *BSD,” Chicago BSD Users Group, October 12
2017
“Roman Catholic Liturgy After Trent,” Reformations Class (RS 423), Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, November 28. Instructor of Record: Jill Kirby, Ph.D.
Teaching Experience
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
The Return to God
Developer & Instructor of Record
Fall 2022
Introduction to Classical Greek II
Instructor of Record
Spring 2023
Faith, Reason, & Revelation
Instructor of Record
Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Methods of Inquiry: Tolkien
Breakout Leader
Spring 2022
Methods of Inquiry: Creativity
Breakout Leader
Fall 2021
Academic Service
2023
Peer Reviewer, Association for Computers and the Humanities 2023 Conference
2012-2015
President, Theology Club, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Other Professional Experience
2021
Teaching Assistant to Mark Johnson, Ph.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2020
Teaching Assistant to Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Ph.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Teaching Assistant to Rev. Julian Hills, Th.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2019
Teaching Assistant to Rev. Fr. Joseph Ogbonnaya, Ph.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Letter and Spirit Institute, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, Steubenville, Ohio
2018
Teaching Assistant to Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Ph.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Letter and Spirit Institute, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, Steubenville, Ohio
2017
Teaching Assistant to Alexandré Martins, Ph.D., Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2015–2016
Research Assistant to Fr. Brian Dunkle, S.J., Ph.D, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
2013-2016
Teacher, Train Your Brain Youth Summer Enrichment Program, Marshall School, Duluth, Minnesota
2013–2015
Tutor, Theology Department, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ministry
2023- : Lector, St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Houston, Texas
2014–2015: Volunteer Chair, Liturgical Choir, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
2013–2015: Singer, Schola Cantorum, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
2011–2015: Singer, Liturgical Choir, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
2010–2012: Junior Counselor, Camp Survive, Diocese of Duluth, Virginia, Minnesota
2006–2011: Lector, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Duluth, Minnesota
Language Skills
Greek: Classical, Koine, & Byzantine (advanced reading)
Latin: Classical, Medieval, & Ecclesial (advanced reading; moderate writing & speaking)
Spanish (advanced reading, writing, & speaking)
German (advanced reading)
High Pass on Harvard Divinity School’s German Reading Exam (May 2017)
Syriac (elementary reading)
Professional Memberships
North American Patristics Society (NAPS)
Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH)