FACULTY AND STAFF

Faculty and Staff

Kathryn Getek Soltis, STL, PhD
Director, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
Timothy Horner, D. Phil.
Teaching Professor Center for Peace and Justice Education Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Katherine Regan Lenehan
Assistant Director of Publications and Academic Support
Billie Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education

 

CPJE Visiting Faculty Initiative

The Center for Peace and Justice Education has established two visiting faculty positions internal to the Villanova community. This initiative increases collaboration between various departments/colleges and lays the groundwork for the expansion of interdisciplinary Peace and Justice courses. In addition, visiting faculty contribute resources, contacts, and opportunities within their areas of expertise to strengthen research possibilities for Villanova students and help shape the Center’s lectures and events.

Visiting faculty members offer at least one lecture, panel or workshop during the academic year on a topic connecting their area of expertise with themes of peace and justice. Visiting faculty members will also be engaged in teaching or developing a course with a Peace and Justice attribute.

All full-time faculty members at Villanova are eligible to become a CPJE Visiting Faculty member. The position lasts one year with the possibility of renewing for a second year. 

Visiting faculty members will maintain their office space as well as teaching and other commitments in their home department. They will join CPJE staff for selected meetings and events during the year. The Center actively seeks faculty who are typically underrepresented in our activities, including representation across disciplines and Colleges.

Allison Covey, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor

Caitlin Barry (Law School)

Camille Burge (Political Science)

Elizabeth Kolsky (History)

Linda Maldonado (Nursing)

Eugene McCarraher (Humanities)

Billie Murray (Communication)

Tomás Hidalgo Nava (Romance Languages and Literatures, formerly at Villanova)

Vito Punzi (Chemical Engineering)

Gay Strickler (Sociology, retired)

Shigehiro Suzuki (Political Science)

Jim Wetzel (Philosophy)

 

 

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

Affiliated Faculty

Hibba Abugideiri, PhD
Associate Professor of History

Chara Armon, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor, Lawrence C. Gallen Fellow in the Humanities
Caitlin Barry
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
(610) 519-3216
Gerald J. Beyer, Ph.D.
Professor, Christian Ethics
Vice-President, Villanova Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Christa S. Bialka, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Program Director, Undergraduate Teacher Education
Sheryl Perlmutter Bowen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty Director, Program in Intergroup Relations (IGR)
Camille Burge-Hicks, Ph.D.
Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Agnese Codebò, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Spanish Department
Jennifer M. Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mark Doorley, Ph.D.
Director, The Ethics Program
Rick Eckstein, Ph.D.
Professor and Sociology Program Director. Lindback Teaching Award, 1999; Arts & Sciences Teaching Award, 2012; Honors Program Mentoring Award, 2013; Gallen University Service Award, 2017.
Edward García Fierros, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Research
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Charles A. Walsh III Director of the Center for Inclusive Education (CIE)
Travis M. Foster
Associate Professor, English; Academic Director, Gender & Women's Studies
Mark Graham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Christian Ethics
(610) 519-4703
Lowell Gustafson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Melissa Hodges, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology
Maghan Keita, PhD
Professor of History and Global Interdisciplinary Studies; Founding Director, Africana Studies; Founding Director, Global Interdisciplinary Studies
Rory Kramer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology
(610) 519-4741
Hezekiah L. Lewis III, M.F.A.
Associate Professor
Director, Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society
Dana Lloyd
Assistant Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Vincent Lloyd, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Africana Studies
Crystal J. Lucky, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Professor of English
Jean Lutes
Luckow Family Endowed Chair in English Literature
(610) 519-5077
Eugene McCarraher, Ph.D.
Professor of Humanities and History
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor and Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment
Cera Murtagh Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Teresa A. Nance, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Chief Diversity Officer; Professor
(610) 519-4077
Allison Ann Payne, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology

Frank Pryor, ABD
Assistant Instructor
Graduate Program Director Dept. of Political Science
Villanova University
(610) 519-8153
Vito Punzi, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering
(610) 519-4946
Arthur Purcaro, OSA
Assistant Vice President
Adjunct Professor - Theology and Religious Studies
Brianna Remster, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology
Paul C. Rosier, PhD
Professor
Director, Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
(610) 519-4677
Mark L. Schrad, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Director, Russian Area Studies
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Deborah Seligsohn, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Villanova College of Arts and Sciences
Rev. Julia Sheetz, PhD
Director of Multifaith Ministry
Shigehiro Suzuki
Full-time Instructor
Tsering Wangmo
Assistant Professor
Catherine Warrick, Ph.D.
Editor, Digest of Middle East Studies
Kelly Welch, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Sociology & Criminology
(610) 519-7048
James Wetzel, Ph.D.
Professor
Augustinian Endowed Chair
Director of the Augustinian Institute
Research: Augustine, Platonism,
Moral Psychology, Mythopoiesis
Rebecca Lynn Winer, PhD
Associate Professor of History

 

Assessment Committee

Camille Burge-Hicks, Ph.D.
Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kathryn Getek Soltis, STL, PhD
Director, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
Timothy Horner, D. Phil.
Teaching Professor Center for Peace and Justice Education Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Vito Punzi, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering
(610) 519-4946

 

Curriculum Committee

Kathryn Getek Soltis, STL, PhD
Director, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
Dana Lloyd
Assistant Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Billie Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education

 

MLK Committee

Chair:

Members:

Hibba Abugideiri, PhD
Associate Professor of History

Camille Burge-Hicks, Ph.D.
Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mark Doorley, Ph.D.
Director, The Ethics Program
Hezekiah L. Lewis III, M.F.A.
Associate Professor
Director, Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society
Billie Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education

 

Peace Award Committee

Chair:

Timothy Horner, D. Phil.
Teaching Professor Center for Peace and Justice Education Augustine and Culture Seminar Program

Members:

Camille Burge-Hicks, Ph.D.
Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Maghan Keita, PhD
Professor of History and Global Interdisciplinary Studies; Founding Director, Africana Studies; Founding Director, Global Interdisciplinary Studies
Douglas E. Norton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Paul C. Rosier, PhD
Professor
Director, Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
(610) 519-4677
Tsering Wangmo
Assistant Professor
Randy D. Weinstein, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Villanova University
Center for Peace and Justice Education
St. Rita Hall, 106
800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085

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MISSION AND MINISTRY

The Center for Peace and Justice Education is closely integrated with the Office for Mission and Ministry and its departments, programs and initiatives.