The Center for Faith & Learning is a patron for faculty of all departments, backgrounds and faiths who see teaching/research/service as a vocation and wish to facilitate a supportive atmosphere for colleagues. We "see" one another when stories are shared and we find the commonalities.
Welcoming ALL Villanova faculty and ALL faiths, the Center for Faith & Learning hosts Lunchtime Dialogues that
During the last 13 years, The Center for Faith & Learning has hosted a total of 85 Faculty Luncheons - with 3 faculty presenters at each luncheon, over 250 past and present VU faculty have presenters at our luncheons!
We facilitate 8 Faculty Lunchtime Dialogues per academic year. At each Dialogue, three VU faculty present their Teaching or Faith Journey stories (8-10 minutes each).
To be a presenter at an upcoming Faculty Dialogue, you may nominate yourself or a faculty colleague for either of the gathering topics:
By emailing Beth Hassel or Suzanne Teleha with questions or for more information about the Faculty Lunchtime Dialogues.
Faculty Dialogue Luncheon presenters
Fall 2011 through Spring 2022 (alpha by first name)
• Adam Kuczynski, PhD, Public Administration
Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD, Dean of Graduate Studies, CLAS
• Alain Phares, PhD, Physics
• Alan Pichanick, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar
• Albert Shin, PhD, Ethics
• Alfonso Ortega, PhD, Associate VP for Research and Graduate Programs;
James R. Birle Professor of Energy Technology, Mechanical Engineering
• Amy Fleischer, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Amy K. Way, PhD, Communications
• Angela Di Benedetto, PhD, Biology
Anne P. Schneider, PhD, Nursing
• Anthony J. Godzieba, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
• Aronte Bennett, PhD, Marketing and Business Law
Barbara Zimmerman, PhD, Computer Science
• Barry Selinsky, PhD, Research and Faculty Development; Chemistry
• Beth Vallen, PhD, Marketing and Business Law
Bette Mariani, PhD, Nursing
• Bing-Bing Qi, PhD, RN, Nursing
• Bonnie Henderson, PhD, Geography and the Environment
• Bruce Pollack-Johnson, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
• C. 'Nat' Nataraj, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
• Camille Burge, PhD, Political Science
• Carol Weingarten, PhD, Nursing
• Catherine Wilson, PhD, Public Administration
• Charles Zech, PhD, Economics; Church Management/Business Ethics
Chelsea Phillips, PhD, Theatre
• Chiji Akoma, PhD, English
• Chris Schmidt, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT, Education and Counseling
Christa Bialka, PhD, Education & Counseling
Christy Lang Hearlson, PhD, Theology & Religious Studies
• Christine Palus, PhD, Public Administration
• Christopher Daly, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
• Craig Wheeland, PhD, Public Administration; Asso VP Academic Affairs
• Crystal Lucky, PhD, English
Dan Griffin, CRS
• Daniel Regan, PhD, Philosophy
• David Barrett, PhD, Political Science
• David Caudill, JD, Law
• David Dinehart, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• David Fiorenza, MBA, Economics
• Denise Hanes Downey, PhD, Accountancy
Dennis Wykoff, PhD, Biology
• Dorothy Skaf, PhD, Chemical Engineering
• Douglas Norton, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
• Edward Garcia Fierros, PhD, Education and Counseling
Edward Fitzpatrick, PhD, Astronomy & Astronomy
• Elizabeth-Jane McGuire, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar
Elizabeth Petit de Mange, PhD, Nursing
• Emil Ricci, PhD, History
Ethan Schwartz, PhD, Theology
Evan Radcliffe, PhD, English
Evie Lengetti, PhD, Nursing
Farshid Baghai, PhD, Philosophy
• Fr. Francis Caponi, OSA, Theology and Religious Studies
• Fr. Joseph L. Farrell, OSA, Office for Mission & Ministry
• Fr. Joseph Mostardi, OSA, DMin, Campus Ministry
• Fr. Joseph Ryan, OSA, History
• Frank Falcone, MS, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Gary Gabriele, PhD, Dean, College of Engineering
• Gaynor Strickler, PhD, Sociology
• Greg Bonner, PhD, Marketing
• Gunita Grover, PhD, Finance
• Gustavo Benavides, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
• Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Nursing
• Hibba Abugideiri, PhD, History
Holly Ferraro, PhD, Management
Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, Theology & Religious Studies
Irene Awino, PhD, Communications
• James Emig, PhD, CPA, Accountancy and Information Systems
• James Klingler, PhD, Management
James Kreisel, PhD, Romance Languages & Literature
• James M. Wilson, PhD, Humanities
• James O’Brien, MA, ME, Mechanical Engineering
• Jean Ann Linney, PhD, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Jennifer Joyce, PhD, ACS; Center for Peace and Justice Education
• Joanna Rotte, PhD, Theatre • John Durnin, PhD, Education and Counseling
• John Immerwahr, PhD, Philosophy
• John Paul Spiro, MA, ACS
• John Y. Gotanda, Dean, Professor of Law
• Jonathan Yates, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
• Joseph Orkwiszewski, PhD, Biology
Justinus A. Satrio (Engineering)
• Kate Meloney, MSS, MLSP, Sociology-CRM
Kathy Byrnes, PhD, VP Student Life
• Katina Sawyer, PhD, Psychology
Kelly Good, PhD, Civil Engineering
Kerry San Chirico, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
• Kevin Hughes, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
Kevin Minbiole, PhD, Chemistry
• Klaus E. Volpert, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
• Lara Brown, PhD, Political Science
• Lawrence Cozzens, PhD, Psychology
• Lawrence Little, PhD, History
Lee Makowski, OSA, ACS
• Linda Carman Copel, PhD, RN, Nursing
• Lisa Rodrigues, PhD, Geography and the Environment
• Louise Russo, PhD, Biology
• Lowell Gustafson, PhD, Political Science
Luca Cottini, PhD, Romance Languages & Literature
• M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed D, RN, College of Nursing
• Maghan Keita, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies
• Mark Doorley, PhD, Ethics
• Mark Scott, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
• Marta Guron, PhD, Chemistry
• Mary Desmond, PhD, Biology
• Mary T. Kelly, PhD, Economics
• Marylu Hill, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar
• Matthew Kerbel, PhD, Political Science
• Matthew Liberatore, PhD, Management and Operations
• Mercedes Juliá, PhD, Romance Languages and Literature
• Meredith MacKenzie, PhD, Nursing
• Michael J. Campbell, JD, Law
• Michael L. Capella, PhD, Marketing
• Michael Levitan, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
Michael Pagano, PhD, Finance
• Michael Posner, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
Michele Pistone, PhD, Law
• Michelle M Kelly, PhD, CRNP, Nursing
Michele Marcolongo, PhD, Dean, Engineering
• Nancy Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, College of Nursing
• Nathaniel Weston, PhD, Geography and the Environment
• Olukunle Owolabi, PhD, Political Science
• Patrick Maggitti, PhD, Dean, Villanova School of Business
• Paul Sheldon, PhD, Psychology
• Peter Busch, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar
Peter Koch, PhD, Philosophy
• Pritpal Singh, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Q Chung, PhD, Accountancy and Information Systems
• Rachel J. Smith, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
Raisa Velthuis, PhD, Finance
• Raul Diego Rivera Hernandez, PhD, Romance Languages
Rebecca Winer, PhD, History
Rebecca Feldman, JD, Law
• Rev. Kail C. Ellis, PhD, OSA, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Robert Giuliano, PhD, Chemistry
• Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., P.E., WRE, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Robert Nydick, PhD, Management
• Robert Styer, PhD, Mathematics
• Rosalind Wynne, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Rose O’Driscoll, MSN, RN, Asso Dean for Administration, College of Nursing
• Ruth Anolik, PhD, Augustine and Culture Seminar
• Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, Nursing
• Sally Scholz, PhD, Philosophy
• Sara Reeder, PhD, Nursing
• Sayed Omran, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies
• Seri Park, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Seth Matthew Fishman, PhD, Education and Counseling
• Shauna MacDonald, PhD, Communications
• Shelley Hickey, MSN, BN, RN, Nursing
• Sherry Perlmutter Bowen, PhD, Communication
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN, Nursing
• Sohail Chaudhry, PhD, Management and Operations
Stephen Liedtka, PhD, Accountancy
• Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC, Nursing
• Tamara Kear, PhD, RN, CNS, CNN, Nursing
Tania Romero, PhD, Communications
• Teresa Wojcik, PhD, Education and Counseling
• Terry Nance, PhD, Communications
Theresa Capriotti, PhD, Nursing
• Theodore Arapis, PhD, Public Administration
• Timothy Brunk, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies
Tracy Oliver, PhD, Nursing
Troy Shirangi, PhD, Biology
• Vikram K. Iyengar, PhD, Biology
• Virginia Smith, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Vito Punzi, PhD, Chemical Engineering
• William Stehl, Asso Director, Campus Ministry - Center for Peace/Justice
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