Undergraduate Faculty
2011-12 Academic Year
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Joseph Arias, Adjunct Instructor
Department of Theology
B.A., Loyola Marymount University
M.A., Christendom College
S.T.B., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
S.T.L., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
Andrew V. Armstrong, Director of the Library
B.A., George Washington University
M.S.L.S. The Catholic University of America
Patrick Bracy Bersnak, Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Economics
B.A., Miami University
MA., The Catholic University of America
Ph.D. (Candidate), The Catholic University of America
J. Michael Brown, Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
B.A., Christendom College
M.A., Ph.D. (Candidate), The Catholic University of America
Miriam Byers, Adjunct Instructor
Mathematics and Science, Department of Philosophy
B.S., Purdue University
M.S., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Ryan Callaghan, Adjunct Instructor
B.A., Christendom College
M.A., American Military University
Mark Clark, Associate Professor
Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies
B.A., University of Florida
J.D., Duke University
Ph.D. Columbia University
John A. Cuddeback, Professor
Department of Philosophy
B.A., Christendom College
M.A., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
William Diem, Adjunct Instructor
Department of Theology
B.A., Christendom College
M.A., Christendom Graduate School
S.T.L., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
S.T.D. (Candidate),Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
Douglas Flippen, Professor
Chairman, Department of Philosophy
B.A., University of St. Thomas, Houston
M.S.L., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto
Maureen Flippen, Adjunct Instructor
French
M.A., University of Toronto
George Garrigan, Adjunct Instructor
Mathematics and Science
Ph.D. University of Iowa
Sharon M. Hickson, Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
B.A., Marymount College
M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Eric Jenislawski, Assistant Professor
Chairman, Department of Theology
B.A., Yale University
M.A., Yale University
Ph.D. (Candidate), The Catholic University of America
Patrick Keats, Associate Professor and Academic Dean
Department of English Language and Literature
B.A., Columbia College
M.A., American University
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Eleanor Hessler Kelly, LHS
Director, Teacher Formation Program
B.A., B.S., Hunter College
M.A., Hunter College
Ed. D., Columbia University
Cecilia Linton, Adjunct Instructor
Department of English Language and Literature
Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Marcello Lippiello, Assistant Professor
Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies
B.A., Fordham University
M.A., University of Kentucky
Ph.D. (Candidate), Duke University
William R. Luckey, Professor
Chairman, Department of Political Science and Economics
B.A., St. John's University
M.B.A., Shenandoah University
M.A. (Econ.), George Mason University
Certificate, Dogmatic Theology, Christendom College Graduate School
M.A., (Theology) Christendom Graduate School
M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University
Rafael Madan, Adjunct Instructor
Department of Political Science and Economics
J.D. University of Virginia
Lisa Marciano, Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
B.A., Ph.D., University of Dallas
William H. Marshner, Professor
Department of Theology
B.A., Gettysburg College
M.A., University of Dallas
S.T.L., S.T.D., John Paul II Institute
Brendan McGuire, Assistant Professor
Department of History
B.A. Christendom College
M.A., Ph.D., Saint Louis University
John McMahon, Adjunct Insructor
Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies
M.A. (Candidate) Catholic University of America
Mark Mourachian, Adjunct Instructor
Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies
Ph.D. (Candidate) Catholic University of America
John Peter Noronha, Adjunct Insructor
Director, Rome Program
Department of History
M.A. Christendom College Graduate School
Ph.D. (Candidate), Regina Apostolorum, Rome
Timothy T. O'Donnell, Professor and President of the College
Departments of Theology and History
B.A., M.A., Loyola Marymount University
M.A., S.T.L., S.T.D., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
Raymund P. O'Herron, Assistant Professor
Departments of Philosophy and Theology
B.E.E., M.A., The Catholic University of America
Fr. Donald J. Planty, Jr., Head Chaplain and Instructor
B.A., (Government & French) College of William and Mary
M.Div, M.A., St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
J.C.D., Pontifical Gregorian University
Kurt Poterack, Adjunct Professor of Music
Director, Christendom College Choir and Schola Gregoriana
Coordinator, Beato Fra Angelico Fine Arts Program
B.M.E., Aquinas College
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Mary Alice Rice, Adjunct Professor
Modern Languages
B.A., University of Central Arkansas
M.A., University of Oregon
Robert C. Rice, Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
M.A., D.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon
Adam Schwartz, Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of History
B.A., M.A., Marquette University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Christopher Shannon, Assistant Professor
Department of History
B.A., University of Rochester
M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Steven C. Snyder, Associate Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Department of Philosophy
B.A., Cornell College
M.S.L., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto
Mary Ellen Stanford, Adjunct Instructor
Department of Theology
B.A., University of Dallas
M.T.S., Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
Thomas W. Stanford III, Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of English Language and Literature
B.A., M.A., University of Dallas
M.A., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Edward Strickland, Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies
B.A., College of Charleston
M.A., Tulane University
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Gregory Townsend, Associate Professor
Mathematics and Science
S.T.B., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
M.A., Notre Dame Apostolical Catechetical Institute
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Bernard Way, Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and Economics
Director, Politics Practica Program
B.A., University of the Pacific
M.A., The Monterey Institute of International Studies
M.A., Georgetown University
Ph.D., Boston University
Mark Wunsch, Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
B.A., Regis University
Ph.L., Ph. D. (Candidate), Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome