• Emmanuel Bassey

    S.T.D. Student, Biblical Studies - New Testament
    basseye@cua.edu
    Interests: The Gospel of John, Galatians
    Dissertation: "The Biblical Critique of Indifference to Evil"
    Director: David Bosworth

  • Vincent Bircch
    Vincent Birch

    Ph.D. Candidate, Historical and Systematic Theology
    birchv@cua.edu
    Interests: Foundational Theology, Theological Anthropology, Religious Epistemology, and Christology
    Dissertation: "The Semiosis of Revelation: God's Self-Communication to Humanity in its Semiotic Constitution"
    Director: Reinhard Huetter

  • Jessica Blumberg
    Jessica Blumberg

    Ph.D. Student, Religion and Culture
    haning@cua.edu
    M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville
    M.S.W., Colorado State University
    Interests: Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation; Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature; Religion and Geography

  • Fr. Brad Elliott
    Fr. Brad Elliott, OP

    S.T.D. Candidate, Moral Theology/Ethics
    elliottb@cua.edu
    M.A., S.T.L., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
    Interests: Action theory, Social thought, Virtue ethics
    Classes Taught: Theological Virtues (DSPT), Fundamental Moral Theology (DSPT)
    Dissertation: "Private Property, the Common Good, and Human Participatory Dominium"
    Director: Joseph Capizzi

  • Mark Escobar
    Mark Escobar

    Ph.D. Candidate, Catechetics & Church History
    escobarm@cua.edu
    M.A., Boston College
    Interests: Patristics, Church History, Catechetics
    Dissertation: "Exploring the Role of Scripture in Catechetics: A Comparative Analysis of Josef Jungmann's Kerygmatic Approach and Gerard Sloyan's Biblical-Centered Approach to Catechetics"
    Director: Fr. Raymond Studzinski, O.S.B.

  • Chris O'Brien
    Christopher M. O'Brien

    Ph.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
    obrienchr@cua.edu
    M.A., Stanford University
    M.Div., University of Notre Dame
    Interests: Liturgical Sacramental Theology, Children and Liturgy, Christian Initiation
    Classes Taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ; Christian Liturgy, Prayer, and Sacrament; Sacraments of Initiation (CUA)
    Dissertation: "Children and the Eucharist in the Roman Rite: History, Theology, and Ritual"
    Director: Rev. Dominic Serra

  • Philip Thomas Mohr

    Ph.D. Candidate, Biblical Studies
    mohrp@cua.edu
    Interests: History of Interpretation/Impact of the Scriptures, Gospel according to Matthew, Multiperspectivalism, Hermeneutics
    Classes taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA); Bible Survey (Westminster Theological Seminary); Principles of Biblical Interpretation (Westminster Theological Seminary); Hebrew 3 (Westminster Theological Seminary); Perspectives in Theology (Westminster Theological Seminary), Ezekiel: Introduction and Interpretation (Common Ground Theological Institute, KE)
    Dissertation: "The 'Chair of Moses' Saying (Matthew 23:23): Historical Concerns, Providential Applications, and Present"
    Director: Ian Boxall

  • Fr.Lorenzo
    Fr. Lorenzo Penalosa, OSB

    S.T.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
    penalosa@cua.edu
    M.Div, Saint Meinrad School of Theology
    S.L.L., Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo
    Interests: Euchology of the Mass; Liturgical History; Liturgical Inculturation; Church Art and Architecture
    Classes taught: Liturgical Books in the Roman Rite – taught at Saint Meinrad School of Theology (Spring 2022)
    Dissertation: "Eucharistiae Gaudium et Laetitia: A Liturgical Theology of Joy in Post-Communion Prayers of the 2008 Missale Romanum"
    Director: Rev. Michael Witczak, S.L.D.

  • Jessica Rentz
    Jessica Rentz

    Ph.D Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
    rentz@cua.edu
    M.A.Rc, History of Christianity (Yale Divinity School)
    Interests: Liturgical Studies, History, Archaeology
    Classes Taught: TRS 201: Foundations of Theology: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA)
    Dissertation: "Christian Initiation in Byzantine Palestine: A Liturgical and Archaeological Analysis"
    Director: Mark Morozowich, S.E.O.D.

  • Fr. Gil
    Rev. Gilbrian Stoy, CSC

    Ph.D Student, Moral Theology/Ethics
    stoy@cua.edu
    M.Div, University of Notre Dame
    Ms.T., Oxford University
    Interests:Economic Morality, Political Theology

  • Lucia
    Lucia Tosatto

    Ph.D Candidate, Biblical Studies
    tosatto@cua.edu
    M.A.B.L., Graduate Theological Union-Jesuit School of Theology
    Interests:Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation; Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature; Religion and Geography
    Classes Taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA)
    Dissertation: "Laying the Foundations of the Earth: The Background and Comparative Use of a Conceptual Metaphor"
    Director: David Bosworth