Ph.D. Candidate, Moral Theology/Ethics | Teaching Fellow
batt@cua.edu
B.A., Thomas Aquinas College; M.T.S., University of Notre Dame
Dissertation: "An Analysis of Hospice and Palliative Care in Light of the Ars Moriendi Tradition"
Director: Paul Scherz

Ph.D. Candidate, Historical and Systematic Theology | Teaching Fellow
benitz@cua.edu
B.A., Saint Anselm College; M.A., Marquette University
Interests: Mariology, Christology, Fundamental Theology

Ph.D. Candidate, Religion and Culture | Teaching Fellow
haning@cua.edu
M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville; M.S.W., Colorado State University
Interests: Polarization, Religious Identity, American Catholicism, Peace and Peacebuilding

S.T.D. Candidate, Biblical Studies
brannancs@cua.edu
B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville; M.A., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology; M.A., Graduate Theological Union; S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute
Interests: Gospels, Eschatology, Hermeneutics, History of Interpretation
Dissertation: “From now on you will see the Son of Man...Behold, I am with you always until the end of the age”: Understanding Matt 26:64 in light of Matt 28:16-20
Director: Tobias Nicklas

Ph.D. Candidate, Historical and Systematic Theology | Teaching Fellow
cassellad@cua.edu
B.A., Thomas More College of Liberal Arts; M.A.T., Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius
Interests: Christology, Trinitarian Theology, Patristic Metaphysics
Dissertation: "Jesus the Heavenly Anointed: On the Usage and Adaptation of Mixture, Kenosis, and Anointing"
Director: Robin Darling Young

Ph.D. Candidate, Historical and Systematic Theology
82donovan@cua.edu
M.A. Medieval and Byzantine Studies, The Catholic University of America
Interests: The University of Paris in the Twelfth Century, The Bible in the Medieval World, Augustine and his Reception
Dissertation: "Revisiting Peter Lombard's Commentary on the Psalms: A Fresh Look at Sources and a Primitive Prologue to Peter Lombard's Psalms"
Director: Mark Clark

S.T.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology
Executive Director of the Secretariat of Divine Worship, USCCB
02dought@cua.edu
S.T.B., S.T.L, The Catholic University of America
Interests: Early History of the Liturgy, Liturgies of Christian Initiation and Ordination, Revision of the Liturgical Rites following the Second Vatican Council
Dissertation: "Praise and Petition in Early Roman Prayers of Blessing"
Director: Rev. Dominic E. Serra

Ph.D. Candidate, Biblical Studies
dubay@cua.edu
B.S., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; M.S., Naval Postgraduate School; M.A. Virginia Theological Seminary
Interests: Ethnicity in the ANE, Old Testament, Akkadian texts, Hieroglyphic texts
Dissertation: Ꜥpr / Ꜥapar - THE DUST OF JACOB
Director: Andrew Gross

Ph.D. Candidate, Moral Theology/Ethics | Teaching Fellow
egilsrud@cua.edu
B.S., Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service; M.A., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies
Interests: Thomistic Moral Theology, Virtue Theory, Faith, Grace

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: Rev. Raymond Studzinski, O.S.B.

Ph.D. Student, Moral Theology/Ethics | Teaching Fellow
Minor: Interreligious Bioethics (Religion & Culture)
hallje@cua.edu
B.S. Biochemical Engineering, UC Davis; M.S. Healthcare Bioethics, University of Mary
Interests: Biotechnology, Environmental Ethics, Disability Ethics, Artificial Intelligence

S.T.D. Candidate, Biblical Studies
moriconi@cua.edu | Curriculum Vitae
M.Div., M.A., St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute
Interests: Ben Sira, Textual Criticism, Reception Exegesis
Dissertation: "The Doctrine of Free Will in Sir 15:11-20: A Text-Critical, Exegetical, and Philosophical Study"
Director: Bradley Gregory

Ph.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology
Minor: Church History
lineberger@cua.edu
B.M., Gardner-Webb University; M.Mus., St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, UK; M.T.S., University of Notre Dame
Interests: Calendars of the Ancient World, Historiography and Intellectual Histories of Modern Theological Disciplines, Music in Worship, Theological Pedagogy and Andragogy
Dissertation: “Christians”, “Jews”, and “Pagans”: Liturgical Inter-actions in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries and the Formation of the Christian Calendars of the Seventh Month
Director: Rev. Stefanos Alexopoulos

S.T.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies/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
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.

Ph.D Candidate, Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology
rentz@cua.edu
M.A.Rc, History of Christianity, Yale Divinity School
Interests: Liturgical Studies, History, Archaeology
Dissertation: "Christian Initiation in Byzantine Palestine: A Liturgical and Archaeological Analysis"
Director: Mark Morozowich, S.E.O.D.

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

Ph.D Candidate, Biblical Studies | Teaching Fellow
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
Dissertation: "Laying the Foundations of the Earth: The Background and Comparative Use of a Conceptual Metaphor"
Director: David Bosworth

S.T.D. Student, Pastoral Studies | Teaching Fellow
winterj@cua.edu
B.A., St. Joseph Seminary College; S.T.B., CUA; S.T.L., Boston College
Interests: Carmelite Spirituality, St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Faculties, Memory