Research Projects
Current Projects
Integrating Ignatian Spirituality in Undergraduate Nursing Education
Dr. Lisa Burkhart, School of Nursing
Prayer, Marriage, and the Family
Dr. Paul Giblin, Institute of Pastoral Studies
The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1919-1943
Dr. Ann M. Harrington, Department of History
Question of Habit (a documentary film)
Dr. Bren O. Murphy, School of Communication
Arguing Democracy on Religious Grounds: Lessons from the Catholic Experience
Dr.Gunes Murat Tezcur, Department of Political Science
The Use of Memoir to Preserve the Legacy of American Catholic Women Religious – A Model Program Developed with the Assistance of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs)
Dr. Dan Vaillancourt, Department of Philosophy
Past Projects
Summer 2008
Dennis Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Theology -A Brief History of Monasticism
Spring 2008 through Spring 2009
Does Social Work Education ‘Prefer’ the Poor? A Content Analysis of Foundation Course Syllabi Within Catholic MSW Programs
Julia Pryce, Assistant Professor and Michael Kelly, Assistant Professor School of Social Work
Spring 2008-Spring 2009
Maria Vidal de Haymes, Professor, The School of Social Work-Faith and the Catholic Church as Protective Factors fir Mexican and Central American Migrant Families: A Transnational Study
Spring 2008 through Fall 2008
On Feeling Catholic: The Cultural Form of a Universal Religion
Hugh Miller, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy
Spring 2007 through Spring 2008
The Intersection of Catholic Women Religious and U.S. Pop Culture: A Documentary Film
Dr. Bren A. O. Murphy, Dept. of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
Summer 2007
Augustine and Academic Skepticism: A Philosophical Appraisal, Dr. Blake Dutton, Dept. of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
February, March, April 2007
Evolutionary Biology, Human Sexuality and the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Dr. Patricia Beattie Jung and Dr. Aana Vigen co-chairs, Dept. of Theology, Loyola University Chicago.
Dr. Jim Calcagno, Dr. Jon Nilson, Dr. Anne Figert , Dr. Paul Mueller, S.J., Dr. David Ozar, Dr. Fred Kniss, Dr. Terry Grande, Dr. Diane Suter, Dr. James Garbarino, Dr. Pamela Caughie, Dr. Frank Catania, Dr. Robert DiVito, Dr. Frank Fennell, Dr. Susan Ross, Dr. Jennifer Parks, Dr. Aana Marie Vigen, Dr. Joan Roughgarden
January 2006 through January 2007
Priest Under Fire: The Life and Times of David Rodriguez
Dr. Peter Sanchez, Dept. of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago