Past Research Projects

Religious Agency and Affiliational Diversity: Advancing the Mission of Catholic Higher Education in the 21st Century

Mara Brecht, Associate Professor of Theology, and Andrew Milewski, SJ, First Studies, MA in Social Philosophy program


La Strada for Social Justice: Transforming & Sustaining Loyola as a Community Engaged through Creative Placemaking

Amy Wilkinson, Instructor of Fine and Performing Arts


Collectio Avellana

Alexander W.H. Evers, Associate Professor of Ancient History and Classical Studies


Science and the Common Good

Hans Svebakken, Senior Lecturer, Theology


Building Community-Led Environmental Solutions through Culturally-Mindful Reciprocal Collaboration

Laura Brentner, School of Environmental Sustainability

Michael J. Schuck, Deaprtment of Theology and School of Environmental Sustainability


Catholic Resistance: How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial

Michelle Nickerson, Department of History


Three Narratives in Theorizing Catholic Intellectual Heritage: Autobiographical Investigation in Catholicism, Subjectivity, and Teacher Education

Seungho Moon, Ann Marie Ryan, and Terri Piggot


Shakespeare’s Naught: Immateriality and Early Modern English Literature

James Knapp, Department of English

~ Undergraduate Research Fellow: Joseph I. De Larauze


The Communicative Role of Hip Hop Culture in the Chicago Interfaith Community’s Struggle for Social Justice

George Villanueva, School of Communication

~ Undergraduate Research Fellow: Sylvester F. Alonz


Bosnian Franciscan Revival in Nineteenth Century Ottoman Empire

Edin Hajdarpasic, Department of History


Souls and Sonnets

Elizabeth Coffman, School of Communication


The Camden 28: Catholic Left Opposition to the Vietnam War

Michelle Nickerson, Department of History


The Trinity, Infinity, and the Other: Mystical Theology and Human Flourishing

Mark McIntosh, Department of Theology & Religious Studies


The Jesuit Provenance Project

Kyle Roberts, Department of History


“There is no word for me”: The Catholic Imagination and the Transcendence of Race in Emily Raboteau’s The Professor’s Daughter

Badia Ahad, Department of English


Joseph Bonnecamps, S.J. (1707-1790)

John Cunningham, S.J., Department of Physics


Relationships with God: How Contemporary Catholic Women Religiously Nurture Their Relationships with God

Jennifer Fiebig, Department of Psychology


Patriotism, Catholicism, and Military Services: Exploring the Social Ministry Roles of Catholic Churches for Military Personnel and Their Families

Caleb Kim, School of Social Work


Justice Delayed: The Study of Four Churchwomen in El Salvador

Julia A. Lieblich, School of Communication


Vatican II's Golden Jubilee: Marking 50 years of Continuity, Controversy, and Conversation

Michael P. Murphy, Department of Theology & Religious Studies


An English Translation of Luigi Taparelli d’Azeglio’s 'Saggio Teoretico di Diritto Naturale Appoggiato sul Fatto

Robert John Araujo, S.J., School of Law


Integrating Ignatian Spirituality in Undergraduate Nursing Education

Lisa Burkhart, School of Nursing with Mary Ann McDermott, School of Nursing and William Schmidt, Institute of Pastoral Studies


Religiosity and Body Image in Catholic, Muslim, and Amish Women

Denise Davidson, Department of Psychology


Irish Catholics and the Early Modern Origins of Religious Toleration

John Donoghue, Department of History


Medical Theory and the Christianization of Sleep in Late Antiquity

Leslie Dossey, Department of History


Augustine and Academic Skepticism: A Philosophical Appraisal

Blake Dutton, Department of Philosophy


Prayer, Marriage, and the Family

Paul Giblin, Institute of Pastoral Studies


Channels of Sovereignty: Colonial Writing in Native North America

Jeffrey S. Glover, Department of English


Catholicism, Cities, and Education in Early Twentieth Century America: The Contributions of Frederic Siedenburg, S.J.

Edward Gumz, School of Social Work


The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1919-1943

Ann M. Harrington, BVM, Department of History


Expanding Horizons of the Sisters of Charity, BVM: 1919-1943

Ann M. Harrington, BVM, Department of History


Evolutionary Biology, Human Sexuality and the Catholic Heritage

James Calcagno, Department of Anthropology
Frank Catania, Department of Philosophy 
Pamela Caughie, Department of English
Robert DiVito, Department of Theology & Religious Studies
Frank Fennell, Department of English
Anne Figert, Department of Sociology
James Garbarino, Department of Psychology
Terry Grande, Department of Biology
Patricia Beattie Jung (Coordinator),
Fred Kniss 
John McCarthy, Department of Theology & Religious Studies
Paul Mueller, S.J., Vatican Observatory
Jon Nilson, Department of Theology & Religious Studies
David Ozar, Department of Philosophy
Jennifer Parks, Department of Philosophy
Susan Ross, Department of Theology & Religious Studies
Joan Roughgarden
Diane Suter
Aana Vigen (Moderator), Department of Theology & Religious Studies


Music of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

Gustavo Leone, Department of Fine and Performing Arts/Music


Reconstructing & Resurrecting of the Music of the Jesuit Missions of South America

Gustavo Leone, Department of Fine and Performing Arts/Music


What are the Attitudes of Ugandan Catholic High School Administrators Regarding Addressing the Needs of LGBT Students?

Michael J. Maher, Jr., School of Education


A Brief History of Monasticism

Dennis Martin, Department of Theology & Religious Studies


On Feeling Catholic: The Cultural Form of a Universal Religion

Hugh Miller, Department of Philosophy


A Question of Habit (A Documentary Film)

Bren A. O. Murphy, School of Communication


Does Social Work Education 'Prefer' the Poor? A Content Analysis of Foundation Course Syllabi Within Catholic MSW Programs

Julia Pryce, School of Social Work
Michael Kelly, School of Social Work


Priest Under Fire: The Life and Times of David Rodriguez

Peter Sanchez, Department of Political Science


The Meaning and Impact of a Service Immersion: A Pilgrimage of Nursing Students Serving the Sick in Lourdes, France

P. Ann Solari-Twadell, School of Nursing


The Gift of Peace, Teleplay

J. Michael Sparough, S.J., Institute of Pastoral Studies


Arguing Democracy on Religious Grounds: Lessons from the Catholic Experience

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)

Dan Vaillancourt, Department of Philosophy


Faith and the Catholic Church as Protective Factors for Mexican and Central American Migrant Families:A Transnational Study

Maria Vidal de Haymes, School of Social Work


The Paradoxical State of the Abortion Debate in the US

Elfriede Wedam, Department of Sociology


Miracles of Chastisement and Attitudes toward Disability in Medieval England and France

Edward Wheatley, Department of English