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Madeleine LaForge

2nd Year PhD - Ethics


Maddie LaForge is a current PhD student at Loyola University of Chicago. She researches and teaches at the intersection of feminist ethics and Catholic social thought. At home with the Ignatian family, prior to Loyola Maddie completed her M.Div. at the Jesuit School of Theology. Committed to praxis-based theology, she continues practicing her ministerial skills through hospital chaplaincy.

Research Interests

Feminist ethics
Ecological ethics
Family ethics
Catholic Social Thought

Professional/Community Affiliations

Society of Christian Ethics
College Theology Society
The Network for Ecclesiology and Ethnography

Publications/Research Listings

“Coming Close to Appalachia: A Theology of Kinship and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining,”  Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology 7.1 (2021): 84-103.

"Embodied Integral Ecology: Experiential Learning for Ecological Conversion; Case Studies in West Virginia, US, and Tacna, Peru," Journal of Catholic Social Thought 22.2 (2025): 336-260.

Selected Presentations

"Embodied Integral Ecology: Experiential Learning for Ecological Conversion
Case Studies in Tacna, Peru and West Virginia, USA"

"Awajún Spirituality: Resilience and Resistance"

"Theology of Accompaniment: The Transformational Potential of Collective Desire in Post-carceral Community" 

"Coming Close to Appalachia: Theology of Kinship"

Awards

Gannon Graduate Leader
Mother Shannon Changemaker Award
Jesuit School of Theology graduation speaker, comprehensive exams passed with distinction
Spring Hill College Ignatian Award recipient, Valedictorian
Alpha Sigma Nu member
Theta Alpha Kappa member