Director, Graduate Program in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction & Associate Professor of Practice
The Sacred Cosmos: Theological, Philosophical, and Scientific Conversations in the Twelfth Century School of Chartres. Scranton, PA. University of Scranton Press, 2007.
“Not Green Enough: A Response to the Green Pope and the Green Patriarch Based on the Dark Green Thought of Thomas Berry”. In The International Journal of Environmental Studies. Volume 69, Issue 3, June 2012, 524-539.
“Preparing and Adapting our Campuses for the Effects of Climate Change”, with Kori Swieter. In Planning for Higher Education. Volume, 44 Number 1, October -December, 2015.
“Exposing the Roots and Healing the Wounds of Religiously Sanctioned Violence”. In Ruminations on Violence. Derek Pardue, ed. Long Grove, Il.: Waveland Press, 2008.
“The Thought of Thomas Berry as the Groundwork for a Dark Green Catholic Theology”. In Confronting the Climate Crisis: Catholic Theological Perspectives. Jame Shaefer, ed. Marquette Wisconsin: Marquette University Press, 2011.
“Thomas Berry’s Challenge: Recognizing the Great Self in the Great Work”. In Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016.
“Building a Proactive Retention Plan for At-Risk Student: Siena’s Early Warning and Retention Team (SEWART)” National Symposium on Student Retention, Norfolk, VA, November 2, 2017. Also published in the proceedings of the Symposium, 67-78.
“Don’t Think Your Campus Needs to Prepare for Climate Change?: Here’s Why You’re Wrong”. Chronicle of Higher Education. May 3, 2019, B36-37.
WAMC Radio Discussing the MLK Lecture Series (aired 1/26/09)
Troy Record News: On Siena’s STOP Conference (1/23/10)
The Daily Gazette: Students study example set by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1/14/11)
Saratogian News: On the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI( 2/11/13)
USA Today: Hollywood finds religion and profits at theaters ( 3/27/14)
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Will Pope’s Political Messages Sway Congress?
Raquel Perez ’20, M’23 overcame a lifelong speech impediment and a catastrophic gas explosion to earn both a bachelor's and master’s degree from Merrimack College.