CHASS Faculty and Staff Directory
Full-time Faculty

Miguel Cortinas
Associate Professor / Department Chair
Office: Kelso Fine Art Center 108Email: cortinas@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3861

Adam Mulder
Assistant Professor
Office: Sullivan Ceramics Bldg.Email: amulder@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 805-3690

Kathy Vargas
Associate Professor
Part-time Faculty
Lissette Chavez
Courses: Printmaking/Painting
E-mail: lchavez@uiwtx.edu
Angela Fox
Courses: Drawing/Painting
E-mail: afox@uiwtx.edu
Mark Hansen
Courses: Ceramic
E-mail: mthansen@uiwtx.edu
Phuong-Thao Baker
Courses: Drawing/Painting
E-mail: phuong@uiwtx.edu
Carolee Moore
Courses: Art History
E-mail: ccmoore@uiwtx.edu
Reuben Njaa
Courses: Photography
E-mail: njaa@uiwtx.edu
Gabriella Scott
Courses: Art History
E-mail: gbscott@uiwtx.edu
April Taylor
Courses: Painting
E-mail: aflores6@uiwtx.edu
Andy Villarreal
Courses: Drawing/Painting
E-mail: aavillar@uiwtx.edu
Stella Wheeler
Courses: Photography
E-mail: sawheele@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty

Lopita Nath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Professor and Chair, Asian Studies Program
Office: AD 357
Courses: Asian Studies
Email: nath@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 832-2187

Dr. Scott Dittlof
Professor
Courses: Government and International Affairs
Office: AD 380
Email: dittloff@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-2713

Dr. Emily Clark
Associate Professor
Office: AD 359
Courses: English
Email: ejclark@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-5061


Dr. Kevin Salfen
Assistant Professor
Office: FA Studio 7
Courses: Asian Music
E-mail: salfen@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3849

Dr. Sara Jackson
Associate Professor
Office: GB 105
Courses: International Business
E-mail: jacksons@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210)283-5001
Part-time Faculty
Rolla Alaydi
Lecturer of Arabic/Department of Modern Languages
Teaches Elementary Arabic I and II and Intermediate Arabic I and II courses
E-mail: ralaydi@student.uiwtx.edu
Chihiro Legris
Lecturer of Japanese/Department of Modern Languages
Teaches Elementary Japanese I and II courses
E-mail: legris@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Deukhee Gong
Lecturer of Korean/Department of Modern Languages
Teaches Elementary Korean I and II courses
E-mail: dgong@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty

Doshie Piper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: AD 382
E-mail: dpiper@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-6382
Doshie Piper, Ph.D. Bio
Doshie Piper, Ph.D. CV

Georgen Guerrero, Ph.D.
Professor / Criminal Justice Chair
Office: AD 356
E-mail: geguerre@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 805-3031
Georgen Guerrero, Ph.D. Bio
Part-time Faculty
Gustavo Gusman, Ph.D.
E-mail: geguzman@uiwtx.edu
Brian Reyes
E-mail: bareyes@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty

Emily Clark, Ph.D.
Professor / Department Chair
Office: AD 359
E-mail: ejclark@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-5061
Interests: Post-colonialism, Modern British Literature, Modern American Literature, Critical Theory
Courses Taught: Composition I and II, Studies in World Literature, Literary Theory

David Armstrong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AD 340C
E-mail: darmstro@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3886
Interests: Creative Writing, the Short Story, Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, the Novel, the contemporary essay, Naturalism/Realism
Courses Taught: Fiction Writing, Creative Nonfiction Writing, Magazine/Article Writing, American Literature

James Baker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AD 340D
E-mail: jabaker2@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-6343
Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Early British Literature, 20th Century American Literature, Technical Communication
Courses Taught: Composition I & II, World Literature, Technical Communication, Intro to Rhetorical Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, Visual Rhetoric, British Literature, Graphic Novel, Writing for Business

Luella D'Amico, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AD 351
E-mail: ldamico@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3892
Interests: Early and Nineteenth-century American literature, Girlhood Studies, Women's Writing, Transatlanticism, Young Adult Fiction, and Native American Literature
Courses Taught: Composition II, World Literature, American Literature Survey

Tisha Harding, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: AD 340A
E-mail: lharding@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-6028
Interests: Technical Communication, Visual Rhetoric, The Rhetoric of Science Writing, Political Rhetoric
Courses Taught: Composition, Professional and Technical Communication, Integrated Language Arts, Writing for Business, Writing for Science and Engineering, Rhetorical Theory, Literature for Children and Young Adults

Benjamin Miele, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AD 351
E-mail: miele@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-2536
Interests: Early British Literature, Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture, Shakespeare, Non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama, the Reception of the Classics (especially Ovid), History of the English Language, Historical Linguistics, Renaissance Rhetoric, Book History, and Surveillance Studies
Courses Taught: Composition II, World Literature, Early British Literature Survey

Tanja Stampfl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: AD 340C
E-mail: stampfl@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3885
Interests: World Literature, American Literature, Composition and Rhetoric, Gender and Race Studies,Post-colonial Theory and Literature, Genre Studies
Course Taught: Composition, World Literature, Literary Theory, The Arab Novel, Contemporary Arab Literature, Publishing and Editing

Mary Beth Swofford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: HIT 200D
E-mail: swofford@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3807
Part-time Faculty
Philipi Arevalo
E-mail: parevelo@uiwtx.edu
Julie Cohen
E-mail: jcohen@uiwtx.edu
Shay Haby
E-mail: mhaby@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Maureen King
E-mail: msking@uiwtx.edu
Elizabeth Riordan Lakin
E-mail: lakin@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Jo LeCoeur
E-mail: lecoeur@uiwtx.edu
Santiago (Jim) Longoria
E-mail: salongo@uiwtx.edu
Laura Lopez
E-mail: lopell@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Betty Moss
E-mail: bmoss@uiwtx.edu
Emil Mucchetti
E-mail: mucchett@uiwtx.edu
Jeanette Pierce
E-mail: jmpierce@uiwtx.edu
Michelle Pina-Theall
E-mail: mppina@uiwtx.edu
Emily Robbins
E-mail: erobbins@uiwtx.edu
Katherine Skwarczek
E-mail: skwarcze@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty

Lopita Nath, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair
Department of History Asian Studies Program
Office: AD 357
E-mail: nath@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 832-2187
Interests: South Asian History and Politics, Asian and World History, Migration Studies, Refugee Studies, Issues of Human Displacement, Citizenship, Security and Human Rights.
Courses Taught: World History, History of South Asia, Modern India, Southeast Asia, Japan, China and Korea, Afghanistan, Middle East, History of Islam, Global Refugees, Global Human Rights, Migration Studies and Inquiry into the Modern World.

Michelle Tabit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History
Office: AD 355
E-mail: tabit@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-6346
Interests: American Women’s History, US History, and Latin American History with special emphasis on Mexico, Cuba and the Caribbean, Brazil, and Slavery.
Courses Taught: US Survey I & II, World History II, War and Society, Latin America Survey (pre and post-independence), American Women's History, Harry Potter and History, and Star Trek History and Culture

Laura Cannon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Office: AD 251
E-mail: lcannon@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-5039
Interests: Texas History, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Mexican American history, labor history, the history of civil rights, and the history of race and citizenship.
Courses Taught: U.S. to 1865; U.S. since 1865; Texas History; Foundations of Historical Research; U.S. National Period
Part-Time Faculty
Dr. Gilberto M. Hinojosa
E-mail: hinojosa@uiwtx.edu
Lesli L. Hicks
E-mail: llhicks@uiwtx.edu
Mary E. Ferrer
E-mail: mferrer@uiwtx.edu
Timothy J. Draves
E-mail: draves@uiwtx.edu
Minda C. Webber
E-mail: mwebber@uiwtx.edu
Kimberlee J. Ortiz
E-mail: kjortiz@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty
Dr. Amalia Mondríguez
Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Harvard University
Office: AD 345
E-mail: mondrigu@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3894
Specialties: Specialist in the literature and culture of Latin America and Spain, with research on literature by women authors. Also a creative writer of short stories, songs, and a novel.

Dr. Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Office: AD 250
E-mail: saxtonru@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 805-2541
Specialties: Specialist in Latin American literature and culture. Research interests include Latin American cultural studies, literary translation, and popular culture studies.

Dr. Michael Tallon - Department Chair
Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Office: AD 258
E-mail: tallon@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 805-5891
Specialties: Specialist in language teaching, second language acquisition, and Spanish linguistics. Research interests include foreign language anxiety, heritage language students, and the Spanish of San Antonio.
Part-time Faculty
Eyman Alsobhi
Office: AD 358
E-mail: alsobhi@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Arabic
Yuping Tai
Office: AD 358
E-mail: yutai@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Chinese
Elaine Bryant
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jmaguire@uiwtx.edu
Courses: French
Pierre Schmitz
Office: AD 358
E-mail: pschmitz@uiwtx.edu
Courses: German
Eric Sweet
Office: AD 358
E-mail: wsweet@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Italian
Chihiro Legris
Office: AD 358
E-mail: legris@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Japanese
Hyewon Kim
Office: AD 358
E-mail: hakim2@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Korean
Dr. Sally Said
Professor Emerita
Office: AD 327
E-mail: said@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 805-2535
Courses: Spanish
Rey Arrieta
Office: AD 358
E-mail: rarrieta@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Dr. Tim Barnett
Office: AD 358
E-mail: tbarnett@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Jesús De León
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jedeleo2@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Jimmy Gonzales
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jcgonza1@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Jeanne Johnson
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jzjohnso@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Juan Carlos Moreno
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jcmoreno@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Elvia Quijano
Office: AD 358
E-mail: quijano@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Dr. Julie Winkler
Office: AD 358
E-mail: jwinkler@uiwtx.edu
Courses: Spanish
Full-time Faculty

William Gokelman
Chair / Professor
Office: MB 227
Courses: Music, Cardinal Chorale, Cardinal Singers, Piano, Conducting
E-mail: gokelman@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3848
William Gokelman's Bio

Dr. Janice Dvorkin
Professor of Music, Music Therapy, Psychology of Music
Office: MB 229
Courses: Music, Music Therapy, Psychology of Music
E-mail: dvorkin@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3856
Dr. Janice Dvorkin's Bio

Dr. Orit Eylon
Associate Professor
Office: MB 335
Courses: Music, Voice, Singing for Beginners
E-mail: eylon@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3858
Dr. Orit Eylon's Bio

Dr. Ken Metz
Assistant Chair / Professor
Office: MB 226
Courses: Music, Music Theory, Composition
E-mail: metz@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3850
Dr. Ken Metz's Bio

Dr. Brett A. Richardson
Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
Office: MB 228
Courses: Music, Music Education
E-mail: barichar@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 841-7232
Dr. Brett A. Richardson's Bio

Dr. Kevin Salfen
Associate Professor
Office: MB 337
Courses: Music, Music History
E-mail: salfen@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3849
Dr. Kevin Salfen's Bio

Jim Waller
Assistant Professor
Director - Music Industry Studies
Director - UIW Cardinal Jazz Band
Office: MB 336
Courses: Music
E-mail: jwaller@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 841-7233
Jim Waller's Bio
Part-time Faculty
Roland Sul
Secretary, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Office: MB 224
E-mail: sul@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3855
Full-time Faculty

Dr. Jakob K. Rinderknecht
Assistant Professor & Director
Ph.D., Marquette University
M.A., Saint John's University (MN);
B.A., Valparaiso University
Office: AD 256
E-mail: rinderkn@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3871
Dr. Jakob K. Rinderknecht's Website
Dr. Arturo Chavez
President and CEO of Mexican American Catholic College, San Antonio.
M.T.S., Oblate School of Theology
Ph.D., Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver
Full-time Faculty

Dr. Zenon Culverhouse
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., San Francisco State University
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
E-mail: fculverh@uiwtx.edu

Dr. Christopher Edelman
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Loyola College of Maryland
M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
E-mail: edelman@uiwtx.edu

Dr. Doug Gilmour
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Duke University
E-mail: gilmour@uiwtx.edu

Dr. Paul Lewis
Associate Professor of Philosophy / Chair, Department of Philosophy
B.A., University of New Mexico
Ph.D., The University of Kentucky
E-mail: lewis@uiwtx.edu

Dr. Bernadette O'Connor
Emerita Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Incarnate Word College
M.A., Ph.D., Duquesne Universit
E-mail: boc@uiwtx.edu
Full-time Faculty

Dr. Lydia Andrade
Professor and Program Chair
Office: AD 369
Email: andrade@uiwtx.edu
Specialization: Presidential Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Congressional Politics, Interest Groups, Women in Politics, Public Policy, Research Methods, State & Local Government, and Public Administration
Dr. Andrade's Bio

Dr. Scott Dittloff
Professor
Office: AD 369
Email: dittloff@uiwtx.edu
Specialization: Caribbean Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Literature & Politics, Politics & Culture, and Human Rights
Dr. Dittloff's Bio

Dr. Brandon Metroka
Assistant Professor
Office: AD 378
Email: metroka@uiwtx.edu
Specialization: Specialization: Judicial Decision Making, U.S. Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech (U.S. and Comparative Law/Theory), U.S. Federalism, Environmental Policy, American Politics
Dr. Metroka's Bio
Full-time Faculty

Dr. Stefanie Boswell
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi
Office: AD 376
E-mail: ssboswel@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 832-2182
Research interests: Scholarship of teaching & learning; attitudes in higher education; self-efficacy.

Dr. Maria Felix-Ortiz - Department Chair
Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Office: AD 393
Phone: (210) 805-3046
E-mail: felixort@uiwtx.edu
Research interests: Substance use disorders (epidemiology, prevention, and treatment); criminal thinking; cultural identity measures; police training; assisted mutual support group development and peer support services; integrated health care.

Dr. Leslie Martinez
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Office: AD 389
E-mail: lnmartin@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3960
Research interests: Cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity; Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination towards Mexican Americans; Psychometrics and scale development; Academic and social support challenges of underrepresented students.

Dr. Lisa Lockhart
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Kent State University
Office: AD 394
E-mail: lockhart@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3961
Research interests: Social justice; Assessment of Service Learning.

Dr. Teresa Taylor Partridge - Sabbatical
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Office: AD 389
E-mail: tpartrid@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 832-2186

Dr. Rachel T. Walker
Professor
Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi
Research interests: Animal behavior (activity budgets & enrichment); learning, cognition & technology; scholarship of teaching & learning.
Office: AD 391
E-mail: rtwalker@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-5055
Full-Time Faculty

Glenn Ambrose, Ph.D., Chair
Professor
Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA, 2001
M.T.S. Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 1992
B.A. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1990
E-mail: ambrose@uiwtx.edu
Glenn Ambrose, Ph.D. Website
Areas of Interest: Systematic theology, Sacramental Theology, Philosophical Theology, Religion and Culture, Theologies of Liberation
Publications:
2012 The Theology of Louis-Marie Chauvet: Overcoming Onto-theology with the Sacramental Tradition (Ashgate), pp. 234.
2010 “Religious Diversity, Sacramental Encounters and the Spirit of God.” Horizons, The Journal for the College Theology Society 37:2. (Fall, 2010)
2009 Review Hope & Solidarity: Jon Sobrino's Challenge to Christian Theology. Edited by Stephen J. Pope. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2008 in Horizons, The Journal for the College Theology Society 36:1, (Summer, 2009), 147-148.
2008 "Great Faith Abounds: Sacramentality in a Pluralistic Age," New Theology Review.Vol. 21, No. 2 (May), 47-58.
2006 "Who do you say that I am? : The Jesus Question at the Catholic University." In Julie Miller and Phil Lampe, eds. Verbum Incarnatum 1, no. 1. (Online journal)
2005 Review of Border of Death, Valley of Life by Daniel Groody, in The Journal of Religion 85:1 (January), 139-141.
2005 "Scholars on the Road away from Emmaus" in Education and Engagement: Theory and Practice, eds. Julie Miller and Philip Lampe (University of the Incarnate Word: San Antonio), 22-27.
2001 "Chauvet and Pickstock: Two Compatible Visions?” in Contemporary Sacramental Contours of a God Incarnate, eds. Lieven Boeve and Lambert Leijssen. (Peeters: Lueven), 74-84.
2001 “Chauvet and Pickstock: Two Compatible Visions?” in Questions Liturgies: Studies in Liturgy 82. (Liturgisch Instittuut: Lueven), 69-79.
2000 Review of The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body by Louis-Marie Chauvet, America: National Catholic Magazine 185:16, 22-24.
1994 “Subjectivity and Objectivity in Critical Realism” in Telegraph Avenue 1:3 (May), 15-24. [Student Journal of the Graduate Theological Union]

Adrienne Nock Ambrose, Ph.D.
Thomas A. French Chair and Associate Professor
Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union
M.T.S. Weston Jesuit School of Theology
B.A. University of Cincinnati
Adrienne Nock Ambrose, Ph.D. Website
Publications:
“Appealing to the Movie Mind: The 1926 International Eucharistic Congress and the Rise of Epic Film in America. U.S. Catholic Historian, 34:3 (Summer 2016), 51-73.
“ Las Hermanas, Religious-Political Activism, and the Digital Footprint of a Grassroots Movement,” presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 2016.
“A Lord and His Lady: The Influential Marian Musings of a Movie-Crazed Catholic,” presented at the American Literature Association Symposium on God and the American Writer, February 2015.
“Seeing for Life: Perspectives on the Influential Vision of Margaret R. Miles,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, October 2014
“Our Lady of Tinseltown: Catholic Visual Culture in Hollywood’s Golden Age,” presented at the Spring Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association, March 2014.
“Made in the USA: Marian Holy Cards in Hollywood’s Golden Age,” presented at the Annual Research Week Symposium, University of the Incarnate Word, February 2014.
“The Ephemeral Virgin: Representations of the Blessed Virgin Mary during America’s ‘Chromo Craze’ (c. 1865-1900),” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, October 2010.
“Mary in Metal: Nineteenth-Century Representations of the Virgin and the Post-Industrial Imagination,” presented at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies annual meeting, March 2007.
“’Magic Moments:’ Scrapbooking and the Religious Imagination of American Women,” co-presented with Dr. Julie B. Miller at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies annual meeting, March 2008.
“Our Lady of Strassengel and the Feast of the Assumption: Image, Liturgy and Reform at a Fifteenth-Century Shrine,” presented at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, October 2003.
"The Virgin of the Rosary and Florid Sculpture in Late Medieval Germany," ARTS: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies 11:1 (March 1999), 8‑14.
Eleven entries, including “Virgin Mary in Medieval Art,” “Pietà,” and “The Rosary,” in The New Westminster Dictionary of the Christian Church, Robert Benedetto, ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John
"Religious Observance and the Historian of Christianity: One Model for the Academic Study of Religion," presented at the Western Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 1997.

Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, C.C.V.I., Th.D.
Professor Emerita
Th.D. Graduate Theological Union
M.A. (Religion) Fordham University
M.A. (Art Education) University of New Mexico
B.A. The University of the Incarnate Word
Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, C.C.V.I., Th.D. Website
Publications:
“A Little Child Shall Lead Them: Iraqi Refugees in Jordan” with photos of children and stories of families from Kirk’s recent research trip will appear in the St. Anthony Messenger, November 2007.
“Vietnamese Christians Share God’s Beauty in Sacred Dance,” expanded article from the Sacred Dance Guild Journal with color illustrations and video. Articles.
“Cambodia and Vietnam: Touching the Wounds of the Grandchildren of War,”
“From east to west and north to south, let us praise God. Gifts from many cultures enriching God’s people” Sacred Dance Guild Journal, Fall 2006 Vol 49, No. 1. Articles.
“Martha Ann Kirk---Embodying Christ to the World” A profile by Letha Dawson Scanzoni, cover story of Christian Feminism Today, Spring 2006, 1-4.
"We Refuse to Be Enemies": Using Online Dialogue to Engage Students in Learning Spirituality and Justice which was presented in the “Spirituality, Justice, and Pedagogy” Conference sponsored by the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning, September 22-24, 2005, at Calvin College, Detroit.
“Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D. ‘86” Featured Alumni in GTU Current, News of the Graduate Theological Union, Summer 2005, 14.
“Forgive Us Our Trespasses---that dangerous word,” The Word Today, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word,” Vol.5, September-October, 2004.

Julie Miller, Th.D
Professor
Th.D., Harvard University, 2000
M.T.S., Harvard University, 1988
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1986
E-mail: miller@uiwtx.edu
Julie Miller, Th.D Website
Papers and Publications:
“To Remember Self, To Remember God: Augustine on Relationality, Sexuality and the Trinity,” in Feminists Re-Reading the Canon, Judith Stark, ed., Penn State Press, (forthcoming, Fall 2007).
“Rapt by God: Eroticized Violence in Medieval Women’s Literature and Law,” in The Subjective Eye: Essays in Culture, Religion and Gender, Richard Valentasis and Janet Carlson, editors. Mellon Press, 2006.
Co-editor, Verbum Incarnatum: Ethics and Social Justice. Vo1. 1, No. 1, 2006. University of the Incarnate Word, 2006.
“Education and Engagement: Striving for Success,” in Education and Engagement: Theory and Practice. University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Anthology, 2005. Julie B. Miller and Phil Lampe, editors.
“Mystical Masochism and the Spiritual Status Quo: The Limitations of Appropriation,” in The Eclectic Edition, Phil Lampe and Julie B. Miller, editors, 2004.
“Mission Matters: A Comparative Look at Mission in San Antonio,” in Mission Matters, Julie B. Miller and Phil Lampe, editors, 2003.
Co-editor, Religion and Society. University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Anthology, 2002, Phil Lampe and Julie B. Miller, editors.
“Feminist Historiography, Patriarchal Ideology and the Future of Sisterhood: A Review Essay of Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia by Jo Ann Kay McNamara” in The Annual Review of Women In World Religions, Arvind Sharma and Katherine Young, eds. (Vol. VI, 2002)
“Sexuality/Spirituality: The Problem of Eroticized Violence and Contemporary Eros Theology,” Ann Arbor: UMI, 2000 (dissertation).
“Eroticized Violence in Medieval Women’s Mystical Literature: A Call for a Feminist Critique,” in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, (Fall 1999).
Areas of Interest: Feminist theology and ethics, sexual theology and ethics, environmental theology and ethics, women in Christian tradition, medieval mysticism

Jakob K. Rinderknecht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pastoral Institute Director
Ph.D. Marquette University
M.A. Saint John's University (MN)
B.A. Valparaiso University
E-mail: rinderkn@uiwtx.edu
Jakob K. Rinderknecht, Ph.D. Website
Papers and Publications:
Mapping the Differentiated Consensus of the Joint Declaration. Pathways for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue, edited by Gerard Mannion and Mark D. Chapman. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, November, 2016.
“Order, Out of Order: Rahner’s Tectonic Proposal for an Ecumenical Difficulty.” Horizons, 42 no. 2 (Dec., 2015): 341-67.
“Introduction to Mirae Caritatis.” In The Liturgy Documents: Foundational Documents on the Origins and Implementation of Sacrosanctum concilium , III: 2–5. Chicago: Liturgical Training Publications, 2013.
“Discovering a Common Life: The Liturgy of the Hours in Lutheran Religious Communities.” American Benedictine Review, 62 no.3 (Sept, 2011): 242-264.
“Beyond Settling Down: A Theology of Stability for Young Adults.” Obsculta, 3. (29 April, 2010): 25–31.

Sr. Eilish Ryan, Th.D.
Professor Emerita
Th.D. University of St. Michael's College/Toronto School of Theology, 1994
M.A. (Mental Health Counseling) St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, 1984
M.A. (Religious Studies) Pastoral Institute, Incarnate Word College, 1976
B.A. Incarnate Word College, 1968
E-mail: eryan@uiwtx.edu
Sr. Eilish Ryan, Th.D. Website
Papers and Publications:
"Spirituality: the Living Heart of Religion Education," National Catholic Educational Association Annual Convention, Los Angelos, 1998
"Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope," in Proceedings of the Symposium on Christianity and Society. University of Metz, 1998.
Review of Christianity Spirituality: Themes form the Tradition, by Lawrence Cunningham and Keith Egan, in Horizons 24:2 (Fall, 1997), 318-319.
Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope. (Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1997).
Areas of Interest: Contemporary Christian Spirituality, History of Christianity, Pastoral Theology, Feminist Theology

Horacio Vela III, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
M.A.R. Yale Divinity School
B.A. University of Texas at Austin
E-mail: hvela@uiwtx.edu
Horacio Vela III, PhD Website
Research Interests:
New Testament Studies; Hellenistic Judaism; Early Christianity; Hispanic Religion and Theology
Papers and Publications:
"Magical Text Concerning the Eyes and Face,” Pages 129–30 in Coptica Argentoratensia: Conférences et documents de la 3e universityé d'été en papyrologie copte (Strasbourg, 18–25 juillet 2010). ed. A. Boud'hors, A. Delattre, C. Louis and T.S. Richter. Éditions du Bocard, 2014.
"Pope Benedict XVI's Use of Scripture in Caritas in Veritate,” Pages 19–29 in Jesus Christ: The New Face of Social Progress. ed. Peter J. Casarella. Eerdmans, 2014.
“Philo and the Logic of History,” Studia Philonica Annual22 (2010): 165–82.
Part-Time Faculty
Dr. Don D. Arispe
PhD - CA Inst. of Integral Studies
MSW - Our Lady of the Lake Univ.
MTS - Oblate School of Theology
BA - St. Mary's University
Office: AD 241
E-mail: ddarispe@uiwtx.edu
Hours: M/W 12:00-1:15 pm or by appointment.
Courses: RELS 3305 Catholic Social Teaching
RELS 3370 Christian Ethics
Rev. Dr. Trevor D. Alexander
D.Div - St. Thomas Christian College & Seminary
MAPM - Oblate School of Theology
BA - Univ. of the Incarnate Word
Office: AD 141 (Open Office Hours)
E-mail: alexande@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1315 Origins of Christianity
Dr. James S. Anderson
Ph.D. - University of Sheffield
M.Div. - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
MA - Tesas A&M Univ. San Antonio
BA - Southern Methodist University
Office: AD 241
Hours: W 10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
E-mail: jsander2@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1325 The Religious Quest
Anthony L. Deosdade
Grad. Cert. Spiritual Direction - Aquinas Institute of Theology
MA - Univ. of the Incarnate Word
JD - St. Mary's University
BA - Stephen F. Austin State Univ.
Office: AD 241
Hours: T/Th 9:00-9:30 a.m.
E-mail: adeosdad@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1335 Spirituality and Prayer
Dr. Joseph L. DeLeon
E-mail: jldeleon@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1335 Spirituality and Prayer
RELS 3345 World Religions
Andrew O. Eubanks
MDiv - Southern Methodist Univ.
BA - Hendrix College
Office: AD 241
Hours: M/W 5:45-6:45 p.m.
E-mail: aeubanks@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1325 The Religious Quest
S. Eucharia P. Gomba, SJI
MA (Religious Studies)- University of Dayton
MTS - Wesley Seminary/Africa University
BA (Education) – Africa University
Dipl. Education – Hillside Teacher's College
E-mail: gomba@uiwtx.edu
Office: AD 241
Hours: T 9:00-10:15 a.m. / W 11-11:45 a.m.
Courses: RELS 1334 Spirituality and Prayer
The Rev. Steven Lunning
M.Div - Luther Seminary
BA - Augustana College
Office: AD 241
Hours: M/W 1:30-2:30 p.m. / T/Th 12:00-1:00 p.m.
E-mail: lunning@uiwtx.edu
Courses: RELS 1305 Intro to Theology & Ethics
RELS 1315 Origins of Christianity
Suzan Roy
MA - Univ. of the Incarnate Word
BA - University of Texas
E-mail: sroy@uiwtx.edu
Office: AD 241
Hours: T/Th 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Courses: RELS 1305 Intro to Theology & Ethics
Dr. Peggy Starkey
Ph.D. - Union Theological Seminary & Columbia University
MDiv - Union Theological Seminary
STM - Union Theological Seminary
MPhil - Union Theological Seminary
Office: AD 241
Hours: T/Th 12:15-1:00p.m.
Th by appointment after 4:30pm
E-mail: starkey@uiwtx.edu
Courses:RELS 1324 The Religious Quest
RELS 3345 World Religions
Full-Time Faculty
Roger C. Barnes, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
Office: AD 390
E-mail: barnes@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3976
Roger C. Barnes, Ph.D. Bio
Roger C. Barnes, Ph.D. CV

Philip E. Lampe, PhD.
Professor
Department of Sociology
Office: AD 367
E-mail: lampe@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 829-3983
Philip E. Lampe, PhD. CV
Full-time Faculty




Mark J. Stringham
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
E-mail: mstringh@uiwtx.edu
Mark J. Stringham's Bio
Staff


Lourdes Y. Grancharoff
Costume Shop Supervisor
E-mail: tafurdeg@uiwtx.edu
Lourdes Y. Grancharoff's Bio
