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Brenna Moore, Th.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology and chair of the theology department, helped lead the publication of “The Art of Encounter: Experiments and Best Practices for Engaging Religious Diversity and Secularization in Jesuit Education” for the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU). The collaborative research project examines the innovative ways in which Jesuit institutions are engaging with both religious diversity and secularization while remaining rooted in mission.
Moore co-authored the report with Fordham Ph.D. student Gabby Bibeau and Pep Mària, S.J., professor in the Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at Esade University in Spain. Fordham undergraduate theology majors Elliot Lehman and Kaitlyn Squyres contributed as researchers, alongside a team of students from Jesuit universities across Spain, Uruguay, India, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Amir Hussein, Ph.D., professor of theology at Loyola Marymount, and Kenjie Cortez, Ph.D., lecturer of theology at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, wrote the epilogues.
Joshua Schrier, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, Kim B. and Stephen E. Bepler Chair in Chemistry, published a letter titled “Creation of the Separation Archive for Elements (SAFE) Database” in Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange in September with research scientists Victor Karamalis and Baosen Zhang, Ph.D., and collaborators at the University of Utah and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
John Seitz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, together with colleagues Sónia da Silva Monteiro, Ph.D., GSAS ’24, postdoctoral fellow at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, and Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos, associate professor at Académica Investigadora, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago, Chile, received a $160,000 external grant for the long-running, Fordham-led initiative, Taking Responsibility: Jesuit Institutions Confront the Causes and Legacy of Clergy Sexual Abuse.
The grant will support a new international project that will bring together experts from a variety of fields to explore the relationship between restorative justice and Jesuit spiritual and intellectual traditions in cases of clergy sexual abuse. The goal is to design and deliver a model in English, Portuguese, and Spanish to support trust-building and repair in communities affected by abuse. Fordham’s Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies is also providing support.
Leigh Anne Statuto, GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, executive director of the Responsible Business Center, led Fordham’s participation as a campus supporter of the U.S. climate event, The Nest Climate Campus, held at the Javits Center during Climate Week in September. The Responsible Business Center presented a panel discussion titled “Is Grad School for Me? Education Options for Green Jobs,” featuring Gabelli’s Christina Sakowski, associate director of admissions for specialized master’s programs, and Dennis Hanno, Ph.D., associate clinical professor and faculty director of entrepreneurship.
