Department Profiles

Matthew Richey '12
Matthew Richey (Theology major, '12) has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study toward a master’s degree at Tel Aviv University in Archaeology and the History of the Land of the Bible. His seminar paper, “The Use of Greek at Qumran,” is slated for publication in the flagship journal Dead Sea Discoveries.

Beth Haile, Ph.D. '10
Beth defended her dissertation on the moral dimension of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction. She has accepted a position at Carroll College next fall as their new professor of moral theology.

Celso J. Perez ’09, MA ’10
Celso is spending the year doing volunteer service in Ecuador before heading off to law school.

John T. Slotemaker
The department’s strength in medieval philosophy and theology brought doctoral candidate John Slotemaker to Boston College, but his research pursuits have led him to years of study in libraries and archives all over Europe.

Cathleen Chopra-McGowan '10
A core theology course she took in freshman year persuaded Cathleen to change her major, apply for and receive a Fulbright fellowship to study in Israel, and pursue a career as a biblical scholar.