Stephanie C. Edwards
Adjunct Faculty
Stephanie C. Edwards
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall N316
Telephone: (617) 552-3071
Email: stephanie.edwards.2@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D. - Boston College, 2019
- M.T.S., M.S.W. - Boston University, 2011
- B.S., B.A. - Santa Clara University, 2007
Courses
- THEO 1341/UNAS 1162 Peaceful Conflict Resolution Methods (Fall)
- UNAS 4942 Faith, Peace, & Justice Capstone Seminar (Spring)
Research Interests
- Trauma
- Mental health
- Psychology and religion
- Liberative/liberation theologies
- Feminist/womanist ethics
- Social ethics
- Catholic social teaching
Office Hours
- Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00 pm (Fall)
- Mondays, 1-3pm (Spring)
- or by Zoom (appointment via email)
Biography
Stephanie (she/her) originally hails from near Portland, Oregon and now makes her home near Portland, Maine. Alongside teaching at BC, she is the Executive Director of the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (bostontheological.org).
After undergraduate studies at Santa Clara University and study abroad at the Casa de la Solidaridad in El Salvador, Stephanie spent a formative year as a Jesuit Volunteer in post-Katrina New Orleans. She holds a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from Boston College, where her interdisciplinary research focused on the ties between Christian theology and trauma.
Stephanie's interest in such work has its roots in her "other" career as a social worker, wherein she has practiced diverse service delivery, grant writing, and non-profit management for over a decade.
Her current academic interests expand on the intersections between liberative theologies and mental health, focusing on the site of memory.
Publications
Books
- Editor, Witnessing the Wounds: Catholic Theology, Trauma, and Social Healing. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, Spring 2026.
- Enfleshed Counter-Memory: A Christian Social Ethic of Trauma. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, November 2024.
Articles
- “Christian Ethics, Trauma, and Dust in the Blood: Moving toward enfleshed counter-memory,” Journal of Moral Theology 14, no. 1, January 2025.
- “Imperialism of the Mind: Decolonial Theological Approaches to Traumatic Memory,” Political Theology 24, no. 6 (2023): 544-569, online October 2022. DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2022.2139227
- “Pharmaceutical Memory Modification and Christianity’s ‘Dangerous’ Memory,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 40, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2020): 93-108. DOI: 10.5840/jsce202040120
Presentations
- 2025 - Invited Session on Disability and Theology, “Hope in the darkness: Trauma healing beyond the colonial curative model,” Paper for the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA)
- 2025 - “Holding ‘The Remembrance’: Cultivating Enfleshed Counter-Memory in Contexts of Intersectional Harm,” Paper for the Society of Christian Ethics
- 2025 - “Freedom to Heal: Small Ecclesial Communities and Trauma Healing,” Roundtable with Drs. Kevin Considine and Callid Keefe-Perry, and artist Carina Yepez, American Academy of Religion - June, Ecclesial Investigations Unit
- 2025 - “Religion and (beyond) Tolerance in the Workplace,” Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
- 2025 - “Trauma and Ethics in the Catholic Healthcare Setting,” Theology and Ethics Colloquium, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, St. Louis, MO