迈克尔·C. 麦卡锡年代.J., former vice president for mission integration and planning and associate professor of theology at Fordham University, has been named dean of the 电子游戏软件 神学与事工学院, 7月1日生效. 他将接替托马斯·斯缇格曼.J., who announced in January that he would step down at the end of the semester to focus on his ongoing battle with glioblastoma.
迈克尔·C. 麦卡锡年代.J.
A distinguished theologian and teaching scholar and experienced university administrator, Fr. 麦卡锡 brings more than 30 years of academic, 行政, and ministerial experience to his new position. 最近, he advanced university-wide mission integration and strategic planning in his role as vice president at Fordham. 以这种身份, he collaborated with all university divisions to strategically promote and cultivate Fordham’s Jesuit, 天主教的使命, and provided oversight for multiple programs and departments including 校园 部, 福特汉姆宗教与文化中心, 全球外展计划, and the Fordham Center for 社区 Engaged Learning, 他在2018年创立了哪家公司. He also taught courses in 宗教 in the Modern World, and Sacred Texts and Traditions within the Department of Theology.
In announcing the appointment, Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley lauded Fr. 麦卡锡 as a leader with the experience and commitment to direct the school in the years to come.
“Fr. 米克·麦卡锡的事业, spanning faculty and 行政 appointments at peer Jesuit universities, has prepared him well for the opportunity to lead the 神学与事工学院,奎格利说. “I am excited to welcome him to campus this summer and to build on Dean Stegman's remarkable legacy. Mick is committed to extending STM's reach in service of the local, 国家, 和全球天主教会.”
Added STM Professor Andrew Davis, who served on the dean’s search committee, “Fr. 麦卡锡 is the perfect leader to guide the STM into its next chapter. In addition to his extensive experience in Jesuit higher education, Fr. 麦卡锡 brings to the school a passion for academic excellence and ministerial formation. 他的热情将激励全体教员, 工作人员, and students of the STM to live ever more fully into its mission of preparing the next generation of leaders for the Church and the world.”
Fr. 麦卡锡 said that he welcomed the opportunity to serve as dean of the 神学与事工学院.
“I am thrilled to be joining colleagues who are as committed to theological education and ministerial formation as the faculty, 工作人员, and students at the 电子游戏软件 神学与事工学院,”他说。. 麦卡锡. “I am especially grateful to Tom Stegman, for whom I have immense personal respect. He leaves office with the STM in a terrific place, and I look forward to building on the school’s remarkable success under his leadership. Being asked to succeed Tom in this important work gives me joy.”
“Fr. 麦卡锡 is the perfect leader to guide the STM into its next chapter. In addition to his extensive experience in Jesuit higher education, Fr. 麦卡锡 brings to the school a passion for academic excellence and ministerial formation. 他的热情将激励全体教员, 工作人员, and students of the STM to live ever more fully into its mission of preparing the next generation of leaders for the Church and the world.”
在福特汉姆大学工作之前. 麦卡锡 served as executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, assistant to the president for mission and identity, and the Edmund Campion Professor at Santa Clara University, where he held joint appointments in the religious studies and classics departments. He has also held teaching positions at Loyola University Chicago and the University of San Francisco, and his writing and research have appeared in multiple publications including the Harvard Theological Review, 《早期基督教电子游戏正规平台杂志, 神学电子游戏正规平台, and the Journal of the American Academy of 宗教.
他是美国旧金山人. 麦卡锡 entered the 社会 of Jesus in 1983, after a year as an undergraduate at Stanford University. 他得了B.A. in classical languages from Santa Clara University, a B.A./M.A. degree from Oxford University in philosophy and classical literature, a M.Div. degree from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame. His main areas of academic interest are Jesuit higher education in the United States, historical theology focusing on early Christianity, 宗教信仰, 和奥古斯汀.
“作为一个耶稣会士, there are few things I can imagine more important for the Church or the work of the 社会 of Jesus than developing the next generation of leaders,”他说。. 麦卡锡. “So I approach my service as dean with my whole heart and with trust in God. My first order of business will be to listen and to learn.”
Founded in 2008 when the Weston Jesuit School of Theology reaffiliated with 电子游戏软件 and merged with the Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral 部, the 神学与事工学院 is an inter国家 academic theological center dedicated to forming scholars, 部长, 以及教会的领袖. Ranked among the best theological schools in the world, it attracts some 400 students annually from throughout the United States and more than 30 countries.
Jack Dunn | University Communications | April 2022