GRE Faculty
Educating in Faith for Solidarity, Service, and Justice
In 1959, a small group of Jesuits at Fordham founded the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. Having read the signs of the times, they reframed religious education and pastoral ministry with an innovative approach and an adaptive structure that inspire and inform the work of our faculty to this day.
Core Faculty
C. Colt Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Church History
Keating Hall Room 303M
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Thomas Beaudoin, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Keating Hall Room 303H
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Kirk A. Bingaman, Ph.D.
Professor of Pastoral Mental Health Counseling
Keating Hall Room 303E
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Lisa Cataldo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pastoral Mental Health Counseling
Keating Hall Room 303D
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Faustino M. Cruz, M.Div., Ph.D.
Professor of Practical Theology
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Rachelle Green, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Education
Keating Hall Room 303L
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Harold D. Horell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Education
Keating Hall Room 303J
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Shannon M. McAlister, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spirituality
Keating Hall Room 303J
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Francis X. McAloon, S.J., Ph.D.
Acting Dean, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
Associate Professor of Spirituality
Keating Hall Room 303G
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Mary Beth Werdel, Ph.D.
Part-Time Faculty
Charles Ballard, Ph.D.
Scripture
Maria Tattu Bowen, Ph.D.
Spiritual Direction-Supervision
Giovanna Czander, Ph.D.
Scripture
Alexandria Egler, Ph.D.
Religious Education
Barbara Hernandez, PhD.
Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Integration
Barbara Kapetanakes, Psy.D.
Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Integration
Luz Marina Diaz Mancebo, Ph.D.
Spirituality
Joseph Petriello, Ph.D.
Religious Education
Donna Shannon, Ph.D.
Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Integration
Cody Sanders, Ph.D.
Pastoral Care
Chad Thralls, Ph.D.
Spirituality
Valerie Torres, Ph.D.
Religious Education
Emeritus Faculty
John Elias, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus of Religious Education