Media Contacts for Theology

Members of the theology department regularly comment for the international, national, and local media on a wide range of matters related to their areas of scholarly expertise.

The following list presents information about the topics on which faculty members are available to serve as experts. It also indicates the best ways for members of the media to contact faculty.

Members of the media may reach the main department office at 718-817-3240 and may also book interviews and media appearances through Jane Martinez in the Fordham University News and Media Relations Bureau: 212-636-6808.

Jeannine Hill Fletcher
Women in religion/feminist theological perspectives; interreligious dialogue/interfaith issues
[email protected]

Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.
Darwin and Religion; Ecological Theology; God as Creator
718-817-3427 [email protected]

Jim McCartin
Catholic Church; U.S. Catholicism; American Catholic history
212-636-7492 [email protected]

Aristotle Papanikolaou
Eastern Orthodox Christianity; Russian Orthodox Church; Church-State relations; Ecumenism; Orthodox-Catholic Relations; Religion in Eastern Europe
617-645-4383 [email protected]
Languages: English, Greek

Michael Peppard
The Bible and related archaeological discoveries; early Christian History and Theology; Jewish-Christian Relations; Catholicism in American Public Life; Religion and American Politics
718-817-3248 [email protected]

Kathryn Reklis
Protestant Christianity; evangelicalism; pentecostalism; new media and religion (including social media); religion and culture; pop culture; art and religion; Protestant and Catholic relations; Calvinism
917-587-0872 [email protected]