Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Congratulations to the 2009 Graduates!

Certificate of Theological Studies
Tresphord Chisanga, S.D.B.
Suwan Jutasompakorn, S.D.B.

Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)
Sarah Carolina Ball

Master of Divinity
Joseph Seraphin Dederick, O.F.M. Cap.
Peter H. Do, O.P.
Thien Nguyen, S.D.B.
Raphael Mary Thomas Salzillo, O.P.
Thien An Tran, O.P.

Master of Arts (Philosophy)
Eiyad Salman al Kutubi (With Honors) - “Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial Motion” (Marianne Farina, C.S.C. – Coordinator, Michael Dodds, O.P., Hamid Algar (UCB))
Robert Theodore Porter - “Industriousness as a Moral Virtue in the Thomistic Scheme” (John Berkman – Coordinator, Steven A. Cortright (Saint Mary's College), Richard Schenk, O.P.)
Francis Emmanuel Taylor, O.P. - “An Integrated Approach to Education” (Marianne Farina, C.S.C. – Coordinator, Michael Dodds, O.P., Joseph Boenzi, S.D.B.)

Master of Arts (Theology) - Research Emphasis
Dominic DeMaio, O.P. - “Immigration Reform and the Common Good: How the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Can Revitalize the Debate” (Marianne Farina, C.S.C. – Coordinator, Edward Krasevac, O.P., William O'Neill, S.J. (JSTB))
Elissa Anne McCormack (With Honors) - “Texts and Contexts: A Study of Jansenism and Gallicanism in the Early Writings of Antoine Arnauld” (Joseph Boenzi, S.D.B. – Coordinator, Michael Dodds, O.P., Christopher Ocker (SFTS))

Master of Arts (Theology)
John Steven Giuntoli (Marianne Farina, C.S.C. - Coordinator, Thomas Cottoi (JSTB))
Edward Anthony Hopfner (Joseph Boenzi, S.D.B. – Coordinator, John Berkman, Michael Sweeney, O.P.)
Jeremiah Joseph Loverich (Marianne Farina, C.S.C. - Coordinator, Michael Dodds, O.P.)
Luan Pho, O.P. (Michael Dodds, O.P. - Coordinator, Barbara Green, O.P.)
Walter Albert Sears (Barbara Green, O.P. – Coordinator, Christopher Renz, O.P., Michael Guinan, O.F.M. (FST))
Carla Joan Zilaff (Barbara Green, O.P. – Coordinator, John Berkman)

GTU Master of Arts
Justin Franklin D’Agostino - “Resuscitating God: The Secular Quest and J.D. Salinger's ‘The Catcher in the Rye’” (Christopher Renz, O.P. – Coordinator, Jerome P. Baggett (JSTB), Mark E. McVann, F.S.C. (Saint Mary's College))
Nicole Rose Pagano - “Hope in Literary Alchemy: Dante's Reform of Three Ancient Narratives” (Barbara Green, O.P. – Coordinator, William Short, O.F.M. (FST), Steven Botterill (UCB), Christopher Renz, O.P.)
Susan Robinette - “A Combined Cognitive and Rhetorical-Critical Approach to Biblical Hebrew Poetic Texts: Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17:5-8” (Barbara Green, O.P. – Coordinator, LeAnn Snow Flescher (ABSW), Eve Sweetser (UCB))
Heidi Lynn Thimann - “The Body in the Book: The Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux” (Michael Morris, O.P. – Coordinator, Mia Mochizuki (JSTB), Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski (CDSP))