My Studies:
I graduated from Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in 1981; Strake is the Jesuit high school in Houston, Texas, and the Jesuit reputation for academic excellence is well earned. I began my college career that fall semester at St. Mary’s University, and this marked my initiation into the Marianist Family. From that time forward, my life has been transformed by the Catholic and Marianist character of my undergraduate education. In 1986, I earned my bachelor of arts degree from St. Mary’s University, which prepared me for the rigors of graduate study in philosophy at the University of St. Thomas and law school back with the Jesuits at Loyola University.
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Loyola University, School of Law New Orleans, Louisiana Civil Law, 1998 • Jurisprudence (L 882) • Constitutional Law Seminar (L 877) • International Law Seminar (L 884) • Law and Poverty (L 781) |
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Master of Arts
University of St. Thomas, Graduate School Houston, Texas Philosophy, 2007 • Aristotle's Metaphysics (PHIL 5326) • St. Thomas on Justice (PHIL 5337) • British & American Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 5384) • Political Philosophy of the Enlightenment (PHIL 5363) |
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Bachelor of Arts
St. Mary's University San Antonio, Texas Philosophy & English, 1986 • Philosophy of Morality (PL 2332) • Philosophy of Being (PL 3342) • History of Ancient & Medieval Philosophy (PL 3361) • History of Philosophy Since 1600 (PL 3362) |
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My Current Studies: Irish School of Ecumenics
I am currently a postgraduate research student at Trinity College Dublin, studying human rights in Northern Ireland.
The Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE) is Ireland’s only cross-border post-graduate institute dedicated to the study and promotion of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland and in the wider world. The Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, is located in Dublin and Belfast. It is committed to the study and promotion of dialogue, peace and reconciliation in Ireland and around the world. It is recognised for its interdisciplinary approach to taught programmes and research, drawing on the fields of politics, sociology, ethics, theology and religion. It consists of eight permanent full-time academic staff, as well as visiting and adjunct academic staff, postdoctoral fellows, and administrative staff. We have 82 students on our M.Phil. and postgraduate diploma programmes and 39 Ph.D. and M.Litt research students. Our adult education programme in Northern Ireland and the border counties reaches 1800 participants each year. Trinity College Dublin is recognised internationally as Ireland's premier university and is ranked in 52nd position in the top 100 world universities and 14th position in the top 200 European universities by the QS World University Rankings 2010. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2010, TCD is ranked 76th in the top 200 world universities and 15th in the top European universities. |
Above is a brief interview with my friend and schoolmate from ISE, Jon Hatch. |
