The Initial Jesuit Social Research Institute Staff
The Jesuits of the New Orleans Province are dedicating considerable human resources to the Jesuit Social Research Institute. Staff members are Fellows within the College of Social Sciences at Loyola University. In the future others from Loyola University and other institutions will serve as Institute Fellows. Here are biographies of the initial institute fellows:
Fr. Edward “Ted” Arroyo, SJ received his undergraduate education (sociology and philosophy) at Spring Hill College, professional theological degrees from Woodstock College and the A.M. and Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University. For over 30 years, he has been involved in education, writing, research, social action, and applied sociological analysis. As editor of the Blueprint for Social Justice while working at the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice at Loyola University, Fr. Arroyo illustrated his broad expertise in social and international issues. His direction of the Ethics In Public Policy program at the Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, led to the publication of The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power and the Common Good (2002). Fr. Arroyo has participated in international outreach, explored international educational partnership opportunities in Asia and Latin America, worked with the Jesuits in Paraguay, and accompanied groups of students on immersion courses overseas. Fr. Arroyo has held a number of responsible positions within the Society of Jesus: superior of scholastics, rector of the Jesuit community at Loyola University, assistant provincial for social and international ministries, provincial, and most recently as associate academic dean at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. In the role of executive director of the new Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University, Fr. Arroyo brings his leadership abilities and over 40 years of experience in the area of administration, education, social ministry, and international relations.
Ms. Mary Baudouin is the assistant for social ministries for the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province. In addition to coordinating social ministries for the province, she is responsible for the province’s Commission on Ministries planning process and the Ministry of Management training seminar for Jesuits and lay leaders of Jesuit works. Prior to her joining the province staff in 2003, Mary worked for 14 years in social justice ministries with Catholic Charities and the Office of the Social Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. After the U.S. bishops wrote their pastoral letter on the U.S. economy in 1987, Mary coordinated their Office of Implementation for the United States Catholic Conference Office of Social Development and World Peace. Mary also worked for seven years as a consultant with faith-based and social service non-profits in the southern United States specializing in the area of strategic planning, board development, and grant writing. As a graduate of Loyola University, and holding a master’s degree in social work with specialization in community development from Washington University in St. Louis, Mary brings extensive experience in the area of social justice. She and her husband Tom Fitzgerald, photographer for WDSU TV, are the parents of three children – Kevin, Claire and Liam.
Alexander Mikulich, Ph.D., received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his professional theological degrees from Weston Jesuit School of Theology (Master of Divinity) and Loyola University Chicago (Ph. D. in Theology). Dr. Mikulich’s specializations include Roman Catholic social thought and teaching, religious social ethics, urban geography and racial class, gender inequalities, spirituality and social justice, and the ethics of war and peace. His doctoral dissertation, Hospitality to Vulnerable Strangers: The Challenge of Geographical Distancing and a Christian Response, was nominated for the Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities in 2001. We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Toward An Urban Ethic of Solidarity with Strangers, is one of Dr. Mikulich’s current projects, developing from his dissertation. Before joining JSRI, Dr. Mikulich was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut and visiting professor at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. He recently co-edited (with Laurie M. Cassidy) Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence, (New York: Orbis Books, 2007) which received the College Theology Society’s Book of the Year award for 2008.
Fr. Tom Greene, SJ graduated from Loyola University, with degrees in business and law. He holds a master’s degree in social philosophy from Loyola University in Chicago and the M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. As a lawyer, Tom brings combined expertise in immigration law, human rights, philosophy, theology and Catholic social thought. Prior to entering the Jesuits, Fr. Greene worked in New Orleans as an assistant district attorney and in private practice in Lafayette. As the chairperson for the province immigration task force, Fr. Greene works with Jesuits and others in Latin America, studying the plight of migrating peoples, the impact of US immigration law and policies and making presentations in El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua. Newly ordained, Tom reflects a deep passion for migrants and refugees, a great beginning to his work and ministry with the Jesuit Social Research Institute. Tom has the academic credentials, wealth of experience, and deep commitments to make him an excellent research fellow at the Institute and a prime contributor to the operation and success of this new endeavor at Loyola University.
Ms. Shera Maiden, JSRI administrative assistant, graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and earned her Master's degree in Social Sciences with a concentration in History from Southern A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA. Her future aspirations consist of advocating social justice, racism, and poverty on a local and national level, and also assiting the JSRI staff with future research on issues that are the framework of this institution.
Jesuit Social Research
Loyola University New Orleans
Website: www.loyno.edu/jsri
e-mail: jsri@loyno.edu
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New Orleans, LA 70118
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