The Jesuit Social Research Institute Staff
The staff and associates of the Institute bring a wealth of experience and expertise to its work within the College of Social Sciences at Loyola University. Short biographies follow:
Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ, is a priest, an attorney, and a member of the Southern Province of the Jesuits. From 2002 to 2008, he was the Provincial Superior of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, guiding their post-Katrina recovery and service to the devastated region’s poor and needy. From 1992 to 2001, he was the President/CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the nation's largest voluntary human service network. Fred has worked in a number of programs for the underprivileged, both as a lay volunteer, an attorney, an advocate, and an administrator. From 1990 to 1992, he was the Policy Advisor for Health and Welfare Issues, Department of Social Development and World Peace, U.S. Catholic Conference. Prior to that, from 1984 to 1989, he was Executive Director of Catholic Community Services of Baton Rouge, Inc. Earlier, from 1977 to 1983, he was Director of the Senior Citizens Law Project of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Fred is also a retreat director and author. His first book, Doing Faithjustice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought, was published by Paulist Press in May, 1991 (second printing, 1992; third printing, 2005). His second book, Salted with Fire: Spirituality for the Faithjustice Journey, was published in January, 1995, again by Paulist Press, and republished in 2008 by Wipf and Stock Publishers. His newest book, Faith. Works. Wonders.--An Insider's Guide to Catholic Charities, will be published in September, 2009, by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This New Orleans native received his J.D. from Yale University and M. Div. from Loyola University in Chicago.
Mrs. Mary Baudouin, M.S.W., serves as the New Orleans province Jesuits’ social ministries assistant. 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 joining the Jesuit 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 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 social justice ministries. She and her husband Tom Fitzgerald, photographer for WDSU TV, have three children – Kevin, Claire and Liam.
Dr. 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; urban geography and race, class, and gender inequalities; spirituality and social justice; and the ethics of war and peace. He brings twenty years experience integrating spirituality and social justice advocacy, teaching, and scholarship addressing issues of race and poverty. He co-edited (with Laurie M. Cassidy) Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence, (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2007) which received the College Theology Society’s Book of the Year award for 2008. Before joining JSRI, Dr. Mikulich was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut and Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. Alex and his wife Kara have two children, Katie and Tyler. Kara serves as Director of Grants for the Jesuit province Development Office.
Ms. Anna Chavez, M.Th., is our new JSRI migration specialist.
A native of Texas, Anna Chavez has served the Church as a pastoral minister for over twenty five years in Latino and immigrant communities. She brings extensive experience in catechetical leadership and youth ministry as well as in pastoral, spiritual and leadership formation. She facilitated workshops and retreats on multiculturalism, evangelization and social justice throughout the U.S. as an adjunct faculty member at the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) in San Antonio.
Most recently, she served Catholic Relief Service Southwest as the Border Project coordinator, consulting for relationship building and education to promote global solidarity through advocacy for policy reform on hunger, health, and immigration issues. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology with a concentration in Cross Cultural Ministry from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a Bachelors in Religious Studies and Anthropology from the University of the Incarnate Word.
Anna is the proud mother of two young adult sons, Levi and Steven. She has a great love for learning and is most passionate about promoting social justice and peace in the Church and society through social analysis, education, reflection, prayer, and advocacy. Anna’s greatest desire as an educator and peace builder is to empower and motivate others to live their faith in action and prayer.
Ms. Christi Schott is our new administrative assistant.
Christina Schott is a Loyola alumna ('07) who majored in sociology, minored in Latin American studies, served on the executive board of LUCAP (Loyola University Community Action Program), taught ESL, and chaired Project CARE for tutoring and mentoring low-income children in literacy and math. After graduation, she worked for a year as a Jesuit Volunteer at Sacred Heart Nativity School in San Jose, California, tutoring and supervising students and assisting teachers. She then returned to New Orleans and served as administrative assistant to the director of Loyola campus ministry for several months. In early 2009 she studied Spanish for five months at the Maryknoll Language School in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
JSRI Associates
JSRI Associates offer their skills and experience to support the work of the JSRI staff in certain specialty areas.
Associate for Alabama
Fr. Edward “Ted” Arroyo, SJ, is rector of the Jesuit Community at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and was the founding director of JSRI (2007-2009). He received his undergraduate education (sociology and philosophy) at Spring Hill College, professional theological degrees from Woodstock College at Union Theological Seminary (NYC) and the A.M. and Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University. Since his ordination in 1975, he has been involved in education, writing, research, social action, and applied sociological analysis. As editor of Blueprint for Social Justice (1997-2004) at Loyola's Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, Fr. Arroyo oversaw the publication of over 60 issues covering a wide range of social justice topics. His direction of the Ethics In Public Policy program at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center (1997-2003) led to the publication of The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power and the Common Good (2002). Fr. Arroyo has supervised international graduate immersion courses in Asia and Latin America, and served in “The Mission” with the Jesuits in Paraguay. He also has held a number of responsible positions within the Society of Jesus: superior of collegiate formation program for Jesuits, rector of the Jesuit community at Loyola University, assistant to the provincial for social and international ministries, provincial superior (1990-1996), and associate academic dean at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley (2004-2007). Fr. Arroyo brings over 40 years of experience in leadership, research, administration, education, social and international ministry to his role as JSRI Associate for Alabama. His most recent publication for JSRI was Contemplating the Katrina Whirlwind: From "Apocalypse Now" to Solidarity for the Common Good. See "Reports."
Associate for Migration
Fr. Tom Greene SJ, a founding fellow of the Institute, now teaches migration studies in the Sociology Department within the College of Social Sciences of Loyola. He 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 an attorney, 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 chair of the Jesuit province’s immigration task force, Fr. Greene works with Jesuits and others in Latin America, studying the plight of migrating peoples and the impact of US immigration law and policies. He has lectured on these issues in Latin America and around the USA. Ordained a priest in 2007, Tom reflects a deep passion for migrants and refugees, a great asset in his teaching and his work in support of JSRI on migration issues.
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