Rev. Steven Avella, Professor

History Department

Expertise: Catholic Life in Southeastern Wisconsin and the American West, Generational and Demographic Changes in the U.S. and Wisconsin Catholicism, Papacy, Papal History, Papal Conclaves, Papal Travels, American Catholicism, Hierarchy, American Religious History, American Catholic History, Pope Benedict XVI

Office Phone: (916) 243-9119
Home Phone: (414) 672-0316
steven.avella@marquette.edu

Joshua Burns, Associate Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Interpretation, Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations

Office Phone: (414) 288-6776
Home Phone: (414) 446-6488
joshua.burns@marquette.edu

Patrick Carey, Professor Emeritus

Theology Department

Expertise: Church History, Historical Theology, Current Trends in American Catholicism

Office Phone: (414) 288-7189
Home Phone: (920) 726-4491
patrick.carey@marquette.edu

Ryan Duns, Assistant Chair and Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Catholic theology, Christian spirituality, the Church, faith and reason, secularism, theology and popular culture 

Contact: (414) 288-3735 
ryan.duns@marquette.edu 

Julian Hills, Associate Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Jesus and the Gospels, New Testament, Origins of the Church, Relationships between Episcopal Church and Roman Catholic Church

Office Phone: (414) 288-3776
Home Phone: (414) 332-3115
julian.hills@marquette.edu

Scott Idleman, Professor

Law School

Expertise: First Amendment (religious freedom, church/state, speech), Second Amendment, Federal Indian Law, Congressional Power, Equal Protection

Office Phone: (414) 288-5362
Home Phone: (262) 377-2827
scott.idleman@marquette.edu

Mark Johnson, Associate Professor

Theology Department
Academic Integrity Director

Expertise: Catholic Ethics, Medieval Theology, Catholic Theology, Moral Philosophy and Theology

Office Phone: (414) 288-7646
Home Phone: (262) 938-0308
mark.johnson@marquette.edu

Rev. John Laurance, S.J., Associate Professor Emeritus

Theology Department

Expertise: Liturgical History and Theology, Liturgical Year

Office Phone: (414) 288-3734
Home Phone: (414) 288-5052
john.laurance@marquette.edu

   

Susan Mountin, Director

Pastoral Leadership in a Cultural Context

Expertise: Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day, Discerning a Vocation, Life Choices, Raising Children in the Faith, Women in Ministry, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer, Catholic Social Teaching

Office Phone: (414) 288-3693
Home Phone: (414) 453-9583
susan.mountin@marquette.edu

Irfan Omar, Associate Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Islamic Faith, Muslims in America

Office Phone: (414) 288-3746
irfan.omar@marquette.edu

Andrei Orlov, Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature, Jewish Mysticism, Enochic Traditions

Office Phone: (414) 288-6802
andrei.orlov@marquette.edu

Aaron Pidel, Assistant Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Catholic Church, Marriage and Family, Jesuit Spirituality, faith and reason, Christian views of ecology  

Media Type: Print, TV, Radio 
Contact: (414) 288-6952 
Aaron.Pidel@marquette.edu 

Peter Rofes, Professor

Law School
Director of Part-Time Legal Education

Expertise: Legal Education, First Amendment, Constitutional Law, Judicial Selection, Legal Ethics, Religion and the Law, Flag Desecration

Office Phone: (414) 288-5361
peter.rofes@marquette.edu

Phillip Runkel, Archivist Emerits

Libraries/Special Collections and Archives

Expertise: Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day

phil.runkel@marquette.edu

Jame Schaefer, Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Environmental Ethics, Ecological Problems, Relation Between Science and Religion/Judeo-Christianity (Including Religious Faith and Medical Treatment), Evolution and Theology, Intelligent Design Movement, Evolution and Theology, Theology and Technology, Theological Foundations for Environmental Ethics, Religion and Science

Office Phone: (414) 288-3742
jame.schaefer@marquette.edu

Richard Taylor, Professor

Philosophy Department

Expertise: Islam

Office Phone: (414) 288-5649
richard.taylor@marquette.edu

Mark George Thiel, Archivist Emeritus

Libraries/Special Collections and Archives

Expertise: Catholic Missions to Native Americans in North and Latin America, Catholic Missions to Native Americans in North and Latin America

Home Phone: (262) 521-9270
mark.thiel@marquette.edu

 

Kate Ward, Associate Professor

Theology Department

Expertise: Catholic theology; Catholic social thought; economic justice; virtue ethics; dignity of work; worker's rights; poverty; democracy; taxes; working families; Pope Francis

katharine.ward@marquette.edu