Stuart Squires, Ph.D. Brescia University 1703 Thompson Street, Apt. C Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 312.502.0017 squires3@yahoo.com www.stuartsquires.com EMPLOYMENT Brescia University: Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator (2013-Present) DePaul University: Adjunct Professor (2009-2013) EDUCATION The Catholic University of America (2013) Ph.D. from the Department of Historical and Systematic Theology in Christian theology from the fourth and fifth centuries Dissertation: “Reassessing Pelagianism: Augustine, Cassian, and Jerome on the Possibility of a Sinless Life” under the direction of Philip Rousseau The University of Chicago (2005) M.A. in Christian theology with a focus on the 16th century Catholic and Protestant disputes DePaul University (2000) B.A. in World Religions with foci on Hinduism and Buddhism ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES “Jerome on Sinlessness: Between Augustine and Pelagius.” The Heythrop Journal [forthcoming] “Augustine’s Changing Thought on Sinlessness.” Augustinianum 54.2 [December 2014]: 447-466 “Cassian on Sinlessness.” Cistercian Studies Quarterly 48.4 [November 2013]: 411-432 “Contra Academicos as Autobiography: A Critique of the Historiography on Augustine’s First Extant Dialogue.” Scottish Journal of Theology 63.3 [June, 2011]: 251-64 “Jerome’s Animosity against Augustine.” Augustiniana 58.3 [2008]: 181-99 ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES “Pelagius.” Published by www.AncientThought.com 1 2 BOOK REVIEWS Thomas Guarino. Vincent of Lérins and the Development of Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013 for The Ecumenical Review [forthcoming] Peter Van Nuffelen. Orosius and the Rhetoric of History. Oxford: OUP, 2012 for The Heythrop Journal 57.1 [2016]: 247-8. Dominic Keech. The Anti-Pelagian Christology of Augustine of Hippo. Oxford Theological Monographs. Oxford: OUP, 2012 for The Bryn Mawr Classical Review [August 15, 2013] BLOG POSTS “St. Jerome: The Patron of Irascible, Morbidly Sensitive, Old Curmudgeons.” www.DailyTheology.com [September 30, 2015] WORKS IN PROGRESS “Why is Contemporary Scholarship so Enamored of the Pelagians?” RESEARCH INTERESTS Theological Anthropology; Augustine of Hippo; Jerome; Cassian; Pelagian Controversy; Semi-Pelagian Controversy; Ambrose of Milan; Christology; 16th Century Theology; Asceticism / Monasticism; Soteriology; Medieval Mysticism; Medieval Theology; Church Councils; Christianity and Postmodern Thought CLASSES TAUGHT Catholic Social Justice (web-based and on campus) Catholic Moral Theology (web-based and on campus) Ecclesiology (web-based and on campus) World Religions (web-based and on campus) The Catholic Faith: Introduction to Theology Introduction to the New Testament Christian Thought in Classical and Medieval Times Christian Thought from the Reformation to the Present The Christian Experience Literature and the Sacred: Religious Autobiography Christianity and Culture (T.A.) PROJECTS I organized and hosted the William Young Lecture Series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the closing of Vatican II (2015) I broadcast an interview podcast called God and the Quad, which investigates the challenges of the college experience and religious identity (2015-Present) 3 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Reassessing Pelagianism: Augustine, Cassian, and Jerome on the Possibility of a Sinless Life” at the North American Patristics Society (2013) “Jerome: via media between Augustine and Pelagius” at the North American Patristics Society (2012) “Cassian’s Rejection of Pelagius’ Understanding of Sinlessness” at the American Society of Church History Winter Meeting (2012) “The Development of Augustine’s Thought on the Possibility of the Sinless Life” at the American Society of Church History Spring Meeting (2011) “The Authorship of Augustine’s Rule in Light of Possidius’ Life” at the North American Patristics Society (2010) “Was John Cassian a Semi-Pelagian?” at the Mid-Atlantic American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting (2009) “Contra Academicos as Autobiography” at the Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute (2008) “Contra Academicos as Autobiography” at the Mid-Atlantic American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting (2008) “Ambrose in the Shadows” at the Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute (2007) “Ambrose in the Shadows” at the “Jerome: Writer and Teacher Conference” at the Catholic University of America (2006) INVITED LECTURES “Cassian and Monastic Friendship.” Presentation at the St. Lawrence Barbeque Theology Conference at Wheeling Jesuit University (2016) “Catholicism and the Environment.” Presentation to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Kentucky (2015) “The Apocrypha.” Presentation at the First Baptist Church in Owensboro, Kentucky (2014) RCIA presentations at the Blessed John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral of Owensboro, Kentucky (2012-Present) “Reassessing Pelagianism: Augustine, Cassian, and Jerome on the Possibility of a Sinless Life.” Presentation at the Convivium of the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University (2012) SERVICE Steering Committee: Lilly Endowment's Theology Institutes for High School Youth Program Application (2015-16) Admissions Committee (2015-Present) 4 Faculty Welfare Committee (2014-Present) Chair: search committee for a new hire (2014-15) Parliamentarian for the Faculty Assembly (2014-15) Advisor to undergraduate students (2013-Present) Chair: History of Christianity Section of the Midwest American Academy of Religion (2012-14) Peer reviewer for “The Local and Universal Churches: Expressing Catholicity through Reciprocity” in Visions of Hope: Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church (Orbis 2013) Chair: Undergraduate Section of the Midwest American Academy of Religion (1999-2000) DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDIES Katie Jones at Brescia University, “Soteriology” (2016) Emily Lindsay at DePaul University, “Pope John Paul II on Love and Marriage” (2013) RESEARCH LANGUAGES French German Latin Biblical Greek Biblical Hebrew VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: Owensboro Health Hospital, Owensboro, Kentucky (2014-Present) Leader of the Young Adult Group: Saints Joseph and Paul Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky (2013-15) Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (2012-2013) Member of the Young Adult Planning Committee: Old St. Patrick’s Parish, Chicago, Illinois (2011-2013) “Team Leader” for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA): Old St. Patrick’s Parish, Chicago, Illinois (2011-2013) Peace Corps Volunteer: Islamic Republic of Mauritania, West Africa (20002002) MEMBERSHIPS The American Academy of Religion (AAR) The American Society of Church History (ASCH) L’Association Internationale d’Études Patristiques (AIEP) 5 The North American Patristics Society (NAPS) TECHNOLOGY Desire2Learn Blackboard Moodle Big Blue Button Adobe Connect Audacity 6 REFERENCES Dr. Philip Rousseau Director of the Center for the Study of Early Christianity Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor The Catholic University of America Rousseau@cua.edu 202.319.6217 Dr. James Halstead, OSA Associate Professor DePaul University jhalstea@depaul.edu 773.325.7386 Dr. David Gitomer Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) and the Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) Programs Vincent de Paul Professor DePaul University dgitomer@depaul.edu 773.325.1282 Dr. Jared Ortiz Assistant Professor of Theology Hope College jjortiz@hope.edu 616.395.7756 Dr. Andrew Staron Assistant Professor of Theology Wheeling Jesuit University astaron@wju.edu 304.243.2240