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Claudio M. Burgaleta, S.J. was born in Havana, Cuba and came to the United States in 1969. He grew up in Essex County, N.J., and after two years at Columbia University, entered the then New York Province of the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew Hall, Syracuse, N.Y. He completed his collegiate studies as a Jesuit at Fordham University, the University of Madrid (Complutense), and Comillas University, also in Madrid. As part of his Jesuit formation he taught at St. Peter鈥檚 Preparatory School in Jersey City, N.J. and then obtained M.Div. and STL degrees at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California in preparation for ordination. He was ordained to the presbyterate in June, 1992, and that fall began doctoral studies in theology at 艾可直播 College. He completed his Ph.D. in historical and systematic theology in December, 1996.聽

Fr. Burgaleta has taught theology at St. Peter鈥檚 and Fordham Universities, worked in Jesuit formation, and Latino Ministry. He is the author of several books on Jesuit history, theology, and Latino pastoral ministry. From 2016-2022 he was superior of the St. Peter鈥檚 Jesuit Community in Jersey City, N.J., and represented the U.S. East Coast Province of the Jesuits at the 71st Congregation of Procurators in Loyola, Spain in May, 2023. Since July 31st, 2023, Fr. Burgaleta serves as the superior of the 艾可直播 College Jesuit Community (St. Mary鈥檚 Hall).

M. Cathleen Kaveny聽is a scholar who focuses on the relationship of law, religion, and morality, serves as the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor at 艾可直播 College, a position that includes appointments in both the department of theology and the law school. She is the first 艾可直播member to hold such a joint appointment. A member of the Massachusetts Bar, Kaveny clerked for the Honorable John T. Noonan Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and worked as an associate at the 艾可直播 law firm of Ropes & Gray in its health law group. She was the 2018-2019 Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress. Kaveny has published four books and over a hundred articles and essays, in journals and books specializing in law, ethics, and medical ethics. She serves on the masthead of聽Commonweal聽as a regular columnist. Her books include聽Law鈥檚 Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society聽(Georgetown University Press, 2012);聽A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality聽(Georgetown University Press, 2016);聽Prophecy without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square聽(Harvard University Press, 2016); and聽Ethics at the Edges of Law: Christian Moralists and American Legal Thought聽(Oxford University Press, 2018). Kaveny regularly teaches contract law to first-year law students. She also teaches a number of seminars which explore the relationship between theology, philosophy, and law, such as 鈥淔aith, Morality, and Law,鈥� 鈥淢ercy and Justice,鈥� and 鈥淐omplicity.鈥� Kaveny is the chair of the board of trustees of the聽Journal of Religious Ethics. She has been the president of the Society of Christian Ethics, the major professional society for scholars of Christian ethics and moral theology in North America. It meets annually in conjunction with the Society of Jewish Ethics and the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. Kaveny has served on a number of editorial boards including聽The American Journal of Jurisprudence,听罢he Journal of Religious Ethics, the聽Journal of Law and Religion, and聽The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. She has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, Yale University, and Georgetown University, and a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago鈥檚 Martin Marty Center. From 1995 until 2013 she taught law and theology at the University of Notre Dame, where she was a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law.聽

Elizabeth H. Prodromou聽is a visiting professor in the International Studies Program at 艾可直播 College and non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council鈥檚 Eurasia Center. Her research interests and policy work focus on the intersections of geopolitics, religion, and human rights, with particular focus on the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Prodromou served a diplomatic appointment on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012), and she was also a member of the U.S. Secretary of State鈥檚 Religion & Foreign Policy Working Group (2011-2015). The author of two edited volumes, many book chapters, and widely published in academic journals, her most recent publication deals with Russian influence-building through religious soft power, in聽The Kremlin Playbook 3: Keeping the Faith. She has taught at Tufts University, 艾可直播 University, and Princeton University, and she was a consultant member of the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (2016). She holds a Ph.D. and an S.M. in political science from MIT. She is married to Dr. Alexandros Kyrou, and they are happy parents to their daughter, Sophia.