SCSS Lecturers and Media Contacts

The SCSS membership includes many scholars with significant expertise and depth in Catholic social thought and its relationship to the social sciences.  If you seek a lecturer on these topics, or if you are a journalist or popular writer who needs help in understanding or interpreting the magisterium, see the list below of SCSS members willing to serve as lecturers and/or media contacts.  Views expressed by lecturers or media consultants do not necessarily reflect the official position of SCSS as an organization.  The assistance that media contacts provide is free.  How they decide to respond to requests for assistance is up to them and may take the form of: elucidations of Catholic social thought; suggestions for relevant information resources and bibliography; or referrals to other individuals who can help address questions about specific topics.   If you wish to quote an individual with whom you have consulted, please first request that person’s permission. Attribute the quote to that individual, not to SCSS.  We encourage you to take a look at the SCSS sponsored journal,  Catholic Social Science Review, issues of which are linked from this website, to obtain an idea of the range of  topics that engage SCSS members and others whose scholarship accords with the aim of the organization.

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Lecturers and Contact Info

Topics
E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil.
Institute for the Psychological Sciences
cbrugger(at)ipsciences.edu
(703) 416-1441 x107
Available as lecturer and media contact.		 Topics: Moral philosophy/Theology: stem cells, bioethics, sexual ethics, Catholic social teaching, abortion, euthanasia, just war, punishment, etc., Catholics and voting, integration of psychology and religion, science and religion.

Theresa Burke, Ph.D. LPC, NCP
808 N. Henderson Road, Suite 210
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Post-abortion trauma
Psychological and spiritual healing after abortion and sexual abuse.
Richard Cain
12 Whites Lane
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 243-2247
rcain(at)wju.edu
Available as lecturer.		 The development of Catholic teaching on Social Communications
The "practicality" of Catholic teaching on Social Communications
A practical guide to media ethics for communications professionals
The spirituality of professional communications work

Professor Clarke E. Cochran
Department of Political Science
Box 41015
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1015
(806) 742-2987 (w)
(806) 795-9745 (h)
(806) 742-0850 (fax)
(806) 438-9057 (cell)
E-mail: clarke.cochran(at)ttu.edu http://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/cochranbio.htm
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Catholics and politics, Catholic social thought and public policy, and in particular, Catholic social thought and health care policy, including the role of Catholic hospitals and health systems and the challenges facing them today.
Dr. Robert T. Constable, DSW, LCSW
686 N. East Drive
Valparaiso, IN  46383
(312) 915-7026
Rconsta(at)netnitco.net
Available as lecturer.		 Social Work with Families
School Social Work
Michael Coulter, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, Grove City College
724-458-3796; mlcoulter(at)gcc.edu
Lecturer/ media contact		 Catholicism and Elections; Education Policy; Catholic Social Teaching
Patrick Fagan
(202) 544-5421
pat.fagan(at)heritage.org
http://www.heritage.org/About/Staff/PatrickFagan.cfm
Available as lecturer.		 Family and demographics, marriage, divorce, sexuality, adoption, welfare, income, religion, education.

Dr. Patrick Foley
(817) 237-9602; cell: (817)307-4590
E-mail: pat-fol(at)msn.com
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 History of the Catholic Southwest, especially Texas.
History of Catholic Spain and Ireland.
David Forte, Esq., Ph.D.
(217) 687-2342
dforte@ashbrook.org
Available as lecturer		 Natural Law
Constitutional Law
Islam

John A. Gueguen
100 E Essex
Kirkwood MO 63122
(314) 821-1608 (48)
E-mail: jguegu(at)ilstu.edu
Available as media contact.

Social doctrine of the Church (social encyclicals of John Paul II, in particular); cultural, social, and political philosophy (all periods and major figures, St. Thomas More, in particular).
Dr. Daniel Harden
Washburn University
(785) 231-1010 x1751
zzhrdn(at)washburn.edu
Available as lecturer		 Questions relating to History/Philosophy of Education

Dr. Catherine Hickey
Secretary for Education
Archdiocese of New York
1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022
(212) 371-1000 Ext 2801
E-mail: secretary(at)adnyschools.org
Available as lecturer

 Catholic elementary and secondary education.

James Hitchcock
Saint Louis University
The College of Arts and Sciences
Department of History
3800 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(W) (314) 977-2903
E-mail: Hitchcpj(at)slu.edu
Available as lecturer and media contact.

Church and state, condition of Catholic Church, Catholic-Protestant relations, religion in America, history of the Catholic Church.

Dr. David M.L. Klocek
Institute of World Politics
1521 16th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 462-2101 x311
davidk(at)iwp.edu
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Papal social thought.
Philosophy of Pope John Paul II.
Nester C. (Les) Kohut, Ed.D.
P.O. Box 121187
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 738-2275
afcomversity(at)sbcglobal.net
Available as lecturer and media contact.		 Marriage breakdown, divorce and pre-annulment proceedings.
Stephen M. Krason, Esq., Ph.D.
Political Science Program
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Steubenville, OH  43952
(740) 284-5377
catholicsocialscientists@gmail.com
Available as lecturer.		 Catholic Social Teaching and American Politics
The Principles of Good Political Order and a Sound      Democratic Republic
The Child "Protective" System: Threatening Innocent Parents and Families
Catholic Higher Education: Challenges Beyond the Restoration of Orthodoxy

Randy Lee
Widener University School of Law
P.O. Box 69382
Harrisburg, PA 17106-9382.
(717) 541-3940
E-mail: glee(at)widener.edu
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Ethics, Constitutional Law, Law and Religion, Law and Literature, Biblical History of Law.
Dr.  Mark Lowery
University of Dallas
(972) 721-5357
lowery(at)acad.udallas.edu
Available as lecturer.		 Various areas of Catholic Social Thought, Moral Theology

Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese, M.A., J.D.
Director, Office for Peace and Justice
Archdiocese of Chicago
155 East Superior Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
E-mail: nclm(at)faithandculture.us
(312) 751-5383
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Catholic Social Teaching, Personal Vocation, Difficult Moral Questions, Fundamentals of Ethics.
Dr. Ed Lynch
Hollins University
(540) 362-6475
elynch(at)hollins.edu
Available as lecturer.		 Catholic Social Thought
Christian Democracy
Latin American

Sr. Margherite Marchione, Ph.D.
(993) 538-2886 Ext. 116, Fax (973) 539-9327
E-mail: sr.margherita.marchione(at)att.net
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Pope Pius XII.
John P. Nelson, M.D. - Psychiatry
jpnelson40(at)gmail.com
Available as lecturer.		  
Dr. Jean-Francois Orsini
President, St. Antoninus Institute -
St. Antoninus Institute for Catholic Education in Business
4110 Fessenden St. NW
Washington, DC  20016
Tel and Fax:  (202) 686-0869
 jforsini(at)StAntoninus.net
Available as lecturer.
Business Ethics
Theology of Work/Management
Dr. Gregory Popcak
(740) 282-750
gpopcak(at)exceptionalmarriages.com
Available as lecturer and media contact.		 Marriage, family, sexuality, parenting, faith and counseling issues, mental health.

Regina Trudy Praetorius, PhD, LMSW-AP
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work, Room 318
University of Texas at Arlington                                 211 S. Cooper Street, Box 19129                   Arlington, TX 76019  

T 817-272-1360; F 817-272-2046

rtpraetorius(at)uta.edu

Available as media contact

Suicide, Crisis Intervention, Research Methodology, End of Life Issues, Pro-Life Teachings of the Church,

Using the Divine Mercy devotion in Healthcare 

 
Patrick J. Reilly
President, Cardinal Newman Society
9167 Key Commons Ct.
Manassas, VA 20110
 preilly@cardinalnewmansociety.org
www.cardinalnewmansociety.org
 Available as lecturer/media contact.		 Decline and renewal of Catholic higher education
Choosing a faithful Catholic college
Lawrence F. Roberge, M.S.
lroberge(at)map.com
Available as lecturer/media contact.
Cloning
Ru-46  
Abortion Theology
Y2K year 2000 computer problems
Fetal Tissue Research
Contraception
Social and Economic Effects of Abortion
Eugenics, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, Population/Environmental Issues
Anthony Santelli II, Ph.D.
President
AES Capital Management, LLC
105 Garth Rd
Suite 2E
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 725-2753
www.aescapital.com		 Economics and finance
Industrial organization
Entrepreneurship
Capitalism and the moral boundaries of the free market
just wages and employment theory
The theory of profit, interest and rent
Usury
Dr. Garrick (Ric) Small
University of Technology Sydney - Property Studies Department
PO Box 123, Broadway  NSW2007 Australia

garricksmall(at)uts.edu.au

MEDIA Contact
Property theory; property economics; indigenous ownership; usury; just  price.

 

 

Name: Oswald Sobrino
Catholic Analysis (http://catholicanalysis.blogspot.com)Email: sobrino95@hotmail.com
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Law, economics, current events, politics, hot button cultural & social issues
Gladys M. Sweeney, Ph.D.                                   Institute for the Psychological Sciences
2001 Jefferson Davis Highway
Suite 511
Arlington, VA 22202                    gsweeney@ipsciences.edu
Available as lecturer.		 Motherhood in the Order of Love and its Psychological Effects
Thomas Svogun, J.D.
(401) 254-0568
Available as lecturer.		 Police Theory
Police Ethics
Dianne Traflet, J.D., S.T.D.
Trafletdi@shu.edu
Available as lecturer.		 Edith Stein
Dr. Jack Walsh
230 Crestview Drive
Pittsburgh, PA  15236
(412) 650-9590
JohnWalsh(at)AOL.com
Available as lecturer.		 Phil. - Medical Ethics
Philosophy of Play and Leisure
School Choice
Mercedes Arzu Wilson
P.O. Box 1170
Dunkirk, MD 20754-1170
Familyplanning@yahoo.com
Available as lecturer.		 Natural Family Planning; 2000 Study of Couples who Practice NFP; Anti-Life Agenda of the UN and its Agencies; The Myth of Over-Population

Susan Yoshihara
Executive VP
C-FAM
Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
866 United Nations Plaza
Suite 495
New York, NY 10017
(212) 754-5948
E-mail: Susan(at)c-fam.org
Available as both lecturer and media contact.

Pro-life/Pro-family issues at the UN; International social policy.

Thomas Zabiega, M.D.
(630) 768-4590 (day or evening)
E-mail: tzabiega@hotmail.com
Available as lecturer and media contact.

 Catholic medical ethics, including end-of-life issues, contraception/abortion, homosexuality, embryonic stem cell research, assisted feeding, altered states of consciousness, NFP, etc.

Dr. Anthony W. Zumpetta
13 Matthew Drive
Coatesville, PA 19320
(610) 436-2523 or (610) 380-0887
Available as both lecturer and media contact.

 Visual sociology, deviance, juvenile delinquency, crime and corrections.

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