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Christiana Z. Peppard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theology, Science & Ethics Affiliated Faculty Member in Environmental Studies and American Studies
Fordham University
Department of Theology
113 W. 60th Street, Suite 924 / New York, NY 10023 / [email protected]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Fordham University, New York, New York (2011—present).
Assistant Professor of Theology, Science & Ethics; affiliated faculty member in the Environmental Studies and American Studies.
EDUCATION
Yale University (Ph.D., 2011, with distinction) Department of Religious Studies (Ethics). Advisor: Margaret A. Farley, Dissertation: “Valuing
Water” (committee members: Emilie M. Townes and Gene Outka with input from Mary Evelyn Tucker). M.A. and M.Phil. received in progress toward degree. Coursework and teaching experience in philosophical and religious ethics; environmental ethics; bioethics; comparative religious ethics of life; religion and globalization; political philosophy; ritual theory and sacramental theology; feminist philosophy and theology.
Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music (M.A.R—Ethics, 2005, summa cum laude)
Recipient of the Julia A. Archibald High Scholarship Prize, “for the member of the graduating class who ranks highest in scholarship”; Aidan Kavanagh Achievement Prize, Institute of Sacred Music, “in recognition of distinguished intellectual achievement”; Mary Cady Tew Prize for scholastic excellence.
Stanford University (B.A.—Human Biology, 2001) Self-designed concentration: “Biological and Spiritual Notions of the Self.” Recipient of the
Bingham Award for Innovation in Human Biology. Graduation Speaker in Human Biology. Upper-level coursework in biology and psychology; interdisciplinary coursework in religious studies, anthropology and philosophy. Summer study (Summer 2000): Physics and philosophy, University of Notre Dame. Study abroad program (Autumn 1999): Himalayan ecology and local medical cultures.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend nominee (one of two) put forward by Fordham University (2015)
- Fordham Faculty Fellowship (Spring 2015). Research leave of one semester.
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- Fordham University Faculty Research Grant (2012-2013). - National Endowment for the Humanities (2003), Summer Seminar for University Professors
and Researchers: “Ethics at the End of Life,” led by Margaret Pabst Battin and Leslie Francis, University of Utah.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award, Catholic Theological Society of America (2013), for “the best academic essay in the field of theology within the Roman Catholic tradition.” Winning, peer-reviewed essay: “Fresh Water and Catholic Social Thought: A Vital Nexus” (Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 2011).
SINGLE-AUTHOR BOOKS
Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. Reviewed in:
- Theological Studies vol 76, no 2 (2015) - America magazine (March 3, 2014)
“Water in The Anthropocene: Finding Value Between Price and Ethics.” In preparation.
Manuscript solicited by NYU Press for review.
EDITED VOLUMES
Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction. Edited by Christiana Z. Peppard and Andrea Vicini, S.J. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015.
Expanding Horizons in Bioethics. Edited by Arthur W. Galston and Christiana Z. Peppard.
Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2005.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
2015-16
“What Powers Us? A Comparative Religious Ethics of Energy Sources, Power, and Privilege.” Co-
authored by Christiana Z. Peppard, Julia Watts Belser, Erin Lothes Biviano, and James B. Martin-Schramm. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, forthcoming 2016.
“Catholic Moral Traditions and Energy Ethics for the Twenty-First Century.” Co-authored by:
Erin Lothes Biviano, David Cloutier, Elaine, Padilla, Christiana Z. Peppard, and Jame Schaefer. Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 2016): 1-36.
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“Religious Ethics of Food and Water.” Just Religion volume, edited by Anthony B. Pinn. MacMillan Interdisciplinary Studies: Religion. Invited. Submitted and forthcoming, December 2015.
“Water.” 5,000-word entry for Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology, edited by Willis
Jenkins. Submission date: June 2015. Invited and peer-reviewed. “What is a winglet?” 1500 word submission for Airplane Reading, edited by Christopher
Schaberg. London: IFF Books, forthcoming 2015. Invited. Submitted and forthcoming, Fall 2015.
“What Powers Us? Interdisciplinary and Comparative Religious Moral Foundations and Methods
for Energy Ethics.” Lead author of a collaborative religious ethics essay. Christiana Z. Peppard, Julia Watts Belser, Erin Lothes Biviano, and James Martin-Schramm. Peer-reviewed. Accepted for publication at the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, forthcoming 2016.
“Catholic Moral Traditions and Energy Ethics for the Twenty-First Century.” (Co-author.) Erin
Lothes Biviano, Elaine Padilla, David Cloutier, Christiana Z. Peppard, and Jame Schaefer. Peer-reviewed. Submitted to the Journal of Moral Theology, forthcoming 2016.
2014
“Water Ethics on a Human-Dominated Planet: Rationality, Context, and Values in Global Governance.” 4,000-word literature review and analysis, co-authored with Jeremy J. Schmidt (Harvard University). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WATER, Vol. 1 (6), November/December 2014: 533-547. DOI: 10.102/wat21043. Invited and peer-reviewed.
“Theology and Climate Change.” Review essay on climate change; invited and peer-reviewed.
New Theology Review vol. 26, no. 2 (2014): 100-102. 2013
“Commodifying Creation? Critical Perspectives on Benedict XVI and the Universal Destination of the Goods of Creation.” Chapter 5 In Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict XVI’s Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the U.S., edited by Tobias Winright and Jame Schaefer. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2013.
“Troubling Waters: the Jordan River between Religious Imagination and Environmental
Degradation.” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 2 (2013): 109-119. DOI: 10.1007/s13412-013-0116-1. Peer-Reviewed.
“Democracy, the Verb: Pauli Murray’s Poetry as a Resource for Contemporary Freedom
Struggles.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, vol. 29, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 148-155. Peer-Reviewed.
2012
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“Fresh Water and Catholic Social Teaching: A Vital Nexus.” Journal of Catholic Social Thought, vol. 9, iss. 2 (Summer 2012): 325-352. Winner of the 2013 Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America. Peer Reviewed.
2011
“Denaturing Nature.” The Union Seminary Quarterly Review 63, nos. 1&2 (Spring/Summer 2011): 97-120. Special issue on science and religion.
2010 and prior
“Poetry, Ethics, and the Legacy of Pauli Murray.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2010): 21-43. Peer Reviewed.
“The Death Throes of the River Jordan.” Water and Its Spiritual Significance. Edited by Gray
Henry-Blakemore and Elena Lloyd-Sidle. Louisville: Fons Vitae, 2009.
“The Chaplain’s Role” (with Margaret Lewis). What’s the Point? Clinical Reflections on Care that Seems Futile. Edited by David H. Smith, Charles McKhann, Christiana Z. Peppard, Thomas P. Duffy, and Stanley Rosenbaum. 6 Nov. 2007. Yale University, Center for Bioethics. http://www.yale.edu/bioethics/publications/Medical%20Futility.pdf.
“Liquid Word.” In Search of a Feminist Faith. Edited by Claire Bischoff and Rachel Gaffron.
Pilgrim Press, 2005. “Introduction.” Expanding Horizons in Bioethics. Edited by Arthur Galston and Christiana
Peppard. Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2005.
BOOK REVIEWS
2015
Review of The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis (Viking, 2015) by Garry Wills. The (July 4-11, 2015).
2014
Review of The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity (Georgetown University Press, 2013) by Willis Jenkins. Theological Studies 75 (December 2014): 953-954. doi: 10.1177/0040563914548659r
2013
Review of Does God Roll Dice? Divine Providence for a World in the Making (Liturgical, 2012) by Joseph A. Bracken. Theological Studies vol. 74, no. 1 (March 2013): 45-47.
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Review of Theology and Science in Dialogue (Orbis, 2011) and Dark Green Religion (University of California, 2011). Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1 (2013): 98-100. DOI: http:// link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13412-012-0102-z
2011 and prior
Review of Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise by Jessica B. Teisch (University of North Carolina Press, 2011). Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences vol. 1, issue 4 (2011): 318-319.
Review essay of A Shared Morality: A Narrative Defense of Natural Law Ethics by Craig A. Boyd
(Brazos Press, 2007). Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 31, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2011): 218-19.
“Geologian.” Review of The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First
Century by Thomas Berry (Columbia University Press, 2009). Commonweal: A Review of Politics, Religion and Culture, vol. CXXVII, no. 2 (January 29, 2010).
Review of The Sanctity of Human Life by David Novak (Georgetown University Press, 2007).
American Journal of Bioethics 8(11): 51-2, 2008. “Common Existence.” Review of Good Catholic Girls: How Women are Leading the Fight to
Change the Church by Angela Bonavoglia (HarperCollins, 2004). Reflections: A Journal of Yale Divinity School, issue entitled “The Future of the Prophetic Voice” (Winter 2007).
Review of Good Sex: Postcolonialism, Feminism, and Religious Discourse and Is Multiculturalism
Bad for Women? Reflections: A Journal of Yale Divinity School, issue entitled “Sex and the Churches” (Spring 2006).
“Profoundly Able.” Review of HomeBound: Growing Up with a Disability in America by Cass Irvin.
(Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004.) Feminist Approaches to Bioethics quarterly newsletter, October 2004.
INVITED AND ENDOWED LECTURES 2015
“Environmental Science and Ecological Thinking in Theological Discourse: Water.” St. Mary’s Science and Religion lecture series, Notre Dame, IN. September 29, 2015.
“Integral Ecology: Pope Francis, Ethical Pluralism, and the Planet.” Fr. Bernie Clark lecture,
Center for Social Concern, University of Notre Dame. September 28, 2015. “Unpacking Francis’ Encyclical.” McDevitt Center at Lemoyne College. Syracuse, NY. September
16, 2015.
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“Facts and Values: Environmental Science and Ethics in the Catholic Church.” McDevitt lecture series on science and religion, LeMoyne College. Syracuse, NY. April 21, 2015.
“Memory and Water Ethics—between Place and Planet.” Water Ethics Conference, Viterbo
University, WI. April 17, 2015. “Just Water: Catholic Environmental Ethics, Social Justice, and Drought.” Pope John XXIII lecture,
University of the Pacific. Stockton, CA. March 2, 2015.
2014
“Valuing Water.” University of Chicago Divinity School. November 13, 2014. “Just Water.” Fairfield University. Lecture to inaugurate University-wide theme of water.
Fairfield, CT. September 17, 2014. “Ethics, Theology, and Environment in the Twenty-first Century.” Maryknoll, NY. May 18, 2014. “Just Water.” Sr. Ellen Joyce lecture series, College of St. Elizabeth, New Jersey. March 19, 2014. “Water and Catholic Social Teaching.” World Water Day Webinar: Catholic Health Association.
February 6, 2014.
2013 “Water, Climate, and Energy in the American West.” Fordham at the Forefront (sponsored by
Fordham University Alumni Association). Phoenix, Arizona, November 12, 2013. “Atmospheric Temperature and Civic Pressure: Ethics and Climate Change.” Sagan Lecture
series. Presented with journalist Madeline Ostrander and divestment activist Sachie Hopkins Hayakawa. Ohio Wesleyan University, October 23-25, 2013.
“Theology, Science, and Ethics in Dialogue: Water and Climate.” Religion and Natural Sciences
Lecture Series. St. Michael’s College, Vermont. October 11-13, 2013. “Living Water: Ecology, Sacramentality, and the Hydrography of Faith.” Albertus Magnus
Lecture. The Siena Center at Dominican University. Chicago, February 21, 2013.
2012 “Pride: Flying Cars and Other Broken Promises.” Invited speaker at New York Academy of
Sciences, with Columbia University cellular neuroscientist Stuart Firestein and science fiction author Gregory Benford. Series on Science and the Seven Deadly Sins. New York Academy of Sciences, November 28, 2012. C-SPAN footage available here.
“Finding Creation: Bible, Catholic teaching, and Environment.” Invited workshop at the 2012
New York Catholic Bible Summit, June 16, 2012.
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“L’eau: Besoin vital et justice globale,” paper at “The Value of Fresh Water in Global Perspectives,” W4W, History of Science Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, March 20-21, 2012.
2011 and prior
“Theology and Contemporary Concerns: Water.” Duffy Conversations Series, Center for Religion and Culture, Fordham University, November 15, 2011.
“Water’s Value: Experience, Economics, and Catholic social teaching.” Interdisciplinary Core
Curriculum series, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, November 2, 2011. “The Value of Water and the Catholic Imagination.” The 6th Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D.,
Endowed Lecture. Fordham University, New York, NY, October 14, 2011. “Water: Ethics and Theology.” Discussion and Homily, Evensong & Ecology, Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, NYC, February 27, 2011. Panelist for release of Reflections issue on Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals, in
conjunction with the 65th U.N. General Assembly (with Peter Singer, Thomas Pogge, and others). The Church Center at the United Nations, New York City. September 22, 2010.
“A Mighty Stream.” Festival of Faiths. Louisville, Kentucky. November 9, 2009. (With Rev.
Tyler Wigg-Stevenson) “Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Usage.” Presentation and discussion for graduate students in
neuroscience for an NIH-mandated class on “Bioethics and Neuroscience,” with Matthew Weed, Ph.D. Yale University. March 1, 2007.
“Religious Perspectives and Issues in Stem Cell Research.” Presentation and discussion for
graduate students in Religious Studies. Yale University. March 2, 2007.
PAPERS DELIVERED AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
2015
“Energy Ethics: An Update to the Bishops’ 1981 Statement on Energy.” White Paper co-author and panelist. Catholic Theological Studies Association. Milwaukee, WI. June 2015.
“Religion and Science: From Vatican II to 2065.” Panelist at “Our Inheritance: Vatican II at Fifty,”
Center on Religion and Culture. Fordham University. March 10-11, 2015. “Religious Foundations for Energy Ethics: An Interfaith and Interdisciplinary Discussion of What
Powers Us.” Convener and co-coordinator of panel featuring Julia Watts Belser (Georgetown University), James Martin-Schramm (Luther College), and Erin Lothes Biviano (College of St. Elizabeth). Society of Christian Ethics. Chicago, IL. January 8, 2015.
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2014
“Urban and Agricultural Water as Source and Icon in the 2014 California Drought.” Invited panelist with Prof. Christopher Chapple. CTS session, American Academy of Religion. San Diego, November 22-25, 2014.
“Water in Cosmological and Christian Religious Discourse.” Invited paper for Journey of the
Universe: Christian Perspectives Conference. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Divinity School. New Haven, November 8-10, 2014.
“Energy Ethics: Natural Gas Extraction.” Paper prepared for Catholic Theological Society of
America (delivered in absentia). San Diego, June 6-9, 2014. 2013
“Hydraulic Fracturing, Market Myopias in the Energy-Water Nexus, and the Common Good.” Sustainability Interest Group, Catholic Theological Society of America. Miami, June 5-8, 2013.
2012
“Commodifying Creation? Critical Perspectives on Benedict XVI and the Goods of Creation Intended for All.” A Catholic Scholars’ Consultation on Environmental Justice and Climate Change. Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., November 8-10, 2012.
“Living Water: Ecology, Sacramentality, and the Hydrography of Faith.” Paper presenter and
convener of selected session entitled “Global Ecology and the Life of the Sacraments,” Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, St. Louis, June 8-10, 2012.
“Ethics: Water.” Yale Divinity School Conference on Environment and Stewardship, June 6, 2012. “Perils and Promise in the Political Economy of Water and Environment: A Catholic Account.”
Paper presenter and public panelist, Devout Faith and Liberal Democracy: Contribution or Contest? New York University. March 29-30, 2012.
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2011
“Pauli Murray: Embodying Radical Democracy.” Invited panelist for Wild Card session, American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, November 20, 2011.
“Fresh Water and Catholic Social Teaching: A Vital Nexus.” Concurrent session paper, Catholic
Social Teaching and Global Poverty, Villanova University, Philadelphia, March 21-22, 2011. “Valuing Fresh Water in an Era of Globalization: An Ethical Question.” Concurrent session paper,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, New Orleans, January 7, 2011. “The Future of the Princeton Model: Pro-Life and Pro-Choice in the Second Decade of the
Twenty-First Century.” Convener of a panel featuring E. Christian Bruegger, Charles Camosy, and Jennifer Miller at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, New Orleans, January 8, 2011.
2010 and prior “Valuing Fundamental Goods: Fresh Water from a Catholic Moral Perspective.” Catholic
Theological Ethics in the World Church. Trento, Italy. July 24-27, 2010. Respondent to paper by Marc Mescher, “Making ‘Essential’ Mean ‘Essential’: Love of Neighbor
and Love of Nature.” Northeast Ethics Colloquium. Yale Divinity School. April 9, 2010. Respondent to paper by Ateș Altinordu, “The Incorporation of Religious Politics: Political
Catholicism and Political Islam in Comparison.” Religion and Politics Colloquium, MacMillan Center, Yale University. February 24, 2009.
“Poetry, Ethics, and the Legacy of Pauli Murray.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian
Ethics. Chicago, Illinois. January 9, 2009. “Water in the Middle East.” Panel presentation for 10th Anniversary of the Forum on Religion
and Ecology. New York, New York. November 18, 2008. “Pauli Murray, Poetry, and Ethics.” American Academy of Religion, Womanist Group meeting
(Session A-228). Session theme: “With every color flower represented: Multiple methods in womanist scholarship.” November 2, 2008.
“Water, the Jordan River, and Catholic Ethical Possibilities.” Theology on Tap, sponsored by St.
Thomas More Catholic Chapel. Yale University. April 30, 2008. “Water: Breakout Session.” Presider for discussion during Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious
Environmentalism. Conference at Yale University. February 28 – March 2, 2008. Respondent to paper by Neil Arner, “The Trojan Horse of Religion: A Critique of John Finnis’
‘Purely Philosophical’ Natural Law System.” Yale Ethics Colloquium. October 2007.
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“Valuing the Fugitive Resource: Economics and Fresh Water Supply.” Paper delivered at Northeast Ethics Colloquium. Yale University. April 2007.
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP: PUBLIC FORUM ARTICLES / TELEVISION & RADIO SEGMENTS / NEW MEDIA
2015
“Pope Francis and the fourth era of the Catholic Church’s engagement with science.” Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists. September/October 2015. “The Encyclical on the Environment: A Dialogue on its Moral and Policy Challenges.”
Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. July 1, 2015. Featuring Gina McCarthy (EPA Administrator), Christiana Z. Peppard, Anne Thompson (NBC News), and Ralph Izzo (CEO).
“Is the Ecology Encyclical a Moral Analysis or a Political Indictment?” Religion and Politics. June
24, 2015. “The Pope Takes on Climate Change.” Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC/National Public Radio). June
19, 2015. “Pope Calls for Harmony with Nature and Humanity.” Living on Earth (Public Radio
International). June 19, 2015. “The Moral Case for Renewable Energy.” The New Republic. June 15, 2015. “A Planetary Pope.” America magazine feature article. May 25-June 1, 2015. “Water: Economic Commodity or Human Right?” Sightings (University of Chicago Divinity
School). March 2015. “Pope makes climate change a ‘religious mandate’ for 2015.” 10-minute MSNBC live interview
on the Catholic Church and environmental degradation (with Changing America host Maria Teresa Kumar). January 2015.
2014
“Water and the Keystone XL Pipeline.” Feature article for Newsnotes: Global Concerns. Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns. September-October 2014.
“The Pope and the Sin of Environmental Degradation.” Living on Earth (Public Radio
International). July 18, 2014. “What You Need to Know About Tap Water.” 15-minute public media keynote at Revitalize
conference, hosted by MindBodyGreen. Miraval, Arizona. June 12-15, 2014.
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“Tips for Conserving Water in Your Parish.” US Catholic. April 2014. “Scholars in the TEDifice: Anxiety and Values in the ‘Ideas Economy’.” Op-Ed. Medium.com.
January 10, 2014. 2013
“Hetch Hetchy, 100 Years Later: Federal Government, Fresh Water, and the Future.” Op-Ed. Medium.com. December 17, 2013.
“The Vatican Takes on the Global Economy.” Bloomberg TV, featured expert on Street Smart
daily show on markets. November 27, 2013. “FUTURESCAPE: Tech-toys and future society.” Science Channel/ Discovery Networks panelist at
New York Comic-Con (with scientists, entrepreneurs, and actor James Woods). New York City. October 12, 2013.
“7 Reasons Never to Drink Bottled Water Again.” MindBodyGreen. October 3, 2013. Students Rebuild: Water Challenge 2013—2014 (sponsored by the Bezos Family Foundation).
Featured expert and educator for the start of the Water Challenge: “An Invitation to the Challenge” Part 1 (October 8, 2013) and Part 2 (October 14, 2013).
“A World Without . . .” series on History.com, two videos on “water” and “oil” (September
2013). www.history.com/topics/a-world-without. “The Unity of Faith” (reflection on Lumen fidei). America Magazine. July 29-August 5, 2013. “Liberty, Idolatry and the Culture of Violence.” Millennial Journal. April 21, 2013. “The Rebirth of Morality.” Featured expert on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry Show. March 31,
2013. “For Catholics, A New Kind of Pro-Creation.” Washington Post, On Faith. March 26, 2013. “The Resource Problem You Probably Haven’t Heard About.” CNN’s Global Public Square with
Fareed Zakaria. March 22, 2013. 2-part TED-Ed series on fresh water (www.ed.ted.com)
“Where we get our fresh water”
“Fresh water scarcity: An introduction to the problem”
2012 “Bloomberg’s Beliefs.” Op-Ed featured on the Huffington Post’s New York Blog after Hurricane
Sandy. November 1, 2012. “Invasive Procedures.” Op-Ed featured on the Huffington Post’s Green Blog. May 19, 2012.
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2011 and prior “Spewing Forth.” Guest post on Catholic Moral Theology. December 8, 2011. “Ecology and Environment: A Legacy of Benedict XVI.” Invited contributor to National Catholic
Reporter online forum, hosted on Michael Sean Winters’ “Distinctly Catholic” blog. October 14, 2010.
“RURAL?” 100-word poetry commission in Verge, an arts journal supported by the Arts Council
of Ireland. February 2010. “A Parched Globe’s Search for Water.” Reflections: A Journal of Yale Divinity School (September
22, 2010). Invited essay for a special issue on poverty. “Exonymous Sonnet.” Poem published in Palimpsest: Yale Literary and Arts Magazine, vol. 5
(2007). What’s the Point? Clinical Reflections on Care that Seems Futile. Edited by David H. Smith,
Charles McKhann, Christiana Z. Peppard, Thomas P. Duffy, and Stanley Rosenbaum. 6 Nov. 2007. Yale University, Center for Bioethics. http://www.yale.edu/bioethics/publications/Medical%20Futility.pdf.
QUOTED AS FEATURED EXPERT/COMMENTATOR IN NEWS MEDIA ARTICLES
2015
Regarding Laudato Si’ (summer 2015):
New York Times
CNN.com
Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
Washington Post Barnett, Cynthia. “It’s not just a California drought.” LA Times (May 21, 2015) Moss, Candida. “Will Climate Change Split the Church?” Interview featured on The Daily Beast
(May 3, 2015). Bell, Matthew. “Pope Francis is making waves on the issue of global climate change.” PRI’s The
World. May 1, 2015. Boorstein, Michelle. “Francis poised to weigh in on climate change with major document.”
Washington Post (April 27, 2015). Verel, Patrick. “Scholars Debate what a Just, Sustainable World Would Look Like.”
InsideFordham (April 15, 2015).
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Cama, Timothy. “Pope’s visit to stoke climate fight.” The Hill (January 25, 2015). Moss, Candida. “Pope Francis: Stealth Climate Warrior.” The Daily Beast (January 18, 2015). Detrow, Scott. “’Rock-star pope’ intends to amplify his climate message.” ClimateWire (January
7, 2015).
2014
Fairfield University. “Just Water: Interview with Professor Christiana Z. Peppard.” YouTube (October 2014).
Koba, Mark. “California drought can’t stop production of bottled water.” CNBC.com (August 7,
2014).
Koba, Mark. “Not even severe drought can stop fracking.” CNBC.com. June 10, 2014. Maryknoll Speaker Series. “Maryknoll Host Professor Christiana Peppard.” 6-minute video
feature (May 2014). Sassi, Janet and Patrick Verel. “Considering the Planet.” Inside Fordham (April 14, 2014).
Abercrombie, Sharon. “Lent a reflection pool for diving into water issues.” National Catholic
Reporter (March 4, 2014). Patenaude, Bill. “By the Books: Christiana Peppard’s Just Water” (three-part interview). Catholic
Ecology (February 2014).
Goodale, Gloria. “California Drought: Clock Ticking on 17 Communities’ Water Supply.” Christian Science Monitor (January 30, 2014).
2013
Sadowski, Dennis. “Catholic voices raise moral concerns in country’s fracking debates.” Catholic News Service. December 11, 2013.
Koba, Mark. “Don’t laugh: lack of toilets signals deadly crisis.” CNBC. November 15, 2013. Koba, Mark. “Warning: Many watersheds in the U.S. failing ‘stress test.’” CNBC. September 30,
2013. Ziegler, J.J. “Catholics, the Environment, and a ‘Culture of Waste’.” The Catholic World Report.
September 17, 2013. Manson, Jamie. “Emerging women theologians apply academic expertise to issues of justice.”
National Catholic Reporter. June 19, 2013.
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Klimaski, Joanna. “FCLC alumni at home in the heart of the city” (report includes a synopsis of my lecture on fresh water as the oil of the 21st century). InsideFordham: Top Stories. June 24, 2013.
Koba, Mark. “Drought Worsens, Scorching Much of Country,” CNBC. April 20, 2013. MSNBC, The Melissa Harris-Perry Show. Invited expert for 30-minute segment on “The Rebirth
of Morality.” March 31, 2013. Microsoft “Global Heroes in Education.” Featured educator on VP of Global Education Anthony
Salcito’s Daily Edventures blog. March 25, 2013. 2012
C-SPAN coverage of New York Academy of Sciences panel (online video, 101 minutes). “Scientists’ Pride and Failed Predictions from the New York Academy of Sciences.” Brainworld
Magazine, November 29, 2012.
Roewe, Brian. “Amid Sandy, symposium pairs papal teaching and climate change.” National Catholic Reporter, November 20, 2012.
Goodale, Gloria. “U.S. Drought: how it could impact food, water needs around the world.”
Christian Science Monitor. July 19, 2012. Extensive quotation on p. 2 of article. Romeo, Nina. “Theology Professor Examines the Meanings of Water in a Global Economy.”
InsideFordham: Faculty in Focus. June 11, 2012. 2011 and prior
Spohn, Gus. “Theoreticians, practitioners tackle questions of faith and poverty at UN Church Center forum.” Yale Divinity School News. September 2010.
Smith, Peter. “Polluted Jordan held out as example: Festival of Faiths focuses on water.”
Louisville Courier-Journal. November 9, 2009
COURSES TAUGHT
As Assistant Professor of Theology, Science & Ethics at Fordham University:
Teaching Theology (Graduate seminar, Fall 2014)
Ecological Ethics (Graduate seminar, Spring 2014)
Religion and Ecology (Undergraduate elective and senior values seminar)
Ecology, Ritual, and Ethics (Graduate tutorial, Fall 2015)
The Content of Nature (Undergraduate Interdisiplinary Capstone Course; syllabus developed for AY 2015-2016)
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Human Nature After Darwin (Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Capstone Course with Political Science professor Nicholas Tampio, taught Spring and Fall 2013).
Faith and Critical Reason (Required undergraduate introductory class, Fall 2011—present).
Theology and Science (Doctoral Seminar, Fall 2012).
Theology and Contemporary Science (Undergraduate elective, Spring 2012).
American Icons and Religiosity (American Studies Senior Seminar, with English Professor Dennis Tyler, Fall 2013).
As Instructor or Teaching Fellow at Yale University:
Bioethics, Religious Ethics, and the Environment. Center for Bioethics, Yale University (Summer 2009).
Vexations: Religion and Politics in the Black Community (Spring 2009). Professor Emilie Townes.
Faith and Globalization (Autumn 2008). Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Professor Miroslav Volf.
Religious Ethics and Modern Moral Issues (Spring 2008). Professor Gene Outka.
MENTORSHIP
Dissertations:
Co-Mentor (with Elizabeth Johnson): Monica Schaap Pierce, “John Calvin’s Creator Spiritus: Pneumatology and Nature for an Ecological Age.”
Reader: Elizabeth M. Pyne, “Mystical-Political Theology and Ecological Subjectivity: Reading Schillebeeckx through the Frankfurt School on Human-Nature Relations.”
Workshops:
“Seeking Jobs in Academe.” Workshop at Union Theological Seminary. September 30, 2014.
“Navigating the Academic Job Market.” Workshop for Doctoral students at Fordham University, Department of Theology, February 29, 2012.
“How to Propose Successfully!” Workshop for Doctoral students at Fordham University, Department of Theology. November 16, 2011.
“Balancing Work/Family/Life in the Academy.” Yale Divinity School. November 11, 2008. Graduate Student Professional Development:
“Teaching Theology”: Professor for Fall 2014 pedgagocical and professionalization seminar geared towards first and second year doctoral students.
Teaching Mentor for Ph.D. Students: - Matthew Briel, Spring/Fall 2012 - Ian Kinman, Spring 2014
Comprehensive Examinations: - Fr. David Manuelpillai, Spring 2014 (moral theology, Ph.D.) - Cathy Buescher, Spring 2013 (comprehensive, M.A.)
Undergraduate Mentorship:
Research Mentor:
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- Patrick Kelly, Spring 2013 (watersheds, religion and ethics) - Lyle LeBlanc, Spring 2012 (ecological theology of relationships);
Freshperson Advisor - AY 2012-2013 - AY 2014-2015
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Science Education Committee (University-level), 2014— Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee (University-level), 2013— Calder Ecological Research Station Strategic Planning Committee (University-level), 2012 Theology Colloquium Coordinator (Department), 2013— Departmental Strategic Planning Committee (elected), 2013—2014 Undergraduate Committee (Department), 2011 – 2013, 2014— Website Task Force (Department), 2011 – 2013 Informal Exchange of Ideas Task Force (Department), 2012—2013
SERVICE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Reviewer/Referee - Yale University Press - Worldviews: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Religion and Ecology - Interdisciplinary Environmental Review - Environmental Values - College Theology Society Annual Volume 2010
Editorial Board Member - Cascading Values and a Flood of Problems: Life, Water and Ethics in the 21st Century (Island
Press, 2010), edited by Peter G. Brown and Jeremy Schmidt.
Advisory Boards - Environmental ethics, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities - “Food, Faith, and Farming,” Episcopal Diocese of New York (2011 – 2013). - America Magazine Board of Directors; Executive Committee (May 2009—June 2012). - WATER (or the secret life of objects). Sheila Callaghan, playwright; Daniella Topol, director.
New York, New York. - Genomics, Ethics and Law Advisory Board Member, Yale Law School (Autumn 2005).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Visiting Scholar, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University (2010—2011) - Scholar in Residence, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City (July 2009—July 2011) - Middle Passage Conversations on Black Religion in the African Diaspora: conference staff
assistant to Prof. Emilie M. Townes (August 2007 – May 2008) - Research Assistant to Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., (2002—2008). Logistical and conceptual
contributions to several book projects by the late Dr. Nuland, a National Book Award-winning author and Clinical Professor of Surgery, emeritus, at Yale School of Medicine.
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- Center for Bioethics at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University. Editor (2003—2007) and Assistant Coordinator (2001-2003).
- Clinical Pastoral Education, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Religious Ministries (Autumn 2002—Spring 2003). ½ unit. Volunteer chaplain (Spring 2003 – Autumn 2005).
- The Wisdom Project (2000-2001). Creator and coordinator of an interdisciplinary conference on death, dying, and end-of-life care at Stanford University as part of self-designed major concentration, “Biological and Spiritual Notions of the Self.”
- Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics, research assistant (2000-2001).
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (2013—) American Society of Environmental History (2013—) Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (2010-2013) Catholic Theological Society of America (2008—) Society of Christian Ethics (2007—) American Academy of Religion (2003—) Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2001—2007) The Hastings Center (2003—2006) Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project (2003—2009).
LANGUAGES
English Fluent; native speaker. French Reading: proficient with dictionary. Conversation: intermediate. Spanish Reading: proficient with dictionary. German Reading: proficient with dictionary. Italian Acquisition of conversational ability in process.
