ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND SOCIETY
B.A., University of San Francisco;
J.D., Santa-Clara University;
M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley;
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union
Year Joined RCNJ: 2004
Convening Group:
Law and Society
Courses Offered:
Introduction to Law & Justice; Comparative Legal Systems; Legal Rhetoric; Introduction to Law & Society; Criminology; Juvenile Justice; Family Law; Directed Reading and Thesis Supervision
Teaching Interest:
Justice Theory, Dispute Resolution
Research Interest:
Restorative Justice, Compassion for the Oppressor
Recent Publications:
Various encyclopedia entries “Exilio,” “Huitzilopochtli,” “Limpias,” “Mayahuel,” “Tlazolteotl,” “Plan Espiritual de Aztlan,” “Dia de Los Muertos,” and “Hermeneutical Circle” in Hispanic American Religious Cultures, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. forthcoming.
“Restorative Justice, Empowerment Theory and Transformative Spirituality: Searching for Authentic Strategies in China, Hong Kong, India and Korea.” Chapter 14, in edited volume, Restorative Justice Across the East and West, Katherine van Wormer (ed.), Hong Kong: Casa Verde Press, December 2007. English and Cantonese.
“Entertaining Angels Con Pasión,” In Symposium: Strangers No Longer: Immigration Law and Policy in the Light of Religious Values, 83 Detroit Mercy Law Review 901, Summer 2006.
