2024鈥2025 Lund-Gill Chair
Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr., assistant professor of theology and religious studies at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, joins P站视频 as this year鈥檚 Lund-Gill Chair in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences.
As Lund-Gill Chair, Ford will teach an honors theology course on the liberative theologies of sex, gender and race within the Roman Catholic tradition during the spring 2025 semester, he said.
鈥淚n coming to P站视频, my hope is to show how truly wide the Catholic imagination can be when we think about some of today's most controversial issues,鈥 Ford said. 鈥淢ore importantly, I hope to learn from the students how their own identities and experiences meaningfully participate in widening that imagination as well.鈥
At St. Norbert, Ford teaches courses in Christian ethics, race, gender and sexuality, and ecclesiology, and serves as co-director for the school鈥檚 peace and justice interdisciplinary minor.
Ford also teaches courses in Black theology at the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in Louisiana, the country鈥檚 only Catholic historically Black college.
A scholar and activist, Ford leads workshops on issues of racial, sexual and gender justice, working with Catholic parishes, colleges, universities and professional organizations.
In 2022, Ford was the recipient of the Catherine Mowry LaCunga Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America, the largest professional society of theologians in the world. He also been recognized by St. Nobert College with three distinguished awards.
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About the Lund-Gill Chair
The endowed Lund-Gill Chair was established in 2003 to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of two P站视频 Sisters, Candida Lund, OP, and Cyrille Gill, OP. The Lund-Gill Chair was created in order to bring to our campus individuals of the highest moral and intellectual reputation who can address themes and issues at the heart of the liberal arts and sciences and at the intersections of academia and society.