The Symposium

Speakers

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  Joe Vukov

  Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago

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  Joe Vukov, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola, Chicago. Joe Vukov is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage. His research and teaching explore questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, and at the intersection of science and religion. Joe is the author of three books, most recently, Staying Human in an Era of Artificial Intelligence (New City Press 2024). His writing has also appeared in venues including The Chicago Tribune, America Magazine, Religion News Service, Fox Opinion and many academic journals.

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  Caleb Bernacchio

  Legendre-Soulé Chair in Business Ethics, Loyola University New Orleans

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  Caleb Bernacchio is the Legendre-Soulé Chair in Business Ethics and Associate Professor of Management at Loyola University New Orleans, where he serves as Faculty Director of the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice. His research lies at the intersection of business ethics, organizational theory, and Neo-Aristotelian practical philosophy, with a particular focus on virtue ethics, human flourishing, and the ethical foundations of firms and markets. He has published in leading journals, including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Acta Philosophica, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Journal of Business Ethics. He is the coauthor of Human Flourishing and the Firm (Cambridge University Press) and coeditor of Hegel and MacIntyre: Reason and History (Routledge).

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  Christina McRorie

  Associate Professor of Moral Theology, Boston College

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  Christina McRorie is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. Her work is interdisciplinary, and draws from the Christian tradition, political economy, and economics to consider questions about moral agency and obligation in markets. She is the author of The World of Markets: A Theology of Moral Agency in Economic Life, and the co-editor of Markets and Other Social Structures: Analyzing Moral Ecologies in Christian Ethics.

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  David McPherson

  Professor of Philosophy, University of Florida

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  David McPherson is Professor of Philosophy in the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida as well as Affiliate Professor in the Department of Philosophy. He works in the areas of ethics (especially virtue ethics), political philosophy, meaning in life, and philosophy of religion. McPherson is the author of The Virtues of Limits (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Virtue and Meaning: A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2020), as well as the editor of Spirituality and the Good Life: Philosophical Approaches (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

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  Kevin Jackson

  Professor of Law and Ethics, Fordham University

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  Kevin Jackson is Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University in the Gabrieli School of Business. Kevin is respected as a leading world scholar in business ethics and legal philosophy. His research papers have been published in top-tier journals, among them Business Ethics Quarterly, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and Law and Philosophy. He also has published 3 books including Charting Global Responsibilities: Legal Philosophy and Human Rights.

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  Fr. Martin Schlag

  Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought

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  Fr. Martin Schlag, Professor, Holder of the Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought and Co-director of the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Business. He is the editor of many articles and books, most recently author of The Business Francis Means: Understanding the Pope's Message on the Economy. He studies the nexus of Christian faith with markets, trade and exchange, money, private property, and their net effect on social justice.

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  Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid

  Associate Professor of Ethics, Faith, and Culture, Baylor University

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  Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid is associate professor of ethics, faith, and culture at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary and Affiliate Professor of Management at the Hankamer School of Business where she also serves as the Director of the Institute of Faith and Learning. She is the author of Law From Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement (Georgetown University Press). She is currently working on a monograph exploring the relationship between business ethics, theology, and human flourishing (under contract with Georgetown University Press). She previously held the Legendre-Soulé Chair of Business Ethics and served as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice at Loyola University New Orleans.

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  Christopher Krall, SJ

  Assistant Professor of Theology and Neuroscience, Creighton University

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  Christopher Krall, SJ is a priest of the Society of Jesus and an assistant professor of theology and neuroscience at Creighton University. He has a Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary research of systematic theology and neuroscience. His research and writing brings together Ignatian discernment and the Spiritual Exercises with neuroscience and how these apply to human flourishing, ethical decision-making, and therapeutic remedies. He is also a reserve naval chaplain and works with veterans and active military personal suffering from PTSD.

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  Geoff Friesen

  Professor of Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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  Geoff Friesen, finance professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I am deeply interested in the subjective dimension of work and the integration of Catholic Social Teaching into economics and finance; also, regenerative finance, the performative power of financial models, narrative capital, the moral ecology of the firm, and what I call paradox goods: goods that generate economic benefits, but only when pursued for reasons other than creating economic benefits. Integrating these goods into economic models in a way that respects their ontological reality is one of my active projects, and the most challenging academic project I have worked on so far in my life. In addition to thinking, writing, and teaching about the topics above, I also enjoy golfing, fly-fishing, gardening, hiking, reading, praying, good wine, strong coffee, and spending time with my wife, children, and close friends.

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  Kenman Wong

  Professor of Business Ethics, Seattle Pacific University

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  Kenman Wong is Professor of Business Ethics at Seattle Pacific University. He is the co-author of several books, including Business for the Common Good. Kenman has helped develop, launch, and grow the Politics, Philosophy and Economics program, as well as The Center for Faithful Business. He has also served as the creator and a producer of the documentary film series, Faith & Co., which includes five seasons that highlight inspiring stories of individuals living out business as their calling as faithful followers of Christ.

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  Joy Buchanan

  Associate Professor of Quantitative Analysis and Economics, Samford University

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  Joy Buchanan is an associate professor of quantitative analysis and economics in Samford University’s Brock School of Business. She teaches courses in data analytics and economics, with a growing focus on helping students and professionals understand artificial intelligence. Her research uses experimental and behavioral economics to study decision-making, labor markets, technology adoption, and the economic implications of AI. She has published in peer-reviewed journals including Labour Economics and Experimental Economics. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and other organizations.

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  Steven McMullen

  Professor of Economics, Hope College

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  Steven McMullen is a professor of economics at Hope College, editor of the journal Faith & Economics, and a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and at the Kirby Liang Centre for Public Theology. His research focuses on the intersection of economics, ethics, and theology, with interests in economic justice, business ethics, environmental and animal ethics, labor economics, and public policy. His most recent book is Should Wealth Be Redistributed? (Routledge, 2023, with James Otteson).

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  Andrew Lynn

  Assistant Professor of Humanities, Villanova University

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  Andrew Lynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University. He is the author of Saving the Protestant Ethic: Creative Class Evangelicalism and the Crisis of Work, and he has also served as Lecturer in the Department of Management & Global Business at Rutgers Business School and Research Fellow at the University of Virginia. His work explores the intersection of ethical theory and efforts of building a more humane economy.

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  Eric Roark

  Associate Teaching Professor of Business Ethics, Creighton University

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  Eric Roark, PhD is an Associate Teaching Professor (Business Ethics) in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. In 2008 Eric received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His monograph focusing on political philosophy and left-libertarianism, 'Removing the Commons: A Lockean Left-Libertarian Approach to the Just Use and Appropriation of Natural Resources' 2013 was published by Lexington Books (Rowman and Littlefield). His work has also appeared in: Political Studies, The Journal of Value Inquiry, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Philosophia, and Teaching Ethics.

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  Jessica Ludescher Imanaka

  Associate Professor of Management and Philosophy, Seattle University

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  Jessica Ludescher Imanaka is an Associate Professor in the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University, where she holds a joint appointment in Management and Philosophy. She teaches Ethical Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning in Business, Ethics in Business, Spiritual Business, and Philosophy of the Human Person at SU. Imanaka’s research has focused on corporate social responsibility, theory of the firm, political economy, sustainability, environmental justice, globalization, philosophy of technology, and Catholic social thought.

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  Andrew Gustafson

  Director, Economy of Communion Project, Creighton University

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  Andrew Gustafson is director of the Economy of Communion Project at Creighton University, where he has been teaching business ethics for over 20 years. He is also an EoC entrepreneur, and has a deep personal and research interest in how business can contribute to the common good through intentional giving and sacrifice. He and Celeste Harvey edited Finding Faith in Business: An Economy of Communion Vision of Business