The Symposium
Nov. 5-7, 2026
Creighton University
Heider College of Business, Room 4067
602 N. 20th Street
Omaha, NE 68178
Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid
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.
Christina McRorie
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.
Eric Roark
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.
Geoff Friesen
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.
Steven McNullen
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).
Andrew Gustafson
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 Bueinsss: An Economy of Communion Vision of Business
Joe Vukov
Kevin Jackson
David McPherson
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)
Joy Buchanan
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.
Caleb Bernacchio
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).
