The Academic Advisory Council consists of eminent academics from a range of backgrounds who act as consultors for IACS, advising on emerging topics and areas of interest, supporting projects and acting as ambassadors for the Institute in their communities.
David Albertson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religion, University of Southern California
Scott Appleby, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Dominic F. Doyle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College
Daniel Finn, Ph.D.
William E. & Virginia Clemens Professor of Economics and Liberal Arts Professor of Theology, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
Rev. Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D.
David Lauler Chair for Catholic Health Care Ethics, Georgetown University
Dana Gioia
Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture, University of Southern California
Roberto Goizueta, Ph.D.
Margaret O’Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology, Boston College
Bernard McGinn, Ph.D.
Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Divinity School
Ernesto Rossi
European Publisher and Entrepreneur
Peter Steinfels, Ph.D.
Co-founder of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture Former journalist at The New York Times and editor of Commonweal Magazine
Jan E. Stets, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory, University of California, Riverside
Charles Taylor
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy, McGill University
Patrick Whelan, M.D., Ph.D.
Lecturer in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Lecturer in Immunology, USC Keck School of Medicine Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital