Jessica Murdoch

Dr. Jessica M. Murdoch is Associate Professor of Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology at Villanova University. She specializes in the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, metaphysics and epistemology, papal teaching, and matters concerning women, marriage and the family from a Catholic perspective. Prior to her tenure at Villanova, she was an Assistant Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She currently serves the Church on the Executive Board of the National Advisory Council of the USCCB, on the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council in Philadelphia, and as a catechist at Sacred Heart Parish in Royersford, PA. Jessica and her husband, James, are the parents of four children.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Fordham University
• BS and BA Chestnut Hill College

Teaching Interests

Fundamental Theology, Dogmatics, Thomism, Catholic Encyclicals, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Carmelite Theology, St. Bonaventure, History and Theology of Religious Life, Great Books of the Western Canon

Honors and Awards

• Erskine Peters Fellow, University of Notre Dame (2002-2005).
• Presidential Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship, Fordham University (1999-2002).
• Doctoral Fellow for African American Students, The Fund for Theological Education (1999-2001).
• Valedictor, Washington Theological Union (1999).
• Academic Scholarship, Washington Theological Union (1997-1999)
• Kappa Gamma Pi St. Catherine Medal, Chestnut Hill College (1996)
• Academic Scholarship and Interdepartmental Honors, Chestnut Hill College (1993-1997)