Academic Advisory Council

Mary Ann Glendon, J.D., Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law University. President of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences and a member of the President´s Council on Bioethics, Professor Glendon teaches and writes on international human rights, comparative law, and constitutional law issues. The National Law Journal named her one of the "Fifty Most Influential Women Lawyers in America" in 1998.

Joseph Hagen, Ed.D., President Emeritus of Assumption College, Past President of Roger Williams University, and Chairman of the Board of John Cabot University. Dr. Hagen also served as Assistant to the Chairman of the National Endowment for Humanities in the 1970s.

Francis Russell Hittinger, Ph.D., Warren Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he is also Research Professor of Law. The author of A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory, Hittinger is on the editorial board of First Things and the advisory board of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. In 2001, he was elected to the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas in Rome.

Nicholas Imparato, Ph.D., professor of marketing and management at the McLaren School of Business, University of San Francisco.  He has been a research fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1996, primarily studying the intersection of business strategy and public policy.  An accomplished author, he has written numerous books, and his articles have appeared in professional journals.  Recently he was the editor of Capital for Our Time: The Economic, Legal, and Management Challenges of Intellectual Capital and has been interviewed extensively by the Financial Times (London), Nikkei Information Strategy (Tokyo), and the Wall Street Journal.  He has served in senior corporate positions in the private and public sectors, and continues to consult for companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia.  Recent engagements include work with Visa International, the Saudi Monetary Authority, and investment operations in Bulgaria and Georgia.
 
Kenneth Schmitz, Ph.D., Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto and Professor of Philosophy, John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. Professor Schmitz is a past president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association and, in 1991, was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Kevin Starr, Ph.D., Librarian Emeritus of the State of California and university professor at the University of Southern California. Dr. Starr is the author of numerous articles, as well as a seven-volume book series on the history of California. The most recent volume in this series, Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003, was published in 2004.

Kenneth Whitehead, Ph.D., former Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Whitehead is a noted author and the translator of 20 books from French, German, and Italian, and is currently working on his next book.

Faculty

Fr. Blaise Berg, S.T.O., priest of the Diocese of Sacramento and chaplain at St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, Chico.  He completed licentiate and doctoral studies at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Lateran University, Rome.
 
Steven Cortright, M.A., professor of Philosophy and tutor, Integral Curriculum of Liberal Arts, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California.  He was the prior chair of the Department of Philosophy at St. Mary´s and a former visiting professor of Ethics at the University of San Francisco.  Prof. Cortright was the founding director and currently a senior fellow of the John F. Henning Institute for Catholic Social Thought at St. Mary´s.  He is also co-founder and director of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute, Berkeley, California.
  
Stan Dundon, Ph.D., professor of Philosophy, California State University Sacramento.

Alberto Ferreiro, Ph.D., professor of European History, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.  Author of 7 books and over 60 articles covering topics such as the history of the Iberian Peninsula, the history of Christianity, and the Middle Ages.  Visiting professor/lecturer at the University of Salamanca, Spain.  Received a master’s degree in history from the University of Texas, Arlington, and a doctorate in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
 
John S. Hamlon, M.A., Director of Student Services and Theology/Catechetics instructor, University of Sacramento. Former Associate Director, St. Ignatius Institute, University of San Francisco. Received Masters in Theology from USF and did doctoral work in systematic theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Experience includes directing national/international conferences on marriage and family; directing diocesan marriage prep programs; teaching theology of marriage at the university level.
  
Raymond F. Helgeson, M.A., Director of Academic Programs and Instructor of Theology and Catechetics, University of Sacramento.  Has worked in the field of catechesis for over twenty years at the parish, diocesan, and university levels.  His experience includes faith formation as well as the formation of catechists.  Received Masters in Theology and Pastoral Ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville.  Currently engaged in doctoral studies at the Maryvale Institute of Birmingham, England.
 
Mary Herboth, M.A., Sacrament and Vocation Catechist.  Received B.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.  Graduate of the University of Sacramento with an M.A. in Education with an emphasis in Catholic Faith Formation.
  
Joseph Hollcraft, M.A., Teacher for the Diocese of Sacramento in the areas of Sacred Scripture, catechesis, and evangelization.  Received undergraduate degree and M.A. in Theology and Christian Ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
 
Kenneth Howell, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director, John Henry Cardinal Newman Institute of Catholic Thought, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.

Declan Murphy, Ph.D., M.B.A., Dean of the College of Business Administration and Mary S. Carey Professor of Management.  Former Faculty Member at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University. Former Director of the Center for Global Leadership for the Federal Executive Institute of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Terry Newell, Ed.D., former Dean of the Federal Executive Institute.
Reverend Edward Pepka, Ph.D., former lecturer in religious studies and liturgy, Assumption College.

Reverend Edward Pepka, Ph.D., former lecturer in religious studies and liturgy, Assumption College.

Thomas Slakey, Ph.D., Tutor and Former Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM and former VP for Academic Affairs, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA.

Michael Torre, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of San Francisco. Former Chair of Philosophy Department 1996-2000.

Carol Younger, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor of Education, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, and Senior Fellow, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, Steubenville, OH.

Academic Staff

Declan Murphy, Ph.D., M.B.A., Dean of the College of Business Administration

Deacon Ray Helgeson, M.A., Director of Academic Programs 

DeAnna Martinez, Office of Student Services

To request a packet with complete enrollment information contact DeAnna Martinez at 916-480-9525 x 16 or dmartinez@universityofsacramento.org.