CURRICULUM VITAE KEVIN M. CLARKE Ph.D. Candidate Ave Maria University, 5050 Ave Maria Blvd., Ave Maria, FL 34142 cell: (540) 798-7084 alt.: (760) 456-9268 email:
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RESEARCH STATEMENT: One focal point of my research has been the Biblical hermeneutics in early Christianity (New Testament authors and Church Fathers), especially their use of the spiritual senses of Scripture. My primary focus is Maximus the Confessor and his use of Scripture and the Fathers in the monothelite heresy. Particularly striking, in my view, is Maximus’s philosophy of nature and its place in his thought, whether Trinitarian, Christological, or soteriological. I have published or forthcoming several articles and I have an edited book coming out in 2018 on the Fathers of the Church and the capital vices.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida Ph.D. Candidate, major: Biblical Theology, minor: Systematic Theology Dissertation director: Dr. Michael Waldstein Dissertation title: Innovation of the Mode of Existence and the Preservation of the Principle of Nature: Gospel Exegesis and Incarnational Metaphysics of Maximus the Confessor at Christology’s Crossroads (dissertation defense expected during ’17-’18 academic year) Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio Master of Arts (2008), Theology and Christian Ministry, specialization: catechetics Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia Bachelor of Arts (2002), Psychology, concentration: human development
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: “Reading Scripture as a Whole Economy in the Second Century Liturgy: The Biblical Exegesis of Melito of Sardis” (submitted for review). “Preserving the Whole Theological System: Maximus the Confessor’s Dyothelitism as a Bulwark for Trinitarian Theology, Christology, and Soteriology,” Vox Patrum 37, vol. 67 (forthcoming, 2017). “The Mother of Fair Love: The Beauty of the Ever-Virgin for the Vocations of Christian Life,” Marian Studies, vol. LXVI (forthcoming). “‘Being Bishoped by’ God: The Theology of the Episcopacy According to St. Ignatius of Antioch,” Nova et Vetera, 14.1 (2016), 227–43. “Divinely Given ‘Into Our Reality’: Mary’s Maternal Mediation according to Pope Benedict XVI” in De Maria Numquam Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People, eds. Judith Marie Gentle and
CV – Clarke 2 Robert Fastiggi, University Press of America (2009), 157-176. (Publication of a paper presented at a meeting of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 13, 2008, at St. Philip Neri Oratory, Pittsburgh, Pa.) PAPERS DELIVERED OR PUBLIC LECTURES: “The Anti-Marcionite Thread in Origen’s Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society 11th annual conference: Responses to Conflict in Early Christianity, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia (abstract accepted, Sept. 22–Sept. 24, 2017). “Orthodoxy and Deification through the Sacred Body of the Virgin-Mother in Patristic Thought,” Netherlands Centre for Patristic Research Third International Congress: Early Christian Mystagogy and the Body, Utrecht, Netherlands (abstract accepted, Aug. 30–Sept. 1, 2017). “Nature and the Grace of Deification in Maximus the Confessor,” North American Patristics Society, Chicago, IL (abstract accepted, May 27, 2017). “The Prior Arrangements of Christ in the Old Testament as the Principle of Exegesis for Melito of Sardis,” Pappas Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Holy Cross Hellenic College, Brookline, MA (March 4, 2017). Respondent to Henry Shea, S.J., “The Cataphatic-Apophatic Dialectic of Maximus the Confessor: A Theological Ontological Bridge between East and West,” Pappas Graduate Student Conference (March 3, 2017). “The Mystical Ascent into Divine Darkness, from Gregory of Nyssa to Maximus the Confessor,” the annual conference of the Aquinas Center, Mother Teresa and the Mystics: Toward a Renewal of Spiritual Theology, Ave Maria University (Feb. 10, 2017). “Maximus the Confessor on God’s Movement of Human Nature vis-à-vis Knowledge and Desire,” Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference: The Fathers of the Church Today, Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL (Oct. 19, 2016). “Preserving the Whole Theological System: Maximus the Confessor’s Dyothelitism as a Bulwark for Trinitarian Theology, Christology, and Soteriology,” International Patristics Conference: Fathers of the Church in the Polemics Against Heresies, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Lublin, Poland (May 19, 2016). “A Natural, Divinely Participatory Mode: Creation and Human Nature in the Ambigua of St. Maximus the Confessor,” paper presentation at faculty–graduate theology Oberseminar, Ave Maria University (Feb. 17, 2016). “The Mother of Fair Love: The Beauty of the Ever-Virgin for the Vocations of Christian Life,” Mariological Society of America, 66th annual conference: Mary and Holy Families Today, Hickory, N.C. (May 21, 2015). “Mary as a Model of Faith for the Year of Faith,” Scripture Unlocked lecture series, John Paul the Great Catholic University, San Diego, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2012). Updated, May 2017
CV – Clarke 3 “Jesus’ Passion and the Compassion of the Father: ‘Suffering Presupposes the Ability to Suffer,’” Franciscan University annual M.A. theology colloquium, Steubenville, Ohio (Feb. 2, 2009). “Divinely Given ‘Into Our Reality’: Mary’s Maternal Mediation according to Pope Benedict XVI,” Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Philip Neri Oratory, Pittsburgh, (Aug. 13, 2008). BOOKS: Sayings of the Fathers of the Church: Seven Deadly Sins, edited and introduced by Kevin M. Clarke, Catholic University of America Press, under contract, publication expected before Lent 2018 (introduction accepted, in production). Translation assistance for Ave Maria faculty on Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Jeremiah for CUA Press. Typesetting and production work in De Maria Numquam Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People, eds. Judith Marie Gentle and Robert Fastiggi (University Press of America, 2009), 192 pp. Copy editing and production work in multi-author volume, Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons, ed. Mark Miravalle (Seat of Wisdom Books, 2008), 887 pp. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES: New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2010, ed. Robert L. Fastiggi, Vol. 1, Detroit: Gale (2010). Contributing writer for the following entries: “Catanoso, Gaetano (Cajetan), St.,” 215–6; “Centurione Bracelli, Virginia, St.,” 252–3; “Coll y Guitart, Francisco, St.,” 349–50; “Comboni, Daniele, St.,” 350–2; “Felix of Nicosia, St.,” 460; “Francia, Annibale Maria di, St.,” 479–80; “Frassinello, Benedetta Cambiagio, St.,” 485–6; “Galvão, Anthony of Saint Anne, St.,” 492–3; “Guerrero González, Angela de la Cruz, St.,” 511; “Guízar Valencia, Rafael, St.,” 513–5. TRANSLATIONS: “The Prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane in the Monothelite Controversy,” by François-Marie Léthel, O.C.D., translated from the French, « La prière de Jésus à Gethsémani dans le controverse monothélite », Actes du Symposium sur Maxime le Confesseur, Fribourg, 2–5 September 1980, eds. Felix Heinzer and Christoph Schönborn, Paradosis XXVII, Fribourg: Éditions Universitaires (1982), 207–214. Homiletic & Pastoral Review, April 8, 2017. LANGUAGES: Languages read with professional proficiency: Updated, May 2017
CV – Clarke 4 Greek—passed Ph.D. competency with highest marks in September 2014. Able to read the LXX and Greek New Testament and able to translate early Christian sources. Organized and led multiple patristic Greek reading sessions for graduate students and classics majors. Greek teaching experience below. Latin—passed Ph.D. competency with highest marks in January 2015. Hebrew—passed Ph.D. competency with highest marks in May 2015. French—passed Ph.D. competency in September 2015. Languages in training: German (intermediate)—Independent studies began in 2012. Spanish (late beginner)—3 years in high school; online studies via Duolingo. Russian (beginner)—2 semesters during undergraduate studies (1998-99), resumed again online via Duolingo. Polish (beginner)—began studies in 2015 through Duolingo
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: International Marian Association (2016–present) Associate Editor of the IMA’s Ecce Mater Tua, a peer reviewed journal of Mariology being launched in the coming year Society of Biblical Literature (2015–present) North American Patristics Society (2012–present) Mariological Society of America (2009–present) Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2008–2011)
ACADEMIC: Ave Maria University: Graduate-level GPA: 3.95 (60 credit hours); Dean’s List; research assistant for Dr. Thomas Scheck (academic year 2015-’16); teaching assistant for Dr. David Tamisiea (fall ’16) and Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. (spring ’17) Franciscan University: Graduate-level GPA: 3.81 (42 credit hours); undergraduate prerequisites GPA: 4.0 (18 credit hours) Paper selected for presentation at annual M.A. theology colloquium.
WORKS IN POPULAR VENUES: I have published more than two dozen articles in various print and online sources, such as First Things: On the Square, Lay Witness, Real Clear Religion, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and Zenit News Agency. Some of these pieces include: “I Believe: Developing the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” Lay Witness, Sept./Oct. 2014, 4–8. “Against Flameless Candles,” First Things: On the Square (online), July 23, 2013. “Call Your Mother! Exploring the Many Possibilities of Marian Piety,” Lay Witness, May/June 2013, 4–6. Updated, May 2017
CV – Clarke 5 “‘Blessed is She Who Believed’ – The Mother of God as a Model of Faith,” Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Dec. 13, 2012. “‘Infancy Narratives’ Seals One of Pope’s Finest Gifts to the Church,” Zenit News Agency, Dec. 4, 2012. Appeared on HuffPost Live panel discussion segment on Pope Benedict’s Infancy Narratives, Dec. 3, 2012. “What the Pope Really Said about Christmas,” First Things: On the Square (online), Nov. 30, 2012. “Taking a Leap of Faith during the Year of Faith,” Lay Witness, September/October 2012, 4–7. “Bridging the Anglican-Catholic Gap: The Ecumenical Impact of Benedict XVI’s UK Trip,” Zenit News Agency, Sept. 27, 2010.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Teaching Fellow Pappas Patristic Institute, Holy Cross Hellenic College, Brookline, Mass. July 18–22, 2016: teaching fellow with Dr. Sean Moberg, “The Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings for Contemporary Life” July 20–24, 2015: teaching fellow in training with Dr. Bruce Beck, “Reading Scripture with the Fathers: Studies in Patristic Hermeneutics” Ave Maria University THEO105: Introduction to Sacred Scripture, teaching assistant for Dr. David Tamisiea (multiple lectures, grade tests, conduct review sessions, and maintain office hours) THEO205: Introduction to Sacred Doctrine, teaching assistant for Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. (multiple lectures, conduct review sessions, maintain office hours) Regularly led Socratic-style seminar with fellow Ph.D. students in various classes. Scheduled to teach THEO105 in fall 2017 and spring 2018 Adjunct Professor of Biblical Languages John Paul the Great Catholic University, San Diego, Calif.: July 2011–present* BIBL531: Biblical Greek I BIBL532: Biblical Greek II HUMA107: Rhetoric *Note: These were the first-ever Greek classes taught at JP Catholic University. Classes were video recorded and online/distance-learning students were enrolled concurrently with those who took the classes on campus. (I have administered the class online since moving and am still listed among the adjunct faculty on the university webpage.) High School Religion Teacher Updated, May 2017
CV – Clarke 6 JSerra Catholic High School, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Aug. 2011–June 2014 Introduction to Religion (yearlong course for first-year international students, most of whom came from China) Senior Elective: Church History through the Lives of the Saints (semester) Senior Elective: Living as a Disciple of Jesus Christ in Society (semester) Senior Elective: Philosophy (semester) Junior Sacraments (semester) Junior Morality (semester) High School/Middle School Teacher St. Joseph Academy (K–12), San Marcos, Calif., Aug. 2009–June 2011 Senior Morality (semester) Senior Apologetics (semester) Senior Advanced Composition (semester) Senior Speech (semester) Senior Journalism Sophomore Sacred Scripture Geometry 7th grade Grammar-Writing 6th grade Religion (special emphasis upon the liturgy and the sacraments) LEADERSHIP, VOLUNTEER, AND MINISTRY: Ave Maria Graduate Theology Founding leader of steering committee to create professional development colloquia for graduate theology program Treasurer, graduate student government (academic year 2017-18) Opus Dei Cooperator (2017–) Little league baseball Co-coach, Ave Maria Royals (coach pitch league, players aged 6-9) Speaking engagements Lay Dominican meeting lecture on Summa Theologiae III, qq. 18–19, Salem, Va., summer 2015 Retreat speaker, sophomore and junior retreats, JSerra Catholic High School Adult faith formation Volunteer catechist at Ave Maria Quasi-Parish (adult faith formation and RCIA) Volunteer RCIA team member at Franciscan University, responsible for collaboration and planning, helping facilitate retreats, as well as delivering various catecheses Sacristan and Lector, JSerra Catholic High School Recruited and trained altar servers, and served as master of ceremonies for school’s larger Masses Chess club advisor, JSerra Catholic High School
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CV – Clarke 7 PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Assistant to President, Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici, July 2007–July 2009 Comparable responsibilities to a research assistant—frequent editing and occasional researching for his paper presentations and class lecture material. I once gave a lecture on Pope Benedict’s Mariology for one of his classes. Editing and production work in Dr. Miravalle’s books and several academic articles as well as international news bulletins Assistant editor of motherofallpeoples.com, a bi-monthly Marian e-magazine. Directed, edited MaryCast, a video log for airmaria.com. Assistant producer and call screener of two weekly radio shows hosted by Dr. Miravalle, The Triumph and Mother of All Peoples. Writer, Public Relations, Franciscan University, Sept. 2005–Aug. 2007 Copy Editor/Page Designer, The Roanoke Times, Sept. 2002–Aug. 2005 Editorial Assistant, The Roanoke Times, May 1997–Aug. 2000
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Teaching experience, traditional and hybrid (students in the class and online). About two decades of professional experience in writing, editing, and publishing. Fluency with Chicago Style of citation; knowledgeable of MLA and APA. One or more years of experience with the following types of grading or coursemanagement software: Edline, Blackboard, Option C, Rediker Plus Portals, ELearning (Moodle), and Canvas. Daily experience with Logos Bible Software, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel, frequently with PowerPoint. Video conferencing experience through Skype, Google Hangouts, and WyzAnt (tutoring service). Typing speed: about 80 words per minute.
PERSONAL: Married to Natasha Clarke since Jan. 1, 2007 Children: Sophia (04/2008), Agnes (07/2011), Aletheia (02/2015) Hobbies: baseball, basketball, chess, billiards, racquetball
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