Staff

Director

Dr. Paul V. Murphy
Director, Institute of Catholic Studies
Associate Professor of History
Tel: (216) 397-4953
Fax: (216) 397-4175
E-mail: pvmurphy@jcu.edu

Dr. Murphy is a native of Chicago who attended Fairfield University for his B.A. in History (1979). He holds an M.A. in Medieval History from Loyola University, Chicago (1984) and an M.Div. from Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. (1989). His Ph.D. in History is from the University of Toronto (1996). His major field of expertise is Early Modern History (Renaissance and Reformation) and he has published extensively on the reforming Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (1505-63), and the early Jesuits; his current research concerns the sanctuary of the Holy House at Loreto.

In the past Dr. Murphy has served as the Director of the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought at the University of San Francisco and the Director of the St. Ignatius Institute at USF. His teaching experience includes tenures at St. George's College, Kingston, Jamaica; University of Toronto; Loyola University's Rome Center; as well as the University of San Francisco.

Courses Taught Include:
HS 196 Saints and Scoundrels: History of the Jesuits (Special Topics Spring 2007)
HS 201 Western Civilization to 1600
HS 202 Western Civilization from 1600
HS 411 Renaissance Europe
HS 412 Reformation Europe

Secretary

Ms. Mary Beth Brooks
Secretary
Tel: (216) 397-4558
Fax: (216) 397-4175
E-mail: mbrooks@jcu.edu

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