Inside the Core We Celebrate Faculty Accomplishments

Inside the Core we love to celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty, and we have two particular faculty members who have publications (an article and podcast) that are wonderful reflections of our values here at Seton Hall and specifically in the Core.

Josephine DeVito, Ph.D., R. N., Associate Professor of Nursing and faculty member in the Core, recently published an article on her experience as a Eucharistic Minister along with being a professor of Nursing and Core faculty member.  Josephine has been teaching in the Core for some time and is one of our most enthusiastic and engaged professors.  She has taught Core I and II, including Rome Connection, and has served on the Core Advisory Board.  She was actively involved in our Women, Healthcare and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition program last fall, helping in the planning and serving as a panelist. Josephine also introduced the Cabrini film showcased at IHS this past spring.  She serves on the CIT committee, as well as on the leadership team for the Praxis Program and is a long-time GEM Fellow in Praxis.  Regarding the Core, she is a valued member of our community.

In this article, in Today’s American Catholic, Josephine shares her deepest thoughts and feelings about her faith, her work as a Eucharistic Minister, and how this ministry connects with her professions of being a nurse and a faculty member here at Seton Hall.  

Another wonderful faculty accomplishment is the result of Core Fellow Todd Stockdale, Ph.D., visiting his home state of Arkansas, where –instead of just relaxing and seeing family and friends – Todd also did a podcast on The Underview about origins of ideas, focusing on texts we use in the Core.  Todd is the Coordinator of Core II (having also been Coordinator of Core I, prior to that). He knows and loves the Core inside and out, and this interview is a beautiful interweaving of how texts in the Core inter-connect with each other and with our culture, which has inherited many ideas that we do not even, perhaps, recognize in terms of source and context.  In a conversation deeply needed in these times, Todd—who is being interviewed by an old friend of his from Arkansas, Mike Rusch, host of the series – delves into some of the background and biases that inform our current practices in America.  He advocates empathy even for positions that seem alien.  And he discusses all of this from the perspective of a deeply compassionate, biblically rooted, and dialogic Christianity.  Please click here for the Podcast: the founding ideologies with Todd J. Stockdale.

In the Core, we are very fortunate to have such a wonderfully diverse and engaged faculty.  Josephine’s and Todd’s recent contributions confirm our sense of what an asset these faculty members are, to our program and to our students. 

Categories: Arts and Culture, Faith and Service