Jennifer Reed-Bouley, Ph.D.   Associate Professor   Faculty in Theology Department and   Director of Service-Learning

  

Credentials:  

Ph.D. in Christian Ethics, Loyola University Chicago, 1998  

M.A. in Theology, Loyola University Chicago, 1993  

B.A. in Program of Liberal Studies (Great Books Program), University of Notre Dame, 1990  

   

Biography: 

I joined the College of Saint Mary faculty in 2004. In addition to teaching, I enjoy giving talks to community, church, and women's groups on contemporary spirituality, Catholic social teaching, and the implications of faith for public life.  

   

Academic Interests: 

My goal is to teach courses in theology and ethics in ways that are transformative for students— so that courses lead to meaningful and lasting changes in the ways students interpret, understand, and act in the world long after the courses are completed. I like to help students identify the knowledge that they bring into a course, analyze and build upon it, and provide varied opportunities to apply and challenge their developing knowledge and skills in significant ways.     

I have found that a particularly effective teaching and learning strategy is service-learning. This is a method of teaching whereby students serve at organizations providing social service and social action. Through this service, students respond to community-identified needs while they practice skills and develop knowledge related to the specific course. Students' community-based experience provides another "text" to analyze and reflect upon in the course. As Director of Service-Learning, I work with faculty and students who are engaged in service-learning as well as facilitate relationships between community organizations and faculty.     

   

Publications: 

Jennifer Reed-Bouley and Kathleen Zajic, "Bringing Service and Learning Home: A Partnership Between College of Saint Mary and Mercy Housing," Living Mercy, July 2006. 

  

Jennifer Reed-Bouley, "The Congruence Between Catholic Social Teaching and Mercy Higher Education" to the Conference on Mercy Higher Education DVD entitled "Transforming Hallmark: Education and Action for Justice," produced by Panta-Rhei in order to educate those in governance roles in Mercy-sponsored colleges, Fall 2005. 

  

Shari Prior and Jennifer Reed-Bouley, "The Common Text: Embarking on a Journey of Understanding," College of Saint Mary TODAY Magazine, Winter 2005. 

  

Jennifer Reed-Bouley, "'I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me': Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration," College of Saint Mary TODAY Magazine, Winter 2005. 

  

Jennifer Reed-Bouley, "Service and Justice: Understanding the Relationship through Community Service-Learning." Issue on Teaching and Doing Justice in Higher Education in Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 37/1 Winter 2002: 53-63.            

  

Jennifer Reed-Bouley, "Perspectives on Undocumented Workers: Catholic Social Teaching and the United Farm Workers," pp. 304-319 in Theology: Expanding the Borders, ed. Maria Pilar Aquino and Roberto S. Goizueta. The Annual Publication of the College Theology Society, vol. 43. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1998.     

 

Book Reviews: 

Michelle Tooley. Voices of the Voiceless: Women, Justice and Human Rights in Guatemala in Religious Studies Review 24/4 (Oct. 1998).     

  

Mark L. Poorman. Interactional Morality: A Foundation for Moral Discernment in Catholic Pastoral Ministry in Theological Studies 55/3 (Sept. 1994).     

  

James L. Empereur and Christopher G. Kiesling. The Liturgy That Does Justice in Religious Studies Review 20/2 (April 1994).     

  

Kathleen Hughes and Mark R. Francis, ed. Living No Longer for Ourselves: Liturgy and Justice in the Nineties in Religious Studies Review 20/2 (April 1994).  

  

Grants Received: 

"Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Serving at College of Saint Mary" from the Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education, a grant of $19,900 for faculty development from February 2005-May 2006.  

  

"College of Saint Mary: Building Communities of Learning and Service" from the Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education, a grant of $20,000 for faculty development from January 2006-December 2006.  

  

AmeriCorps VISTA member, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007.  

  

    

Courses: 

Christian Life and Service  

Christian Reflections on Service and Nursing 

Church and Social Justice 

Foundations of Catholicism 

Health Care Ethics