Alexander Mikulich, Ph.D.
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Dr. Alexander Mikulich, Ph.D., received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his professional theological degrees from Weston Jesuit School of Theology (Master of Divinity) and Loyola University Chicago (Ph. D. in Theology). Dr. Mikulich’s specializations include Roman Catholic social thought and teaching; urban geography and race, class and gender inequalities; spirituality and social justice; and the ethics of war and peace. He brings 20 years experience integrating spirituality and social justice advocacy, teaching and scholarship addressing issues of race and poverty. He co-edited (with Laurie M. Cassidy) Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2007), which received the College Theology Society’s Book of the Year award for 2008. Before joining JSRI, Dr. Mikulich was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut and Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. Alex and his wife Kara have two children, Katie and Tyler. Kara serves as Director of Grants for the Jesuit province Development Office.

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The 'Lynching' of Troy Davis and White Christianity

13 Comments | Posted September 26, 2011 | 17:00:24 (EST)

On Sept. 21, Texas executed Lawrence Brewer for the murder of James Byrd in 1998, and on Sept. 22, Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis for the murder of a white police officer, Mark MacPhail, 22 years ago. None of these murders can be justified. Yet, for all the apparent differences...

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Remembering MLK: Honor the Dignity of Workers

Posted April 4, 2011 | 11:17:21 (EST)

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. walked the picket line the day before an assassin's bullet ended his life. A Nobel Prize-winner courted by presidents, King spent his final hours with Memphis garbage collectors fighting for the right to unionize. As we remember King's legacy on the anniversary of his...

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