Career Paths and Internship Opportunities
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Where can theology take me?
That’s a decision ultimately only you can make, but this guide is intended to help you imagine the possibilities. It offers big picture thinking and concrete opportunities for how to put your theology study into action through internships, post-graduation fellowships, graduate school, and careers.
Craft a succinct explanation about the skills you have cultivated through your theology degree and how they are relevant to the opportunities that you pursue.
Read about the possibility of dedicating a year or two of service to discern your values, contribute to the common good, and develop skills for your future career.
Below are some tips and information about the following fields, which are the most common paths for alumni of the theology department.
Alumni Spotlights
Nick Endo
FCLC ’16 Theology Major
Attorney, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
“The skills I honed through wrestling with sacred texts as a Fordham undergraduate have translated seamlessly to the world of constitutional interpretation, and I am a better legal writer because of the time I spent in theology classes learning how to articulate complex ideas and craft creative arguments.”
Stephanie Pennacchia
FCRH ’12 Theology Major
Social Worker and Psychotherapist,
Clinical Supervisor for the Intensive Mobile Treatment Program, Center for Urban Community Services
“I received my undergraduate degree in theology and was particularly interested in the theological issues of social justice, which eventually led me to the field of social work...[it] confirmed my desire to provide holistic and person-centered care to address mental health well-being and offer that care in really creative ways.”
Carlos Obregoso
FCRH ’22 Theology and Economics Double Major
Senior Contract Administrator,
MCC Non-Ferrous Trading LLC
“Studying theology taught me how to face and engage a problem, applying a research and an implications-focused approach to day-to-day actions, as well as the consequences our actions might bring to the communities and social networks our trading operations might impact.”
Theology and Medicine
Theology and Medicine
“The trends in medicine today are moving away from just understanding the pure sciences toward trying to understand the person as a whole, which I think a Jesuit education is pretty well suited to do, given the whole message of cura personalis.”
– Taylor Jacob, FCRH '14 and Theology Biology double major, OB/GYN Resident, New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical
Read more here.
Further Resources
Theology Career Guide 2020.pdf
A message from the Chair
Still have questions? Reach out to the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Theology on your campus to talk through options opportunities, or subscribe to the weekly Theology Department Newsletter by sending an email to theology@fordham.edu for listings of opportunities.
Huge thanks to Edward Dunar, who researched and prepared this guide over the summer of 2019.
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