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Katie earned her PhD in Comparative Theology, with a focus on Hinduism and Christianity. Her dissertation examines the cycle of life, death, and resurrection in Christian theology (particularly that of Ivone Gebara). This project compares Christian ecofeminism and the Kali tradition of Hinduism to address the traditional tensions between life and death and between creation and salvation, to inspire a more integral liberation for all creation. Prior to joining the Theology Department, Katie was a Campus Minister and Spanish Teacher at Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury, MA for three years where she enjoyed coordinating interfaith prayer services and both domestic and international service immersion trips. She, her husband Robert, and three children are members of Boston’s Community of Sant’Egidio.
Education
Ph.D., Comparative Theology, Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
2016-2024
Minor concentration in Systematic Theology
Dissertation: “Cultivating Insight through Comparing Cycles:
How the Hindu Kali tradition can enrich the Christian understanding of life, death, and resurrection”
Committee: Catherine Cornille (Director), Francis X. Clooney, Mary Ann Hinsdale, and Margaret Guider
Apprenticeship in College Teaching Certificate (2025)
Boston College Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences Sixth-Year Fellowship (2021)
Endowed Martin Family Foundation Scholarship in Honor of St. John Paul (2020)
Master of Theological Studies, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (Brighton, MA)
2011-2013
BTIC Certificate in International Mission and Ecumenism
Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and Linguistics, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
2008-2011
Summa cum laude
Spring semester 2009 in Christ College, Bangalore, India
Professional Experience
Regional Coordinator, Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies
2022-present
Campus Minister and Spanish Teacher, Saint John’s High School (Shrewsbury, MA)
2013-2016
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