Religion and Science Book Discussion

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Irvin N. Hirshfield

Associate Professor
Biology
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
St. John's University

Irvin N. Hirshfield is a Senior Vincentian Research Fellow and Associate Professor, department of Biological Sciences, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and microbial physiology and genetics. He conducts various sponsored research at St. John’s University on the regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes in response to environmental stress with special emphasis on acid stress responses and microbial pathogenesis. His interest as a Vincentian scholar is the relationship between parasitic and bacterial diseases and poverty, especially in developing countries.

Joan S. Tropnas

Assistant Professor, Director, Human Services Program
Human Services
College of Professional Studies
St. John's University

Joan S. Tropnas, Associate Professor and Director of the Human Services Program in the College of Professional Studies at St. John’s University, holds a M.S.W. and Ph.D. from Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and a M.P.A from New York University. Named a Vincentian Research Fellow in 2008, Dr. Tropnas’ research interests are in the area of medical and mental health disparities among minorities, women, and children. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Tropnas is an expert on Women at the Holy See Mission to the United Nations. Her professional career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (New York State) has included working in medical and mental health organizations, child welfare agencies, and in research.

Meghan J. Clark, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
St. John's University

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Food for Thought

A Catholic university is called to become an evermore effective instrument of cultural progress for individuals as well as for society. Included among its research activities, therefore, will be a study of serious contemporary problems in areas such as the dignity of human life, the promotion of justice for all, the quality of personal and family life, the protection of nature, the search for peace and political stability, a more just sharing in the world’s resources and a new economic and political order that will better serve the human community at a national and international level.

Pope John Paul II,
Ex Corde Ecclesiae (32)