People Whose Affiliation with the Center is Senior Vincentian Research Fellow (Retired)

• Ph.D., Fordham University

Associate Professor

• Women, children and justice: medical ethics, health care needs of the chronically ill, and disabilities from the perspective of people who are poor

"An added dimension of my experience of being a Fellow is the opportunity to serve as a faculty expert in the Holy See Mission in the United Nations.This opportunity has forced me to look at many issues from a more global perspective and appreciate the interconnection among people."

St. John's University

Marilyn A. Martone is a moral theologian and Vincentian Research Fellow whose research and teaching focus on the distribution of health resources and issues of rehabilitation of brain-trauma victims. She is presently serving as a Weill Cornell Medical College Disabilities Ethics Fellow for 2007. She holds a Ph.D. from Fordham University and teaches graduate and undergraduate theology students in St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences holding the position of Associate Professor. She offers courses in Theology in the Marketplace, Health Care Ethics, and Women, Children and Justice. She is widely published in many academic journals and has lectured internationally, most recently in Padua, Italy. Marilyn A. Martone, formerly an Associate Professor of the Department of Theology, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently retired from that position and continues her association with St. John's as an Adjunct Professor in the master's program in Global Development and Social Justice. A Senior Vincentian Research Fellow, her research and publications probe the distribution of health care services primarily in the area of rehabilitation and justice for women. She is widely published in many academic journals and has lectured internationally. Since 2004, she has served as an expert on women for the Holy See Mission to the United Nations. Dr. Martone holds a Ph.D. from Fordham University.

• Ph.D., Psychology, George Washington University

Associate Professor

• Designing learning interventions based on the theories of cognitive psychology to support and retain at-risk students
• Developing new materials that focus on critical thinking, active learning, and problem-based learning

"I am genuinely in awe of some of the work being done by my cofellows as their work shows commitment, enthusiasm, and a deep belief that persons can make a difference in this world. The extraordinary commitment of my VCCS colleagues to Social Justice has increased my deliberate inclusion of these issues in my classes."

St. John's University

• Ed.D., Educational Administration and Supervision, Rutgers University

Associate Professor

• The development of teachers who work effectively in urban settings and with high-risk students (0 years-6th grade)
• Inclusion education and special needs
• Parent engagement strategies
• The integration of the arts into academic education

"Being selected as a Vincentian Fellow launched both a period of reawakening and personal examination. Surrounded by such solid and caring scholarpractitioners, it is hard not to be moved into action and advocacy when examples abound at our collective table of how to alleviate the human condition by doing what you do anyway

St. John's University