David Feng
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Peace & Immigration Ethics
Year: 2026
Julia Franco
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation
Year: 2026
Mackenzie Hoover
Major: Secondary Education
FPJ Concentration: History & Justice
Year: 2026
Cooper Klumpp
Major: Psychology-BSÂ
FPJ Concentration: LGBTQ+ Justice
Year: 2026
Isabel Murray
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: Spirituality, Service, & Social Justice
Year: 2026
“Two issues in FPJ that I find to be most pressing are poverty and health disparities among children.â€
Genevieve (Dokyung) Oh
Major: International Studies, French
FPJ Concentration: Gender Justice & History
Year: 2026
“I find the most pressing issues to be gender-based violence and the long-lasting effects of post-colonial structures on gender inequality. These issues not only continue to oppress women globally but also intersect with race, class, and historical legacies of colonialism, deepening systemic barriers to gender justice.â€
Nelson Teixeira da Pedra
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Peace & Justice
Year: 2026
Alex Marmolejo
Major: Applied Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Spirituality, Service & Social Justice
Year: 2026
Harper White
Major: Psychology
FPJ Concentration: War and Peacebuilding
Year: 2026
Emily Ahern
Major: English
FPJ Concentration: History & Justice
Year: 2027
Monica Barger
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: TBD
Year: 2027
Owen Bienen
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: Peace Issues, History & Justice
Year: 2027
Casey Johnston
Major: Economics, Philosophy
FPJ Concentration: Criminal Justice
Year: 2027
“As I am pursuing an FPJ minor, a pressing issue I find is the pervasive lack of compassion and the inability to recognize all people's inherent humanity and dignity. This deficiency deepens societal divisions and obstructs the pursuit of justice and lasting peace by preventing genuine understanding and reconciliation across differing perspectives and global issues.â€
Jessica Osciak
Major: Accounting
FPJ Concentration: Undecided
Year: 2027
“As I'm pursuing the minor, the issue I find most pressing is the indifference we as a society hold towards the plights of others. Our issues today are incredibly complex and intertwined, and we need to recognize how issues of justice impacts us all.â€
Romaine Wells
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: TBD
Year: 2027
Paul Kim
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Criminal Justice
Year: 2027
Audrey Chang
Major: Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Conflict Resolution and Criminal Justice
Year: 2027
Janely Cruz Fuentes
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Immigration, Politics, and Justice
Year: 2027
Eleanor Doering
Major: Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Crime and Peace
Year: 2027
Samantha Hart
Major: Applied Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Advocacy & Social Justice
Year: 2027
Chelsea Lee
Major: Accounting & Finance
FPJ Concentration: Social Justice
Year: 2027
Ella McDonnell
Major: Biology
FPJ Concentration: Medical and Environmental Justice
Year: 2027
Mary Zagrocki
Major: Neuroscience
FPJ Concentration: Medical Ethics
Year: 2027
Emma Cuevas
Major: Secondary Education & History
FPJ Concentration: History & Justice
Year: 2027
Aidan Fraiola
Major: Lynch Applied Psych
FPJ Concentration: TBA
Year: 2027
Hannah King
Major: Mathematics
FPJ Concentration: Public Health
Year: 2027
Matthew Ciampa
Major: Finance
FPJ Concentration: Economic Justice
Year: 2027
Marin Ferris
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Religion & Politics
Year: 2027
Avery Smith
Major: CSOM
FPJ Concentration: Peace Issues
Year: 2027
Helia Attar
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: Conflict Resolution
Year: 2027
Olive Sauder
Major: Studio Art
FPJ Concentration: Peace Issues
Year: 2027
Annie Larsen
Major: CSOM
FPJ Concentration: Crime and Justice
Year: 2028
Kylie Pardalis
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Crime & Justice
Year: 2028
Madeline Hoffman
Major: Applied Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Justice, Law & Policy
Year: 2028
Jack Keaney
Major: Neuroscience
FPJ Concentration: Medical Justice & Ethics
Year: 2028
Finlay McKeon
Major: Economics
FPJ Concentration: Economic Justice
Year: 2028
Claire Goodowens
Major: Nursing
FPJ Concentration: Medical Justice
Year: 2028
Sanaa Jin
Major: Finance
FPJ Concentration: Economic & Urban Analysis
Year: 2028
Anna Pearson
Major: ManagementÂ
FPJ Concentration: Medical Justice
Year: 2028
Darley Rene
Major: Economics
FPJ Concentration: Economic Justice & Conflict
Year: 2028
Valentina Varela
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: Crime & Justice
Year: 2028
Brendan Appert
Major: Biochemistry
FPJ Concentration: Medical Ethics
Year: 2028
Jolin Li
Major: Applied Psych
FPJ Concentration: Economic Justice & Crime
Year: 2028
Zoe Ortiz
Major: Biology
FPJ Concentration: Peace
Year: 2028
Bradley Perlman
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Religion and Politics
Year: 2028
Audrey Smallwood
Major: Applied Psychology
FPJ Concentration: N/A
Year: 2028
Sonia Temfack
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Religion and Politics
Year: 2028
Peter Byrne
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: TBD
Year: 2029
Dania De la Cruz
Major: Political Science
FPJ Concentration: Human Rights
Year: 2029
Hallie Harris
Major: English
FPJ Concentration: TBD
Year: 2029
Jinwhoo Kim
Major: Philosophy
FPJ Concentration: TBD
Year: 2029
Allison Kimber
Major: Finance
FPJ Concentration: Peace & Conflict
Year: 2029
Jisu Yee
Major: English
FPJ Concentration: Technology & Justice
Year: 2029
Jake Ayoub
Major: Economics
FPJ Concentration: Peace Issues
Year: 2025
Kelly Bopp
Major: International Studies
FPJ Concentration: International Justice & Catholic Social Teaching
Year: 2025
Christopher Carreras
Chris teaches religion and literature at Xavier High School Micronesia, a Jesuit high school in Chuuk, Micronesia.
"The lessons in patient trust, humility, managing conflict, and confronting a God on the margins that I learned as a Faith, Peace, and Justice minor directly inform my work here every day!"
Katherine Courtiss
Major: Psychology   Â
FPJ Concentration: Service & Social Justice
Year: 2025
Mia Eventoff
Major: Philosophy
FPJ Concentration: Service & Social Justice
Year: 2025
Daniel Larimer
Major: Chemistry
FPJ Concentration: Environmental Justice
Year: 2025
Dilan Luhana
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FPJ Concentration: Theological Conflict Resolution
Year: 2025
Amelia Pempek
Major: Economics
FPJ Concentration: Peace Issues & Conflict Resolution
Year: 2025
Ashley Polimeno
Ashley is serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest in Missoula, MT.Â
"My role as a housing and employment advocate with Missoula Interfaith Collaborative has challenged me to put the ethical and justice-oriented frameworks I learned through FPJ into practice. I work with families and individuals who face barriers to tangible needs like stable housing, food, and income, yet I’ve noticed the highest barrier is often the impoverishment of networks and community. I continue to learn how to lead with compassion and to navigate the complex challenges of our social systems that make connection, security, and stability both extremely difficult and entirely necessary."
Isabella Revel
Major: Psychology
FPJ Concentration: Gender, Racial & Criminal Justice
Year: 2025
Megan Riegel
Major: History and PhilosophyÂ
FPJ Concentration: Peacebuilding
Year: 2025
“The interdisciplinary nature of the FPJ minor allows me to approach peacebuilding through a historical, philosophical, sociological, and theological lens to create a more peaceful and just community. It's important to see peacebuilding as a necessary function of combating injustice in nonviolent solutions and transforming structures to resolve conflict at every level of society.â€
Brian Rooney
Major: Environmental Studies
FPJ Concentration: Environmental Justice
Year: 2025
Benjamin Ward
Ben Ward will be attending Boston College Law School after graduation.Â
"Looking back, I chose this minor because I was fascinated by the process of applying ethics to real-world problems while taking the Challenge of Justice course. Through this course with Dr. Snyder, I learned to critically develop solutions grounded in moral theory and ethics, while also considering practical steps. After this class, I picked up the FPJ minor, and I am so grateful for it! Through this minor, I learned that the law could be used to establish ethically-grounded change, and I have since decided to continue my academic journey in law school. Thank you to Dr. Snyder for making this program so amazing!"
Simon Worth
Major: Communication
FPJ Concentration: Justice
Year: 2025
Grace Cuddihy
Grace Cuddihy will be doing a year of service with JVC Northwest. She will be a case aid at Community House Mental Health Center in Seattle, WA with JVC Northwest.
“The FPJ minor allowed me to take courses that I cared about while challenging myself to think about my perceptions of faith, peace, and justice. I was able to integrate my diverse interests into a cohesive final project on a topic I was passionate about. I am very grateful that I had this unique experience which has informed my postgraduate plans, my career aspirations, and my personal convictions.â€
Gabrielle Drake
Gabrielle Drake is pursuing research experience in preparation for doctoral training in Clinical Psychology.
“The Faith, Peace, and Justice minor has enhanced my undergraduate experience by allowing me to apply my knowledge of psychology to real-world contexts. My coursework in FPJ has encouraged me to engage in critical thinking and consider problems that exist outside of my immediate experience, which I have found to be integral to my time at BC. Through my thesis, I have been able to explore an emerging interest of mine, Global Mental Health, and its relation to my major field of study. I am confident that I will bring what I learned in Faith, Peace, and Justice with me into my future.â€
Christopher Failla
Christopher Failla works in New York City in finance.Â
“The FPJ seminar has been a wonderful experience. It has offered me the opportunity to think critically about different forms of justice, many of which I had no prior experience with. I was able to learn from wonderful professors and classmates about the importance of faith, peace, and justice in the real world. While definitely challenging, I think I grew a lot within the FPJ program with the help of amazing professors and classmates.â€
Jack Kloster
Jack Kloster will be attending Harvard for a master's program in Bioethics. Afterward, he plans to pursue medical school.Â
“The FPJ minor allowed me to explore topics and injustices that interested me beyond the typical coursework received at Boston College. Through an interdisciplinary approach, I could tailor classes to combine my majors in Biology and Philosophy. This minor has been pivotal in preparing my future studies and career goals to become a holistic and well-rounded physician.â€
Joseph Lipinski
Joseph Lipinski will be in Boston full time for a job in consulting (FTI Consulting, specifically M&A Advisory.)
“FPJ has been simultaneously the most unique, challenging and rewarding academic experience I have had at BC. I knew from when I took Portico and Challenge of Justice I liked the study of ethics and wanted to incorporate that in my degree, and FPJ gave me the opportunity to blend that study with my other interests in economics (and in particular, inequality). I was able to take economics, political science and management classes around the problems that underline inequality, and how our current system reinforces it. In culminating with my thesis, I was able to combine my preexisting knowledge base to defend a circular transition from an economics and ethical approach to alleviate economic inequality, a challenged but extremely rewarding process that let me re engage with old professors, conduct new research, and learn how to create a strong, logical argument over a 50 page paper. I love this program, and would do it over 10000x!!â€
Michael Martire
Nessa Schirtzinger
Nessa Schirtzinger worked at a summer camp for trans and nonbinary youth. Nessa is really excited to help facilitate a welcoming and affirming environment for kids. In the fall, Nessa will be finding a job with a non-profit in Boston, looking especially at those who specialize in LGBTQ+ populations. After a year or two of working, Nessa plans to go back to school for an MSW and/or an MDiv.
“This minor gave me a unique opportunity to explore my passion for LGBTQ+ justice across many disciplines, and broadened my understanding of myself, my community, and our fight for justice. The experience of writing this thesis taught me how to apply this interdisciplinary knowledge to a specific context, in my case, LGBTQ+, especially trans, justice in the Roman Catholic Church.â€
Sophie Sheffer
Sophie Sheffer will be doing a year of service in Los Angeles, California, with the St. Joseph Workers Program. I am serving as a part-time campus minister and part-time school guidance counselor at St. Mary's Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school in Inglewood.Â
“My Faith, Peace, and Justice minor has genuinely been my favorite part of BC academics. As someone who is interested in many different areas of study, having an interdisciplinary minor like FPJ allowed me to explore a wide array of courses and social justice issues. FPJ has also shown me the importance of listening to learn and to understand rather than listening to respond or fix.â€
William Sweet
William Sweet will be pursuing his Master’s Degree in Higher Education at the Lynch School of Boston College.
“I enjoyed the FPJ, minor the highlight for me is the interdisciplinary nature of the minor which allows you to explore the different facets of our society and makes our world function. This is critical when we are discussing justice, because in my view if you do not have a wholistic view of what justice is or attempt to identify what it is, then when it comes to analyzing and critiquing the world around you from the perspective of what is and is't just your concussions may be short sided because you aren't seeing the full picture.â€
Teresa Webb-Johnson
Teresa Webb-Johnson will be taking a gap year while applying to medical school. During this time, she will be working at an orthopedic surgery private practice in Needham, MA as a medical scribe/medical assistant. She will also be organizing research/creative projects with the doctor she will be working with (including running a YouTube channel and a website). She wil also also be coaching soccer.
“The FPJ minor was an incredibly unique and fulfilling experience. I appreciate the flexibility to pursue personal interests and take classes outside the traditional MCAS curriculum. I learned a lot from my professors and classmates about ethical frameworks and applying them to ongoing social issues.â€
Jocelyn Boudreau
Jocelyn Boudreau works as an Advancement Coordinator for Seattle University.
“I think one of my favorite parts of FPJ is that it is a DIY minor. I like that you can create your own cluster based on your interests. I didn't know what I liked to study when I took up the minor, and I appreciated having the freedom to explore that in the classes of my choosing. I thought the thesis seminar provided the perfect rounding-off of these studies, too, and I am so proud to have a document that is so meaningful to me tied to FPJ.â€
Patrick Flanagan
Patrick Flanagan is a consultant for Roland Berger in Boston, MA.
“The FPJ minor has meant so much to me since I declared it at BC. I have taken classes in various disciplines that I would have never thought of taking if it was not for FPJ. For example, I took the poly sci class, ‘Democracies and Elections in Africa,’ and learned so much about a topic that I had no idea I was interested in. The combination of philosophy and theology allowed me to think critically and apply my learnings to relevant current social topics. Lastly, the FPJ seminar course gave me the opportunity to create the work I am most proud of at BC. Through writing the thesis, I learned a ton, met so many new people in various industries, and got to put my time and energy into something I was passionate about. On top of that, I became close friends with my classmates and was able to engage in reflective and personal discussions with all of them.â€
Teva Kenny
Teva Kenny went onto graduate school at Pepperdine University where she will pursue a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology.
“Faith, Peace, and Justice has meant a lot to me–for personal reasons which I really got to explore in Prison Reform and Restorative Justice Course I took as a summer abroad course in Australia. The course helped encourage my professional goals of working with incarcerated women and their families. The concept of justice is complicated for me, but peace will always be my goal, interpersonally and internally. I am really grateful for the classes on faith, as well. I explored what is important to me and got involved with campus ministry this year, which gave me a whole new community of love and support. Overall, I am so happy I took the FPJ minor and I can't imagine my time at BC without it.â€
Madeleine McGrath
Madeleine McGrath works as a Victim Witness Advocate in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA.Â
“Minoring in FPJ was among my best decisions at Boston College. Its interdisciplinary nature allowed me to fuse my interests in religion and politics into extraordinary coursework. I cannot speak highly enough of the Challenge of Justice (especially with Steve Pope) and the Senior Seminar (especially with Stephanie Edwards) as two of my all-time favorite classes. I loved our close cohort and I will hold lessons from FPJ wherever I go next.â€
Emma Mock
“The FPJ program has been the most unexpected but favorite part of my Boston College experience. Taking the Challenge of Justice to fulfill my Cultural Diversity core launched me into the amazing journey that is the FPJ minor. Every class, professor, peer, and class discussion has heightened my love for the minor and our world. I truly don't know what my BC experience would look like without FPJ to keep me heart-focused.â€
Sarah Ryan
Sarah Ryan went to become a mental health specialist at McLean Hospital, psychiatric hospital in Belmont, MA.
Allison Simon
"Pursuing the FPJ minor has been an amazing experience for me. I have had the chance to meet an amazing group of people who are open to having tough conversations and supporting each other as we deal with injustices we hope to one day eradicate. The FPJ minor has allowed me to take a variety of interesting courses and really rounded out my Boston College experience. I am grateful for all the professors and classmates I have had and who make the FPJ minor what it is today.â€
Matthew Vaccaro
Matthew Vaccaro went on to graduate school at Vanderbilt University where he studied Theology.
Natalie Arndt
Natalie Arndt went on to do the ACE service program.
She volunteered as an English teacher at LaSalle Academy. She also persued her MA in Education at the University of Notre Dame.
Olivia Bird
Olivia Bird went on to the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine.

“Faith, Peace, and Justice, in many ways, was a way for me to continue a ‘pulse-y’ education while at BC. I finished my PULSE core with a strong desire to take more social justice courses, and Faith, Peace, and Justice provided me with that. As a pre-health student, it has encouraged me to study the ethics behind medicine and public health just as much as I study the science behind it. FPJ has been one of the most formative aspects of my BC education, and I am very grateful for that.â€
Grace Collins
Grace Collins earned her Masters in Vocal Performance with a concentration in Classical Voice at New York University Steinhardt.
“When I came into BC, I knew I wanted to do something with transitional justice, and none of the majors available to freshmen explored exactly what I was hoping to study, and then I found FPJ. When I read the description and spoke with you, I knew that FPJ was the perfect minor for me, and I remember declaring it decidedly freshman year and never looking back. FPJ provided me the freedom to hone in on things I was already passionate about and to become passionate about new material that was presented to me in the many different classes I was able to take because of the focus on interdisciplinary study. I am forever grateful for the perspective that FPJ gave me.â€
Catherine Downing
Catherine Downing went on to work as a case manager at St. Joseph’s Worker Program in Los Angeles, CA.
Nicholas Gallagher
Nicholas Gallagher is a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He is Assistant Operations Officer at Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare. In Fall 2024, he will begin his MBA at the University of Notre Dame.
Diana Hadjiyane
Diana Hadjiyane went on to pursue her Master’s Degree in Theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
Mary Kenny
Mary Kenny went on to become the matching and enrollment coordinator at the Big Sister’s Association of Greater Boston.
“FPJ and specifically this thesis has been the perfect synthesis of everything that I have done throughout my time as a BC student (both academically and extracurricularly).â€
Desiree Lewis
Desiree Lewis went on to serve as the development and operations associate for REACH Beyond Domestic Violence in Waltham, MA.
“As far as my FPJ minor, I have been truly grateful to learn about these diverse range of topics specifically racial and criminal justice. My experience at BC would not have been the same without the minor, and this thesis has also allowed me to delve into a topic I care deeply about.â€
Sarah Lepsevich
Sarah Lepsevich went on to work as a child counselor at St. Anne’s Home. She also persued a dual degree graduate program at the STM in Social Work and Theology at Boston College.
Molly Malloy
Molly Malloy went on to do a year of service with Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Los Angeles, CA as a wellness program assistant.
“The FPJ minor has allowed me to explore my interests in theology and social justice and integrate multiple disciplines and experiences. I took the Challenge of Justice just for fun sophomore year and was hooked! I especially appreciate the minor's flexibility and how students can create their own set of courses to complete it.â€
Peyton Olszowka
Peyton Olszowka went on to be a litigation paralegal at Nutter, McClennen & Fish.
“The FPJ minor has complimented my academic experience at BC by giving me an outlet to probe the topics I've learned about in my International Studies classes from an ethical and philosophical perspective. I think I'm a much stronger student because I can now tackle issues from both a normative and descriptive/analytical angle. I've also really enjoyed the community in this minor and have learned so much from hearing my classmates speak about their passions.â€
Felipe Pardo
Felipe Pardo went on to work as a Certified Public Accountant in Miami, FL.
“I decided to do FPJ first due to the wide range of courses you can take. I wanted to be able to take theology classes while fulfilling requirements for the CPA exam and being able to use courses from my attempt at pre-med. After completing Arrupe and the Challenge of Justice class, I knew that I wanted to further explore and understand issues of justice in Latin America, and I have been taught the tools to do just that. The most impactful classes I have been able to take in the FPJ minor have been Living Truthfully with Father Penna and Telling Truths with Professor Rizzuto. I took Living Truthfully the first semester of my senior year and every lesson felt like it was speaking directly to a question or doubt I was having that week. Telling Truths was a PULSE elective that took me completely out of my comfort zone. Our class was tasked with interviewing and writing obituaries for families who lost their lives to Covid-19 through a program called ‘Missing Them’.â€
Jillian Sherwood
Jillian Sherwood went on to do a year of service with Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Yakima, WA.
“My course of study within my FPJ minor was undoubtedly my favorite part of my BC educational experience. I loved that I was able to craft my own course schedule with classes across disciplines. I felt that this minor perfectly encapsulates what I was looking for out of a Jesuit education, blending concepts from multiple fields of study and applying them to confront injustice in the world. An FPJ minor takes concepts from within the classroom and applies them in a meaningful way, and it's given me a baseline to work for justice when I enter the real world. I really couldn't recommend the minor enough.â€
Winnie Chan
Winnie Chan went on to Physician Assistant School at Midwestern University.
Kathryn Destin
After graduating, Kathryn worked in nonprofit operations. This was followed by a year and a half as a Grant Writer with a NYC social services nonprofit. Currently, Kathryn is focusing on freelance writing and working to get her first play produced.
Theresa Fallon
Theresa Fallon did a year of service at Christ House Medical Respite in Washington, D.C.
“FPJ was so important to me because it allowed me to have practical application and context to my pre-health and biology major. I especially appreciated the ability to learn about the intersections of the history of medicine and philosophical frameworks.â€
Sarah Lara
Sara Lara went on to intern at a Law Office in New Jersey. She is currently a JD candidate at New York Law School.
Zhanhao Liao
Zhanhao Liao went on to become a consultant with ZS Associates in Washington, D.C.
Sofia Marino
Sofia Marino was appointed to the U.S. Department of State’s Consular Fellows Program in the Foreign Service and will receive her post at a U.S. embassy abroad.
“FPJ reinforced my ability to make connections across fields and particularly in regard to ethics. My ability to combine political science, philosophy, sociology and urban planning courses resulted in my FPJ thesis (Urban Justice among Political Hostilities: Analyzing the Israeli Palestinian Conflict through Urban Planning). FPJ’s, cross field combinations and its specific emphasis on the ethical dimension is the true experience of the Jesuit liberal arts education. The minor reinforced my widespread interests while also integrating them nicely and revealing foundational linkages. Thanks to FPJ, I transformed my passions into an academic piece that aims to educate readers in each essence of the conflict.â€
Michael Nelson
Michael Nelson went on to become an analyst for Deloitte in their technical consulting practice in Boston, MA.
“I found the Faith, Peace, and Justice program through PULSE, and I wanted to continue studying philosophy and theology with a grounded and actionable approach. At its core, my time in the FPJ program has taught me to think through difficult problems in the world, and continually seek greater empathy in others and myself.â€
Jonathan Ng
Jonathan Ng went on to do a year of service with Jesuit Volunteer Corps. After completing the year of service, he went on to the School of Social Work at Columbia University.
“The interdisciplinary approach of the FPJ program bolstered the myriad of interests I had in social justice, service-learning, philosophy, spirituality, rhetoric, and film, culminating in a documentary I never fathomed of producing. The nuanced yet amorphous structure of FPJ granted me leeway to discover my own voice and passions throughout my years at BC.â€
Emma Saart
Emma Saart went on to work at a clinical research clinic at Beth Israel Hospital. She is currently pursuing her MD/PhD at the Zucker School of Medicine.
“After my freshman year experience with Appa, I became passionate about issues of social justice and didn’t want this to be a topic I reflected on only on the week-long spring break service trip each year. The FPJ minor has allowed me to engage in questions of justice and faith and how I can bring a dedication to these topics into my career and everyday life. I’m excited to continue to explore the questions I’ve begun to investigate through this program and am so grateful for the professors and students who have inspired me throughout.â€
Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson went on to do a year of service with Genocide Watch in Washington, D.C. He also persued doing graduate work in Security Studies at Georgetown University and works as an analyst for the United States Department of Defense.
“I chose the FPJ minor because I wanted to look at my major field through a justice-driven lens. I’ve met many other amazing students through the interdisciplinary nature of FPJ. This experience has shown me how to take philosophy and theology into the world beyond BC.â€
Haley Bannon
Haley Bannon went to Northern Ireland for a year-long volunteer program at Corrymeela, a peace and reconciliation community. She did Programme and Hospitality work for the center, including welcoming groups onsite, leading group work, and developing knowledge and skills in peacebuilding and communication. Corrymeela was founded in 1965 by Presbyterian minister Ray Davey to bring together people from both sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland and provide a way for them to meet safely, have difficult conversations, and support one another. Today, Corrymeela's areas of focus are Sectarianism, Marginalization, Public Theology, Legacies of Conflict, and Nurturing Hope. Corrymeela’s core purpose then and now is to nurture respectful relationships so we can live well together.
Maura Burke
After graduating from Boston College, Maura completed a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps as a tenants right-to-counsel paralegal at the Eviction Defense Collaborative in San Francisco, CA. She went on to earn her JD at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Maura loved living in the South Bend community and working part-time as a youth public defender at the Juvenile Justice Center. After graduation, she is currently working on a two-year fellowship project funded by the Notre Dame Bank of America Foundation at the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy.
Hannah Ditchik
Hannah Ditchik went on to graduate from Fordham University School of Law. She works as an attorney for Ditchik and Ditchik, PLLC in Manhattan.Â
Morgan Gamble
Morgan Gamble went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences at Duke University and is currently a medical student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
Kieran Harrington
Kieran Harrington went on to the School of Social Work at Boston College.
Maya Trinka
Maya Trinka graduated from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice with a Master of Arts Program in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration in June of 2023. She now works as a school social worker in a public charter school in Chicago serving students in grades 7-12.
Katya Van Anderlecht
Katya Van Anderlecht went on to graduate from Emory University School of Medicine in 2023. She is currently a doctor doing her general surgery residency at Medstar-Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
Christina Be
After Graduation, Christina Be worked in development for YouthBuild USA, a nonprofit that helps youth find meaningful careers while completing their GEDs. Currently, she is President of Doing People Ops, a fintech startup with the mission of getting people out of financial debt.
Tia Rashke
Tia Rashke went on to do a year of service with Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Chicago.
Ryan Reichert
Following graduation, Ryan Reichert began medical school in Chicago.Â
“I try to do my best to incorporate all that I learned in my FPJ minor into my practice and patient interactions.â€