MICRO-BIO

• Gary J. Boelhower, PhD is Professor Emeritus in Theology and Religious Studies at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, USA.He teaches courses in healthcare ethics, health humanities, moral issues, death and dying, leadership, and rel...More

  Gary J. Boelhower, PhD is Professor Emeritus in Theology and Religious Studies at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, USA.He teaches courses in healthcare ethics, health humanities, moral issues, death and dying, leadership, and religions of the world. Besides teaching for over 49 years, he has served as dean of lifelong learning, dean of graduate studies and vice president for academic affairs. He has consulted with a broad range of organizations on values, teamwork, mission, diversity, professional ethics, wise decision-making, and the respectful workplace. He has given over a thousand professional presentations and has keynoted at national and regional conferences. He has published scholarly articles, educational texts, and poetry. His recent books inlculude Naming Rites: Poems (Holy Cow! Press, 2017), Choose Wisely: Practical Insights from Spiritual Traditions (Paulist Press, 2013), Mountain 10: Climbing the Labyrinth Within (with co-authors Joe Miguez and Tricia Pearce, Mountain 10 Resources, 2013), and Marrow, Muscle, Flight: Poems (Wildwood River Press, 2011) which won the Midwest Book Award. He has won awards for teaching excellence, social justice involvement, and poetry. He served as Duluth Poet Laureate for 2018-2020.

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EXPERIENCE

• The College of St. Scholastica

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Theology and Religious Studies
  • January 2020 to Present

• The College of St Scholastica

  • Professor
  • Theology and Religious Studies
  • June 2007 to May 2018

• The College of St Scholastica

  • Chair
  • Theology and Religious Studies
  • August 2005 to May 2007

• The College of St Scholastica

  • Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Graduate and Extended Studies
  • Academic Affairs
  • July 2003 to July 2005

EDUCATION

• Marquette University

  • PhD
  • 1986 to Present

• Marquette University

  • M.A.
  • 1976 to Present

• The Catholic University of America

  • B.A.
  • 1972 to Present

Links

• Gary Boelhower