2005-2006 - Paul Lauritzen

Dr. Lauritzen comes to St. John’s University from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio where he has been Chairperson of the Department of Religious Studies and Director of the Program in Applied Ethics. Among his recent publications are Religious Belief and Emotional Transformation: A Light in the Heart and Cloning and the Future of Human Embryo Research. Since 2002, he has edited (with Christine E. Gudorf) the prestigious Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. In 2003 he testified before the U.S. President’s Council on Bioethics.