Dr. Marianne Delaporte

Dr. Marianne Delaporte received her BA from University of Chicago, her MA from the Graduate Theological Union, and her  PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary where her dissertation was on the subject of a 9th century hagiography of St. Denis. She has long taught at the college level at Notre Dame de Namur University and more recently has enjoyed teaching middle school students critical thinking and philosophy. She has published on the subject of pedagogy and on maternal spirituality. She is passionate about religious studies, social justice and the power of education. She is deeply involved in her own children’s education – both at school as a classroom and library volunteer and in the world, teaching them about social justice and the global community.