Grzegorz Ignatik, STL, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He earned his STL at the International Theological Institute in Gaming, Austria and his Ph.D. at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, DC. He is currently working on the critical edition of the complete works of John Paul II/Karol Wojtyła. The first volume of the works entitled “Person and Act” and Related Essays was published in 2021 by the CUA Press. The second volume entitled The Lublin Lectures and Works on Max Scheler is scheduled to be released in May this year. Additionally, his book Person and Value: Karol Wojtyła’s Personalistic and Normative Theory of Man, Morality, and Love was published by Lexington Books in 2021.
Martin J. Phillips has just finished his Third year as an IPS student in Philosophy at the University of Dallas. He holds a B.S. in physical education from Corban College (Salem, OR) and a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary (Dallas, TX). With 10 year's classroom experience, he currently teaches upper school humanities courses at Covenant Classical School in Ft. Worth, TX.
Miriam McElvain is a Ph.D. Candidate in Politics in the Institute of Philosophical Studies at University of Dallas. In 2010 she received a BA in Government from Patrick Henry College and in 2021 a Master of Arts in Humanities and a Master of Arts in Politics from University of Dallas. She is working on a dissertation on Augustine's political thought and teaching at University of Dallas.
Nicholas Otranto is a Ph.D. candidate in Literature in the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas. He earned a B.A. in Business Management from Belmont Abbey College in 2016 and an M.A. in Literature from the University of Dallas in 2020. He most recently taught writing and literature courses at Xavier University of Louisiana. He is also a member of the 2023 class of Quarry Farm Fellows, supported by the Center for Mark Twain Studies. His dissertation examines formulations of belonging in the works of Mark Twain.
Wyatt Hill is a PhD student in Politics in the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas. In 2021, he received a BA in Political Science and History from Austin College. His areas of interest include American Political Thought, Constitutional Law, and the development of modern political philosophy.
Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D. graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University, majoring in classical languages and philosophy, and he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York as well as a postdoctoral fellowship from Fordham University. Dr. Sanford has published widely on philosophical figures and topics, especially in liberal education and foundational questions in moral philosophy, as evidenced in Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015). He most recently contributed to and co-edited of The Philosophical Legacy of Jorge J. E. Garcia published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2022. Dr. Sanford holds the rank of professor, is tenured in the Philosophy Department, and serves as the tenth president of the University of Dallas.