UOWC Council
Pursuant to Section 17 of the June 11 Agreement formally establishing the Universities of Western Civilization, there is established the UOWC Council, consisting of persons distinguished in the fields of Catholic higher education, the Catholic philosophy of education, and/or educational reform, to guide and counsel the direction and development of the UOWC network of cooperating colleges, programs and universities, Catholic distance education and to promote reform of Catholic education consistent with a sound Catholic philosophy of education.
Following are the distinguished Councillors of the UOWC.
UOWC COUNCILLORS
(in alphabetical order)
Dr. Curtis L. Hancock
Curtis L. Hancock is professor of philosophy at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, where he holds the Joseph M. Freeman Chair. He is former President of the American Jacques Maritain Association and is current President of the Gilson Society for the Advancement of Christian Philosophy. He has published seven books, including most recently Recovering A Catholic Philosophy of Elementary Education. He has also published numerous articles and reviews. He has been active in America and Europe writing and lecturing on the philosophy of education. In addition he specializes in ancient Greek philosophy, the philosophy of religion, ethics, and political philosophy.
A. Joseph Indelicato
Joe has a passion for Catholic education. He is the founder of the Catholic Education Foundation and of the St. John Bosco Catholic School, a new independent school in Rochester, NY. He is Chief Executive Officer of Caritas Consulting LLC, a Rochester, New York financial consulting firm and a Trustee of Keuka College, New York.
Dr. Piotr Jaroszyński
Dr. Jaroszyński earned his M.A. in Philosophy in 1979 at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, “The Controversy Concerning the Object of Aristotle’s Metaphysics according to Joseph Owens”; 1983, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. “Metaphysics of Beauty: An Attempt to Reconstruct the Classical Conception of Beauty”; 1983-1984, spent at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (Toronto) continuing his research and taking part in courses and seminars led by such prominent figures as Joseph. Owens, Edward. Synan, Armand A. Maurer; Professor and Tutor Father Mieczyslaw Krapiec, rector of the Catholic University in Lublin (1970-1983) and a colleague of Pope John Paul II. 1990, Habilitation in Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. “Aesthetics or Philosophy of Beauty?”; In 1990, research leaves at the Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven; 1983-1991, served as Professor’s Assistant to Father Mieczyslaw Krapiec at the Department of Metaphysics; 1991, became Chair of the Department of Philosophy of Culture (1991); 1993, became University Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. A member and speaker at numerous philosophical organizations and conferences, Dr. Jaroszyński is the author of six books: The Metaphysics of Beauty (Lublin 1986, in Polish);The Controversy Over Beauty (Poznan 1992, Krakow 2002, in Polish); The Basic Classical Rhetoric (in Polish, Warsaw 1998, 2002); Metaphysics and Art (Peter Lang, 2002, in English); Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life (New York Alba House 2003 in English; 6th ed., 2002 in Polish.) He received personal thanks of Pope John Paul II for writing this work; Science in Culture (Value Inquiry Book Series, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam New York 2007, in English); and numerous published articles on philosophy. Dr. Jaroszyński’s full CV may be viewed at: http://www.piotrjaroszynski.pl/english.html
Dr. Thomas Michaud
Tom Michaud, Ph.D., Dean, School of Professional Studies, West Liberty University, West Virginia (WV), USA, received his Ph.D. from Marquette University and his B.A. from Fairfield University. Dr. Michaud specializes in Philosophy of Political Economy, Logic, Modern/Contemporary Philosophy, Business/Professional Ethics, and Philosophy of Sports. He has been teaching in higher education on the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for over 34 years, which includes special fellowships and lecturer appointments at universities in Western Europe (Smith Research Fellow, Husserl Archives, Catholic U. of Louvain, Belgium), Eastern Europe (Rev. Woroniecki Memorial English Language Lecturer in Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic U. of Lublin, Poland), and South America (Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Federal U. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). For ten years, he wrote a monthly column on business ethics for The State Journal, West WV’s weekly business newspaper. He also has published more than 30 academic articles and reviews, as well as five custom course texts, including The Virtues of Business Ethics (Copley Custom Academic Publishing, 3rd Edition, 2010). His work in the thought of Gabriel Marcel can be found in various journals and anthologies, in particular special volumes he edited of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly and the Journal of Philosophy in the French Language. In addition, over the past 25 years, thousands of participants have attended his seminars and training programs in Business Ethics and Organizational Leadership, which have been presented at major US corporations, non-profit organizations, professional associations, civic groups, government agencies, and Duke University’s MBA program.
Dr. James Taylor
Jim Taylor, Ph.D. Philosophy of Education, Kansas University. Previously Chairman of the Teacher Education Program at Hillsdale College, Michigan and Assistant Professor of Education, University of Tulsa. He has taught at several private schools on both the secondary (high school) and university levels. He is a student of the famous Integrated Humanities Program (in the liberal arts) at Kansas University and is the author of the wonderful book about that program, Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education. He moderates Liberal Studies Program great books student discussions. Taylor was awarded the Paideia Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Education in 2007 by The Circe Institute, founded in 1996 “to promote and support classical education in the school and in the home.”
