Profiles

Angela R. (Angie) Morenz is professor of physical education and sport management at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. She has a varied career in collegiate athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III level, as a commissioner, athletic director, athletic trainer and former student athlete. She has served her institution in a variety of […]

Michael Mitchell is associate professor of African American studies and criminology at The College of New Jersey. There, he teaches undergraduate courses on policing, social justice, race and crime, juvenile justice, and the school-to-prison pipeline. He is trained as a criminologist, but is an interdisciplinary scholar who engages diverse audiences through speaking engagements and both […]

Michael T. Matraia is the chief of staff to the president at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He teaches undergraduate courses on introductory accounting, advanced accounting, and auditing. His research interests include exploring connections between the liberal arts and professional programs, and understanding more about what drives interest (and lack of interest) in the accounting […]

Diane C. LeBlanc is professor of English and associate dean for the first-year experience and sophomore thriving at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She directs a two-course sequence of First-Year Seminar and Writing and Rhetoric for first-year students, coordinates pre-major advising; she also leads the current development of a sophomore experience that engages students […]

Joanna Gregson is provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington. Since stepping into her role in 2017, she has led the academic division and provided oversight for the university’s Wild Hope Center for Vocation. Joanna actively partners with the Center to ensure PLU students, staff, and […]

Tim Clydesdale is professor of sociology at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and author of The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School (Chicago, 2007). His best-known work in NetVUE circles is The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk to Students about Vocation (Chicago, 2015), which is a study of the Lilly-funded […]

Geoffrey Bateman is professor of peace and justice studies at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, where he teaches courses on a range of social justice issues, including queer vocations, sexual citizenship, nonviolent resistance, gender and homelessness, and research and writing in the community. In 2017, he participated in the inaugural NetVUE faculty seminar on Teaching […]

Almeda M. Wright is associate professor of religious education at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. Her research focuses on African American religion and education, Womanist spirituality, adolescent spiritual development, and the intersections of religion and public life. She recently launched Communitas, a young adult ministry innovation hub at Yale, centering BIPOC young adults […]

Norman Wirzba is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke University (NC) and a senior fellow at Duke’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. He teaches on a wide array of topics, ranging from climate change and sustainability to theological reflection on land and economics, and lectures frequently in Canada, the United States, and […]

Abigail Dean joined CIC in 2025 as the projects coordinator. In this role, she is responsible for supporting the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) and academic programs with CIC. Before joining CIC, Dean worked at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) with the Middle East & North Africa team. At CIPE, she […]