Interviews

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This page provides: (1) interviews conducted as part of the Global Catholic Education series; and (2) links to other interesting series of interviews on Catholic education or related topics. For our interviews, apart from  making interviews available individually, when enough interviews are available for a topic, we combine them together in an edited volume (see compilations of interviews) with a brief overview highlighting common themes. Interviews can be conducted in English, French, or Spanish - If you have an idea for an interview, please contact us. 

Compilations of Interviews

CI 7: World Catholic Education Day 2022: Responding to the Call from Pope Francis
CI 6: Science, Philosophy, and Theology in Dialogue
CI 5: Research in Service of Catholic Education Practice: Interviews in Honor of Prof. G. Grace
CI 4: Values, Economics, and Catholic Social Thought - Volume 1: North America
CI 3: Catholic Education in Africa and the Middle East: Perspectives from National Leaders
CI 2: World Catholic Education Day 2021: Celebrating Educators

CI 1: Ensuring a Bright Future for All Children

Individual Interviews - series in process

Beyond the Classroom Series

BCS-3: Gerardo Talajera, Director general de Casa Refugiados en México

BCS-2: Nancy Falcon, Directora ejecutiva del Centro de díalogui intercultural Alba en Argentina

BCS-1: Robert Johnson, Director of the Institute for New Thinking, United States

Education Pluralism Series

EPS-3: Ignasi Grau I Callizo, Director General of OIDEL 

EPS-2: Ashley Rogers Berner, Director of Johns Hopkins U.'s Institute for Education Policy

EPS-1: Annette Scheunpflug, Council Member of GPENreformation

Catholic Education Alumni Series

CEA-4: Laurent Grégoire, Président de la COFAEC
CEA-3: Evangelina Garcia, Presidente de UNAEC América

CEA-2: José Ramón Batiste, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de la OMAEC 

CEA-1: Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra, Presidente de la OMAEC

Catholic Economists Series - Volume 2: Other Regions

CES-17: Philip Booth, Professor of Finance, Public Policy, and Ethics at Saint Mary's University

CES-16: Idesbald Nicaise, Professor of Economics at KU Leuven

Individual Interviews - completed series
 

Digitalization in Education Series
Edited volume (forthcoming): Digitalization in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (includes the 15 interviews)
List of interviews
ETD-15: Sean Hogan, Partner with Buckley Hogan Law Office, United States
ETD-14: Annette Scheunpflug, Professor at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Germany
ETD-13: Myriam Caranzano, ancienne Directrice de la fondation ASPI, Suisse
ETD-12: Dallas Carter, High School Director at St Michael School in Waialua, Hawaii
ETD-11: Régis Gaudemer, Formateur et professeur des écoles avec l’ISFEC Normandie, France
ETD-10: Anne-Christine Louis, Responsable formation au numérique, ISFEC-AFAREC, France
ETD-9: Maud Berger, enseignante et formatrice à l'ADIEC et à l'ISGEC de Caen, France
ETD-8: Bhagya Rangachar, Founder and Managing Trustee, CLT India
ETD-7: Rabi Karmacharya, Founder and Executive Director, OLE Nepal
ETD-6: Rose Cardarelli, Founder and CEO, Education for All Coalition
ETD-5: Anthony Bloome, Executive Director, Mobiles for Education Alliance
ETD-4: Michael Knowles, Associate Director, Office of Catholic Schools, Diocese of Trenton, USA

ETD-3: Thomas Burnford, Vice President, Catholic Virtual, USA
ETD-2: Myriam Gesché, Déléguée épiscopale pour l’enseignement, Diocèse de Tournai, Belgique
ETD-1: Hervé Lecomte, responsable du projet Planet Fraternity, OIEC

World Catholic Education Day 2022 Series
Edited volume: World Catholic Education Day 2022: Responding to the Call from Pope Francis (includes an article and the 7 interviews)

List of interviews

Part 1: Article based on the Global Catholic Education Interview Series
Part 2: Individual Interviews
WCE 2022-7: Myriam Gesché, Déléguée épiscopale pour l’enseignement, Belgique
WCE 2022-6: Idesbald Nicaise, Professor of Economics at KU Leuven, Belgium
WCE 2022-5: Father René Micallef SJ, Associate Lecturer at the Gregorian University, Italy
WCE 2022-4: Cathy Low, Volunteer of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, Switzerland
WCE 2022-3: Sœur Mickerlyne Cadet, École Hôtelière Marie Auxiliatrice, Haïti
WCE 2022-2: Sr. Antoinette Nneka Opara, Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Kenya
WCE 2022-1: Sor María Antonieta García Carrizales, Presidenta del Consejo de la CIEC. Péru

Expanded Reason Series

Edited volume: Science, Philosophy, and Theology in Dialogue: Interviews with Expanded Reason Award Recipients (includes the 14 interviews)
List of interviews
ERS-14: Therese Lysaught, Professor at Loyola University Chicago
ERS-13: John Slattery, Senior Program Associate with AAAS
ERS-12: James Arthur, Professor at the University of Birmingham

ERS-11: Juan F. Franck, Professor at Universidad Austral 

ERS-10: Marta Bertolaso, Professor at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

ERS-9: John C. Cavadini, Professor at the University of Notre Dame

ERS-8: Gonzalo Génova and María del Rosario González, both Professors at universities in Madrid

ERS-7: Claudia Vanney, Director of the Philosophy Institute at Universidad Austral

ERS-6: Darcia Narvaez, Professor emerita at the University of Notre Dame

ERS-5: Father Javier Sánchez Cañizares, Professor at the University of Navarra

ERS-4: Jay Martin, Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Notre Dame

ERS-3: Robert Enright, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

ERS-2: William Simpson, Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge

ERS-1: Max Bonilla, Director of the Expanded Reason Institute at U. Francisco de Vitoria

Research in Catholic Education Series
Edited volume: Research in Service of Catholic Education Practice: Interviews in Honor of Professor Gerald Grace (includes the 13 interviews)
List of interviews

​RCE-13: Sean Whittle, Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University
RCE-12: John Sullivan, Emeritus Professor at Liverpool Hope University
RCE-11: Sr. Kate Punnachet, Sister of Saint Paul of Chartres
RCE-10: Helena Miller, Director of Degrees at the London School of Jewish Studies
​RCE-9: Fr. Cristobal Madero, SJ, Professor at Universidad Alberto Hurtado
RCE-8: John Lydon, Professor at St Mary’s University
RCE-7: Caroline Healy, Course Lead, MA in Catholic School Leadership, St Mary’s University
RCE-6: Marie Griffin, Chairperson of the Catholic Education Partnership, Ireland    
RCE-5: Anne Lise Gordon, Director of the Institute for Education at St Mary’s University    
RCE-4: Leonard Franchi, Lecturer at the University of Glasgow
RCE-3: David Finchman, Senior Lecturer and Senior Fellow at St Mary’s University
RCE-2: Sr. Jacinta Mary Adhiambo, Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary     
RCE-1: Gerald Grace, Editor of International Studies in Catholic Education

Catholic Economists Series - Volume 1: North America

Edited volume: Values, Economics, and Catholic Social Thought: Interviews with Catholic Economists, Volume 1: North America (includes the 15 interviews)

List of interviews

CES-15: Alessandro Barattieri, Associate Professor of International Economics at UQAM
CES-14: Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Economics at Princeton University
CES-13: Doug Norton, Assistant Teaching Professor at Florida State University 
CES-12: Eric Scorsone, Associate Professor of Economics at Michigan State University
CES-11: Robert Whaples, Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University

CES-10: Charles Clark, Professor of Economics at St. John’s University

CES-9: Camila Morales, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Dallas

CES-8: Ademar Bechtold, Professor of Economics at Notre Dame of Maryland University

CES-7: Maria Marta Ferreyra, Senior Economist at the World Bank

CES-6: Carola Binder, Assistant Professor of Economics at Haverford College

CES-5: Peter Arcidiacono, Professor of Economics at Duke University

CES-4: Malcolm Kass, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Dallas

CES-3: Clara Piano, Assistant Professor of Economics at Samford University

CES-2: Joseph Kaboski, Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame

CES-1: Bernhard Gunter, Assistant Professor of Economics at American University

Catholic Education in Africa and the Middle East Series

Edited volume:  Catholic Education in Africa and the Middle East: Perspectives from National Leaders (includes the 15 interviews)

List of interviews

AME-15: Josephine Shamwana-Lungu, Education Secretary, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia

AME-14: Père Pierre Marie Chanel Affognon, Directeur national de l’enseignement catholique, Togo

AME-13: Br. Charles Sianga Kabeta, Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Zambia

AME-12: Raoul Sika, Directeur, Commission Episcopale de l’Education Catholique, Congo
AME-11: Anne Baker, Deputy Director, Catholic Institute for Education, South Africa
AME-10: Frère Charles Biagui sc, Secrétaire national de l’enseignement catholique, Sénégal
AME-9: Fr. David Jimoh Jarju, former Catholic Education Secretary, The Gambia
AME-8: Père Didier Affolabi, Directeur national de l'enseignement catholique, Bénin
AME-7: Père Boutros Azar, Secrétaire Général des écoles catholiques, Liban
AME-6: Gilberte Chung Kim Chung, Director of the Catholic Education Office, Mauritius

AME-5: Père Hubert Kiemde, Secrétaire Général de l'enseignement catholiques, Burkina Faso

AME-4: Père Jawad Alamat, Secrétaire Général de l'enseignement catholiques, Tunisie

AME-3: Père Marc Boucrot, Secrétaire Général de l'enseignement catholiques, Maroc

AME-2: Père Jamal Khader, Secrétaire Général de l’enseignement catholique, Palestine

AME-1: Koundya Joseph Guindo, Secrétaire national de l’enseignement catholique, Mali

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World Catholic Education Day 2021 Series

Edited volume: World Catholic Education Day 2021: Celebrating Educators and Working Together for the Global Compact on Education (includes the 25 interviews)

List of interviews

Part 1: FMA Congregation and girls' education

WCE-1-7: Sœur Joséphine Chulu, Directrice du Centre Laura Vicuña en RD Congo

WCE-1-6: Sor Patricia Parraguez Núñez, FMA, Instituto Hijas de María Auxiliadora, Chile

WCE-1-5: Sœur Annecie Audate, FMA, Directrice générale de VIDES international, Italie

WCE-1-4: Sr. Josephine Garza, FMA, Principal of the Don Bosco School in Manila, Philippines

WCE-1-3: Sr. Sarah B. Garcia, FMA, Director of the IIMA Human Rights Office in Geneva, Switzerland

WCE-1-2: Sr. Maria Victoria P. Sta. Ana, FMA, Director of the Laura Vicuña Foundation, Philippines

WCE-1-1: Soeur Martha Seide, FMA, Faculté Pontificale pour les Sciences de l’Education, Italie

Part 2: Perspectives from teachers, school principals, and administrators

WCE-2-10: David Brandán, Director General del Instituto María Auxiliadora, Bernal, Argentina

WCE-2-9: Joseph Herveau, responsable de l'animation pastorale, France

WCE-2-8: Fr. Hans Zollner, SJ, Professor at the Gregorian University, Italy 
WCE-2-7: Hmo. Nestor Anaya Marín, Secretario de Misión Educativa, Escuelas Cristianas, Italia

WCE-2-6: Louis-Marie Piron et Marie Lopez de l’enseignement catholique en France 

WCE-2-5: Sr. Teresita Kambeitz, from the Newman Theological College, Canada

WCE-2-4: Leonardo Franchi, Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

WCE-2-3: Père Alexandre Bingo, Proviseur du Lycée Saint Luc de Banfora, Burkina Faso

WCE-2-2: Kathy Mears, Interim CEO of the National Catholic Education Association, the US

WCE-2-1: Br. Peter Tabichi, Winner of the 2019 Global Teacher Prize, Kenya

Part 3: Perspectives from OIEC regional representatives

WCE-3-4: Père Didier Affolabi, Directeur national de l'enseignement catholique, Bénin

WCE-3-3: Fr. Alain Manalo, Superintendent of Diocesan Schools, Diocese of Imus, Philippines

WCE-3-2: Guy Selderslagh, Secrétaire Général du CEEC, Belgique

WCE-3-1: Père Boutros Azar, Secrétaire Général des écoles catholiques, Liban

Part 4: Perspectives from international organizations

WCE-4-4: Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra, Presidente de la OMAEC, Colombia

WCE-4-3: Giovanni Perrone, Secrétaire Général de l'UMEC, Italie

WCE-4-2: François Mabille, Secrétaire Général de la FIUC, France 

WCE-4-1: Philippe Richard, Secretary General of OIEC, France (available in French & Spanish)

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Children at Risk Series

Edited volume: Ensuring a Bright Future for All Children: Interviews at the Frontline of Working with Children at Risk Globally (includes the 15 interviews)

List of interviews

CAR-15: Svetlana Mamonova, Director at Perspektivy in Russia

CAR-14: Lola Nasriddinova, Director of IRODA in Tajikistan

CAR-13: Thomas d'Aquin Rubambura Mituga, Coordinateur adjoint du PEDER en RD Congo

CAR-12: Alda Segla, Psychologue chargée de la formation BICE en Afrique

CAR-11: Davy Tith, Director of OEC in Cambodia

CAR-10: Emmanuel Kazige, Directeur Exécutif de GHOVODI en RD Congo

CAR-9: Rana El Khoury, Coordinatrice du projet Fratelli au Liban

CAR-8: Véronique Brossier, Festival BICE de films Enfances dans le Monde 

CAR-7: Abraham Bengaly, Président du Bureau National Catholique de l'Enfance, Mali 

CAR-6: Mary Chelladurai, Director of the Aina Trust in India

CAR-5: María Consuelo Barletta, Coordinadora del programa BICE Niñez sin Rejas, Peru 

CAR-4: Carlos Alberto Alarcon Novoa, Coordinador de la Mesa BICE Centroamérica

CAR-3: Diana Shirley Herreño Bustos, Coordinadora del programa Niñez sin Rejas, Colombia

CAR-2: Norberto Liwski, Médico pediatra social y docente universitario, Argentina

CAR-1: Alessandra Aula, Secrétaire Générale du BICE
 

Other Interesting Series of Interviews

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Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities - @ the helm

Interviews with Presidents of Catholic colleges and universtities in the US.

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Berkley Center Interviews - Georgetown University

Interviews with activists, religious leaders, and policy specialists on best practices and collaborative strategies across a range of contemporary development challenges.

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Catholic School Matters Podcasts

Interviews with school leaders by Tim Uhl, superintendent of Montana Catholic Schools.

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