Dean School of Arts and Sciences
College Hall 369
Department
Humanities
Mailing Address
235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
About
About
Joseph Draper is Chair of the Humanities Department and Associate professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. His primary research interests are in the intersection of ethics, religious belief, and mental complexity. His interdisciplinary research and courses explore how we make ethical and religious meaning through the lenses of cognitive theory, developmental psychology, and anthropology.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Boston College, 2008. Dissertation: Evolving Communities: Adapting Theories of Robert Kegan and Bernard Lonergan to Intentional Groups.
Master of Arts, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul School of Divinity, 1994.
Philosophy
One of the privileges of studying at Regis is the many ways undergraduate and graduate students are invited to understand, apply and integrate learning through co-curricular activities, internships, and various forms of experiential learning. This aligns closely with Dr. Draper’s own philosophy of education where learning occurs in classrooms of multiple modalities and in communities of practice guided by caring professionals.
Awards Honors
Fall, 2016 Lonergan Fellowship award by the Lonergan Institute, Boston College. Exploring the influence of Jean Piaget on Bernard Lonergan’s Realms of Meaning.
2013/14 Kaneb grant recipient. Wrote Ethics and Human Consciousness, an interactive iBook book that explores ethics through the lenses of philosophy, cognitive theory, and developmental psychology.
2014 Apple iPad iTunes grant recipient. Wrote Catholicism: An Evolutionary Perspective, an interactive iBook book that explores the history and theology of the Catholic Church through a developmental lens.
Spring, 2010 Lonergan Fellowship award by the Lonergan Institute, Boston College. Expanded my dissertation chapter three on Paul and the Corinthian community into a book-length manuscript.