Steven Dunn, PhD

Religious Studies

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• The Bible, including modern interpretation of it
• Catholic approach to Scripture
• Hebrew and Greek languages in the Bible
• Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• The Jewish background of Christianity
• Catholic theology

BIOGRAPHY

Steven Dunn is an associate professor and the program director of Religious Studies at Alverno College, where he has taught since the fall of 2010. Prior to coming to Alverno, he taught various religious studies courses at both Marquette University and Cardinal Stritch University. He teaches several courses, including classes on spirituality and society, the Gospels, images of Jesus, medical ethics, control of life and death, and ministry. Dunn is able to address questions regarding the office of the Pope – in fact, when Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, he held a special session in his classes to discuss the papacy.

Dunn has given numerous presentations at several conferences and parishes, covering topics from conceptions of death and the afterlife in the Bible to Jesus and his Jewish background to women in the Bible. He published a book, The Sanctuary in the Psalms (Lexington Books, 2016), on divine and human expressions in the Psalms.

Dunn earned his PhD in biblical theology from Marquette University in 2009, and received his Master of Divinity from Saint Francis Seminary in 1998. He serves as chair of the Valuing in Decision Making department, one of the eight abilities that are woven into the curriculum at Alverno.