Dr. Jem Sullivan
Director of Career Placement and Co-Chair, Self Study
Adjunct Instructor
B.A., Ateneo University, Manila
M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Biography
Dr. Sullivan joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 1999. Presently, she teaches courses on Catholic Education: Teaching and Learning, the Documents of Vatican II, and Christian Art and the New Evangelization. She received her doctorate from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., with dissertation research in the area of patristic liturgical catechesis. She has served as catechetical consultant to the Archdiocese of Washington and the Archdiocese for the Military Services. Dr. Sullivan writes for a variety of Catholic publications on catechetical themes. She is the author of Study Guide to the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults and, most recently, The Beauty of Faith (2010), both published by Our Sunday Visitor. She is a regular contributing writer of articles on art in Magnificat. Previously she served as Education Consultant for a collaborative project on pastoral excellence funded by a Lilly Endowment grant. Dr. Sullivan is also a docent at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., where she leads tours of the museum’s masterpiece collections.