Michelle Loris, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Michelle Loris, Ph.D., Psy.D., published two books, one on the fiction of Joan Didion, and the other, a collected edition of works on the fiction of Gloria Naylor. She has also published articles on various authors in American literature. In psychology, she has published several papers dealing with her area of expertise in post-traumatic stress. Loris is a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist.

She was the founding director of the University’s first tutoring and writing center (now known as the Jandrisevits Learning Center) and she received an NEH Grant to develop and direct the University’s first writing across the curriculum program. She has served as director of the freshman writing program, the University’s honors program, as interim chair of the department of languages and literature and she is an associate dean in the College of Arts & Sciences. She was a founding member of the University’s Academic Governance structure, and she served on and chaired the University’s Rank and Tenure Committee.

She founded and chairs the department of Catholic studies, the University’s academic signature core seminars—the Human Journey Seminars: Great Books in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, the Human Journey Colloquia series, and the Center for Catholic Studies. She originated Pioneer Journey: A Transformative Education which is an initiative to extend the ethos of the University’s mission and core values across the University.