Professor and Department Chair, Peace and Justice Studies, Regis College

Blog Editor, Vocation Matters, Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education

Dr. Bateman’s teaching and research in social justice includes areas such as sexual citizenship, queer vocations, nonviolent resistance, gender and homelessness, queer justice, and research and writing in the community. He has worked to incorporate vocation throughout various courses and experiences within the Regis University Peace and Justice program. He is also the Blog Editor for Vocation Matters with NetVUE, as well as regularly consults with institutions on integrating vocation into their curriculum.Institution Bio

Dean of Social Sciences and Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Hope College

Dr. Luna’s scholarship and interests include the impact of positive psychological processes, emotion regulation, virtues, on mental health. She also studies how forgiveness, humility, gratitude and hope impacts the body and our physiological functioning, in particular, heart rate variability. She has led numerous initiatives at Hope College integrating faith and academic life, and has redesigned multiple courses within Hope’s Neuroscience program to incorporate vocation.Institution bio

Betty Roelofs ’53 Miller Professor and Department Chair, History, Hope College

Dr. Petit specializes in the studies of religion, women, gender and immigration in the United States. She is presently researching the history of the interfaith movement that lead to the founding of the USO (United Service Organizations) during World War I and World War II. This research is part of a book project titled United for Uncle Sam: Protestants, Catholics, Jews and the Origins of the USO. She developed a key required course within the History Major, titled “The Historian’s Vocation,” that grounds the student departmental experience within a dialogue between disciplinary knowledge and skills, vocational exploration, and professional development.Institution Bio