Dr. Robert McNamara
Lecturer in Philosophy; Department Head
St. Patrick’s Pontifical University
Adjunct Professor
Franciscan University of Steubenville
About
Dr. Robert McNamara is lecturer in philosophy and department head at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Ireland, adjunct professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA, while also tutoring periodically at the ITI Catholic University, Austria, and the Maryvale Institute, England. Robert is also an associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies, an associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Man and Woman, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland (currently suspended). Having studied physics, computing, philosophy, and theology, Robert brings a multidisciplinary approach to his work while exploring anthropological and metaphysical themes in ancient, medieval, and phenomenological thinkers, with a defined focus on philosophical personalism in the Christian tradition. He currently resides in Carlow, Ireland, with his wife, Caroline, and their five children.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (2014-2018), with a dissertation titled Edith Stein’s Engagement with the Thought of Thomas Aquinas in Her Mature Philosophy of the Human Person, written under the supervision of Mette Lebech and Marian Maskulak, defended before Christof Betschart and Stephen Yates; now extensively revised and published with Catholic University of America Press: The Personalism of Edith Stein: A Synthesis of Thomism and Phenomenology.
Master of Theological Studies (2007-2009), ITI Catholic University, Austria, with a concentration in Marriage and Family.
Higher Diploma in Theological Studies (2005-2006), St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Ireland.
Higher Diploma in Applied Science (2000–2001), University of Galway, Ireland, with a concentration in computing.
Bachelor of Philosophy & Higher Diploma in Philosophy (2009-2011), St. Patrick’s Pontifical University & Maynooth University, Ireland.
Bachelor of Science (1995-1998), University of Galway, Ireland, with a concentration in physics.
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