Michael P. Krom became a member of the Saint Vincent College faculty in 2007 after earning his Ph.D. in philosophy from Emory University and his master of arts degree from Boston College; since then he has been promoted to full professor and currently serves as chair of the philosophy department, director of Benedictine Leadership Studies, as well as director of the Faith and Reason Summer Program. He has published works in areas of moral and political philosophy with an emphasis on the relationship between Catholicism and liberalism. He recently authored a second book, Justice and Charity: An Introduction to Aquinas's Moral, Economic, and Political Thought. He has delivered over 40 professional paper, including invited talks at such institutions as Belmont Abbey College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and University of Dallas. His articles have appeared in such journals as Journal of Religious Ethics, Hobbes Studies, and Catholic Social Science Review. He and his wife, Jessica, reside in Latrobe with their six children. They are members of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church (Bradenville, PA), and Dr. Krom serves there as high school ECF instructor. In addition, he is a curriculum coordinator for Christ the Divine Teacher School (Latrobe, PA), helping to oversee its transition to a classical grammar as well as logic school.
