Joshua Brumfield, PhD

Joshua David Brumfield, PhD, a native of New Orleans, is the IKON Program Director for The Newman Idea (TNI), working to imrpove the courses, curriculum, and program quality. He has assisted TNI President Dr. David Delio in developing an innovative IKON pedagogy and program, while teaching multiple in-class and online courses to college students. IKON courses are for prospective and current university students as well as faculty and institutions in higher education. Formerly Assistant Professor of Theology and S.E. Canizaro Chair of Theology at the University of Holy Cross, Dr. Brumfield remains passionate about helping Catholic students integrate their faith with their learning through formal in-class teaching and informal tutoring akin to the Oxford model. Dr. Brumfield has published a book on Pope Benedict XVI titled The Benedict Proposal: Church as Creative Minority in the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI as well as  essays on Dorothy Day, St. John Henry Newman, and Catholic education. He resides in New Orleans with his wife and four children and in addition to teaching IKON courses with the Tne Newman Idea, teaches theology at Jesuit High School of New Orleans