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Jill Snodgrass

Department Chair, Professor
Jill Snodgrass

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests 

  • Spiritual care with traditionally marginalized populations
  • Pastoral and practical theology

Recent Publications

  • Reframing Trauma: A Psychospiritual Theory and Theology, with M. Jan Holton. Fortress Press, 2025.
  • The Art of Spiritual Care across Religious Difference (rev. ed.). Fortress Press, 2024.
  • "A theoretical and theological reframinig of trauma," with M. Jan Holton, Pastoral Psychology, 72.3 (2023), 337-351.
  • Moral Injury after Abortion: Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women, with Tara C. Carleton. Routledge, 2022.
  • "Addressing religion and spirituality in counseling in rural Iowa," with D. D. Walsh, J.A. Stewart-Sicking, and I. T. Brown, Journal of Rural Mental Health, 45.2 (2021): 141-153.
  • "Acculturative stress and coping processes among middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics: The roles of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on well-being," with Y. K. Le, L. M. Fenzel, and T. V. Tran. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 12.2 (2021): 100-109. 

External Grants

  • Taking Responsibility Grant, Fordham University, 2021-2022
  • Mission Advance Program Grant, ACPE (The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education), 2019-2020
  • Project Grant for Researchers, The Louisville Institute, 2015

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Christian Theology
  • Why Do We Suffer? Theological and Spiritual Perspectives on Suffering
  • Bioethics and Social Justice
  • Class & Poverty in Bible, Theology, and the Real World
  • Theological Foundations of Social Justice