Dr. Cynthia Cameron is Assistant Professor of Religious Education and the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Chair in Religious Education at the Faculty of Theology.  Dr. Cameron teaches core courses within the Masters of Religious Education program, including Faith Development Across the Lifespan and Catholic Educational Documents, as well as a wide variety of elective courses in religious education.  

Dr. Cameron completed her BA at Denison University and has master’s degrees from Yale Divinity School and the Catholic University of America; she did additional theological studies at Washington Theological Union.  She earned her PhD in Theology and Education at Boston College in 2017 and served as assistant professor of religious studies at Rivier University in New Hampshire and as an adjunct instructor at Sacred Heart University, Boston College, and Loyola University, New Orleans.

A specialist in ministry and education with youth and young adults, her research tends to focus on the flourishing of mid-adolescents and the ways that the Church can support these young people in a healthy development towards adulthood.  In particular, Dr. Cameron is interested in female adolescence, questions of theological anthropology, and practices of Catholic schooling.  She is currently developing a project that involves wondering about the theological themes surfaced by theologians who work or have worked in Catholic all-girls’ schools.  A second developing project involves questions of flourishing and perfectionism among North American adolescents.