Michael Proietta is a Ph.D. candidate in religious studies at Marquette University with a concentration in systematic theology and theological ethics. He received his B.A. at Boston College with majors in theology, philosophy, and economics. He also received his M.T.S. at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. His area of focus is St. Thomas Aquinas and 20th Century Thomism, theological aesthetics and virtue ethics, and the theological reception of 19th and 20th Century philosophy.