Ryan Franck is a Ph.D. student at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas (TX). He earned a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas (MN), and a M.A. in Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies. He moved from Theology to Philosophy, earning a M.A. in Philosophy from the Center for Thomistic Studies in 2022. He is interested in Aquinas’ action theory, particularly the agent’s relationship to proximate and remote ends.