Judith Huacuja, "Chisme Report: The Virgin of Guadalupe, Because She Appeared as our Brown-Skinned Mother Mary and thus a Revolutionary Patroness of the Marginalized,  offers a 'Third Space' of Acceptance and Solidarity as Redemption," Chisme Symposium, 2024. Related article published by The Conversation.

Dr. R. Darden Bradshaw, a fiber artist and Associate Professor and Area Coordinator for Art Education, will work with a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students for a two-year project exploring “Mary's Wisdom: Weaving Ways of Knowing.” The project will collaboratively engage in deeply reading selected theological and secular texts that center weaving and the history of women's work in relationship to Mary. Through discussion and creative research, including learning weaving and fiber practices, participants will explore the threads of connectivity that form the fabric of an embodied knowing of Mary. The project will take place on UD's campus and in the Art Education fiber studio at the PNC Hub at the Dayton Arcade beginning Summer 2025 and continuing through Summer 2026.

Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch, "Mary as Nurturer: A Model for the Church, Marianist Family, and Global Community," Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2023. Cipolla-McCulloch's research looks at the intersection between the Marianist Family and the cultic practice that surrounds and accompanies the image of La Virgen de la Puerta. With help from source material from the Marian Library including a Spanish language text that captures the history of the shrine at the mid-20th century, dissertation materials from 20th-century Marianists and monographs from Marianist Mariologist Emile Neubert, she can continue exploring the relationship between the Marianist Family and this image of Mary. This research is multicultural and polyphonic. It aims to showcase how considering the cultic practice surrounding La Virgen de la Puerta in conversation with the Marianist Charism offers us a new model for considering the role of Mary in the Church today.

Vincent LoBiondo, "Did the Blessed Virgin Mary Die or Not? Opinions of the Early Church as Well as the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches in the 20th Century," Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2023.

Ahn Nguyen, "Our Lady of the Fields and the American Missionary Calling," Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2023.

Abbie Dugan is a digital artist from St. Louis, Mo. She is working to earn a BFA in Graphic Design. She has created works for clients and several organizations including pieces for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and St. Joseph’s Academy. Abbie has also had her work accepted and displayed in galleries including the Kooyumjian Gallery at Webster University. She specializes in creating dynamic, universal pieces and enjoys collaborating with clients. After graduation, Abbie aspires to use her graphic design skills to help companies and organizations create a holistic digital presence through creative and cohesive marketing, branding and video content across media.

Ava Forrest is an art education major at the University of Dayton and will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2026. She previously earned her Associate of Arts with a concentration in painting from Sinclair Community College in 2023. During her time at Sinclair, her work was featured in the Fine Art Student Juried Exhibitions and the Art Department Scholarship Exhibitions in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, Ava received the Horvath Award for Realism at the University of Dayton’s Horvath Juried Student Exhibition. Ava draws inspiration from the Baroque and Realism movements, captivated by their dramatic lighting, compositions and subject matter, using these elements to evoke powerful emotions in relation to the depiction of everyday life. Through her work, Ava invites viewers to discover beauty and depth in the ordinary, celebrating the magnificence of the mundane.

Sr. Emily Sandoval is a Marianist Sister living in Dayton. Her current ministry is as a Coordinator of Communications in a family of parishes. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications from Ball State University and a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry from the University of Dayton. Her interest lies in ways art, design and communications can be used in ministry.