Meet Neuhoff's Sacred Shifts Director
Dr. J. Marianne Siegmund, M.A., S.T.L., S.T.D
Dr. J. Marianne Siegmund earned her B.A. in Philosophy at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia and her M.A. in Religious Studies at the Notre Dame Graduate School (NDGS) of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia. She also holds the Advanced Apostolic Catechetical Diploma awarded by the Holy See (Congregation for Clergy) through NDGS and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Marriage and Family) at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. After graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Dallas and a summer immersed in further coursework at the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Russia, she earned her Doctorate in Theology (Spirituality) from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Urbe/Angelicum in Rome, Italy.
Dr. Siegmund is a member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, the Fellowship
of Catholic Scholars, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. She teaches
and has taught at several colleges, seminaries and universities around the country.
She has also lectured, delivered scholarly papers at conferences across the nation,
and she has published articles in both philosophy and theology. A recent conference
paper of hers is “The Central Task of Interiority in the Integral Complementarity
of Man and Woman” delivered at Notre Dame University at the end of October in 2025.
One of her recent books, The Face of Jesus, the Martyr, and the Reciprocity of Abiding
Love (2024) was awarded “Honorable Mention” by the Catholic Media Association (2025).
Her latest book is The Metaphysics of Martyrdom (2025).
