Meet the Guest: Fr. Michael Agliardo, S.J.

Fr. Michael Agliardo, S.J., is a visiting research scholar in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University. His research focuses are environmental sociology, the sociology of religion, and the sociology of culture. He also has an area focus on China. While at SCU, he completed data collection for a five-country study of the reception of Laudato si’, the encyclical of Pope Francis that addresses environmental issues, social justice, and their intimate connection. He is working with colleagues to write up the results of his recent research, and he currently teaches Environmental Sociology. Agliardo also serves as executive director of the U.S.-China Catholic Association, a California-based nonprofit that works to build fraternal ties between Catholics in the U.S. and in the People’s Republic of China.