Meet the Speaker: Deborah Savage
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Deborah Savage, Ph.D. is Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Dr. Savage is a student of St. Thomas Aquinas with a particular interest in investigating his thought in light of contemporary questions. Her research areas include: the nature of man and woman, the human person, the theological meaning of human work and the conversion of the acting person. She is a recognized scholar of the work of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and has written and presented or published several papers on how his philosophical anthropology informs his body of work as Pope, his understanding of human work, the complementarity of man and woman, and of the dignity and vocation of women. She has written and presented many talks and papers on these topics both nationally and internationally.