Provost
Julia A. Upton, RSM, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Religious
Studies, is the Provost of St. John’s University, overseeing the
academic programs of the University’s six colleges on five
campuses. She has been a member of the Department of Theology and
Religious Studies since 1979 and continues to teach at least one
course each year.
Dr. Upton is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy
of the Americas, holds a doctorate in Contemporary Systematic
Theology from Fordham University, Masters Degrees in English and
Theology from St. John’s University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree
from Ohio Dominican University.
Dr. Upton is a member of the Liturgical Commission of the
Diocese of Brooklyn. She has served on the International Commission
on English in the Liturgy and is currently serving as a Consultant
to the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s Committee on
Divine Worship. Her theological research centers upon sacramental
theology, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, and
reconciliation. She has published five books and numerous articles.
Her most recent book is A Time for Embracing: Reclaiming
Reconciliation (Liturgical Press, 1999). Her current research
subject is the life and work of Fr. Hans Ansgar Reinhold
(1897-1968), a key leader in the Liturgical Movement in the United
States.