Joseph
A. Esposito, Director
Joseph
A. Esposito is Director of The Center for the Study of Catholic Higher
Education, a division of The Cardinal Newman Society. He previously was
director of research for The Cardinal Newman Society and is the editor of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College: What
to Look For and Where to Find It,
published in November 2007.
Before
joining The Cardinal Newman Society, he was Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. In that capacity, he
took a lead role in various bilateral and multilateral relationships on
education issues. He also had a major interagency role in the United States’
return to UNESCO in 2003 and was actively engaged in the education sector of
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Among
other responsibilities that he held in three presidential administrations was
chairing a working group of the President’s Commission for Assistance to a Free
Cuba, 2003-2004, and serving in various capacities at the U.S. Agency for
International Development over an eleven-year period, including holding the
position as the agency’s Narcotics Affairs Coordinator.
He has been the Washington
bureau chief for the National Catholic
Register and was a senior correspondent for Our Sunday Visitor, the nation’s two
largest national Catholic newspapers. His articles have appeared in a number of
other publications. Mr. Esposito also has been an adjunct professor of history,
teaching U.S.
history and Western Civilization courses. He holds five graduate degrees and is
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Evangeline
C. Jones, Deputy Director
Evangeline
C. Jones is Deputy Director of The Center for the Study of Catholic Higher
Education, a division of The Cardinal Newman Society. In her previous capacity
as deputy director of research for The Cardinal Newman Society, she helped
produce The Newman Guide to Choosing a
Catholic College.
A
former practicing attorney, Ms. Jones earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence at the
University of Texas School of Law. She holds a Master of Arts from The
University of Chicago Divinity School. Her undergraduate degree with a major in
religion is from Duke University. Ms. Jones has
taught theology and coached tennis at the secondary school level. She is the
mother of three daughters and one son.