Christine Hammill-Cregan, J.D., M.S.W.

Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Theology, Contact for the MA Program at Huntington and Douglaston

Biography

Christine Hammill-Cregan, J.D., M.S.W., is Associate Dean for the MA in Theology and MA in Catholic Philosophical Studies Programs and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology. Dean Hammill-Cregan is primarily responsible for the Huntington and Douglaston campuses and offers courses including Fundamentals of Catholic Doctrine; Introduction to Theology; Conflict Resolution in Ministry; and Dialogue in the Light of Christ: Communication Skills for Ministry and Evangelization.

Dean Hammill-Cregan has also offered graduate-level courses related to international communications at St. John’s University, and conflict resolution and mediation as a Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has also taught undergraduate courses in conflict resolution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) and in international relations at the University of Education in Ghana. Dean Hammill-Cregan began her career as an educator teaching high school global studies at her alma mater, Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, followed by a year teaching English in Japan.

Dean Hammill-Cregan has worked in higher education as an administrator at St. John’s University for the Vincentian Center for Church and Society, as well as at Siena College in the general counsel’s office on employee relations and discrimination issues, including Title IX. Prior to working in academia, Dean Hammill-Cregan was an international human rights attorney with United Nations in Geneva, focusing on child labor, and for the American Bar Association (CEELI) in Tajikistan managing a human rights and rule of law program. She also mediated family disputes in New York City Family Courts and worked as a social worker on family issues.

Dean Hammill-Cregan earned a J.D. and M.S.W. from Washington University in St. Louis, an M.A. in Theology from St. Joseph’s Seminary and College, and a B.A. in Education from Providence College. Dean Hammill-Cregan lives with her husband, Anthony Cregan, in Manhattan.

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Person for the MA Programs at the Huntington and Douglaston Sites