Patrick, Anne, SNJM.

Anne E. Patrick, SNJM, PhD, is a Laird Emerita Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts at Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary since 1960, Dr. Patrick has used her dedication in the secular realm as basis for her studies and professional writings in the discipline of Theology, specifically Feminist Theology as well as Religion and Literature. Dr. Patrick earned four degrees: a BA in English from Medaille College in Buffalo, New York in 1969; a MA in English from University of Maryland in 1972; another MA from the University of Chicago in Divinity in 1976; and a PhD, focusing on Religion and Literature, from the University of Chicago in 1982. Dr. Patrick has been an active lecturer and professor at such universities as University of Chicago Divinity School, University of Tulsa, and Carleton College. Among many other writings, she published two monographs Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology in 1996 and Women, Conscience, and the Creative Process in 2009.