Jeremy V. Cruz

Jeremy Cruz earned his B.A. in history from the University of California, Riverside. He studied at Loyola Marymount University and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, before earning a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from Boston College. Jeremy has also gained insight into the role of religion in society by working as a faith-based community organizer, and as a lay ecclesial minister in his native California. Jeremy joined the St. John’s University faculty in 2014 and teaches courses in ethics and theology, as well as the capstone course for the undergraduate minor in Social Justice: Theory and Practice in the Vincentian Tradition. As a practitioner of moral advocacy, Jeremy volunteers with religious communities as they advocate for the rights and well-being of U.S. farmworkers. His current research focuses on justice for farmworkers and moral theories of social equality.