Dr. Fulmer joined the Religion and Philosophy faculty at CBU in 2007. He received a Ph.D. in theology and an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies form Vanderbilt University in 2006. He also holds an M.A. in the teaching of writing and literature from George Mason University and a B.A. in philosophy from Georgetown University.

Besides his work as a teaching fellow and instructor at Vanderbilt, he has several years of experience teaching and tutoring students of all ages in the Washington, DC area. He also taught at the Christian Academy of Guatemala in Guatemala City before beginning his doctorate work.

Professor Fulmer is excited to be teaching at Christian Brothers. He has a deep respect for the Catholic academic tradition and particularly the Lasallian emphasis on teaching as a Christian service. He is happy to serve alongside the Brothers here at CBU and to count himself among the many thousands of their lay colleagues worldwide.

He is committed to courses that discuss theology and Christianity in connection with contemporary political, social, and economic issues and is particularly interested in these topics as they relate to the themes of identity and love. His own research has centered on questions concerning identity, consumerism, love, desire, and compassion. He hopes that he can help his students to think critically about their lives, their world, and the decisions they are called upon to make each day.

While he may align himself with Dr. Geis on the Religion side of the Religion and Philosophy department, he most certainly stands with Dr. Haught on the intensifying Duke/Georgetown debate.

Recent and Upcoming Publications:

“Anselm and the Apophatic: ‘Something Greater than Can Be Thought,’” New Blackfriars (tentatively scheduled to appear in the November 2007 issue).

“Augustine's Theology as a Solution to the Problem of Identity in Consumer Society,” Augustinian Studies, 37.1 (2006), 111-29.