William J. Hynes

Experience

The Higher Education Innovation Group, LLP

Partner (2018 – Present)

Holy Names University – Oakland, CA

President (2010 – 2017)

St. Norbert College – Green Bay, WI 

President (2000 – 2010)

St. Mary’s College of California – Moraga, CA

Vice President for Academic Affairs (1990 – 2010) 

Regis University – Denver, CO

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (1972-1975)

Executive Director of the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities

Executive Director (1975-1976)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies (1976-79)
Professor of Religious Studies (1979-1990)
Associate Dean of the College (1980-1982)
Dean of the College (1982-1990)
Chester Alter Endowed Chair in Higher Education (1990)

St. Xavier University – Chicago, IL 

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (1966 - 1972)

Education

University of Chicago

M.A. & Ph.D, History of Christian Thought

Marquette University

M.A., Theology

Conception College, Conception, MO

B.A., Philosophy & English Literature

Academic Honors, Certificates and Awards

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Arden Institute Fellow, Shakespeare & Co., Lennox, MA 
Lilly Foundation Research Grant
Regis University Research Grant
NEH Travel to Collections Research Grant – Vatican Archives
Certified Correspondent – II Vatican Council
Certificate    Harvard University: Seminar for New Presidents 
Certificate    Harvard University: Institute for Educational Management 
Certificate    University of Geneva: Ecumenical Studies
Distinguished Alumnus, Conception College
Ph.D. (honoris causa), St. Norbert College

Major Publications 

Shirley Jackson Case & The Chicago School: The Socio-Historical Method, Scholars Press, 1981. Vol. III in Scholars & Schools in America series funded by NEH. 

American Religious Empiricism, with William Dean, Regis University Press, 1988. 

Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms, with William Doty, University of Alabama Press, 1993.  Paperback, 1997. Still in Print.

Manuscript in preparation: “The Principles of Entrepreneurship.”