Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is proud to announce that Matthew Walz, PhD, is the College’s 2025–2026 St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies.
Dr. Walz is an Associate Professor at the University of Dallas in Irving, TX, where he serves as the Director of Philosophy & Letters and Pre-Theology Programs. He is also the Director of Intellectual Formation at Holy Trinity Seminary. Dr. Walz graduated from Christendom College before earning graduate degrees at the University of Dallas and the Catholic University of America, and he specializes in medieval and ancient philosophy as well as philosophical anthropology. He and his wife Teresa have eight children.
In his capacity as Visiting Chair, Dr. Walz will be co-teaching classes, leading faculty seminars, participating in TMC’s biannual Traditio readings, and lecturing.
“It is a great pleasure and honor to welcome Dr. Walz to our academic community as this year’s Visiting Chair,” remarked Fellow and Dean Denis Kitzinger. “Dr. Walz’s intellectual virtues are rivaled only by his love of the Faith and the Church. He is a true Catholic scholar and teacher. I have already been impressed by his presence on campus, in the classroom, and during our Traditio and Convocation exercises. We—students and faculty—look forward to living our academic life together this year.”
“Dr. Walz and I have been friends since our graduate school days, but we have never had a chance to enjoy an intellectual and liturgical life at the same place,” reflected Fellow and President William Fahey. “It is good to have a common home at last. Dr. Walz brings years of quiet reflection on St. Thomas Aquinas and other luminaries of our philosophical tradition. We are blessed by his humor and wisdom.”
The St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies is supported by a generous donor. Past Visiting Chairs include Dr. Robert Royal, founder and president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington, D.C. and Editor-in-Chief of The Catholic Thing, and esteemed Catholic author Joseph Pearce, who is the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions.
Click here to read Dr. Walz’s interview with Jacinta Sigaud ’26.
For further reading:
Joseph Pearce Appointed 2022–2023 St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies
