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Michael Chiariello
Professor Michael Chiariello was born in 1945 in Brooklyn, New York.  He received an A.B. (Philosophy) from Manhattan College, and A.M. and Ph.D. from Boston University (Philosophy).  He joined the Department of Philosophy at St. Bonaventure University in 1970.  He has served as Department Chair, Dean of Clare College, and holds the rank of full Professor.  Since 2006,  he has directed St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan Heritage Program at the Umbra Institute in Perugia where is a visiting Professor. 
He has published articles and reviews on ethics, social theory, Franciscan Studies, as well as curriculum development and program assessment.   His most recent publications include “Bob Dylan’s Truth” in Philosophy and Bob Dylan (Open Cou
rt, 2006) and “Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose:  Teaching the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition to Postmodern Undergraduates”  (University of Syracuse Press, 2009), and  “Bonaventure’s Itinerarium in Mentis Deum: A
thirteenth century foundation for a twenty-first century curriculum,” in Chiariello and Brunello, eds., The Wider World of Core Texts. Association for Core Texts and Courses, 2004.  He is currently working on a new English edition of Paul Sabatier’s Life of Francis. 
He is former chair of the Seneca Nation of Indians-City of Salamanca Joint Leasing Commission, and the Board of Advisors of the San Damiano Foundation.  Currently. he serves on the Board of Directors of the Pax et Bonum Foundation, and is a member of the St. Bonaventure University Percussion Ensemble.

He is married to Judith Sherman Chiariello, a retired school administrator, and they have a daughter, Emily Jean Chiariello, who is a
Mentor/Teacher in the Washington, DC school system.

 
 
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