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Jack Clark Robinson

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Jack graduated in June 09
He currently directs graduate education for Franciscan friars in San Antonio, TX

United States History


Alumnus
B.A. Kentucky Wesleyan College; J.D. University of Kentucky; M.Div. Catholic Theological Union

Having first professed vows as a member of the Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscans) in 1981, I was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico in 1986. I continued to work with Native Americans in Jemez, Zia, Santa Ana, Cochiti, San Felipe and Santo Domingo Pueblos until 1990. I worked teaching men who sought to become Franciscan friars full time from 1990 until 1993. I then became pastor of a largely Hispanic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2000, I returned to full time formation work, before coming to UCSB to start studies in the fall of 2004. (more...)

Dissertation Title

  • Franciscan Friars in New Mexico: Three Borderlands Trails to Vatican II, 1957-1985
    Currently under revision in preparation for publication

Teaching Fields

  • History of the Franciscan Friars in the United States
  • Franciscan Spirituality
  • New Mexico History

Courses Taught

  • Religious Studies 138D - Catholicism and U.S. History: Many Voices, Lively Conversation
    An upper division introduction to the history of Catholicism in the U.S. as an interplay of people and cultures
  • The Romantic California Missions in Fact and Fiction
    OLLI - February/March 2008 - Adult Education Examination of Romantic Views of the Franciscan Missions in CA

Teaching Assistantships

  • History 17A - American History to 1840
    Fall 2004
  • History 17B - American History 1840 to 1920
    Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008
  • History 17C - American History 1920 to the Present
    Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
  • History 4B - Western Civilization 1100 to 1700
    Winter 2005
  • Departmental Lead TA
    2007-2008

Publications

  • "The Missionary Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe" in Franciscans Without Borders (Strasbourg 2009)
  • "Two Roads Diverged: An Examination of Ministerial Self-Description" in Francis in the Americas (Berkeley: AAFH 2005)
  • "The Rise and Fall of Albert Daeger" in Proceedings of AAFH Symposium 2002 (Berkeley: Academy of American Franciscan History 2002)
  • "Fray Angelico Chavez: Roots of Franciscan Priesthood" in Fray Angelico Chavez: Poet, Priest and Artist, Ellen McCracken, ed. (Albuquerque: UNM Press
  • "The Franciscans" in Four Hundred Years of Faith (Archdiocese of Santa Fe 1998)

Awards

  • Member Mission Archive Library of Santa Barbara Board of Directors
    2008-2009
  • Member Academy of American Franciscan History
    2007-present

Upcoming

  • "The Friar and the Archbishop: Angelico Chavez Returns to the Fold"
    100th Birthday Conference in Honor of Angelico Chavez, Santa Fe, NM 10 April 2010
  • “Three Franciscans at the Cathedral – A Good Brother, A Modern Martyr and an Unlikely Archibishop
    400th Anniversary Conference - Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, NM 17-19 June 2010
  • Franciscan History Since 1517
    Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY 5-23 July 2010
  • Refounding the Franciscan Friars in the United States, 1840s - 2000
    Current writing project