Speaking & Workshops
An engaged activist and public theologian, Dr. Ford bridges the gap between academia and community praxis — leading workshops and delivering keynotes across the country.
Workshop Topics
Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr. is frequently sought out by Catholic parishes, universities, and professional organizations across the country for accessible, liberative workshops. Topics include:
Racism & Racial Justice
Frameworks for understanding and dismantling systemic racism in Catholic communities
Gender & Sexuality
Liberative approaches to gender and sexual identity within Catholic moral theology
DEI & Belonging
Building diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities across difference
Catholic Social Teaching
Accessing the tradition's rich resources for justice in today's world
Reproductive Justice
Engaging Catholic teaching in conversation with contemporary reproductive ethics
The Catholic Moral Tradition
An introduction to natural law, virtue ethics, and the Catholic moral imagination
Keynote Addresses & Lectures
2022 Inaugural Speaker
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
Dr. Ford delivered the inaugural keynote for the ACCU's Consortium for Senior Diversity Officers in Catholic Higher Education, challenging institutions to critically adopt intersectional diversity frameworks that move beyond surface-level inclusion.
Visit ACCU →April 7, 2025 · Dominican University
Annual Lund-Gill Lecture
"Our Transgender Moment in the U.S. Catholic Church: Towards New Solidarities in a Divided World."
Delivered as the 2024–2025 Lund-Gill Chair at Dominican University's Rosary College of Arts, Education & Sciences — an endowed chair established in 2003 for scholars of the highest moral and intellectual reputation.
Learn About the Lund-Gill Chair →Notable Academic & Community Lectures
"Whose Aquinas? Which Natural Law?"
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"Letters to a White Liberal in a Black Queer Key"
Bellarmine University
"The Catholic Imagination: Sex, Gender & Race"
Dominican University (Lund-Gill Lecture, 2025)
Learn More →"Black Queer Natural Law"
Yale Divinity School
"Queering Natural Law"
Villanova University
Selected Speaking Venues
NYC WorldPride
Villanova University
Yale Divinity School
Creighton University
DePaul University
Bellarmine University
Association of Catholic Colleges & Universities (DC)
Sacred Heart Parish (DC)
St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish (NY)
American Association for Anatomy (Toronto)
FutureChurch
Candler School of Theology
Podcasts & Media
"Magnifying Love"
An intimate conversation on loving justice, the Catholic tradition, and queer lives.
Listen to Podcast →"Queering Natural Law"
A wide-ranging discussion on rethinking natural law theology to affirm LGBTQ dignity.
Listen to Podcast →"On the Brink of Abundance: Signs of Hope amid COVID-19's Racialized Violence"
Reflecting on racial violence during the pandemic through the lens of Catholic hope.
Listen to Podcast →Book Dr. Ford
To inquire about speaking engagements, workshops, panels, or keynote addresses for your parish, university, or organization, please reach out via email.