Christopher Steck, S.J., is an associate professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Fr. Steck completed his master’s degree in electrical engineering at LSU and later worked for Texas Instruments, where he was awarded a patent for a circuit he designed. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1983, taught at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida, and was ordained a priest in 1994. Upon completion of his doctorate degree in Christian ethics at Yale University in 1999, he began working at Georgetown. Father Steck received tenure in 2006 and served as department chair from 2012 to 2015. He recently published a book titled All God’s Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics. His research areas include environmental ethics, animal ethics, and theoretical issues in Catholic moral theology, and courses he has taught include Problem of God, Saints and Sinners, and Dogs and Theology. Father Steck serves as chaplain in New South Hall and is known for the Thursday night Mass, which is always followed by brownies and quesadillas.