Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D., is co-director of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal. He serves as the Fr. Matthew Lamb Professor of Catholic Theology at Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida and holds degrees from Duke University and the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored with Matthew Levering Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. His newly co-authored book Wisdom from the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Questions about Catholicism was published by Word on Fire Press in the summer of 2021. He has co-edited multiple books dedicated to Thomas Aquinas and published numerous articles and chapters in books in moral, dogmatic, and biblical theology. He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty throughout many of the founding years of Ave Maria University. He loves to teach C.S. Lewis, the Triune God, the Bible, seminars on the great books, and anything on Aquinas.