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About Dr. Diane Jonte-Pace

Dr. Jonte-Pace was raised in Northern California. She recalls an interest in the "big questions" from an early age: why do we humans do what we do, believe what we believe, feel what we feel? As a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she was drawn to anthropology, philosophy, classics, psychology, and gender studies. Although it wasn't possible to study them all, a double major in psychology and religious studies provided a unified yet flexible framework for asking "big questions." Whether she was reading Dante's Purgatorio, the Gnostic Gospel of Philip, Julian's mystical Showings, or Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism, she could pose questions integrating history, culture, and psyche.  Dr. Jonte-Pace went on to attend the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland (1973-1974), and then earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School in Religion and Psychological Studies (1975, 1983). A professor in Santa Clara University's Religious Studies department for more than three decades and an administrator in the Provost's office, she helped create the University's Faculty Development program, and served for many years as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.  She retired from SCU in 2020.

Positions

2020 - Present Professor Emerita, Santa Clara University Department of Religious Studies
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2010 - 2107 Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University
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1988 - 2020 Professor, Santa Clara University Department of Religious Studies
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Contact Information

Phone: (408) 554-4751
Office Hours: By appt.
Location: St. Joseph's Hall
Room number: 215

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