Theresa Farnan

Theresa Farnan, Ph.D., is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where she co-founded and works on EPPC’s Person and Identity Project. A philosopher who specializes in Christian anthropology, she focuses her work on countering the destructive effects of gender ideology on young people, families, and faith communities. She also writes and speaks in defense of the family, persons with disabilities, and the unborn, and is a staunch advocate of Catholic education.

Dr. Farnan is the co-author of two books, Get Out Now: Why You Should Pull Your Child from Public School Before It’s Too Late and Where Did I Come From? Where Am I Going? How Do I Get There? She is editor and contributing author of Gender Ideology and Pastoral Practice: A Handbook for Catholic Clergy, Counselors, and Ministerial Leaders. In addition to numerous articles in scholarly journals and collections, her writing has appeared in First Things, Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor, Humanum Review and other publications.

Dr. Farnan currently serves as chair of the Ethics and Public Policy Committee for the National Catholic Partnership on Disabilities. In that capacity, she collaborates with other Catholic scholars to protect persons with disabilities from harmful policies, including policies that promote abortion, euthanasia, and eugenics.

Previously, Dr. Farnan taught philosophy courses at the college level, teaching at St. Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and in diaconate formation programs for the Dioceses of Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. She was a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth.

She received her master’s degree and her doctorate in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, concentrating on medieval philosophy. She and her husband, Michael, have ten children, which is the inspiration for her X account @materx10.

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