William O'Neill, S.J., Ph.D. is Ethics Center Director of Immigration Ethics, Santa Clara University Resident Scholar working with both the Ethics Center and the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, and he's Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology.
O'Neill's writings address questions of human rights, ethics and hermeneutical theory, social reconciliation and conflict resolution, and refugee policy. He has worked with refugees in Tanzania and Malawi and has done research on human rights in South Africa and Rwanda.
O'Neill received a Newcombe Fellowship, a Lilly Theological Research Grant, and held the Jesuit Chair at Georgetown University from 2003-2004. His educational background includes receiving a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Jesuit School of Theology and a Ph.D. from Yale University. O’Neill also serves on the Board of The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics and on the Board of the journal Theological Studies, and is a member of the Anglican/Roman Catholic (ARC) Ecumenical Dialogue in the USA and the Jesuit Seminar.