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Matthew Mordecai Katz

Lecturer
katzm@uchicago.edu
Address

969 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Areas of Expertise
Education
Immigration
Psychology
Spirituality and Religion

Course

  • 30000 Social Intervention: Programs and Policies

Job experience

  • Social Studies Instructor & Director of Law Career Cluster, Farragut Career Academy High School, Chicago Public Schools
  • Owner, Katz Law Office, Ltd., Chicago, IL & Mexico City, Mexico
  • Writing Instructor, University of Chicago Writing Program
  • Psychotherapist, The Ark, Chicago, IL

Fields of Special Interest

  • Moral injury and vicarious trauma
  • Social theory and moral philosophy
  • Spirituality and health
  • The psychoanalytic tradition and the role of the unconscious

Presentations

  • Katz, M. (2015, May). Latinos, Law & Education. Conference of the National Association for Law Librarians, Chicago, IL
  • Katz, M. (2017, March). American Law vs Jewish Law: Halakha as Protection for the Soul. Jewish Law Association, New York, NY
  • Katz, M. (2018, October). Law & Moral Injury. Religious Ethics Workshop, Divinity School, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL