The Oriental Orthodox Institute, Berkeley

             Biodata of Fr. Dr. K. K. Kuriakose

Father Karikottuchira K. Kuriakose, is the Dean of the Oriental Orthodox Institute, Berkeley. He started his academic career with the study of theology at Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, India.From there he read for a Divinity degree at the Serampore University, West Bengal. He earned a Masters in Sociology from SV University, Andhra Pradesh. He was granted a research fellowship at the Christian Institute for the study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, and also worked for the Church relations committee of the Senate of Serampore College. Fr. Kuriakose moved to the USA for further study, research, and ministry, in the early 1980s. He earned a Masters in Theology and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California; and an S.T. M in Christian Ethics from the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.  Also, he engaged in pastoral ministry, first in India, then in California, New York, and New Jersey different parishes, while continuing his academic involvements. He holds an Ed D from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York and his dissertation focused on Gandhian philosophy. Since 1996 he has taught at the College of New Rochelle, New York; and then Metropolitan College of New York. He is the author of Timeless Teachers and Ethical Visions, Human Development and Ethical Visions (Information Age, 2014); and, Nonviolence, the Way of the Cross (Xulon 2004). He is the editor of Global Peace series: Religion, Terrorism, and Globalization, Nonviolence a New Agenda (Nova Publishers, 2005); Terrorism, Religion, and Global Peace: From Concepts to Praxis (Georgias Press, 2012); Globalization and Economic Justice (Georgias Press, 2017); and another volume in this series Spirituality, Technology and Globalization, Global Peace in Covid-19Epidemics, is on publication process (Georgias Press 2023).