Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D., is co-director of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal. He serves as the Chair of the Theology Department and the Fr. Matthew Lamb Professor of Catholic Theology at Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida. Dr. Dauphinais holds degrees from Duke University and the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored with Matthew Levering Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2016) and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible (2005). His newest co-authored book Wisdom of the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Questions about Catholicism was published by Word on Fire Press in the summer of 2021.

Dr. Dauphinais has co-edited multiple books dedicated to Thomas Aquinas, including:

• John Paul II & St. Thomas Aquinas (2006), co-edited with Matthew Levering
• Wisdom and Holiness, Science and Scholarship: Essays in Honor of Matthew L. Lamb (2007), co-edited with Matthew Levering
• Aquinas the Augustinian (2007), co-edited with Barry David and Matthew Levering
• Rediscovering Aquinas and the Sacraments: Studies in Sacramental Theology (2009), co-edited with Matthew Levering
• Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas: Theological Exegesis and Speculative Theology (2010), co-edited with Matthew Levering
• Reading Romans with St. Thomas Aquinas (2012), co-edited with Matthew Levering
• Mother Teresa and the Mystics: Toward a Renewal of Spiritual Theology (2018), co-edited with Brian Kolodiejchuk and Roger Nutt
• Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (2018), co-edited with Andrew Hofer, O.P. and Roger Nutt
• Thomas Aquinas, Biblical Theologian (2021), co-edited with Roger Nutt
• Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (2021), co-edited with Andrew Hofer, O.P. and Roger Nutt
• Hope & Death: Christian Responses (2022), co-edited with Roger Nutt
• Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher (2023), co-edited with Andrew Hofer, O.P. and Roger Nutt

Dr. Dauphinais has also published numerous articles and chapters in books in moral, dogmatic, and biblical theology. He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty throughout many of the founding years of Ave Maria University. Dr. Dauphinais is also the host of The Catholic Theology Show podcast, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. He loves to teach C.S. Lewis, the Triune God, the Bible, seminars on the great books, and anything on Aquinas.

Some of Dr. Dauphinais's recent appearances include an episode of his podcast, The Catholic Theology Show, where he is interviewed by Dr. Roger Nutt on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his co-edited book, Knowing the Love of Christ; an appearance on the podcast Pints With Jack in discussion of Boethius and C.S. Lewis; a talk co-delivered with his wife, Nancy Dauphinais, at the Together in Holiness marriage conference for the Diocese of Venice; an apparance on the Classical Theism podcast in discussion of the Catholic view of salvation; and the talk "Spiritual but not Religious: Rediscovering the Virtue of Religion" at the 2023 Applied Biblical Studies Steubenville Conference.

Dr. Dauphinais also leads a Pursuit of Wisdom course at Ave Maria, The Wisdom of C.S. Lewis.