D.P. Curtin

D.P. Curtin is an Irish-American writer, psychologist, and translator, whose work explores the intersection of psychology, philosophy, theology, and the humanities. His essays have appeared in a variety of religious and cultural publications, where he writes on subjects ranging from psychotherapy and spirituality to church history, medieval thought, and the future of Christianity in the modern West.

Dr. Curtin was raised in Richboro, in Central Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Southampton before graduating from Archbishop Wood Catholic High School in Warminster in 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theological Studies from Villanova University in 2007. His undergraduate honors thesis, Ambiguity and Theodicy in the Book of Job, was completed under the direction of Fr. Francis J. Caponi, Th.D. OSA, and examined the enduring philosophical and theological problem of suffering within the biblical tradition. 

Pursuing a vocation in psychology, Dr. Curtin completed a Master of Science degree at Chestnut Hill College in 2014 before earning his Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) from Chatham University in Pittsburgh in 2024. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Dr. Tony Goreczny PhD, focused on the psychological experiences of dementia caregivers through an empirical investigation of caregiver burden and well-being. His clinical training culminated in a pre-doctoral internship at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he received advanced training in psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and integrated behavioral healthcare across diverse medical settings. His doctoral thesis can be found archived here.

Throughout his graduate education, Dr. Curtin also pursued specialized study at both the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), expanding his interests in psychodynamic theory, existential themes in the problem of pain, and the integration of psychological science within the humanities.

Alongside his clinical and academic work, Dr. Curtin has remained deeply involved in the Augustinian community. He is an active member of the local Lay Augustinian fraternity and currently serves as Scholar-in-Residence for the Third Order of the Order of St. Augustine culture and psychology (St. Thomas of Villanova Province). In the past, Dr. Curtin has held fellowships with several professional organizations, including: the Academy of Philosophy & Letters, the Institute of Religion & Democracy, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). 

Dr. Curtin has also been heavily involved in the world of Patristics, being initially drawn to the confluence of Psychology and Theology through the Augustinian tradition. Addressing the question of spiritual suffering was initially introduced to Dr. Curtin by the friar Fr. Neil J. McGettigan OSA who offered insight via the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo. 

His work as editor-in-Chief of the Scriptorium Project began as an undergraduate student at Villanova University, within the special collections at the (Old) Falvey Memorial Library, which then housed a considerable Latin & Greek patristics collection. Originally under the tutelage of Fr. Thomas Martin OSA, the collection began as a small smattering of sundry works from Latin texts, then largely unavailable, but has subsequently expanded to a large library of texts. Many works are derived from the archival manuscripts which have been out-of-print for centuries. Some catalogs had been pioneered by the 18th century Italian philologist Giovanni Mansi and the French Jesuit scholar Jacques-Paul Migne, SJ.