He received his PhD in the History of Christianity from the University of Notre Dame in 2008, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 2000, and a B.A. from Saint Olaf College in 1997. He has published articles in Nota et Vetera, Archa Verbi, Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte, and New Blackfriars. Shawn has a book manuscript on the theology of divine reward in the thought of Aquinas and Bonaventure under review at CUA Press, and he is preparing a new monograph on early modern Catholic understandings of human freedom and justification. He teaches widely in the history of Christian thought, serving the graduate and undergraduate programs at Saint John's. He is married to Kristin Colberg, Assistant Professor of Theology at Saint John's, and he has two daughters, Mary Clare and Catherine.