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Mr. Joseph P. Shadle

Adjunct Faculty Member

(He, Him, His)

Joe Shadle is an adjunct faculty member of Xavier University's Williams College of Business teaching the graduate course BUAD604 - Spirituality and Leadership. Through this course, Joe helps Xavier's MBA students reflect on their own spirituality, values, and worldview as they identify and integrate key characteristics that drive leaders to succeed in today's complex world.

Joe served as the Director, then Executive Director, of the Center for Mission and Identity at Xavier University from 2009-2025. Previously he served as Director of Campus Ministry at Xavier. Throughout his work, he has engaged a comprehensive approach, helping faculty, staff, and students integrate Ignatian principles and spiritual practices into their work, studies, and daily lives.  

Joe earned a Master of Divinity and M.A. in Biblical Studies from Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology and an M.B.A. from Xavier University. He served for six years on the faculty of the Athenaeum of Ohio and more than twenty years at Thomas More University.

In 2008, Joe was nominated for the JASPA Ignatian Medal for New Professionals in Jesuit Student Affairs. He was appointed by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk to the Archdiocesan Lay Ecclesial Ministry Task Force from 2003-2008, to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Worship Commission from 1999-2005, and to the Committee on Recruitment/Retention of Lay Ministers from 2001-2004. In 1997, he was presented with the Award for Educational Excellence from the National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors.

Joe currently chairs the Clinical Pastoral Education Advisory Committee at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He is a popular speaker and retreat director specializing in scripture, education, spirituality, and leadership.

First Year at Xavier

2006

Degrees

  • M.B.A. (Xavier University)
  • Master of Divinity (Athenaeum of Ohio)
  • M.A. Biblical Studies (Athenaeum of Ohio)
  • B.A. Business Management and Psychology (Walsh College)

Publications

  • Shadle, Joseph P., Elaine Crable, and Hema Krishnan. "Integrating Ignatian Values into an International Executive MBA Immersion Experience." Journal of Jesuit Business Education: Volume 7, No. 1 (2016), p. 73-86.
  • Shadle, Joseph P. “Advancing Mission through Digital Resources.” A Mission Officer Handbook: Collaborating with Partners: Volume 2. (2015) Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities: Washington D.C.
  • Shadle, Joseph P. and Mooney, Debra K. “Understanding Our Heritage, Living the Mission: A seminar for student leaders.” Connections Magazine. (May 2013).
  • Shadle, Joseph P. “Our Jesuit Heritage.” In S. D. Powell (2011). Your Introduction to Education: Explorations in Teaching (2nd ed.). (2011). Pearson.
  • Shadle, Joseph P. “Why Don’t I Have Time to Read This?: Stress Management in Ministry.” Readings for Effective Catechetical Leaders. NCEA: Washington D.C. (2004).