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Fr. Joshua Caswell
Superior General at Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
Peter Kippes
Strategic IT Professional at HegemonyPete Kippes is a Benedictine University Adjunct Professor, an Alumni of Benedictine’s MBA Program, as well as, the President and owner of The Hege-Strategic IT Professionals (pronounced ‘Hedge’)
Pete develops business & personal relationships on the pillars of passion, commitment, trust and growth and collaborates with business leaders to accelerate organizational growth, employee productivity & business outcomes.
Dr. Robert Rebman
Professor at Goodwin College of BusinessDr. Rebman joined Benedictine as an adjunct faculty member in 2007 and has taught full-time
since 2011. He teaches accounting, economics, and business ethics courses and enjoys working
with students to help them grow and develop their skills.
He completed his PhD at Capella University in business management with a specialization in
accounting in August, 2020. He earned an MBA in economics at the University of Chicago, and
a BSBA in accounting from Roosevelt University. He has professional experience in public
accounting and in the financial services industry. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois.
Dr. Rebman’s scholarship is focused on corporate and organizational social responsibility,
organization mission, ethical frameworks, including Catholic social teaching, and the assessment
of organizational performance. Dr. Rebman recently published a paper in the Journal of Catholic
Social Thought and has presented at conferences related to business and corporate responsibility
and the application of this work to higher education. He actively participates in the Benedictine
Pedagogy Conferences, the Benedictine University Teach-In, and other programs on and off
campus.
Dr. Rebman works to enhance the quality of student learning outcomes through enhanced
teaching methods, student interaction, and the appropriate use of technology. He has enhanced
coursework to provide students with relevant experience using professional software in his
Taxation and Auditing courses, and he has developed critical thinking cases for each of his
courses to help students apply course concepts and techniques to real world challenges. A
university education should help students grow as persons, prepare students to succeed in
careers, and to develop ethical solutions for the challenges that they will face as adults and
citizens in a changing world.