Expert on racial justice to speak at Notre Dame
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race, and public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, will speak at Notre Dame at 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 14.
Faculty Stories
Faculty at Notre Dame come from communities and cultures all over the world. They conduct research and scholarship on topics and issues that span numerous academic disciplines. They share with students not just their areas of expertise but also their questions and concerns about the enduring issues and latest developments that shape our times.
But their role in broadening and sharpening the lenses through which we understand ourselves and the world around us extend well beyond individual research projects, classroom lectures, course syllabi, or a list of academic programs.
The selection of stories below helps illustrate the many other ways Notre Dame faculty foster diversity, support inclusion, and enliven the entire Notre Dame community.
‘Ragpickers’ of Mumbai use entrepreneurship to find meaning, study shows
A new study from Dean Shepherd, the Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business considers meaning-making in the face of difficult dirty work by examining the “ragpickers” in Mumbai, India. These members of the lowest caste in Indian society live in the slums and dig through trash for food and...
Yixing Chen receives award for responsible research in marketing
Assistant Professor of Marketing Yixing Chen has been named a Distinguished Winner of the American Marketing Association’s Award for Responsible Research in Marketing. Yixing Chen The goal of the AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Marketing is to recognize published research in marketing that produces both useful and credible knowledge. The award is given to researchers who have used reliable...
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Spotlight: Jefferson Saransig
Nestled in the highlands of northern Ecuador, Otavalo is a region rich in culture and hailed as the textile hub of indigenous Ecuadorians. Its residents, called Otavaleños, have transformed the region as they achieved high levels of success through exporting their fabrics both domestically and internationally. Jefferson Saransig, our 2022-23 Quechua (Kichwa) Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, comes from this rich...
Heather Reynolds testifies before Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare
The Ways and Means House Subcommittee on Work and Welfare invited Michael L. Smith Managing Director Heather Reynolds to testify at its hearing “Welfare is Broken: Restoring Work Requirements to Lift Americans Out of Poverty."…
Notre Dame biochemist Patricia Clark receives the 2023 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award
The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announced today that Patricia L. Clark, the Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara Professor in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry…
Notre Dame defends religious freedom in Oak Flat oral argument
A group of Western Apaches and a diverse coalition of legal and religious experts today urged the government in federal court to protect Native American sacred sites on the same basis as other religious groups.
The Ninth Circuit heard arguments again in Apache Stronghold v. United States after the court decided last fall to hear the case…
Catholicism panel discusses the Church in the 21st century global south
Provost John T. McGreevy "Most of my life, to my amazement, has been spent studying in, teaching at, writing about, and administering now, Catholic institutions. On an almost daily basis, I get asked, ‘How did we get here?’ And so I became interested in that long sweep of the 19th-century Catholic revival," said John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill...
Notre Dame English professor Dionne Irving Bremyer named finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Dionne Irving Bremyer, an associate professor of English at Notre Dame, has been named a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the country’s most prestigious peer-juried prize for novels and short stories. The honor is for Irving Bremyer’s short story collection The Islands, which follows the lives of Jamaican women — immigrants or the descendants of immigrants —...
Five distinguished leaders to join former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as Notre Dame honorary degree recipients
The University of Notre Dame will bestow honorary degrees on five distinguished leaders in science, business, music and community service at its 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May 21.
Panelists share insights on Carson v. Makin and the legal landscape for school choice
On March 30, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a panel discussion that explored the dynamic and complex intersection of education and religious liberty. The event featured accomplished attorneys who have taken up cases that pose questions about the interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause in relation to educational programs.…
Arnaldo Serrano and Katharine White Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Arnaldo Serrano, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Katharine White, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, have been selected as recipients of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award is given to recognize outstanding research and its integration with education, and it is one of NSF’s most prestigious awards for...
VIDEO: Maria Ressa keynote address for 2023 Asia Leadership Forum
Maria Ressa, a Filipino and American journalist who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for reporting on abuses of power and fake news, was the distinguished speaker for the Asia Leadership Forum at the University of Notre Dame on March 21, 2023. Notre Dame Law Professor Diane Desierto, a Liu Institute faculty fellow and international human rights attorney, moderated the discussion...
Poets & Scholars to convene at Notre Dame for "Latinx Poetics, a One-Day Gathering"
An award-winning group of poets and scholars will convene at the University of Notre Dame on April 12 for “Latinx Poetics: a one-day gathering.” The event is taking place on the occasion of the recent publication of Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry…
Five questions with Laurent Dubois: Decolonizing scholarship in Francophone studies
Laurent Dubois is John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia. He is the author of seven books, including A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 (2004)…
Africana studies professor’s book, detailing how slavery’s influence survived emancipation, wins Paul E. Lovejoy Prize
Zach Sell’s book Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital has won the 2022 Paul E. Lovejoy Prize from the Journal of Global Slavery for its excellence and originality in a major work related to global slavery. The panel of judges unanimously awarded the prize to the assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Africana...
Theology at the service of decolonization, with Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez
Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez is professor of theology at Boston College and Friar of the Order of Preachers. His books include Deus ineffabilis: Una teología posmoderna del fin de los tiempos…
Professor Diane Desierto serves as co-counsel in landmark UN ruling for Filipina ‘comfort women’
Diane Desierto, law professor and faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, began her career in 2004 seeking reparations and justice for Filipina women who suffered from the sexual slavery system imposed by the Japanese during World War II.…
Margarette Macauley of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Afghan alumni discuss protecting women’s rights
The continued discrimination and oppression of women’s rights around the world and a call for actual change were the themes of a talk on Thursday, March 2, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights.
Transformational Leaders Program: Staff and faculty shape student experience through personal accompaniment
It’s a wide-open room, filled with study tables and comfy chairs with colorful pillows. There are snacks in baskets beneath inspirational signs and plenty of outlets for phone and laptop charging. The wall art is eclectic, yet intentional— chosen to represent diverse cultures and the beauty of the human race. A local coffee shop? That’s not far off, at least...
Five questions with Marisol LeBrón: Decolonizing scholarship in feminist studies/critical race and ethnic studies
Marisol LeBrón is an Associate Professor in Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to arriving at UCSC, Dr. LeBrón held appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, Dickinson College, and Duke University. Dr. LeBrón received her PhD in American Studies from New York University and her bachelor’s degree in...
Dianne Pinderhughes named fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Dianne Pinderhughes, a Presidential Faculty Fellow and the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) for the 2023 academic year.
VIDEO: Julia Kowalski book launch for "Counseling Women: Kinship against Violence in India"
Global affairs professor Julia Kowalski launched her book, Counseling Women: Kinship against Violence in India (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), on February 14, 2023. Discussants were Sarah Lamb…
Poverty’s Perjury: A discussion on poverty in America with Prof. James Sullivan
LEO co-founder, Jim Sullivan, recently joined an episode of the Reaganism podcast. On the episode, host Roger Zakheim, Director at the Reagan Institute, speaks with Jim about government policy towards poverty in America and the mistruths and misunderstandings surrounding poverty and being poor in America, today. Listen here.…
Family guy: Notre Dame anthropologist Lee Gettler broadens perspectives on fatherhood, raising healthy children
In his Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory inside Corbett Family Hall, Lee Gettler has freezers full of saliva samples (as well as fingernail clippings) from people from around the world. By studying the chemical composition of these specimens, the associate professor of anthropology has developed several groundbreaking studies that have focused attention on — and reframed perspectives about —...
Kenneth Heckel appointed director of Office of Military & Veterans Affairs
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Heckel, director of regional development at the University of Notre Dame and previously director of academy advancement for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has been named director of Notre Dame’s Office of Military & Veterans Affairs (OMVA), effective April 10.
Sister Rosemary Connelly to receive 2023 Laetare Medal
Sister Rosemary Connelly, R.S.M., former executive director of Misericordia and lifelong advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2023 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May 21 (Sunday).
Notre Dame International hosts IREX UASP Fellows from Nigeria
Notre Dame International welcomed two fellows from African universities as part of the IREX University Administration Sponsorship program. IREX is an international development organization based in Washington, D.C., that helps build research management capacity of African administrators and faculty.
Women Lead 2023
As Notre Dame celebrates Women's History Month, we introduce you to seven outstanding women who are innovating in their fields to help the University become a powerful means for doing good in the world.
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative supports criminal complaint against Chinese government for Uyghur genocide
The Religious Liberty Initiative’s amicus brief represents renowned U.S. & U.K. human rights advocates