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Institute Directors

  • Asher Kaufman
    John M. Regan, Jr. Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Professor of History and Peace Studies
  • Erin B. Corcoran
    Acting Director and Executive Director; Associate Teaching Professor, Keough School of Global Affairs

Faculty 

  • Ashley Bohrer
    Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies
  • Catherine Bolten
    Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies; Director of Doctoral Studies
  • Josefina Echavarría Alvarez
    Associate Professor of the Practice; Director, Peace Accords Matrix 
  • Maira Hayat
    Assistant Professor of Environment and Peace Studies
  • Anne E. Hayner
    Associate Advising Professor; Associate Director for Alumni Relations
  • Caroline Hughes
    Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
  • Madhav Joshi
    Research Professor; Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Emmanuel Katongole
    Professor of Theology and Peace Studies
  • Laura Miller-Graff
    Associate Professor of Psychology and Peace Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Ann Mische
    Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies
  • Ebrahim Moosa
    Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies, Keough School of Global Affairs, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the Department of History
  • Laurie Nathan
    Professor of the Practice of Mediation; Mediation Program Director
  • Mary Ellen O'Connell
    Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law; Concurrent Professor of International Peace Studies, Kroc Institute
  • A. Rashied Omar
    Associate Teaching Professor of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding
  • Atalia Omer
  • Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies
  • Gerard F. Powers
    Professor of the Practice; Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies; Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network
  • Gwendolyn Purifoye
  • Assistant Professor of Racial Justice and Conflict Transformation
  • Jason Quinn
    Research Associate Professor, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Lisa Schirch
    Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies
  • Jason A. Springs
    Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
  • Susan M. St. Ville
    Associate Teaching Professor; Director of the International Peace Studies Concentration, Keough School Master of Global Affairs
  • Rachel Sweet
    Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs
  • Ernesto Verdeja
    Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies
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  • Emeritus Faculty

  • David Cortright
  • Professor Emeritus of the Practice
  • Gary Goertz
  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
  • Robert C. Johansen
  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peacebuilding
  • John Paul Lederach
  • Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding
  • George A. Lopez
  • Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
  • Peter Wallensteen
  • Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies

Staff

  • Hilal Omar Al Jamal
  • Program Coordinator, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Jennifer Betz
    Assistant Director of the International Peace Studies Concentration, Keough School Master of Global Affairs
  • Pam Blair
    Academic Programs Assistant
  • Catherine (Kate) Chester
  • Communications Program Director
  • Jeanine Dziak
    Senior Administrative Assistant
  • Juan Flores Ramirez
    Assistant Director, Finance and Administration
  • Lisa Gallagher
  • Writer and Content Specialist (as of Jan. 1, 2023)
  • Chris Henderson
    Hesburgh Center Facilities Manager
  • Allison Kielhold
  • Research Associate, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Joshua Lupo
    Writer and Editor, Contending Modernities
  • Caesar A. Montevecchio
    Assistant Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Network
  • Jena O'Brien
    Communications and Digital Media Specialist
  • Laurel Quinn
    Associate Director of Operations and Policy, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Andre Ratasepp
    IT Solutions Specialist
  • Cristian Sáez Flórez
    Research Associate, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Kathryn Sawyer Vidrine
    Assistant Director for Doctoral Studies
  • Carolina Serrano Idrovo
    Research Associate, Peace Accords Matrix
  • Dania Straughan
    Program Manager, Contending Modernities
  • Michele Talos
    Senior Office Coordinator
  • Anna Van Overberghe
    Assistant Director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies
  • Ari Woodworth
  • Events Coordinator (as of March 30, 2023)

Faculty Fellows

  • Hussein Abdulsater
  • Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Ellis Adjei Adams
    Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy, Keough School of Global Affairs
  • Maurizio Albahari
    Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Christopher Ball
    Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Viva Bartkus
    Paul E. Purcell Associate Professor of Management & Organization; Director of the Meyer Business on the Frontlines Program
  • Kraig Beyerlein
    Associate Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Society
  • Paolo G. Carozza
    Professor of Law; Concurrent Professor of Political Science
  • Nitesh Chawla
    Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Founding Director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society
  • Ann-Marie Conrado
    Associate Professor of Industrial Design
  • E. Mark Cummings
    William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Professor of Psychology
  • John Deak
    Associate Professor of History
  • Michael C. Desch
    Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations; Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director, Notre Dame International Security Center
  • Darren Dochuk
    Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History; Director of Graduate Studies 
  • Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C.
    Professor of Political Science; Vice President and Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives
  • Amitava Krishna Dutt
    Professor of Economics and Political Science
  • David Gibson
    Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Mark Golitko
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology
  • Dawn M. Gondoli
    William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families College Professor of Psychology
  • Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.
    Associate Professor of Theology and Global Affairs
  • Perin Gurel
    Associate Professor of American Studies; Concurrent Associate Professor of Gender Studies
  • Sandra M. Gustafson
    Professor of English; Concurrent Professor of American Studies
  • Eric Haanstad
    Associate Professor of the Practice; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Anthropology
  • Mary Catherine Hilkert
    Professor of Theology
  • Vittorio G. Hösle
    Paul Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters, Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures; Concurrent Professor of Philosophy and of Political Science
  • Victoria Tin-bor Hui
    Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Eileen M. Hunt 
    Professor of Political Science
  • Jennifer Huynh
    Assistant Professor of American Studies
  • Debra Javeline
    Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Lionel Jensen
    Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Rev. Paul V. Kollman, C.S.C.
    Associate Professor of Theology
  • Julia Kowalski
    Assistant Professor of Global Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs; Concurrent Faculty, Gender Studies Program
  • Daniel Lapsley
    ACE Collegiate Professor of Psychology
  • Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C.
    Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs
  • A. James McAdams
    William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs, Department of Political Science
  • Rory McVeigh
    Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor in Sociology; Director, Center for the Study of Social Movements
  • Erin Metz McDonnell
    Kellogg Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Mahan Mirza
    Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion; Teaching Professor
  • Olivier Morel
    Joint Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures and Film, Television, and Theatre
  • Dana Moss 
    Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Paul Ocobock
    Associate Professor of History
  • Rahul Oka
    Associate Research Professor, Department of Anthropology and Keough School of Global Affairs
  • Matthew Payne
    Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre
  • Jaime Pensado
    Associate Professor of History
  • Margaret Pfeil
    Teaching Professor, Department of Theology
  • Daniel Philpott
    Professor of Political Science
  • Richard B. Pierce
    Associate Professor of History; Concurrent Associate Professor of American Studies
  • Jean Porter
    John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology
  • Emilia Justyna Powell
    Professor of Political Science; Concurrent Associate Professor of Law
  • Alison Rice
    Chair, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures; Professor of French and Francophone Studies
  • Sebastian Rosato
    Professor of Political Science
  • Maura A. Ryan
    John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Christian Ethics; Vice President and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Walter Scheirer
    Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • James Sterba
    Professor of Philosophy
  • Julia Adeney Thomas
    Associate Professor of History
  • Guillermo Trejo
    Professor of Political Science
  • Thomas A. Tweed
    Harold and Martha Welch Professor of American Studies; Professor of History
  • Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
    Associate Professor of English; Concurrent Faculty, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Todd D. Whitmore
    Associate Professor of Theology and Concurrent Associate Professor of Anthropology; Co-Director, Catholic Social Tradition Minor
  • Rev. Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.
    Associate Professor of Management and Organization; Director, Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business
  • Sharon Yoon
    Associate Professor of Korean Studies

Advisory Board

  • Phillip D. Brady (B.A. ’73)
    Adjunct Professor, Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America
  • J. Patrick Danahy (B.S. ’66)
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Greensboro Partnership
  • Janna Hunter-Bowman (Ph.D. ’17)
    Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Christian Social Ethics, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
  • Monica Montgomery (B.A. ’19)
  • Political Director and Policy Analyst, Council for a Livable World
  • Paddy Mullen (Chair, B.A. '80)
  • Chief Executive Officer, The BRANY Group
  • Elias Omondi Opongo, S.J. (M.A. ’04)
    Director, Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations
  • Steven Pepe (B.A. ’65)
    United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (retired)
  • Maria Camila Posse Gaez (MGA ’19)
    Risk Management Associate and Operations Analyst, Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group
  • Paul T. Rogalski (B.A. ’80)
    Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking, Robert W. Baird & Company
  • Michael P. Rooney (B.A. ’94)
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Claddagh Investments, LLC
  • John E. Scully, Jr. (B.A. ’64)
    Executive Advisor, Challenger, Gray & Christmas; Group Senior Vice President, La Salle Bank (retired); U.S. Army, Major General (retired) 
  • Judy Scully
    School Psychologist (retired)
  • Mike Smith (B.A. ’93)
    Principal and Managing Director, Cornerstone Government Affairs
  • Richard G. Starmann
    Retired Senior Vice President, McDonald’s Corporation; Former Senior Advisor to Joan B. Kroc; Co-Trustee, Estate of Joan B. Kroc
  • Peter Wallensteen
    Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies