Media guide

  • Abdulsater 600 X 800

    Hussein Abdulsater
    Classics

    (574) 631-6519
    habdulsa@nd.edu

    Islamic tradition
    Muslim theological and ethical discourses
    Shi'ism
    Islamic intellectual history
     

  • Albahari 600 X 800

    Maurizio Albahari
    Anthropology and Global Affairs

    (574) 631-7759
    malbahar@nd.edu

    Migration and refugee mobility in Italy and
    the Euro-Mediterranean region
    Pluralism and religion in public life

  • Appleby 600 X 800

    Scott Appleby
    Global Affairs and History

    (574) 631-5665
    rappleby@nd.edu

    Global religious movements
    Global Catholicism
    Fundamentalism
    Secularism
    Modernity

  • Avvakumov 600 X 800

    Yury Avvakumov
    Theology and History

    (574) 631-7153
    yavvakum@nd.edu

    Papacy and Byzantine Christianity
    Christiainity in Russia and Ukraine
    Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenism

     

  • Campbell 600 X 800

    David Campbell
    Political Science

    (574) 631-7809
    dave_campbell@nd.edu

    Religion, politics, and civic engagement in US
    Secularism in US
    Mormons & American politics
    How religion unites and divides Americans
    Religion and US elections

  • Dochuk 600 X 800

    Darren Dochuk
    History
    (574) 631-8281
    ddochuk@nd.edu

    Intersections of religion, politics, and influence
    of American West and Sunbelt Southwest
    US religious history
    Evangelical conservatism
    Religion and politics in North America’s age of oil

  • Dowd 600 X 800

    Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C.
    Political Science and Global Affairs

    (574) 631-7756
    rdowd1@nd.edu

    Religion, politics, and development in Africa
    and developing countries
    Civic engagement and tolerance
    Religion, national identity, and migration

  • Groody 600 X 800

    Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C.
    Theology and Global Affairs

    (574) 631-3233
    dgroody@nd.edu

    Refugees, faith and justice
    Global spirituality

  • Gurel 600 X 800

    Perin Gurel
    American Studies

    (574) 631-0250
    pgurel@nd.edu

    Culture and US foreign policy
    Modern Turkey and Iran
    Islam in the United States
    Gender and popular culture

  • Hilkert 600 X 800

    Mary Catherine Hilkert
    Theology

    (574) 631-7290
    mhilkert@nd.edu

    Contemporary Catholic theology
    and Church teaching
    Feminist theologies
    Women and the Church

  • Hoffman 600 X 800

    Michael Hoffman
    Political Science

    (574) 631-7679
    mhoffma5@nd.edu

    Religion and politics in the Middle East
    Relationship between communal religious practices
    and attitudes toward democracy

  • Jensen 600 X 800

    Lionel Jensen
    East Asian Languages and Cultures

    (574) 631-7699
    jensen.21@nd.edu

    Chinese religion and thought
    Contemporary economy, politics, human rights,
    and religion in Asia

  • Katongole 600 X 800

    Emmanuel Katongole
    Theology and Peace Studies

    (574) 631-2219
    katongole.1@nd.edu

    Politics, religion, and violence in Africa
    The theology of reconciliation
    Catholicism in the global South

  • Koesel 600 X 800

    Karrie Koesel
    Political Science and Global Affairs

    (574) 631-0829
    kkoesel1@nd.edu

    Religion and authoritarianism
    Religion and politics in China
    Religion and politics in Russia
    The politics of religion

  • Kollman 600 X 800

    Rev. Paul Kollman, C.S.C.
    Theology

    (574) 631-3873
    pkollman@nd.edu

    African Christianity
    World Christianity
    Global Catholicism
    Missionaries

  • Malkovsky 600 X 800

    Bradley Malkovsky
    Theology

    (574) 631-7128
    bmalkovs@nd.edu

    World religions and World Church
    Comparative spirituality
    Comparative eschatology
    Comparative doctrines of the divine
    Hindu-Christian studies

  • Mcgreevy 600 X 800

    John McGreevy
    History

    (574) 631-6067
    mcgreevy.5@nd.edu

    Catholicism and race
    Catholicism and American liberalism
    Globalization of Catholicism

  • Mckenny 600 X 800

    Gerald McKenny
    Theology

    (574) 631-4520
    gmckenny@nd.edu

    Christian ethics
    Religion, ethics, and biotechnology

  • Mirza 600 X 800

    Mahan Mirza
    Islam and Global Affairs

    (574) 631-1223
    mmirza@nd.edu

    Islam and science
    Islam in Pakistan and South Asia
    Madrasa engagement
    Religious literacy

  • Odozor 600 X 800

    Rev. Paulinus  Odozor, C.S. Sp
    Theology

    (574) 631-6583
    podozor@nd.edu

    Moral theology and Christian ethics
    Sex and sexuality in an ecumenical age
    African Christian theology
    Theology of marriage
    African literatures and morality

  • Omar 600 X 800

    Rashied Omar
    Islamic Studies

    (574) 631-7740
    omar.1@nd.edu

    Roots of religious violence
    Religion and constructive social engagement
    Interreligious peacebuilding
    Islamic ethics of war and peace

  • Omer 600 X 800

    Atalia Omer
    Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies
    (574) 631-7121
    omer.3@nd.edu

    Religion, nationalism, and violence
    Interreligious peacebuilding
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    American Judaisim
    Religion, social movements, gender, and development

  • Pfeil 600 X 800

    Margaret Pfeil
    Theology

    (574) 631-9378
    mpfeil1@nd.edu

    Moral theology and Christian ethics
    Catholic Social Teaching
    Ecumenism
    Peace studies
    Ecological ethics
    Racial justice

  • Philpott 600 X 800

    Daniel Philpott
    Political Science

    (574) 631-0573
    philpott.1@nd.edu

    Christian political theology
    Religion and reconciliation in global politics
    Democraticzation, peace, civil war, and terrorism
    Religious freedom in Islam
    The Catholic Church in global politics

  • Powers 600 X 800

    Gerard Powers
    Peace Studies
    (574) 631-3765
    gpowers1@nd.edu

    Catholic approaches to international affairs and peacebuilding
    Catholic approaches to the ethics of the use of force

  • Reynolds 600 X 800

    Gabriel Reynolds
    Theology
    (574) 631-5138
    reynolds@nd.edu

    Qur'anic studies
    Muslim-Christian relations
    World Religions and World Church

  • Ryan 600 X 800

    Maura Ryan
    Theology
    (574) 631-2799
    ryan.61@nd.edu

    Religion, bioethics, and health policy
    Gender and bioethics
    Catholic social thought
    Fundamental moral theology

  • Sikkink David

    David Sikkink
    Sociology

    (574) 631-2736
    David.Sikkink.1@nd.edu

    Education, religion, and politics
    Religious and private nonreligious school effects
    Civic education in religious and other private schools
    Religion and schooling choices
    Evangelical Protestants and political engagement

  • Sirry 600 X 800

    Mun'im Sirry
    Theology

    (574) 631-1796
    msirry@nd.edu

    Qur'anic studies
    Interreligious relations
    Political theology
    Modern Islamic thought
    Southeast Asian religions and cultures

  • Springs 600 X 800

    Jason Springs
    Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies

    (574) 631-0931
    jspring1@nd.edu

    Religious ethics in Europe and North America
    Challenges of religious pluralism in conflict
    Islamophobia in Europe and North America

  • Smith 600 X 800

    Christian Smith
    Sociology

    (574) 631-4531
    christian.smith@nd.edu

    Religious parenting in the US
    Religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers
    Giving and non-giving in American Christianity
    Radical religion
    American Evangelicalism
    Secularization

  • Cummings 600 X 800

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings
    American Studies and History

    (574) 631-8749
    kcumming@nd.edu

    History of women in Catholicism
    Women religious, sanctity, and American religion
    The papacy

  • St.Ville

    Susan St. Ville
    Peace Studies

    (574) 631-2628
    ssvill1@nd.edu

    Religion, spirituality, and conflict
    Theology and feminism

  • Tweed 600 X 800

    Thomas Tweed
    American Studies and History

    (574) 631-7321
    ttweed@nd.edu

    Religion and migration
    Religion and environmental issues
    Religious diversity in North America, especially
    Buddhism and Christianity

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