Rooney Center // University of Notre Dame

Facilitating research on critical issues in American democracy and encouraging Notre Dame students' engagement in civic and political life.

Dianne Pinderhughes

Dianne Pinderhughes elected to the Academy of Arts & Sciences

Rooney Center faculty member Dianne Pinderhughes has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers.

Paul Ryan Feature

Paul Ryan to join Notre Dame as professor of the practice

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R, WI) will join the university as a professor of the practice for the 2019-2020 academic year. Among his many contributions, Ryan will deliver an address at a conference sponsored by the Rooney Center and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities in the Fall.

Rice Kerry Feature

Rice and Kerry take the stage at Notre Dame

Missed this Rooney Center cosponsored event? Click on the image above to watch the highlight video!

Faculty Bookshelf

Why Liberalism Failed

Why Liberalism Failed

Patrick Deneen

Yale University Press, 2018

Latest News

American Politics and Constitutional Studies Ph.D. candidate, Maryann Kwakwa, named to the first class of the APSA Public Scholarship Program

Published: May 08, 2019

Author: Carly Watkins

“Meet the First Class of the APSA Public Scholarship Program” Originally published by Carly Watkins at politicalscience.nd.edu…

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Professors Campbell and Layman published in Monkey Cage

Published: April 25, 2019

Author: Carly Watkins

"How Trump has changed white evangelicals' views about morality" …

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Upcoming Events

First Day of Classes

Time: Tue Aug 27, 2019, All Day

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First day of classes for the 2019-20 academic year.

Originally published at al.nd.edu.…

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