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Assistant Professor David Cortez recently wrote an opinion piece for USA Today: "I asked Latinos why they joined immigration law enforcement. Now I'm urging them to leave."

Published: August 05, 2019

Latinos make up half of American Border Patrol agents. But it's not self-hatred driving them to work for agencies deporting their communities.

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…

Professors Campbell and Layman published in Monkey Cage

Published: April 25, 2019

Author: Carly Watkins

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

Congratulations to ND Votes leader and 2019 Truman Scholar recipient, Prathm Juneja

Published: April 18, 2019

Author: Erin Blasko

Juneja is among 62 students — mostly juniors but also seniors in five-year degree programs — selected for the honor from a pool of 840 candidates from 346 colleges and universities nationwide.

Rooney Center faculty member Dianne Pinderhughes elected to the prestigious Academy of Arts & Sciences

Published: April 18, 2019

Author: Josh Weinhold

Two faculty from Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters — Declan Kiberd and Dianne Pinderhughes — have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers. They are among more than 200 members of the 239th AAAS class, which includes former first lady Michelle Obama, author Jonathan Franzen, gender theorist Judith Butler, former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, NPR host Michel Martin, and neuro-oncologist Robert B. Darnell.

Congratulations to Pulitzer Prize winner, Notre Dame alumnus, and Washington Program faculty, Carlos Lozada

Published: April 18, 2019

Author: Dennis Brown

Notre Dame faculty member and alumnus Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the Washington Post, is the recipient of a 2019 Pulitzer Prize for criticism, journalism’s highest honor. In announcing the award April 15, the Pulitzer jurors cited Lozada “for trenchant and searching reviews and essays that joined warm emotion and careful analysis in examining a broad range of books addressing government and the American experience.”

Paul Ryan to join Notre Dame as professor of the practice

Published: April 18, 2019

Author: Patrick Gibbons

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan will join the University of Notre Dame faculty as a professor of the practice for the 2019-20 academic year as a guest lecturer in political science and economics.

Rice and Kerry find common ground at Notre Dame

Published: March 21, 2019

Author: Colleen Sharkey

Former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (M.S. ’75) took the stage Tuesday night (March 19) at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center for the forum “America’s Role in the World.”

Christina Wolbrecht coauthors an opinion piece honoring Senator Birch Bayh's legacy

Published: March 20, 2019

Author: Carly Watkins

Rooney Center Director, Christina Wolbrecht, along with Elizabeth Bennion (Indiana University South Bend) coauthored the opinion piece in The South Bend Tribune. Read the article at the following link: "Viewpoint: Honoring Birch Bayh's vision of equal rights and dignity"…

Professors David Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht published in The Monkey Cage

Published: March 12, 2019

Author: Carly Watkins

Director of the Rooney Center, Christina Wolbrecht, and chair of the political science department, David Campbell, were recently published in The Monkey Cage. You can read their article at the following link: How Donald Trump helped turn teenage girls into political activists…

Political scientist Vincent Phillip Muñoz awarded NEH fellowship, continuing record funding for humanities research

Published: December 14, 2018

Author: Amanda Skofstad

Rooney Center faculty member Vincent Phillip Muñoz, the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science has been offered a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is one of three Notre Dame scholars who received NEH fellowships in the 2018 award cycle.

Professor Christina Wolbrecht presents at Saturday Scholar Series

Published: November 07, 2018

Author: Erin Blasko

This final talk in the 2018 Arts and Letters Saturday Scholar series provides new insight into whether, how, and with what impact women cast their ballots in the period immediately following suffrage.

NDVotes partners with League of Women Voters, Civic Duty to promote civic engagement

Published: September 21, 2018

Author: Erin Blasko

The group will host a series of events between now and Election Day to educate, register and mobilize local voters.

Notre Dame’s Muñoz to speak at Justice Department’s Forum on Free Speech in Higher Education

Published: September 17, 2018

Author: Colleen Sharkey

Vincent Phillip Muñoz is among the academics chosen to participate in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Forum on Free Speech in Higher Education on Monday (Sept. 17) in Washington, D.C.

Rooney Center faculty member Luis Fraga honored with MALDEF lifetime achievement award

Published: June 22, 2018

Author: Institute for Latino Studies

Luis Ricardo Fraga, director of the Institute for Latino Studies, has received a lifetime achievement award for excellence in community service from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Founded in 1968, the Los Angeles-based MALDEF is the leading Latino legal civil rights organization in the United States. Fraga received the honor from the organization in recognition of his continued work serving students as well as the community and his efforts to bring these two groups together.

U.S. democratic health in stable condition, according to new Democratic Virtues Index

Published: March 29, 2018

Author: Sue Ryan

Led by David Campbell, the Virtues Index analyzed data from a national survey of 2,000 respondents designed and conducted by a team of 16 Notre Dame undergraduate students, with assistance from the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prominent women in political office boost female candidates down ballot, new research finds

Published: March 22, 2018

Author: Josh Weinhold

Researchers found that a state with a female governor or U.S. senator will see an increase in the proportion of women seeking state legislative office by about 2 to 3 percentage points.

Rooney Center Director Christina Wolbrecht Featured in Women Lead

Published: March 08, 2018

Author: Notre Dame News

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2018, meet seven scholars whose work is inspiring others to #PressForProgress.

Political scientist’s new book on liberalism garners significant media attention

Published: February 14, 2018

Author: Arts and Letters

A new book by a Notre Dame political science professor has sparked a fire in the public sphere, garnering significant discussion in major media outlets over his arguments about liberalism and modern society. In Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen — the David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies — argues that liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions.

Energized by the current political moment, NDVotes reemerges — stronger than ever

Published: February 01, 2018

Author: Erin Blasko

NDVotes engaged more than 500 students with TurboVote during the 2017 calendar year, placing it within the top 10 among 104 college and university partners.