a question of justice
A Series from the Institute for Social Concerns
For each profile in the series A Question of Justice, the institute highlights the work of one of the institute’s faculty fellows and how it addresses a question of justice. Profiles range from a sociologist addressing racial disparities in education, a studio artist using art to confront injustice, an English professor bracing for climate change through storytelling, an architect designing for dignity, to a peace studies scholar harnessing interreligious solidarity as a force for justice.
A Question of Justice: Marianne Cusato
“Everyone deserves a dignified home, and society works better when we live in dignified places.”
Marianne Cusato is professor of the practice and director of the Housing & Community Regeneration Initiative in the School of Architecture and faculty fellow at the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
A Question of Justice: Rashied Omar
“Compassion emerges when we refuse to see those affected by injustice as abstract issues but rather see them as human beings.”
A. Rashied Omar is associate teaching professor of Islamic studies and peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute, Keough School of Global Affairs, and faculty fellow at the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
A Question of Justice: Roy Scranton
“Philosophy itself is learning to die. And we all have to spend at least some time being philosophers.”
Roy Scranton is an associate professor of English, director of the Environmental Humanities Initiative, and a faculty fellow of the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
A Question of Justice: Nooshin Javadi
“Art is an invitation to something. You invite people and then you see how they respond. It doesn’t belong completely to the artist.”
Nooshin Hakim Javadi is an assistant professor of studio art and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
A Question of Justice: Anna Haskins
“I wanted to be part of the solution and work toward making classrooms and education more equitable.”
Anna Haskins is the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.