People Category: Faculty Fellows

Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with ReligionTeaching Professor Keough School of Global Affairs Mahan Mirza is an Islamic studies scholar and expert on religious literacy. He brings extensive pedagogical and administrative experience to his role as executive director for the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, including serving as dean of faculty at Zaytuna […]

Associate Professor of TheologyWilliam W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Co-Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism Department of Theology Born of Latino immigrants, David Lantigua graduated with a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame. He taught previously at The Catholic University of America, and has been a graduate fellow of […]

Professor of Theology and Peace Studies Keough School of Global AffairsDepartment of Theology Emmanuel Katongole holds a joint appointment with the Department of Theology and the Keough School of Global Affairs, where he serves as a full-time faculty member of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. A member of the Contending Modernities Initiative team, Katongole […]

Associate Professor of ArchitectureAssociate Dean for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work School of Architecture Ming Hu is an architect and environmental engineer who studies how to decarbonize the built environment through net-zero impact and healthy building design, particularly focusing on life cycle impact and human health-centered decarbonization of the built environment. Specifically, she investigates the […]

Associate Professor of Biology Department of Biology Hope Hollocher’s laboratory uses population genetics and genomics to investigate a wide variety of mechanisms underlying evolutionary change, such as the genetics of speciation, evolution and development, and adaptation. Her most recent research combines approaches in landscape genetics and disease ecology to investigate how the genetic structuring of […]

Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender StudiesDirector, Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center Indiana University South Bend(link is external) Since arriving in South Bend in 2015, Darryl Heller has brought his extensive experience as an organizer and activist to the work of the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, transforming it into a […]

Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of SociologyAssociate Director, Initiative on Race and Resilience Department of Sociology Anna Haskins’ research examines how three of America’s most powerful social institutions—the education system, the family, and the criminal justice system—connect and interact in ways that both preserve and mitigate social inequality, with emphases on early educational outcomes, intergenerational impacts, and […]

Assistant Professor of American Studies Department of American Studies Korey Garibaldi studies the social and intellectual history of the United States and Europe (18th to 20th centuries), with particular interests ranging from the Victorian novelist Henry James to Russia’s national poet, Aleksandr Pushkin. His courses focus on histories of citizenship, imperialism, cultural and economic thought, and the […]

Associate Dean and Director Indiana University School of Medicine–South Bend(link is external) Mark D. Fox is a physician, ethicist, and public health professional. He holds an MD/Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Religion, Ethics, and Society. Throughout his doctorate program, he served as an ethics consultant for the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. […]

Professor of the PracticeDirector, Housing & Community Regeneration Initiative School of Architecture Marianne Cusato is renowned for her work on innovative housing solutions for disaster recovery and workforce housing. She directs the School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative, a “think-and-do tank” that provides assistance to municipalities and nonprofit organizations to improve economic development […]