People Category: Faculty Fellows

Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Professor of Engineering College of Engineering Walter Scheirer’s research is primarily focused around the problem of recognition, including the representations and algorithms supporting solutions to it. He is particularly interested in features and learning-based methods that apply to both vision and language, thus breaking away from the persistent compartmentalization of recognition […]

Professor of English and Africana StudiesDirector, Initiative on Race and Resilience Department of English Mark Sanders researches and teaches African American and Afro-Latin American literature and culture. He examines the ways in which Blacks across the Western Hemisphere participate in local, national, and international print cultures of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries to […]

Professor of the Practice, Physics and AstronomyDirector, Minor in Sustainability Department of Physics and Astronomy Philip Sakimoto is director of the College of Science’s Minor in Sustainability with responsibilities that include overseeing student progress and senior capstone projects, developing campus-wide sustainability-related curricula, teaching sustainability courses, engaging in related public outreach, and developing community partnerships. He was formerly […]

Assistant Professor of Art History Department of Art, Art History, and Design In her research and teaching, Tatiana Reinoza explores diverse facets of Latinx visual art in the United States, including its relationship to borderlands discourse, and activism. Her first book, Reclaiming the Americas:  Latinx Art and the Politics of Territory, published in 2023 by University […]

Associate Professor of Theology Department of Theology Fr. Mark Poorman returned to the Theology Department as associate professor after serving full-time in senior-level administrative positions in Holy Cross institutions, including vice president for student affairs at the University of Notre Dame, as well as executive vice president and president at the University of Portland. During […]

Director of Evidence and Learning, Pulte Institute for Global DevelopmentAssociate Professor of the Practice Keough School of Global Affairs Paul Perrin leads the Pulte Institute for Global Development’s Evidence and Learning Division and is an international health, humanitarian, and development research and practice professional with over a decade of work experience in academic, government, and […]

John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business EthicsHonors Program Faculty Director Mendoza College of Business James R. Otteson received his B.A. from the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. He specializes in business ethics, political economy, the history of economic thought, […]

Associate Teaching Professor of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding Keough School of Global Affairs A. Rashied Omar is an associate teaching professor of Islamic studies and peacebuilding in the Keough School’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. During Notre Dame’s spring semester, he teaches a popular course on the Islamic ethics of war and peace as well […]

Associate Professor, Irish Language and Literature Department of Irish Language and Literature Brian Ó Conchubhair is an associate professor of Irish language and literature, and a fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. He has served as director of the Center for the Study of Languages & Cultures […]

Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing Department of Art, Art History, and Design Fr. Martin Nguyen was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and joined the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Notre Dame in 1995. Nguyen creates large-scale […]