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Editor-In-Chief

Suzanne Shanahan

Managing Editor

Erin Collazo Miller

Editors

Samantha Deane
Dustin Webster

Copy Editor

David Cramer

Editorial Board

Rosalyn W. Berne
Paul Blaschko
Karen E. Bohlin
Jennifer Frey
Abraham Nussbaum
Francis Su

Design

Karen Sheets de Gracia

Virtues & Vocations is published by the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.

The Institute for Social Concerns is an interdisciplinary institute responding to the complex demands of justice through a combination of justice education and research for the common good.

Virtues & Vocations is a national forum, funded by the Kern Family Foundation, for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education.

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Virtues & Vocations
Geddes Hall Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

Fall 2026

From the Editor

Welcome

Suzanne Shanahan

Part I: Virtue Responds

Across Generations

Kiran Bhai

Less Cheap Responsibility, More Response-able Institutions

Ryan Juskus

The Two Timelines

Francis Su

Responsibility and Narrative Knowledge

Paul Blaschko

Reading for Roots

Nathan King

Interlude: What We Owe

POEM: An Ode We Owe

Amanda Gorman

An Interview with Danielle Allen

The Power to Respond

Karen E. Bohlin

Part II: Vocation Responds

Good Medicine

Riding toward Responsibility

Joshua T. B. Williams

Good Education

To Whom are Faculty Responsible?

Rachel Wahl

Good Professions

When Is a Good Idea Not Enough?

Karen K. Melton

Good Business

Character Formation and Business Education

Andrew Hoffman

Good Leadership

Strengthening Public Responsibility and the Professions Through Character

Mary Crossan

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Soundbites: What We Owe: Soundbites from the 2026 Virtues & Vocations conference