Directors and Staff
Darren Dochuk
William W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Co-Director
403 Geddes Hall
ddochuk@nd.edu
Darren Dochuk is the Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. His research deals primarily with the United States in the long twentieth century, with emphasis on the intersections of religion, politics, and culture in national life. He teaches courses that span the entire post-Civil War period but focus particularly on post-1890 developments. He has written widely on modern U.S. history. His most recent book is Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America (Basic Books, 2019). In 2023, he became co-editor of Modern American History.
David Lantigua
William W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Co-Director
404 Geddes Hall
dlantigu@nd.edu
David Lantigua is associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he has served as co-director of the Catholic Social Tradition minor in the Center for Social Concerns. He teaches courses including “God and Slavery in the Americas” and an introduction to Catholic social teaching. His first monograph was Infidels and Empires in a New World Order: Early Modern Spanish Contributions to International Legal Thought (Cambridge, 2020). He is currently writing a book on the Latin American theological and cultural dimensions of Pope Francis’s social teachings and their implications for global Catholicism.
MaDonna Noak
Administrative Coordinator
407 Geddes Hall
(574) 631-5441
mnoak@nd.edu
MaDonna Noak joined the Cushwa Center in 2017 and coordinates event planning, grant administration, the hosting of fellows and guests to campus, and the daily operations of the center. Prior to coming to Notre Dame and the Cushwa Center, she worked at Saint Mary's College in the Department of Biology.
Shane Ulbrich
Assistant Director
402 Geddes Hall
(574) 631-3559
sulbrich@nd.edu
Shane Ulbrich joined the Cushwa Center in 2014. He oversees operations and communications and supports special initiatives and strategic planning at the center. He holds a master of theological studies degree in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame and master's and bachelor degrees from Boston College.