John Staud: Education, Renewed.

John Staud: Education, Renewed.

From graduation trivia and Roberto Clemente, Jerome Bettis and all things Pittsburgh athletics, to leading the revitalization of Catholic schools

Dr. John Staud, the executive director of the Alliance for Catholic Education program discusses choosing hope and the example of Christ and the body of Catholic Social Teaching as the radical animating principle guiding the work of ACE, as well as, laurel berries, mortar boards, and listening to The Who and Zeppelin at ten.

Meet the Faculty: John Staud '87

John Staud, Ph.D. serves as the executive director of the Alliance for Catholic Education and is a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives. He also teaches courses on American literature in the English department. His scholarly activity has focused on the writings of Herman Melville. 

Additionally, Staud is the principal author of the final report of the Notre Dame Task Force on Catholic Education and co-author of To Nurture the Soul of a Nation: Latino Families, Catholic Schools, and Educational Opportunity. He is the recipient of the Rev. William A. Toohey, C.S.C Award for Social Justice, the Joyce Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Kaneb Teaching Award.

Staud did his undergraduate work at Notre Dame, graduating magna cum laude in 1987 with degrees in chemical engineering and English. Awarded a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, he completed his doctorate in English in 1992 at the University of Michigan, where he specialized in American literature. Prior to returning to Notre Dame, he taught British and American literature as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago and at Jesuit high schools in Chicago and Denver.

Experience the Episode

Presented by Institute for Educational Initiatives

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12:00 pm

From graduation trivia and Roberto Clemente, Jerome Bettis and all things Pittsburgh athletics, to leading the revitalization of Catholic schools

Dr. John Staud, the executive director of the Alliance for Catholic Education program discusses choosing hope and the example of Christ and the body of Catholic Social Teaching as the radical animating principle guiding the work of ACE, as well as, laurel berries, mortar boards, and listening to The Who and Zeppelin at ten.

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