Pete Buttigieg to teach at Notre Dame

[left-of-center2012]

From Notre Dame:

Pete Buttigieg, former South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has been named a 2020-2021 faculty fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS).

The NDIAS is a University-wide research institute that convenes an interdisciplinary group of faculty, graduate and undergraduate fellows each year to study questions that require a joint focus, benefit from sustained research and advance understanding of pressing issues that affect our ability to lead valuable, meaningful lives.

Buttigieg (a Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar) will work on two research projects at the NDIAS: one that explores how to restore trust in political institutions and another that considers the forces distinctively shaping the 2020s. He joins a group of more than 30 faculty and student fellows who will be conducting research on the nature of trust, the institute’s 2020-2021 research theme.

As an NDIAS faculty fellow, Buttigieg will join the NDIAS fellows and students in weekly work-in-progress seminars and other academic programming. He will also engage the broader campus community by teaching an interdisciplinary undergraduate course on the importance of trust as understood through different fields. The seminar draws on literature, politics, economics and philosophy and students will have the opportunity to engage with other guest experts.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Pete to the institute and Notre Dame in the coming year. More than ever, we need scholars and public leaders working together, generating the insights that will make democratic institutions stronger and advance the common good in creative and evidence-based ways,” said Meghan Sullivan, director of the NDIAS and the John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy. “We are eager to support Pete as he pursues his ambitious research projects. He is a perfect fit for our world-class Nature of Trust cohort. We’re expecting some really exciting ideas from this group.”

https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Pete-Buttigieg-to-teach-at-Notre-Dame-571491021.html

[bullwinkle428]

1. Awesome! A pretty short commute to work, and probably will allow him

the option of doing this on a part-time basis in the not-too-distant future, if you catch my drift.

[in2herbs]

2. I remember when Biden announced that Pete would have a place in his administration. What

happened with that?? IMO there is too much work that has to be done to restore the country and he'll not be effective in the Administration if he'd only be part time.

[Blue_true]

12. One of our party's best attributes is that we have a lot of really smart people to call

on for ideas. There are others in the wing that can take his place. He is in a good spot, the academic world, generating societal shaping research and ideas.

[in2herbs]

15. I agree with you but it still would have been good for him to be in WH administration.

[Blue_true]

16. He may not want to be close to politics anymore.

Plus, the job that he is getting likely pays a lot more than he would make in Washington, and he gets to sleep in his bed every night.

[BannonsLiver]

17. What is he supposed to do until he's asked? He's not wealthy.

He’s got to make a living. And I’m sure if he’s asked by Biden to be in the admin he’ll leave the teaching gig. In either case I’m not seeing a reason for your irritation that Joe Biden hasn’t given Pete an administration job 4 months before an election and 7 months before a Biden admin would begin.

[BGBD]

3. hmmmm

Its not mentioned so idk.

Is Pete the first openly gay person to teach at Notre Dame? I doubt there have been many.

[left-of-center2012]

4. "Is Pete the first openly gay person to teach at Notre Dame?"

My first thought was "No"
but then I remembered Notre Dame is a Catholic institution and 'the church' is not real 'gay friendly'.

[BGBD]

14. I had to go check to be absolutely

sure Notre Dame was still officially associated with the Catholic Church, and they are.

I dug a little deeper and apparently the answer is No.

https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/education/notre-dame-shifts-glbt-attitude/article_8028fe75-fed0-5fa2-917c-4f384d8e3d4c.html

I wonder how much this shift had to do with availability of federal fund through student loans.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Yeah, you'd think the Catholics would not be real supportive...

Would be a pity if Pete leaves politics comletely. I'd like to think he has promise of a bright future. Being from Indiana would be a problem, though.

But hey, go for it, Pete! Gotta wish you well!

[Boomerproud]

6. Didn't his father teach there?

[dsc]

7. This is interesting

Many teachers at Catholic high schools have been fired for marrying same sex partners. At least one in Indiana that became national news. I find it interesting that policy doesn't apply to universities.

[mobeau69]

8. ND is a Jesuit school.

[left-of-center2012]

9. "ND is a Jesuit school"

I do not see Notre Dame listed here:

There are 27 Jesuit colleges in the US.

Boston College
Canisius College
College of the Holy Cross
Creighton University
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Gonzaga University
John Carroll University
Le Moyne College
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Regis University
Rockhurst University
Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Louis University
Saint Peter’s University
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Spring Hill College
University of Detroit Mercy
University of San Francisco
University of Scranton
Xavier University

https://blog.prepscholar.com/list-of-jesuit-colleges

[mobeau69]

11. Officially it's A Holy Cross institution. HC and ND are very close and

ND was a number of Jesuit priests on campus. My bad.

[left-of-center2012]

13. "HC and ND are very close"

My cousin and I are very close,
but we are not the same.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Really?

Although ND began with a Jesuit curriculum, it is not a Jesuit college.

(emphasis added)

In 1919 James A. Burns became president of Notre Dame; following in the footsteps of Cavanaugh, in three years he produced an academic revolution that brought the school up to national standards by adopting the elective system and moving away from the university's traditional scholastic and classical emphasis.[33][34] By contrast, the Jesuit colleges, bastions of academic conservatism, were reluctant to move to a system of electives; for this reason, their graduates were shut out of Harvard Law School.[35]

[Ilsa]

18. Good for him! What interesting research, too.

I was interested in some research on the meaning of oaths and oath-taking recently. It seems appropriate given how trump routinely violates his oath of office. Donald trump, the oaf of office.