The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG) is proud to announce its faculty and graduate fellows for the 2024–2025 academic year. The cohort includes six residential faculty fellows from top universities and five Notre Dame graduate fellows.
Each fellow will pursue a project related to “The Good Life,” ECG’s guiding research theme for 2024-2025. The fellowship cohort will confront the topic collaboratively from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, philosophy, sociology, theology, English, and history.
"We are thrilled to welcome this group of faculty and graduate students as the inaugural fellowship class of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good,” said Kristian Olsen, associate director of fellowships, appointments, and outreach. “Their innovative projects will explore the multifaceted nature of the Good Life, enriching our understanding of what it means to live well individually and collectively. We look forward to the collaborative insights that will emerge from this year's cohort.”
The 2024-2025 residential faculty fellows are:
- Abby Córdova, associate professor of global affairs, University of Notre Dame
- Chris Heathwood, associate professor of philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
- Krystal Laryea, assistant professor of sociology, University of Memphis
- Micah Lott, associate professor of philosophy, Boston College
- Laura Moncion, postdoctoral research associate, University of Toronto
- Nate Sharadin, assistant professor of philosophy, University of Hong Kong
Residential fellows receive a fellowship stipend, a research allowance, and subsidized housing. In addition to their research, they participate in weekly work-in-progress seminars and receive substantial communication training, such as workshops focused on presentation and writing skills, that are designed to help them develop work that is accessible to broad audiences.
In addition to these residential fellows, Mary C. Gentile will also join ECG's cohort of faculty fellows as 2024-2025 Practitioner in Residence. A world-renowned ethicist, consultant, and author, Gentile will spend three one-week sessions in residence on campus during the upcoming academic year. ECG also welcomes Carlos Lozada '93 as Visiting Professor of the Practice for Public Discourse. An opinion columnist for The New York Times and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2019, Lozada will advise ECG on strategies to help researchers and students engage the public, especially through high-impact newspapers, periodicals, books, and podcasts.
ECG's 2024-2025 graduate fellows are:
- Rebecca Cobern Kates, Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, University of Notre Dame
- Antônio Lemos, Ph.D. candidate in theology, University of Notre Dame
- Laura López-Pérez, Ph.D. candidate in political science, University of Notre Dame
- Matthew Mullin, Ph.D. candidate in English, University of Notre Dame
- Benjamin J. Young, Ph.D. candidate in history, University of Notre Dame
Graduate fellows take part in a year-long, interdisciplinary cohort experience that equips them to carry out boundary-pushing research on key ethical issues, deepening their vocational discernment, expanding their skills for engaging public audiences, and growing their professional network. Graduate fellows will collaborate with faculty fellows on projects related to “The Good Life” research theme, receiving mentorship and guidance from them.
For more detailed information about the 2024-2025 cohort of fellows, visit https://ethics.nd.edu/fellowships-and-grants/fellows/.
Applications for 2025-2026 Fellowships
ECG has opened applications for its 2025-2026 faculty fellowships, with the research theme “The Future of Virtue Ethics.” To learn more about the faculty fellowship program and apply, please visit https://ethics.nd.edu/facultyfellowships.
The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG) facilitates interdisciplinary research in foundational and applied ethics, coordinates projects that cross departments and units, and supports ethics-related education and public engagement efforts. ECG is a signature element of the Ethics Initiative, one of several University-wide strategic efforts that draw on expertise from multiple colleges, schools, centers, and institutes in order to make the most meaningful contributions to questions of national and international concern.