Executive Director, Center for Social Concerns
Concurrent appointment, Department of Political Science

Room 117 Center for Social Concerns
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Phone: (574) 631-3002
Email: Lies.7@nd.edu

Rev. William Lies, C.S.C. (Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2003) is executive director of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. As the community-based learning center of the University of Notre Dame, the Center for Social Concerns offers students a wide range of service and learning and research opportunities. The programs directed by the center offer an array of for-credit courses and seminars through many disciplines that include service and immersion experiences locally, nationally and internationally. The center’s practice is to incorporate the Gospel and Catholic social tradition throughout its initiatives.

His research focus is on the religion and politics of Latin America. His current focus is on the growth of Pentecostalism in the Southern Cone, where he examines the impact of religious competition on the Catholic Church’s relationship to the state. He also studies the role of religion in democratization and issues around religious tolerance and freedom. He has consulted internationally in the areas of community and service learning and responsible citizenship. He recently contributed to the edited volume After Pinochet: The Chilean Road to Democracy and the Market (University Press of Florida, forthcoming).

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