Erin Corcoran

  • Alumni Spotlight: Tona Boyd on the Justice in Policing Act

    Episode 24
    Published: 2020-08-07
    Length: 20:29
    Hosts: Erin Corcoran

    Featuring Erin Corcoran, Kroc Institute Executive Director, and Tona Boyd, a 2003 Notre Dame graduate and peace studies alum who is now working as chief counsel to Senator Cory Booker on the Senate Judiciary Committee. They talk about where studying peace can take you and Tona's work on the recent Justice in Policing Act. Tona is speaking in her capacity as a Notre Dame alum, and not in her formal role as chief counsel.

    Topics: Alumni, Justice, Peace Studies, Police

  • Nuclear Politics and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

    Episode 52
    Published: 2022-03-03
    Length: 39:45
    Hosts: Erin Corcoran

    Erin Corcoran, executive director at the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs, talks with three Kroc Institute-connected analysts about an in-depth look at the nuclear concerns within the current conflict arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, February 23. Guests include George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies; Gerard Powers, Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies and Coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and its Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament; and Monica Montgomery, a 2019 Notre Dame peace studies alum who is now working as Research Analyst at the D.C.-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

    This episode was recorded at 1 p.m. EST on Monday, February 28. For more resources from the Kroc Institute on the war in Ukraine, visit kroc.nd.edu/ukraine

    Topics: Alumni, Nuclear, Russia, Ukraine

  • Peace Policy Spotlight: Migration, The Rights of the Child, and Climate Change

    Episode 36
    Published: 2021-04-01
    Length: 29:50
    Hosts: Erin Corcoran

    Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on issues related to U.S. immigration and refugee policies, especially at the southern border.

    Guest authors and podcast guests include Kristina Campbell, Professor of Law at the David A. Clarke School of Law, part of the University of the District of Columbia and a 2002 alumna of Notre Dame Law School; and Elizabeth Keyes, Associate Professor of Law at the Immigrant Rights Clinic, part of the University of Baltimore.

    Read the full episode of Peace Policy at peacepolicy.nd.edu

    Topics: Alumni, Children, Climate change, Immigration policy, Peace Policy, Refugee issues, U.S.-Mexico Border

  • Reflecting on the Kroc Institute's Response to 9/11 Twenty Years Later

    Episode 44
    Published: 2021-09-10
    Length: 45:17
    Hosts: Erin Corcoran

    It’s hard to believe that the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, took place nearly 20 years ago. As they did for so many people and organizations around the world, the events of that day had a profound impact on the Kroc Institute and how it thought about its role as a global hub for peace studies.

    In this episode, Erin Corcoran sits down with George LopezRashied Omar, and Gerard Powers to discuss the ways the Kroc Institute responded to 9/11 and the ways the events of that day indelibly changed the Institute.

    Topics: 9/11, Peace Studies

  • The Global Forced Migration Crisis and U.S. Immigration Policy

    Episode 3
    Published: 2019-09-19
    Length: 19:24
    Hosts: Erin Corcoran

    A discussion on the unprecedented global forced migration crisis, featuring Kroc Institute Executive Director Erin Corcoran, Diane Desierto, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Global Affairs at Notre Dame’s Keough School, and Cory Smith, an expert on U.S. immigration policy and refugee issues.

    Topics: Immigration policy, Refugee issues