The Kroc Institute invites applications to its five doctoral programs in peace studies (and history, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology). Application deadline is December 15.
Alexander Dukalskis and Laura Taylor plan to defend their dissertations in political science (Alex), psychology (Laura), and peace studies in spring 2013. Dukalskis and Taylor will be the first graduates of the Kroc Institute's Ph.D. Program in Peace Studies, which was established in 2008.
Three students in Notre Dame’s Ph.D. Program in Peace Studies — Alex Dukalskis (political science and peace studies), Laura Taylor (psychology and peace studies), and Ryne Close (history and peace studies) — recently published new research in academic journals.
Hyunjin Deborah Kwak (sociology and peace studies) and Laura Weis (history and peace studies) have been named Mullen Family Fellows. The fellowships are available thanks to Jack Mullen ’53, chair of the Kroc Institute's Advisory Council, and his family.
Classes begin this week at Notre Dame, with peace studies undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students enrolled in more than 50 peace-related courses.
Students assembled for class in the morning and in the afternoon, on this and that side of the Atlantic, in North America and Europe, all together and at the same time. Throughout these confusing arrangements, it hardly seems necessary to add, the television was left on.
The University of Notre Dame has established a doctoral program in peace studies. One of the few of its kind in the world, the program is a partnership between the institute and the departments of history, political science, psychology and sociology.