Faculty Profiles

Amy Cavender

Associate Professor

263 Spes Unica

acavende@saintmarys.edu

Education

PhD, University of Notre Dame
MA, University of Notre Dame
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College

Research Interests

Courses Recently Taught

Professional Experience

Non-degree student, MA program in Digital Humanities, August 2012-May 2013.
Queen of Apostles Philosophy Centre Jinja, Jinja, Uganda. Visiting Lecturer in Social Science and Philosophy. January 2003 — May 2004.
Campus Minister, Holy Cross Lake View Senior Secondary School, Wanyange, Jinja, Uganda. Co-directed the religious education program, coordinated readers for Sunday liturgies, and edited the Campus Ministry newsletter. November 2002 — December 2003.
Mathematics teacher, Holy Cross Lake View Senior Secondary School, Wanyange, Jinja, Uganda. February — May 2003.
Intern, Jubilee USA Network, Washington, D.C. Researched the impact of World Bank and IMF policies on developing countries. January — February 2002.

Creative and Scholarly Work

“Cultivating the Common Good.” Paper presented at the 10th annual fall Conference of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture (“The Summons of Freedom”), Notre Dame, IN, November 12-14, 2009.
“Lessons of the Joint Declaration for the Conduct of Public Political Dialogue.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.
“Dialogue Across Traditions: Lessons from ECT and the Joint Declaration.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008.
Blogs at ProfHacker, a group blog on teaching, tech, and productivity hosted at the Chronicle of Higher Education

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association
Association for Computers and the Humanities
Christians in Political Science