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Media Mentions: June 2026

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  1. Catholic Analysis: Trump's Iran Peace Deal — Will It Bring Lasting Peace?

    June 23, 2026

    Joining us now to discuss this developing news, is a leading Catholic scholar on international security and American foreign policy who brings decades of expertise on U.S. strategy, diplomacy, and the Middle East. Michael Desch is the Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame. He is also the founding Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center.

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  2. A California city voted to recall its leaders. They’re refusing to leave office

    June 18, 2026

    The council members’ decision to defy the recall puts Avenal in a rare situation because the quo warranto process — which challenges an elected official’s right to hold office — is not commonly used in modern electoral disputes, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame specializing in American election law. “Because we have a lot of other pre-election and even post-election mechanisms to figure out who’s entitled to hold the office, we just don’t use quo warranto very much anymore,” Muller said. “But this would be a good use for it.”

  3. Vance gives Catholic converts a bigger stage

    June 16, 2026

    "I would say this is more of religious resilience rather than a religious revival," David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, tells Axios.

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  4. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Masterclass

    June 15, 2026

    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has extraordinary relevance for the present moment, despite being over two centuries old. It challenges us to reckon with what it means to be human in an age of scientific discovery and technological innovation, artificial intelligence, human community, feminism, loneliness and regret.

     Join this HSC Masterclass, led by the world’s leading expert on Mary Shelley, to learn about the author and unpack the extraordinary scientific and intellectual contexts that enabled her to write one of the most enduringly loved, enduringly frightening classics of the modern age.

    The Masterclass will include a short lecture by Professor Eileen Hunt (University of Notre Dame), who is visiting Sydney this month.

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    Eileen Hunt headshot. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiling at the camera. She wears a black and white patterned jacket over a black top against a gray background.

    Eileen M. Hunt

    Political Science

  5. How the Pentagon picked a fight with Mormons

    June 10, 2026

    “It’s not like those theological concerns about Mormonism disappeared in 2012, but by the time we got to 2012, the issue wasn’t Romney’s Mormonism anymore,” David Campbell, a professor of American politics and religion at the University of Notre Dame, told me. “And so a lot of members of the LDS church thought, well, this issue’s over now.”

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  6. James Talarico Isn’t the Only One

    June 08, 2026

    “The Black church has been such a cornerstone for the Democratic Party for such a long time,” David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, told me at an Aspen Institute conference, “that we’ve become very accustomed to African American candidates using religious language, Jesse Jackson perhaps being the most notable example of that. We’re not as used to hearing white clergy in particular running on the Democratic side.”

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  7. OPINION | Professors: The overlooked threat of democratic neutrality in America

    June 08, 2026

    By Matthew E.K. Hall, professor of constitutional studies and the director of the Rooney Democracy Institute at the University of Notre Dame; B. Tyler Leigh, a research fellow at the Rooney Democracy Institute; and Brittany C. Solomon, associate professor of Management & Organization at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

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    Matthew Hall headshot. A white man wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt smiles warmly in an office setting.

    Matthew E.K. Hall

    Political Science