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Endowed Chairs

The College currently supports eight endowed chairs and professorships, filled for specific terms by faculty who are recognized for their teaching and research. The endowed chairs and professorships support both the undergraduate experience and graduate programs, in addition to the research mission of the College.  For undergraduates, the endowed chairs and professors support integrated learning and scholarship in order to enrich the curriculum and promote undergraduate research.  On the graduate level, several of the endowed chairs support the doctoral program in theology with its distinctive research focus on Catholicism as it is inculturated in multiple ways in the United States.
Alumni Chair in Humanities

The Alumni Chair recognizes the centrality of the humanities to liberal learning and works to encourage scholarly enrichment.
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Ferree Professor in Social Justice

The Ferree Professor connects Catholic social teaching and the social sciences through the community-building mission of the Fitz Center. Brother Raymond L. Fitz is the first Ferree Professor.
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Graul Chair in Arts and Languages

The Graul Chair promotes interdisciplinary approaches to the arts and languages with a particular focus on international perspectives.
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Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture

The Gudorf Chair plays a central role in the advancement of the doctoral program in theology offered by the Department of Religious Studies.
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Mann Chair in the Sciences

The Mann Chair in the Sciences recognizes outstanding accomplishments and contributions, with an emphasis on scholarship in the sciences.
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Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology

The Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology recognizes a distinguished scholar who has made significant contributions to theological explorations related to U.S. Catholicism.
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Roesch Chair in the Social Sciences

The Roesch chair encourages innovative and interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship in the social sciences.
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University Professor of Faith and Culture

The University Professor of Faith and Culture works to deepen academic and intellectual discourse that draws upon Catholic culture and intellectual traditions as major resources for learning and scholarship.
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