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Sheedy Teaching Award

The Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award is presented annually to an outstanding teacher in the College of Arts and Letters.

The Sheedy Award was founded in 1970 in honor of Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C., who served as dean of the College from 1951–69, and acknowledges a faculty member who has sustained excellence in research and instruction over a wide range of courses. This individual must also motivate and enrich students using innovative and creative teaching methods and influence teaching and learning within the department, College, and University.

2021 Award Recipient

Professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Kathleen Sprows Cummings is the Rev. John A. O’Brien Collegiate Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Notre Dame, where she also serves as the William W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism. She holds concurrent appointments in Gender Studies and the Department of Theology, and she is also a faculty affiliate in the Center for Italian Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.

Her teaching and research interests center on the history of Catholicism in the United States, the study of American women, and the relationship between religion and American society.

She will accept the award during a ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. in McKenna Hall.

Previous Award Recipients