Paul Ryan to Join Faculty at Notre Dame
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe University of Notre Dame has announced former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan will join the faculty as a professor of the practice for the 2019-20 academic year. Ryan will act as a guest lecturer in political science and economics.
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly and former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough previously held professor-of-the-practice appointments as well.
The university says the appointments bring experience from the senior-most levels of government, providing Notre Dame students with unique hand-on experience.
“The study of political science is strengthened when students hear from people with real-world policy and political experience,” said David Campbell, Packey J. Dee professor of American Democracy and chair of the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame, in a news release. “Having former officials in the classroom provides important insights for students — an opportunity to put the theories we study to the test.”
Ryan is slated to guest-lecture on the fundamentals of American government, the current state of political polarization and Catholicism and economics, among other topics.