, associate professor of and at the University of Notre Dame and an award-winning author and filmmaker on international migration and refugee issues, was elected a Fellow and Trustee of the University at the Board of Trustees winter meeting Friday (Feb. 1) on campus. He fills the seat on the Fellows formerly occupied by Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C., who served faithfully for 18 years as a Trustee and 16 years as a Fellow.聽
The 12 Fellows 鈥� six lay men and women and six priests of Notre Dame鈥檚 founding religious community, the Congregation of Holy Cross 鈥� are the University鈥檚 ultimate governing body. They elect the Trustees, adopt and amend the bylaws and are specifically charged with maintaining Notre Dame鈥檚 Catholic character.
Drawing on years of work related to migration and refugees, Father Groody has written numerous books and articles that have been translated into seven languages. He is the author of 鈥淕lobalization, Spirituality, and Justice: Navigating the Path to Peace鈥� and 鈥淏order of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit.鈥� He is the editor or co-editor of four books on poverty, justice and migration and the co-writer (with Jean Bosco Rutagengwa) of 鈥淟ove Prevails: One Couple鈥檚 Story of Faith and Survival in the Rwandan Genocide,鈥� forthcoming next month.
Father Groody is the executive producer of several internationally acclaimed films and documentaries, including 鈥淥ne Border, One Body: Immigration and the Eucharist鈥� and 鈥淒ying to Live: A Migrant鈥檚 Journey.鈥� He teaches the courses 鈥淭he Heart鈥檚 Desire and Social Change鈥� and 鈥淭he Great Books and the Human Journey,鈥� and he received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Sustained Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2011. He also lectures widely around the world.
Father Groody has worked with the U.S. Congress, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, World Council of Churches, the Vatican and the United Nations on issues of theology, globalization, migration and refugees. In 2007-08 he was a visiting research fellow at Oxford University鈥檚 Refugee 91视频 Centre, and in 2010 he was awarded the Catholic Charities Centennial medal.
In addition to his teaching and research, Father Groody is director of the within Notre Dame鈥檚 at the Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs. He also is a faculty fellow in Notre Dame鈥檚 Kellogg Institute, , , , and .
Father Groody earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree from Notre Dame, a master of divinity degree and a licentiate in sacred theology from the Jesuit 91视频 of Theology and his doctorate in theology from the Graduate Theological Union.