William T. Cavanaugh

I am the director of Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology (CWCIT) and a professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University in Chicago. I received a B.A. in theology from Notre Dame in 1984, and an M.A. from Cambridge University in 1987. After working as a lay associate with the Holy Cross order in a poor area of Santiago, Chile, I worked at the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Notre Dame Law School. I then studied at Duke University, where I received a Ph.D. in religion in 1996. I taught at the University of St. Thomas since 1995 and at DePaul University starting in 2010. My areas of specialization are in political theology, economic ethics, and ecclesiology.