Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

Margaret Steinfels and her husband, Peter Steinfels, are the founding co-directors of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture. Before joining Fordham, Ms. Steinfels served for 15 years as the editor of Commonweal, an independent biweekly journal of political, religious and literary opinion edited by Catholic lay people. She also co-directed “American Catholics in the Public Square." Steinfels is the is the author of Who’s Minding the Children? The History and Politics of Day Care in America (Simon and Schuster, 1974). She was also the founding editor of the Hastings Center Report from 1974 to 1980. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Loyola University in Chicago, a master’s degree in history from New York University, as well as seven honorary degrees.