Berkley Center

Kelsey Davenport is the director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association and a board member at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to this, Davenport worked at the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, where she researched regional security issues and diplomacy among non-state actors. She regularly provides commentary for CNN, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, and Al Jazeera. 

Asher Kaufman is professor of history and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. Kaufman is the author of Contested Frontiers: Cartography, Sovereignty, and Conflict (2014). His scholarly work focuses on the history and legacy of nationalism and colonialism in the Middle East, border conflicts and dynamics, and the interplay between memory, history, and violence.

Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love is a tenured professor of international relations at the Catholic University of America and an expert on international security and peacebuilding. She is a consultant to the Holy See Mission at the United Nations and a board member of the Arms Control Association and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. She earned her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, and her research focuses on just peace and just war, nuclear disarmament, religious actors and transnational networks, globalization, normative change. Recent publications include her book Global Issues Beyond Sovereignty (2020).

Dr. James Muller is the co-founder of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, which was awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He practiced cardiology for over 40 years and is a former professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Gerard Powers is the director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He also coordinates the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Prior to joining the Kroc Institute in 2004, he directed the Office of International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he also served as a foreign policy advisor.