Berkley Center

Doyle Seminars are small, upper-level classes that foster dialogue on diversity and difference through student research and co-curricular learning. Part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Program, Doyle Seminars focus on a range of topics addressing critical questions of national, social, cultural, religious, moral, and other forms of difference. Learn more about current and previous Doyle Seminars on the Doyle website.

Laura Benedetti

Laura Benedetti is the Laura and Gaetano Professor of Contemporary Italian Culture in the Georgetown University Department of Italian.

Molly Borowitz

Molly Borowitz is an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.

Jennifer Boum Make

Jennifer Boum Make is assistant professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Georgetown University.

Claire Catenaccio

Claire Catenaccio is a scholar of ancient drama and its modern reception who is an assistant professor in the Department of Classics at Georgetown University.

Beverly Goines

Beverly Goines is assistant pastor at National City Christian Church in Washington, DC, associate director of the Disciples Center for Public Witness, and an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University.

Evan Jewell

Evan Jewell is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Classics at Georgetown University.

Elyse Kelly

Elyse Kelly is an award-winning animation director based in Washington, DC, and an adjunct faculty member in Georgetown University's Department of Art and Art History.

Leo Lefebure

Leo D. Lefebure is the Matteo Ricci, S.J., Professor of Theology at Georgetown University and a Berkley Center faculty fellow. He is also a former Long Room Hub Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Ricardo Ortiz

Ricardo Ortiz is chair and associate professor of US Latinx literature and culture in the Department of English at Georgetown University.

Julia Watts Belser

Julia Watts Belser is an associate professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University and core faculty in Georgetown's Disability Studies Program, as well as a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center.