Historian of modern American religion and culture Notre Dame PhD Candidate formed by Holy Cross College, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Marquette Uhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3milv3gkmyc2uI am honored to have been awarded the Notre Dame Kaneb Center's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Alongside graduate student instructors from across departments, we were recognized for the effort, time, and passion we invest in our "commitment to teaching--and teaching well."03 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3milv3gkmyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3mfs2cf4ob22m"while the Catholic Church is everywhere on Earth, everywhere on Earth is at Notre Dame." https://firstthings.com/why-i-stay-at-notre-dame/?trk=feed-detail_comments-list_comment-text26 Feb 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs2cf4ob22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3ltwxcpp3x22vMy review of Ruth Nelson's 'Our Lady of the World's Fair' has been published in the summer 2025 issue of the @achahistory.bsky.social's American Catholic Studies! Read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/article/96433314 Jul 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwxcpp3x22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lrsx6omuy22qI'm thrilled that my first book review--of John Nelson's Muddy Ground--has been published in the Middle West Review! muse.jhu.edu/issue/5492917 Jun 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsx6omuy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3loynzozjxc2rI passed my comprehensive exams as a part of Notre Dame's PhD in History program this morning! I explored the fields central to my teaching and research interests: Catholicism in the U.S., the U.S. and the World, and Modern America. Thank you to my committee and my peers--now, on to my dissertation!12 May 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3loynzozjxc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lnj5tm4u7c2qMy brilliant doctoral advisor, Kathy Cummings, on Francis and the saints he canonized: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/04/23/pope-francis-saints-canonizations-cummings-25043923 Apr 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnj5tm4u7c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lmze2yoyc22dCommonweal with my brilliant doctoral advisor's latest, on pilgrimage, tourism, and the 1950 Jubilee Year: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/pilgrims-presence-and-american-power17 Apr 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmze2yoyc22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lffkcvglu226I'm so excited to TA for this course! https://youtu.be/ztcyjyhACgE?si=yTK3Gjwtl15tURZD10 Jan 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffkcvglu226https://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lcawhjmkcs2hnew month, new teaching persona:01 Dec 2024 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcawhjmkcs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/colincrawford.bsky.social/post/3lbka6bc4zs2r"is it not a privilege for the Church historian to bring to light as much as possible the popular faces of the 'least important' and to reconstruct the history of their defeats and the oppressions they suffered, together with their human and spiritual riches...22 Nov 2024 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:m3ydfkf7prnwl7muybpcffca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbka6bc4zs2r