Watch the Lightning Talks

In April and May 2021, the Office of the Provost hosted 10 sessions of Moment to See, Courage to Act 3-minute lightning talks by Notre Dame faculty. Presenters were asked to highlight, in broad terms, three main points:
- The focus of their work
- Why that work is important
- One recent finding or project that they are particularly excited about
There are two ways to access videos of the lightning talks:
1) Full Video Library
The entire library of 150+ lightning talks is housed in a single folder in the video platform Panopto. The talks are captioned and searchable by keyword:

Videos are listed alphabetically by presenters’ last names. Because of the search functionality, going straight to the full library is especially useful if you’re looking for talks from across different disciplines on a particular topic.
Go to the Full Lightning Talk Video Library
2) Talks by College, School, and Department
In the dropdowns below, faculty members’ lightning talks have been grouped by college, school, department, etc.
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Letters
Africana Studies
American Studies
Anthropology
Art, Art History, & Design
Classics
Economics
- Mary Kate Batistich
- Robert Collinson
- William Evans
- A. Nilesh Fernando
- Chloe Gibbs
- Thomas Gresik
- Matthias Hoelzlein
- Sarah Kroeger
- David Phillips
- Eric Sims
- Jim Sullivan
- Patrick Turner
English
Film, Television, & Theatre
German and Russian Languages and Literatures
History
Philosophy
Political Science
- David Campbell
- Luis Fraga
- Jeff Harden
- Mary Keys
- Daniel Philpott
- Dianne Marie Pinderhughes
- Susanne Wengle
Program of Liberal Studies
Psychology
Romance Languages and Literatures
Sacred Music
Sociology
- Mark Berends
- Kraig Beyerlein
- Bill Carbonaro
- Amy Langenkamp
- Erin McDonnell
- Terry McDonnell
- Ann Mische
Theology
Mendoza College of Business
Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations
Management & Organization
Marketing
College of Engineering
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Dean’s Office and Student Programs
Engineering Innovation Hub
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Computer Science and Engineering
- Nitesh Chawla
- Jane Cleland-Huang
- Adam Czajka
- Sandra Gesing
- Meng Jiang
- Daniel Henriques Moreira
- Matthew Morrison
Electrical Engineering
Keough School of Global Affairs
The Graduate School
The Law School
Hesburgh Libraries
Collection Strategy and Acquisitions
Digital Services
Metadata Services
Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Office of the University Librarian
Rare Books and Special Collections
Research Services Unit
College of Science
Biological Sciences
- Elizabeth Archie
- Heidi Beidinger-Burnett
- Patricia Champion
- Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey
- Mike Ferdig
- Hope Hollocher
- David Medvigy
- Nancy Michael
- Alex Perkins
- Zach Schafer
- Jeff Schorey
- Jennifer Tank
- Siyuan Zhang
Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Patricia Clark
- Prashant Kamat
- Marya Lieberman
- Laurie Littlepage
- Katharine White
- Olaf Wiest
- Steve Wietstock
Mathematics
Physics
Institutes and Centers
Institute for Educational Initiatives
- Neil Boothby, Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child
- Brian Collier, Alliance for Catholic Education
- Frankie Jones, Alliance for Catholic Education
- Matt Kloser, Center for STEM Education
- Katy Lichon, Alliance for Catholic Education
- Maria McKenna, Education, Schooling, and Society
More Institutes and Centers
- G. Alex Ambrose, ND Learning | Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence
- Francisco Aragón, Institute for Latino Studies
- Jay Brandenberger, Center for Social Concerns
- Jay Brockman, Center for Civic Innovation
- Matthew Capdevielle, University Writing Center
- Jarek Nabrzyski, Center for Research Computing
- Tim O'Malley, McGrath Institute for Church Life
- Philip Sakimoto, Center for University Advising
- Danielle Wood, Center for Civic Innovation