David Cochran Ph.D.
Professor of Politics
Co-Director of Peace and Justice Minor
Credentials
M.A., University of Maryland, 1994
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996
Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Dr. Cochran received his B.A. from Drew University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. His primary teaching and research areas are war and peace; religion, race, and ethnicity in American politics; political thought; and Irish studies. Cochran is a winner of the College’s two campus-wide teaching and leadership awards. In addition to around fifty articles and book chapters, he has published six books, most recently The Catholic Case Against War: A Brief Guide with the University of Notre Dame Press in 2024. His seventh, Stopping Hitler Without War: The Case for Nonviolence, Then and Now, will be published by Cascade Books in 2027. In addition to his work in the politics program, Cochran directs or co-directs the College’s Peace and Justice minor, Irish Studies minor, and Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Life.
