David Carroll Cochran
Professor of Politics and
Director of the Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Life
Hoffmann Hall 541
563-588-7262
 David.Cochran@loras.edu

Cochran has taught in the Politics Program since 1996, offering a range of courses primarily in the areas of political thought and American politics. He also teaches General Education and Honors courses such as “War and Pacifism,” “Utopia and Dystopia in Literature and Film,” and “The Irish in America.” In 2005 he was awarded the college’s Budde Teaching Excellence Award.

Cochran’s primary research interests are in religion and politics, multiculturalism and democracy, and war and peace issues. He frequently publishes, lectures, and leads workshops on these and other topics. In addition to a wide array of articles and book chapters, he is the author of The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary American Liberalism (State University of New York Press, 1999) and the co-author of Catholics, Politics, and Public Policy: Beyond Left and Right (Orbis Books, 2003) and The Catholic Vote: A Guide for the Perplexed (Orbis Books, 2008). He is currently working on a book examining war and morality. In 2006 he was named director of the college’s Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Life.

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