Carter Snead appointed director of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Carter Snead appointed director of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture Carter Snead appointed director of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture Published: October 25, 2011 Author: Dennis Brown O. Carter Snead, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the W.P. and H.B. White Director of the University’s Center for Ethics and Culture (CEC) by John McGreevy, I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. A member of the Notre Dame Law School faculty since 2005, Snead will succeed W. David Solomon, associate professor of philosophy, effective July 1. “All of us are grateful to David Solomon for his work at the center as its founding director and visionary, and his continued effort to enrich not just scholarly conversation but student intellectual life at Notre Dame,” Dean McGreevy said. He added that “we also welcome Carter Snead into his new role and look forward to the programs and publications that will emerge under his leadership.” Established in 1999, the Center for Ethics and Culture investigates ethical issues and broader cultural concerns drawing on the intellectual resources of the Catholic tradition. It supports scholarly research in ethics as well as its dissemination in the classroom and beyond through lectures, conferences, film and literature series, awards, student formation programs and other initiatives. Snead specializes in the relationship between bioethics and the law. He is the former general counsel for the President’s Council on Bioethics, a White House advisory committee, and was the principal author of the council’s 2004 report on the regulation of new biotechnologies affecting assisted reproduction, human embryo research and genetics. He is a permanent observer for the U.S. government at the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Bioethics and serves on UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee. His scholarly work has appeared in the New York University Law Review, Harvard Law Review Forum, and other venues. Solomon is an expert on ethical theory and medical ethics. He has held research fellowships at Oxford and Boston University, in addition to a visiting professorship at Baylor University, and has lectured at more than 100 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Solomon is the co-author of two books — “Abortion and Public Policy” and “The Synoptic Vision: The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars” — and he has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Ethics and the Encyclopedia of Bioethics, as well as numerous scholarly and popular journals. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn