Leadership Institute Staff

Dr. Paul Christopher Manuel is the Director of the Leadership Institute and Professor of Political Science at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. Previously, he was Department Chair and Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College from 1992 to 2008, where he co-founded the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, and served as its Executive Director. He has developed numerous leadership programs in his various academic and administrative roles.

Dr. Manuel holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, a M.T.S. from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a B.A./M.A. from Boston University. He has also studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.

An author or co-author of five books and numerous articles, his research interests address questions related to comparative democratization and on the relationship between religion and politics, with regional specialization on Iberia/Portugal. Publications include The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives (Georgetown University Press, 2006) and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidatoin in Portugal (Prager, 1996). Another piece of his writing, “Clericalism, Anti-Clericalism and Democratization in Portugal and Spain,” appeared in Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective and was published by the Cambridge University Press.

Dr. Manuel holds a research fellow appointment at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University and is also an Affiliate at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, where he co-chaired the Iberian Studies Group. He has served on the Executive Council of the New England Political Science Association, received Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities grants, as well as the 2006 Saint Anselm College President’s Award.

He is a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and is a native of Somerville, Massachusetts. Dr. Manuel is also a proud graduate of Boston College High School, the Jesuit High School of Boston. He and his wife have two adopted daughters from India.

Dr. Paul Christopher Manuel
Director, The Leadership Institute &
Professor, Department of Political Science
301-447-5025
manuel@msmary.edu

Katherine McDonagh is the Outreach Coordinator for Leadership Institute. She graduated in 2011 from Mount St. Mary’s with a major in International Studies. As a student, Katherine was focused on community activism, international partnerships, and global politics. She interned for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and for the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty. Her international work was substantial, involving study abroad in Prague (interning while there at the non-profit multi-cultural center), preliminary research in Tobatí, Paraguay, to prepare for international students coming to Mount St. Mary’s, and travel to Bankonji, Cameroon, as part of a service-learning project. Her interest in global politics developed through her major and found expression in activities such as the Model Arab League and European Union Simulation. Through all of her work and her studies, Katherine has learned about and taken an active interest in developing her leadership skills, which she intends to continue while working at the Leadership Institute.

Katherine McDonagh
Outreach Coordinator, Leadership Institute
301-447-3702
mcdonagh@msamry.edu

Katie Price
Work-Study Student, Leadership Institute
311 Bradley Hall
Mount St. Mary's University
16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd
21727