Carol Sargent, PhD, Georgetown University, RSCJ Associate

Workshop Session 2: Practical Tools for the Journey
Wednesday, October 14, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

Why Notable Catholic Sisters Need Wikipedia Pages and How to Get Them

As founding director of the Office of Scholarly Publications, I facilitate high-impact publishing for tenure-line faculty, focusing on the most selective university presses and peer-reviewed academic journals. I also guide emerging scholars globally who wish to publish in the United States. Countries where I have led faculty publishing workshops include Cambodia, Japan, Sweden, Qatar, India, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, and Haiti.

As a literary historian, I study colonial American and English women between 1680 and 1720 who published on politics, war, foreign affairs, banking and finance, and other subjects that were traditionally only addressed by men. All of the women I study were bestsellers who had an impact on national political outcomes, although few are known today.

I also publish books and articles about politically progressive Catholic sisters and radical peace activists involved in nuclear disarmament, particularly Pope Francis’s historic call for disarmament in 2017, and the Plowshares movement. Jesuit Fr. Drew Christiansen SJ made me his co-editor on two books with the Vatican and Georgetown University Press on nuclear disarmament.
*from Georgetown website