Kasey Swanke

Assistant Advising Professor

College of Science, Keough School of Global Affairs

Kasey Swanke is an advisor for first-year students who intend to pursue a major in the College of Science. Prior to joining the College of Science as a first-year advisor, Swanke advised students in the College of the First Year of Studies. In this role, she worked with students exploring majors in all disciplines including those in the Colleges of Science, Arts and Letters, Engineering, and the Mendoza College of Business.

Swanke earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an M.A. from Notre Dame, both in political science. With interests in advising theory and practice, academic preparedness and success, engaged learning, and student group identities on campus, she is currently researching how minority students’ identities affect their academic success and wellbeing.

In addition to advising, Swanke regularly teaches Writing and Rhetoric, Composition, and Politics in Film. She twice won an Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award from Notre Dame’s Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning.