Tisha Rajendra is an associate professor of Christian ethics at Loyola University Chicago. On March 11, she will present this year’s Genevieve Staudt Intercultural Lecture at Elmhurst University.

Rajendra is the author of Migrants and Citizens: Justice as Responsibility in the Ethics of Immigration (2017). She has served on the editorial board of the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics and has published in journals such as Political Theology and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Her popular writing has appeared in Sojourners and the Los Angeles Times.

Established in 2002, the Genevieve Staudt Intercultural Lecture is held each spring as part of Elmhurst University’s celebration of Women’s History Month. The lecture’s namesake, Genevieve Staudt, joined then-Elmhurst College in 1932 as a professor in the education department, and later became the first woman administrator at the University, serving first as dean of women and then dean of students.

This year’s Genevieve Staudt Lecture with Tisha Rajendra begins at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, in the Frick Center, Founders Lounge. Admission is free but reservations are encouraged, at elmhurst.edu/Cultural. The intercultural lectures and other diverse cultural programming at Elmhurst University support community engagement and lifelong learning, and prepare students to thrive as adaptive leaders. For questions or more information, email [email protected].