Michael Griffin

Dr. Michael Griffin is the Provost of Holy Cross College – a triple Domer, earning a B.A., M.Div, and Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame.

In his role, he oversees college relations and the teams that work in student formation including admissions, as well as advise the college president on major policy matters internal and external to the college. He also is very active in the flourishing set of tri-campus collaborations with Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame.

He began his career working for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and then teaching at a Holy Cross Brothers high school in Washington, DC. returning to Notre Dame to enter formation at Moreau Seminary. Though he discerned this was not his path, he completed his Divinity degree and began working at Holy Cross College in 2004. While teaching, he earned his doctorate in Moral Theology. After graduation in 2014, his dissertation was published as a book, “The Politics of Penance: Proposing an Ethic of Social Repair.” He also co-edited a book on health care, medicine and social justice, entitled “In the Company of the Poor.”

In 2015, he became Chair of the Holy Cross Theology Department and founding Director of the College’s Saints & Scholars Institute. During the spring of 2017, newly elected president, Fr. David Tyson, CSC appointed him to the role of Senior Vice President.