Student Fellow
Dennis Wieboldt is a J.D./Ph.D. student in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellow at the Graduate School and Edward J. Murphy Fellow at the Law School. The first Notre Dame student to concurrently pursue a J.D./Ph.D. in history, Dennis has authored more than a dozen scholarly articles and book chapters on religious liberty, civil rights, constitutional interpretation, and related subjects.
Dennis earned his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston College, where he was recognized as a Dean’s Scholar and Scholar of the College. Among other undergraduate honors—including the Cardinal O’Connell Theology Award, History Czar Award, and Nicholas H. Woods Award for Student Leadership—Dennis received the 2022 McCarthy Prize in the Humanities, a distinction conferred upon the best thesis in the humanities by Boston College’s Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. After earning his B.A., Dennis earned an M.A. in history from Boston College.
Outside of the classroom, Dennis serves as an Assistant Rector in Graham Family Hall, a 260-student residential community at the University of Notre Dame. In 2024, he was also elected to a three-year term on the Executive Council of the American Catholic Historical Association.
Dennis’s scholarship is available on SSRN and Google Scholar.
In The News
Dennis Wieboldt exemplifies success in Notre Dame Law School’s dual degree program
Dennis Wieboldt, a second-year Notre Dame Law student and Ph.D. student in history at the Graduate School, is an outstanding example of the success of Notre Dame Law School’s Dual Degree Programs. Pursuing a J.D./Ph.D. in law and history, Wieboldt has found a unique opportunity to combine his passion for American legal history with his legal studies, reflecting the Law School’s commitment to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship.
ND Law names four first-year law students as 2023-24 Murphy Fellows
Breck Giltner, Blake Perry, Jessica Smith, and Dennis Wieboldt, all first-year Notre Dame Law School students, have been named 2023-24 Murphy Fellows.