Prof Susan Ostermann, a pro-abortion academic who had been appointed director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at Notre Dame University, has declined to take up the position.
Susan Ostermann, an associate professor of global affairs at Notre Dame’s Keough School, had been due to succeed Michel Hockx, who has led the institute since 2016. She joined the university in 2017 and has served as a faculty fellow of the Liu Institute. Her academic work focuses on South Asian politics and regulatory compliance, including research on forestry conservation in India and Nepal and disaster mitigation in US territories funded by the National Science Foundation.
