Meet Darleen Pryds, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality and History  A Catholic laywoman, Dr. Pryds is especially interested in teaching and researching historical cases of lay religious leadership. She has published several articles and books on lay preaching within the Medieval Church. Dr. Pryds has received many research grants, including a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy; a Research Fellowship at the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame; and a National Endowment for the Humanities Research grant to research at the Vatican Film Library at Saint Louis University. She remains a loyal alumna of her alma mater, USC, and loves watching USC football games.