She received her Ph.D. in government from the University of Notre Dame and taught at Pepperdine University for several years before joining the Villanova faculty in 2004. Professor Schindler's intellectual interests are interdisciplinary, integrating philosophical and theological concerns with her primary training in political science. She has lectured and published in a variety of areas, including Catholic social thought, democratic theory, virtue ethics, and faith and learning. Professor Schindler edited Christianity and Civil Society: Catholic and Neo-Calvinist Perspectives in 2008 and is currently co-editing a volume on the work of German philosopher Robert Spaemann. She is married to David Schindler, Jr. and is the mother of two sons, Davy and John.