2011 Symposiums

January

28th: "A Philosophy of Philosophy: Things Discouraging and Encouraging"

  • Dr. David Naugle

February

4th: "How to Bind a People Together: Rejection-Identification Model and Muslims Post - 9/11"

  • Dr. Jean Humphreys

8th: "Christ's Kingship, Justice, and American Politics: What's the Connection?"

  • Dr. Jim Skillen

18th: "Back from the (Former) USSR: A 'Best-Semester' Experience in Russia"

  • Andrew Nelson

25th: "A Biblical Model of Personhood and Giftedness"

  • Dr. Philip Mitchell

March 

4th: "Evangelicals and Politics"

  • Jack Goodyear

11th: "Post-Islam: The Experience of Muslims who convert to Christianity"

  • Prof. Kaylyn Hopper
  • Abraham and Amie Sarkar

25th: "Christian Higher Education for the 'Best and Brightest'"

  • Dr. Christ Willerton

April

1st: "Tolle Lege, Tolle Lege' - Pick it Up and Read: On Books and Reading (and the Future Thereof)"

  • Bryan Borger

8th: "A Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Education Programs"

  • Dr. Kaye Shelton

15th: "Breath for the Bones - Art, Imagination, and Spirit: A Reflection on Creativity and Faith"

  • Luci Shaw

29th: "Sports Illustrated: On Christianity and Athletics"

  • Coach Blake Flickner

September

2nd: "Nothing Natural about Naturalism (Or How did that get in the classroom??)"

  • Dr. Shannon Wolf, Assistant Professor of Counseling

9th: Old Testament Justice & Talented and Gifted Education: A Panel Discussion

  • Dr. Joe Matos, Professor of Biblical Studies
  • Dr. Sharon Lee, Director, Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Professor of Education
  • DBU Students

16th: Computer-Mediated Communication: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

  • Dr. Sue Kavli, Professor of Leadership and Research

23rd: How to Bind a People Together: Rejection-Identification Model and Muslims Post-9/11

  • Dr. Jean Humphreys, Assistant Professor of Sociology

30th: An Introduction to Climate Modeling

  • Dr. John McCuin, Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics

October

14th: Adventurous Types: G. K. Chesterton and the Art of Biography

  • Dr. Philip Mitchell, Associate Professor of English and Director of the University Honors Program

21st: Stop Rolling Your Eyes: Medical Research Students and Thinking Seriously about Bioethics

  • Jonathan Cooper, Research Student at UT Southwestern Medical Center and University Honors Program graduate

28th: Faith at Work: Texas History, Art, and Reading Other People's Mail

  • Dr. Sam Ratcliffe, Head of Special Collections in the Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University and author of Painting Texas History to 1900, and Jerry Bywaters, Interpreter of the Southwest

November

4th: Nihilism, Art, and God: The Gospel and Contemporary American Culture

  • Dr. Thomas Hibbs, Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University, and author of Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from The Exorcist to Seinfeld; Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption; and Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good

11th: Wendell Berry and the Great Economy

  • John C. Médaille, Author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace, Adjunct Instructor of Theology at the University of Dallas, and a real estate agent in Irving, Texas.

18th: Toni Morrison and the Re-canonization of African American Femininity

  • Prof. Michelle Henry, Assistant Professor of English

December

2nd: Faith in the Scientific Classroom

  • Dr. Aaron Fletcher, Assistant Professor of Biology