2022 Symposiums

February

4th: “Gender Issues and the Church”

  • Dr. Shelly Melia – Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Ministry, Program Director for the Master of Arts in Children's Ministry and the Master of Arts in Family Ministry, Professor of Childhood Education, DBU

11th: “A Stone in the Middle of the River: The Simple, Remarkable Life of Eugene Peterson”

  • Dr. Winn Collier – Director of the Eugene Peterson Center and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Imagination, Western Theological Seminary

18th: “Threads of Light in The Scarlet Letter: Adapting Hawthorne's Novel for the Contemporary Musical Theatre Stage."

  • Dr. Christine Jones – Assistant Professor of English, DBU; Kenady Humphrey – DBU Graduate

March

4th: “Social-Emotional Learning in K-12 Schools (A Panel Discussion)”

  • Dr. Sharon Lee – Professor of Education, Director of Research in K-12 Education, DBU:  Dr. Dana Jackson – Chief of Support Services, Grand Prairie ISD; Dr. Chelsea Kostyniak – Principal, Virtual Academy, Arlington ISD; Dr. Michael Hill – Deputy Superintendent, Arlington ISD; Dr. Abigail Torres-Hobart – Assistant Director of Special Education, Region 10 Educational Service Center; Dr. Tyler Yarbrough – Adjunct Professor of Education, DBU and Social Emotional Learning Specialist, Frisco ISD

18th: "God, Evil, and Christian Belief: Developing a Compatibilist View"

  • Dr. Scott Shiffer – Adjunct Professor of Theology, DBU and Director of M.A. in Christian Studies & M.A. in Christian Leadership Programs, Criswell College

25th: “Fides Scientia: Why We Can Have Faith in Science and Consider Scientific Experts Worthy of Our Trust”

  • Dr. Mark Bloom – Professor of Biology and Science Education, DBU

April

1st: “Looking for Better Good News: The Gospel Possibility in the Face of Race”

  • Dr. Vince Bacote – Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College

8th: “The Dream of the Faerie Queene: Beauty, Longing, and the Love of God”

  • Dr. Ben Myers – Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature and English, Oklahoma Baptist University

22nd: “Under the Big Tent of Kingdom Business: A Panel Discussion”

  • Dr. Ross O’Brien – Director of the Center of Business as Mission and Professor of Management, DBU

29th: “Exemplary Lives: Generalization and Eulogy in T.S. Eliot’s Pedagogy”

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

September

9th: “The Impact of Perceived Fairness in the Workplace: Outcomes of Organizational Justice”

  • Dr. Kimberly Bates - Accounting Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Accounting, DBU

16th: “From Spielberg to Tolkien: A Storyteller’s Guide to Changing the World”

  • Dr. Reg Grant – Department Chair and Senior Professor of Media Arts and Worship, Dallas Theological Seminary; Fred Holmes – Fred Holmes Productions, Former PBS Director

23rd: “Poisonous Piety: The Complex Cycle of Spiritual Anxiety”

  • Tiffany Brooks – Author of Gaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith

30th: “Cross-Cultural Ministry: Maintaining Biblical Integrity in a Pluralistic World”

  • Aaron G. Jones – Director of the Global Community, International Affairs, DBU

October

14th: “Working Women & the Church: Where Are They?”

  • Sandra Crawford Williamson – Assistant Professor of Management, DBU

21st: “Evangelism Through Beauty”

  • Rev. David Miller – The Fourth Rector of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church

28th: “In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Panel Discussion”

Dr. Jonathan Cooper – Biology Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, DBU; Dr. Travis Dickinson – Professor of Philosophy, DBU; Dr. Kenneth Gore – Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU; Dr. Joseph Matos – Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU

November

4th: “Frozen Babies: Reproductive Technology in the Post-Roe World: A Panel Discussion”

  • Hosted by Dr. Jonathan Cooper – Biology Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, DBU

11th: “Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Preaching: Reflections on His Leadership from the Pulpit”

  • Dr. Brent Thomason – Master of Arts in Global Leadership Program Director and Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU

18th: “The Black Intellectual Tradition and Classical Education”

  • Dr. Anika T. Prather– Director of High Quality Curriculum and Instruction, Johns Hopkins University; Living Water School (Founder)

December

2nd: “Dorothy L. Sayers, the Theo-Drama of History, and The Emperor Constantine”

  • Dr. Philip Irving Mitchell – Director of the University Honors Program, DBU