Contact:
Dr. Lisa Esposito
Chair of Philosophy & Religion Department
Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religion
Phone: (417) 873-7229
Fax: (417) 873-7435
lesposit@drury.edu


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Interdisciplinary Research Conference Schedule

March 10-11, 2006

Friday, March 10, 2006:
8:30 a.m. Registration: Olin Library - Olin Room (Free and open to all)
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening of Conference
9:00-9:50 a.m.

Anthony Million - Drury University
“Fastened to the Yoke of Custom and Prejudice: The Elaboration of Nietzsche’s Critiques of Christianity, 1887-1889" (Bibliography)

10:00-10:50 a.m. Adam Park - Missouri State University
“The Paradox of Miracles: A Philosophical Analysis of the Nature and Possibility of Miracles”
11:00-11:50 a.m. Lauren Rys, Jessica Seitsinger, Jesse Rhomberg, Kevin McNee - Loras College
“Decision-Making in the New Information Age: Does the Communication Medium Affect the Process and Outcome?”
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch: Findlay Student Center - The Commons
1:00-1:50 p.m. Jessica Radin - Earlham College
“The Essential Characteristics of Da-Sein: An Inquiry Without Beginning and End”
2:00-2:50 p.m. David Johnson - MacMurray College
“Life or Liberty: What’s a Mother to Choose?”
3:00-3:50 p.m. Mindy Hay - MacMurray College
“Beautiful Art and Its Creation”
Faculty Conference (students are encouraged to attend):
4:00-5:00 p.m. Lisa Grinde, Ph.D. - Loras College
“Interdisciplinary Education Offered Through a Thematic Cluster”
5:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner: Findlay Student Center - Faculty Dining Room (Free: Sign up at the registration desk)


Saturday, March 11, 2006:
8:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast: Olin Library - Olin Room (Coffee/pastries/fruit)
9:00-9:45 a.m. Berneta Haynes - Drury University
“The Black Woman’s Prison: Church in Baldwin”
9:45-10:30 a.m. A.J. Snelson -Drury University
“The Sacred Tenet of Skepticism”
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:30 a.m. Rebecca Walsh - Webster University
“An Ethic of Care and Motherhood”
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Clarissa Fisher - Drury University
“An Unrecognized Creative Force: Contemporary Latino-Created Art in the United States”
12:15-12:30 p.m. End of Conference - Closing Remarks