Conference Sessions
ALCF 2008 – Sectional Presentations
The following are the presentations accepted for the 2008 ALCF Conference at Concordia University-Chicago. These are subject to some change – more details to follow!
Theme I: How We Know Ourselves from the Developmental Perspective
Social Intelligence and Brain Science: Informing Our Understanding of the Effectiveness of Self in the 21st Century - Anthony Przeklasa, Concordia University- Chicago
The Conceptual Schema Inventory: A Proposed Method for Measuring Conceptual Knowledge - Neil Skov, Concordia University – Ann Arbor
Female, Male, and Other: Reflections about Teaching Historical Ideas of Gender and Sexuality- Timothy G. Elston, Newberry College
Know Thyself…But How? William “Bill” J. Duey, Concordia University-Chicago Rachel Steele (CUC ’07), Lutheran World Relief and Amanda Finke (CUC ’10), Peer Mentor
Theme II: Know Thyself: Current Commentary on Questions of Mind and Body, Faith and Reason
Assessing Mind-Body Philosophies: A Look at the Tillich Criteria – Timothy Mirtz, University of South Dakota
Panel Discussion - Me, Myself and We: Students’ Self-Fashioning and the Liberal Arts – Robert Campbell, Mark Looker and Neal Migan, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Modernity’s Failure: Questions of Individual Identity, Social Harmony and Meaning -David Weber, Valparaiso University
“You Might Become We…” The Challenge of Ethnic Pluralism and the Complexity of Identity - Carl C. Trovall, Concordia University Texas
Being Latino and Catholic at a Lutheran University: Reflections from a Junior Faculty Member - David A. Ortiz, Concordia University Texas
Me, Myself and Middle School Identity: A Study on Student Connectedness - Douglas E. Knick, Luther College
Panel Discussion: Personal Identity in Contemporary Russian Film – Marc Robinson and student panelists, St. Olaf College.
“You’re On the Air”… (But Who Are You?) - Pam Ohrt, Wartburg College
You’re Kidding, Right? The Self in Earlier Ethnic Humor – Carl Isaacson, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
Theme III: Know My Voice: Emerging Worldviews, the Mission of Lutheran Higher Education and its Impact Through our Graduates…
Emerging Worldviews and the Mission of Lutheran Christian Higher Education – Kevin Brandon, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Literary Voices, the Church, and its Colleges: The Lutheran Writers Project - Robert Schultz, Roanoke College
Faithful in the Foxholes: Christian Citizenship as Paradox – Michael W. Kalmes, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Life in the Biosphere - A Successful Interdisciplinary Travel Course – Rebecca Truemann, Concordia University-Chicago
Mind, Body, Morality, and Race: The Case of Aversive Racism in Multiracial Congregations - Jeremy Rehwaldt-Alexander, Midland Lutheran College
Fostering Cognitive Complexity: Study Abroad within the Context of the Liberal Arts Christine L. Hansvick, Pacific Lutheran University
IV. Additional Special Theme:
“Let’s Review…” A Panel Discussion Revisiting Values-Based Service Learning, ALCF 2007 at Newberry College – Joe McDonald, Christian Hipp and Brian Armstrong, Newberry College
