Society for Values in Higher Education

CALL FOR PAPERS - 2010

 Making Choices: Sustainability in a World of Conflicting Values

2010-2011

Executive Committee 

President: Cathy Bao Bean—author of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Memoir and Manual and co-author with Dongdong Chen of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Bilingual Reader; previously a philosophy teacher, presently an aerobics instructor.

 Vice President: Cynthia Magistro Professor of Psychology, Seton Hill University and approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Secretary: David Hoekema— Academic Dean and Professor of Political Philosophy, Aesthetics and African Philosophy at Calvin College; former Exec. Director of the American Philosophical Assoc  

Treasurer: Amy Lampazzi —Ph.D. in mathematics from Rice University; former instructor in flight controllers and propulsion systems on the space shuttle at NASA's Johnson Space Center, University of Houston at Clear Lake, and several middle and high schools.

Executive Director: Eric Bain-Selbo—Associate Professor and head of Dept. of Religion and Philosophy at Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. University of Chicago.

Associate Executive Director: Robert A. Spivey— Senior Associate and Ombudsman for The Florida State University Foundation; former President of Randolph Macon Woman’s College and the VA Foundation for Independent Colleges. 

Board of Directors

Cathy Bao Bean – [see above]

Amy Berger—Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science (Geology), Heidelberg University.  

Allen Dunn—Editor of Soundings, An Interdisciplinary Journal; professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of TN. 

David Hoekema—[see above] 

Margie Jones –

Amy Lampazzi – [see above]

Cynthia Magistro— [see above]

Allison Moore—Episcopal priest and rector of The Church of the Good Shepherd in Fort Lee, NJ; author of Clergy Moms:  A Survival Guide to Balancing Family and     Congregation; Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics from Boston University; member of SVHE since 1982 because “It's the community of friends who nurture, challenge, and help sustain my spiritual and intellectual life.”

Carol Ochs – Professor emerita of Philosophy from Simmons College (Ph.D. Brandeis University) is the author of eight books and contributing editor to A Women's Torah Commentary.

Gregory Robbins –

Greg Sapp - Stetson University, Professor of Religious Studies has published in the area of Christian theology and philosophy and has delivered invited and refereed papers at national conferences on the relationship of religion to popular culture, as well as on the separation of church and state, especially with regard to Creationism and Intelligent Design.  He has also written on Just War theory and conflict resolution.  He holds the Hal S. Marchman Chair of Civic and Social Responsibility. 

David Tabb Stewart—Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Religions at California State University, Long Beach and director of the Summer Workshops in College Teaching (SWCT) for SVHE; formerly on faculty of Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, and Southwestern University; Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Amy White—Journalist, former Outreach Coordinator, Center on Religion & the Professions at University of Missouri.

Betsy Williams -

Associates 

Elizabeth Minnich - has served higher education in different roles at a variety of liberal arts institutions as well as through her writing, speaking, special projects, board memberships, and consulting.

Peter Paris - Princeton Theological Seminary’s Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics and Liaison with the Princeton University African American Studies Program.

Committees

Communication chaired by Allen Dunn.

Development and Projects chaired by Cathy Bao Bean.

Finance and Investment chaired by Amy Lampazzi.

Membership chaired by Gregory Robbins.

Nominating chaired by Carol Ochs.

Program chaired by Sherman Beverly, Cathy Bao Bean and Maria-Viktoria Abricka.

 Staff

Business Manager: Pam Montgomery—former financial officer of the Archdiocese of Portland; B.A. in Performing Arts from University of Portland.

Administrative Assistant: Renee Devereux—formerly in software sales & marketing.

With gratitude, we acknowledge the invaluable leadership of our former presidents:

Pat Barnes-McConnell—Director of Bean/Cowpea CRSP, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Joel Cunningham—President, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Mathematics of Sewanee: The University of the South; former President of Susquehanna University; chair of Appalachian College Assoc.

David Hoekema—[see above]

James T. Laney—former U.S. Ambassador to Korea, President of Emory University, and Dean of Candler School of Theology.

John Maguire—President Emeritus of Claremont University Consortium & Graduate University; Director/Senior Fellow, Institute for Democratic Renewal/Project Change, Claremont, CA; President Emeritus, College at Old Westbury, State University of New York.

J. Alfred Martin, Jr.—former professor at Union Theological Seminary.

John Nason—former President of Swarthmore College.

Virginia B. Smith—former Acting President of Mills College; President emerita of Vassar College; Director of the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education (FIPSE); President of the Board of the Educational Testing Service. 

Robert A. Spivey[see above] 

Jon Wiant— Senior Visiting Fellow with the Intelligence and Security Academy, and a consultant with the Institute for Excellence in Public Leadership; Adjunct Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University; decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal from Porter Good of the CIA, and the Career Achievement Award from Secretary Colin Powell; and commands an army of more than 6000 toy soldiers.

Soundings, An Interdisciplinary Journal editors:

• Sallie McFague TeSelle
• Ralph Norman
• Allen Dunn 

Our Mission

The Society for Values in Higher Education is a fellowship of teachers and others who care deeply about ethical issues—such as integrity, diversity, social justice and civic responsibility—facing higher education and the wider society. We believe that such values call for study, reflection, discussion, and action. We pursue these activities through publications, projects, regional gatherings, and an annual national meeting.

The Goals of the Society

• To draw on many cultural and spiritual traditions in order to reflect critically on contemporary values-based issues facing higher education;
•  To promote a rich diversity of perspectives while, at the same time, affirming a supportive organizational integrity within SVHE and all educational institutions;
•  To create openings in the walls that separate persons from one another (e.g. political affiliations, religion, professions, disciplines, race, gender, class, age) and that separate the members of the academy from the larger society;
•  To encourage interdisciplinary inquiry that integrates practical and intellectual perspectives; and
•  To challenge ourselves, our families, and higher education in general to develop whole persons who are prepared to play a constructive role in a rapidly changing world.