Past Batalden Fellows in Applied Ethics

• 2001 – 2003 Dr. Bruce Reichenbach, Philosophy
• 2008 – 2010 – Dr. Ruth Enestvedt, Nursing
• 2010 – 2012 – Dr. Joseph Underhill, Political Science and Environmental Studies
• 2012 – 2014 – Dr. Matthew Maruggi, Religion
• 2015 – 2018 – Dr. Christina Erickson, Social Work
• 2018 – 2020 – Dr. Bibiana D. Koh, Social Work
• 2022 – 2025 – Dr. Mary Elise Lowe, Religion

Past Symposia

• 2001: 30 March – “Parenting Life,” Dr. Audrey Chapman, Director of the Science and Human Rights and Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion
• 2002: 5 April – “A Critical View of Affirmative Action,” by Dr. Peter Bell of the Hazelden Foundation.
• 2003: 14 March – “The Cross:  A Symbol of Reconciliation & Racism” – Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Executive Director of the Community Renewal Society in Chicago, IL
• 2004: 26 February – “Transforming the Profession of Health Care,” Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Paul Batalden ’63, Dartmouth Medical School, and Dr. David Leach, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• 2005: 4 March – “It Takes A Child.” – Craig Kielburger, Founder of Free the Children and author of Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World (2004)
• 2006: 3 March – “Economic Globalization: Who Wins and Who Loses?” – Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Professor of Christian Ethics, Seattle University, and Prakash Loungani, International Monetary Fund https://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2006/batalden.html
• 2007:  2 March – “Immigration: Who Are the Winners and Losers?” – Dr. Jorge Bustamante (nearly cancelled due to weather)
• 2008: 29 Feb – “Global Order and Global Warming: Thinking with Niebuhr about Politics” – Dr. Robin Lovin, Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University, https://www.augsburg.edu/news/2008/02/17/dr-robin-lovin-to-speak-in-convocation-seminars/
• 2009: 26 February – “Christianity’s Ecological Phase” – Professor Larry Rasmussen, former Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary (cancelled due to weather) https://www.augsburg.edu/news/2009/02/17/batalden-lectures-explore-who-we-are-and-how-we-live/
• 2010: 26 February –  “Beyond Development and Education: The Good Life” – Gustavo Esteva, writer, activist, and founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, https://www.augsburg.edu/news/2010/02/22/batalden-seminar-features-mexican-writer-activist/
• 2011: 12 March – “Seeking Justice Where we Live” – Dr. Chris Scharen, Luther Seminary, and Dahir Jibreel, Sorrali Justice Advocacy Center
• 2012: 13 February – Alaa Abd El-Rahman, Nada Yehia, and Noor Hafez – the EYouth Project (Engaging and Empowering Egyptian Youth), https://www.augsburg.edu/news/2012/07/26/augsburg-students-examine-political-and-civil-engagement-in-egypt/
• 2013: 20 February – “‘I want to, I can’: Development Programs Step by Step Using the Human Capabilities Approach” – Dr. Susan Pick, Ph.D., National University of Mexico and Mexican Institute for Research on Family and Population, https://inside.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2013/02_11_13/batalden.html
• 2014: 11 February – “Awakening to the Reality of a Crucified World: Discovering What It Means to Be Human.” – Peggy O’Neill, S.C., President and director of Centro Arte para la Paz, Suchitoto, El Salvador, https://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/2014/01/31/batalden-seminar-in-applied-ethics-featuring-sister-oneill/
• 2015: 10 February – “The Sociology of Seerah: Reclaiming the Prophetic Tradition for Our Time and Race” – Dr. Rami Nashashbi, Executive Director of the Inner-City Muslim Network (IMAN) and Visiting Professor at Chicago Theological Seminary, https://www.augsburg.edu/now/2015/04/06/many-voices-bold-visions/
• 2016: 16 February – “Traditional Lakota Approaches to Health Disparities: Connecting People and the Environment” – Donald Warne, MD and MPH, member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and director of the Master of Public Health Program at North Dakota State University, https://www.augsburg.edu/convo/archive/2015-2016/
• 2017: 10 February – “Truth Claims: Black Spaces, White Faces and The Environmental Imagination.” – Dr. Carolyn Finney, storyteller, author, cultural geographer, https://www.carolynfinney.com/about-carolynfinney
• 2018: 8 February – “Just Sustainabilities: In Policy, Planning and Practice” – Dr. Julian Aygeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, https://www.augsburg.edu/convo/archive/2017-2018/
• 2019: 7 March – “Ethical Imagination: Buddhist-Postmodern Approaches” – Dr. Jin Y Park, Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Founding Director of Asian Studies Program at American University, https://www.augsburg.edu/convo/archive/2018-2019/
• 2020: 5 March – “Ethics, Identity, and Cosmopolitanism” – Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of philosophy and law at NYU
• 2021: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022: 8 February – “Interfaith Conversations on Racial Justice” – It will highlight a video series of practitioners from differing religious, spiritual, and secular perspectives in conversation on the issue of racial justice, interspersed with a panel discussion with the video participants and student respondents.
• 2023: Postponed
• 2024: 23 October – “Interfaith Responses to Trauma” –  Panel discussion with Dr. Iva Patel, Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld, and Professor Najeeba Syeed, El-Hibri Endowed Chair, all Augsburg University