{"id":10,"date":"2026-07-31T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/batalden-fellows\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:30:11","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/batalden\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Past Batalden Fellows in Applied Ethics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2001 &#8211; 2003 Dr. Bruce Reichenbach, Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; 2010 &#8211; Dr. Ruth Enestvedt, Nursing<\/li>\n<li>2010 &#8211; 2012 &#8211; Dr. Joseph Underhill, Political Science and Environmental Studies<\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; 2014 &#8211; Dr. Matthew Maruggi, Religion<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; 2018 &#8211; Dr. Christina Erickson, Social Work<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; 2020 &#8211; Dr. Bibiana D. Koh, Social Work<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; 2025 &#8211; Dr. Mary Elise Lowe, Religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Past Symposia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2001: 30 March &#8211; &#8220;Parenting Life,&#8221; Dr. Audrey Chapman, Director of the Science and Human Rights and Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion<\/li>\n<li>2002: 5 April &#8211; &#8220;A Critical View of Affirmative Action,&#8221; by Dr. Peter Bell of the Hazelden Foundation.<\/li>\n<li>2003: 14 March &#8211; &#8220;The Cross:\u00a0 A Symbol of Reconciliation &amp; Racism&#8221; &#8211; Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Executive Director of the Community Renewal Society in Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>2004: 26 February &#8211; \u201cTransforming the Profession of Health Care,\u201d Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Paul Batalden \u201963, Dartmouth Medical School, and Dr. David Leach, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education<\/li>\n<li>2005: 4 March &#8211; &#8220;It Takes A Child.&#8221; &#8211; Craig Kielburger, Founder of Free the Children and author of Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World (2004)<\/li>\n<li>2006: 3 March &#8211; \u201cEconomic Globalization: Who Wins and Who Loses?\u201d &#8211; Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Professor of Christian Ethics, Seattle University, and Prakash Loungani, International Monetary Fund https:\/\/augnet.augsburg.edu\/news-archives\/2006\/batalden.html<\/li>\n<li>2007:\u00a0 2 March &#8211; &#8220;Immigration: Who Are the Winners and Losers?&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Jorge Bustamante (nearly cancelled due to weather)<\/li>\n<li>2008: 29 Feb &#8211; \u201cGlobal Order and Global Warming: Thinking with Niebuhr about Politics\u201d &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2009: 26 February &#8211; &#8220;Christianity&#8217;s Ecological Phase&#8221; &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2010: 26 February &#8211;\u00a0 \u201cBeyond Development and Education: The Good Life\u201d &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2011: 12 March &#8211; &#8220;Seeking Justice Where we Live&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Chris Scharen, Luther Seminary, and Dahir Jibreel, Sorrali Justice Advocacy Center<\/li>\n<li>2012: 13 February \u2013 Alaa Abd El-Rahman, Nada Yehia, and Noor Hafez &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2013: 20 February &#8211; &#8220;&#8216;I want to, I can&#8217;: Development Programs Step by Step Using the Human Capabilities Approach&#8221; &#8211; 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<\/li>\n<li>2014: 11 February &#8211; \u201cAwakening to the Reality of a Crucified World: Discovering What It Means to Be Human.\u201d &#8211; Peggy O&#8217;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\/<\/li>\n<li>2015: 10 February &#8211; &#8220;The Sociology of Seerah: Reclaiming the Prophetic Tradition for Our Time and Race&#8221; &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2016: 16 February &#8211; &#8220;Traditional Lakota Approaches to Health Disparities: Connecting People and the Environment&#8221; &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2017: 10 February &#8211; &#8220;Truth Claims: Black Spaces, White Faces and The Environmental Imagination.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Carolyn Finney, storyteller, author, cultural geographer, https:\/\/www.carolynfinney.com\/about-carolynfinney<\/li>\n<li>2018: 8 February &#8211; &#8220;Just Sustainabilities: In Policy, Planning and Practice&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Julian Aygeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/convo\/archive\/2017-2018\/<\/li>\n<li>2019: 7 March &#8211; \u201cEthical Imagination: Buddhist-Postmodern Approaches\u201d &#8211; 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\/<\/li>\n<li>2020: 5 March &#8211; &#8220;Ethics, Identity, and Cosmopolitanism&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of philosophy and law at NYU<\/li>\n<li>2021: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/li>\n<li>2022: 8 February &#8211; &#8220;Interfaith Conversations on Racial Justice&#8221; &#8211; 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.<\/li>\n<li>2023: Postponed<\/li>\n<li>2024: 23 October &#8211; &#8220;Interfaith Responses to Trauma&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 Panel discussion with Dr. Iva Patel, Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld, and Professor Najeeba Syeed, El-Hibri Endowed Chair, all Augsburg University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Batalden Fellows in Applied Ethics 2001 &#8211; 2003 Dr. Bruce Reichenbach, Philosophy 2008 &#8211; 2010 &#8211; Dr. Ruth Enestvedt, Nursing 2010 &#8211; 2012 &#8211; Dr. Joseph Underhill, Political Science and Environmental Studies 2012 &#8211; 2014 &#8211; Dr. Matthew Maruggi, Religion 2015 &#8211; 2018 &#8211; Dr. Christina Erickson, Social Work 2018 &#8211; 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