2022 Symposiums
February
4th: “Gender Issues and the Church”
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Dr. Shelly Melia – Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Ministry, Program Director for the Master of Arts in Children's Ministry and the Master of Arts in Family Ministry, Professor of Childhood Education, DBU
11th: “A Stone in the Middle of the River: The Simple, Remarkable Life of Eugene Peterson”
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Dr. Winn Collier – Director of the Eugene Peterson Center and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Imagination, Western Theological Seminary
18th: “Threads of Light in The Scarlet Letter: Adapting Hawthorne's Novel for the Contemporary Musical Theatre Stage."
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Dr. Christine Jones – Assistant Professor of English, DBU; Kenady Humphrey – DBU Graduate
25th: “The Biblical Practice of Lament: Implications for Therapy”
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Dr. Joan Davis – Professor of Counseling and Psychology, DBU; Dr. Jordan Davis – Director of Counseling and Spiritual Care, Assistant Professor of Counseling, DBU
March
4th: “Social-Emotional Learning in K-12 Schools (A Panel Discussion)”
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Dr. Sharon Lee – Professor of Education, Director of Research in K-12 Education, DBU: Dr. Dana Jackson – Chief of Support Services, Grand Prairie ISD; Dr. Chelsea Kostyniak – Principal, Virtual Academy, Arlington ISD; Dr. Michael Hill – Deputy Superintendent, Arlington ISD; Dr. Abigail Torres-Hobart – Assistant Director of Special Education, Region 10 Educational Service Center; Dr. Tyler Yarbrough – Adjunct Professor of Education, DBU and Social Emotional Learning Specialist, Frisco ISD
18th: "God, Evil, and Christian Belief: Developing a Compatibilist View"
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Dr. Scott Shiffer – Adjunct Professor of Theology, DBU and Director of M.A. in Christian Studies & M.A. in Christian Leadership Programs, Criswell College
25th: “Fides Scientia: Why We Can Have Faith in Science and Consider Scientific Experts Worthy of Our Trust”
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Dr. Mark Bloom – Professor of Biology and Science Education, DBU
April
1st: “Looking for Better Good News: The Gospel Possibility in the Face of Race”
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Dr. Vince Bacote – Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College
8th: “The Dream of the Faerie Queene: Beauty, Longing, and the Love of God”
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Dr. Ben Myers – Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature and English, Oklahoma Baptist University
22nd: “Under the Big Tent of Kingdom Business: A Panel Discussion”
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Dr. Ross O’Brien – Director of the Center of Business as Mission and Professor of Management, DBU
29th: “Exemplary Lives: Generalization and Eulogy in T.S. Eliot’s Pedagogy”
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Dr. Philip Irving Mitchell – Director of the University Honors Program and Associate Professor of English, DBU
September
9th: “The Impact of Perceived Fairness in the Workplace: Outcomes of Organizational Justice”
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Dr. Kimberly Bates - Accounting Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Accounting, DBU
16th: “From Spielberg to Tolkien: A Storyteller’s Guide to Changing the World”
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Dr. Reg Grant – Department Chair and Senior Professor of Media Arts and Worship, Dallas Theological Seminary; Fred Holmes – Fred Holmes Productions, Former PBS Director
23rd: “Poisonous Piety: The Complex Cycle of Spiritual Anxiety”
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Tiffany Brooks – Author of Gaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith
30th: “Cross-Cultural Ministry: Maintaining Biblical Integrity in a Pluralistic World”
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Aaron G. Jones – Director of the Global Community, International Affairs, DBU
October
14th: “Working Women & the Church: Where Are They?”
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Sandra Crawford Williamson – Assistant Professor of Management, DBU
21st: “Evangelism Through Beauty”
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Rev. David Miller – The Fourth Rector of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
28th: “In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Panel Discussion”
Dr. Jonathan Cooper – Biology Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, DBU; Dr. Travis Dickinson – Professor of Philosophy, DBU; Dr. Kenneth Gore – Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU; Dr. Joseph Matos – Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU
November
4th: “Frozen Babies: Reproductive Technology in the Post-Roe World: A Panel Discussion”
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Hosted by Dr. Jonathan Cooper – Biology Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, DBU
11th: “Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Preaching: Reflections on His Leadership from the Pulpit”
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Dr. Brent Thomason – Master of Arts in Global Leadership Program Director and Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU
18th: “The Black Intellectual Tradition and Classical Education”
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Dr. Anika T. Prather– Director of High Quality Curriculum and Instruction, Johns Hopkins University; Living Water School (Founder)
December
2nd: “Dorothy L. Sayers, the Theo-Drama of History, and The Emperor Constantine”
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Dr. Philip Irving Mitchell – Director of the University Honors Program, DBU