| UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS |
| Name: | Ethics Bowl Team | | |
| News: | A team of students from the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department participated in the regional tournament of the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl on Saturday, November 15. The team came in third place, ahead of teams from such schools as the University of Washington, Washington State University, and Seattle University. The third place finish may qualify them to compete in the national tournament in March 2009 in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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| Name: | Justin Sanders | | |
| News: | Justin Sanders recieved the 2008 Raymond A. Smith Award for Achievement in Scholarship for his essay entitled "Can Ethics be Regarded as Knowledge?" at the College of Arts and Humanities Banquet. |
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| Name: | Majors in Philosophy and Religous Studies | | |
| News: | The following Philosophy & Religious Studies Majors have had their research papers accepted for presentation at the 12th annual Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, April 18-19, 2008, Forrest Grove, Oregon. They are:
Phillip Downes, "Refuting Moral Luck"
Casie Dunleavy, "What the World Needs Is a Moral Marx"
Travis Petersen, "Influences of Phenomenology and Logical Positivism on the Natural Sciences"
Ashley Goo, "Anarchy, State, and Utopia or a Life 'After Virtue': MacIntyre's Stand against Nozick's Position and Lack of Moral Desert"
Christian Mecham, "Cast Off Body and Mind: The Teachings of Buddhism as Applied to a Phenomenological Model"
They will present their papers at the conference.
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| Name: | Tyler Killam | | |
| News: | Tyler Killam, a History Ed major and Religious Studies minor was awarded a scholarship from the Scottish Rite of Washington for the 2007-2008 academic year. |
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| Name: | Danielle Martinez | | |
| News: | Danielle Martinez, a major in Public Relations and minor in Religious Studies was accepted to the Colorado State University's Master of Science in Higher Education and Student Affairs. In addition she will be working as an Assistant Hall Director for first-year experience students. |
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| Name: | Justin Sanders | | |
| News: | Justin Sanders will be presenting a paper entitled "Forgetful Metaphysics," on Levinas and Heidegger, at the Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in Portland, Oregon, in April. |
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| Name: | KathyMae Dickinson | | |
| News: | KathyMae Dickinson, a double major in Philosophy and Physics, will present a paper on mind-body dualism at the Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in April 2007 in Portland, Oregon. |
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| Name: | Chris Moore | | |
| News: | Chris Moore has been accepted into the Masters of Social Work Program at Eastern Wasington University for fall 2006. Chris will be graduating this spring with a BA in Philosophy/Religious Studies Specialization. This past year he has served as President of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Club, Vice President of Central's chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (International Honor Society in Philosophy) and on the CAH Dean's Council of Students. |
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| Name: | Corey Hough | | |
| News: | Mr. Hough presented a paper at this past weekend's 1st Annual Columbia Valley Undergraduate Asian Studies Research Symposium, held at Washington State University. His paper, "The Role of Evil in Early Daoism," examined the complementary nature of good and evil in China's indigeneous high religion. Drawing parallels between the Daoist conception of harmonizing seeming opposites, and the relationship between Batman and the Joker, Mr. Hough's paper presented a unique and highly innovative perspective on ethics. |
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| GRADUATE STUDENTS |
| Name: | Nuno Fernandes | | |
| News: | Mr. Fernandes delivered a paper entitled “God as an Institutional Fact: A New Approach to the Question of God’s Existence” at the 57th Northwest Conference on Philosophy, October 21 at Seattle University. He is pursuing an Individualized Masters Degree in Buddhist philosophy. |
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| FACULTY MEMBERS |
| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek has submitted a National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal entitled "The Grodno Gubernya Poland Imaging Project". This two year project seeks to photograph and document the Jewish epitaphs from Jewish cemeteries in NE Poland. |
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| Name: | Chenyang Li | | |
| News: | Chenyang Li has recently been invited/appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy, published by Blackwell Publishers. |
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| Name: | Apple Zefelius Igrek | | |
| News: | Dr. Igrek's paper on "The Metaphysics of Death in Bataille and Baudrillard" has been accepted for publication in the Review Journal of Political Philosophy. |
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| Name: | Apple Zefelius Igrek | | |
| News: | Three papers have either been or will be presented in 2007: �Collective Practices and Collective Faith: An Account of Religious Experience in Kierkegaard, James, Dewey, and Eagleton� at Minnesota State University in April; �Crime, Power, and Judgment: Traces of Torture in an Age of Discipline� at Athens University (Greece) in June; and �An Immediate Recoiling Approach: Georges Bataille and Richard Kearney on the Transmutations of Dread� at Mansfield College (England) in September.
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| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek has received both a CAH Travel Grant and an International Studies and Programs Committee Advisory Grant to present her paper “He Walked with a Wooden Leg”: Jewish Tombstone Epitaphs – A Fading Legacy, at the 2007 conference Legacy of the Holocaust: The World Before, The World After to be held May 24-26, 2007, at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
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| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek's article "The Levite's Concubine: The Story That Never Was" was accepted for publication in the Spring 2007 issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. |
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| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek presented a conference paper, entitled "Here Lies a Perfect and Upright Man": Jewish Epitaphs from Drohiczyn, Poland, at the 13th Annual Western Jewish Studies Association at Portland State University, March 18-19, 2007. This paper is part of her ongoing research into the literary heritage of Jewish epitaphs. |
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| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek was awarded a SOAR Grant Writing Appointment for the Spring 2007 term to prepare a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. This grant, entitled "The Grodno Gubernya Imaging Project", seeks to document, catalogue and create a database of the extant Jewish epitaphs in NE Poland. |
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| Name: | Jeffrey Dippman | | |
| News: | Volume 5 of "East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies" has just been published. An outgrowth of the Asian Studies Development Program's Annual National Conference, the peer-reviewed journal was guest edited by Jeff Dippmann. Included in the volume are articles co-authored by Hong Xiao (Sociology) and Chenyang Li (Philosophy) entitled "Ethics and Leadership: A Comparison of Hobbesian Men, Gilliganian Women, and Confucian Asians," and Devona Ensmenger (CWU Class of 2002, Geography), Josh Goldstein and Richard Mack (Economics) entitled "Talking Trash: An Examination of Recycling and Solid Waste Management Policies, Economies, and Practices in Beijing." |
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| Name: | Apple Igrek | | |
| News: | Dr. Apple Igrek, instructor of Philosophy, has received the National Residence Hall Honorary of the Week Award, "because [his] name is cool and [his] class is fun and interesting!" |
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| Name: | Matthew Altman | | |
| News: | In December 2007, Matt's book, titled "A Companion to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'", will be published by Westview Press. |
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| Name: | Cynthia Coe | | |
| News: | Dr. Coe's paper entitled "Contesting the Human: Levinas, the Body, and
Racism" will be published in Epoche, a journal of Continental philosophy
out of Villanova University. This paper draws on her long-standing
interests in gender, embodiment, the work of Emmanuel Levinas and her
more recent research in criticial race theory. She will also be presenting a paper entitled "Strangers and Natives: Gadamer and Colonial Discourse" at the 2006 Society for Phenomenology and
Existential Philosophy conference in Philadelphia. This paper explores
the resources that hermeneutical theory provides for understanding the
impact of colonialism (and post-colonialism) on our understanding of
ourselves and others.
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| Name: | Matthew Altman | | |
| News: | Dr. Matthew Altman has an essay forthcoming in the Journal of Business Ethics, titled "The Decomposition of the Corporate Body: What Kant Cannot Contribute to Business Ethics."
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| Name: | Chenyang Li | | |
| News: | In recognition of his exemplary contributions to the field, both nationally and internationally, Dr. Li was selected as an "Outstanding Chinese Scholar in Philosophy" in the "China Scholarship Yearbook (2005)," published by the Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing. |
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| Name: | Jeffrey Dippmann | | |
| News: | Dippmann was presented with a Summer Scholarship/Creativity Grant Award at the College of Arts & Humanities' Achievement Awards Banquet held May 16. The grant supports his work editing two volumes slated for publication. "Riding the Wind with Liezi: New Essays on the Daoist Classic," co-edited with Ronnie Littlejohn (Belmont University) offers new interpretations of a long-neglected text by leading scholars in the fields of Chinese religion and philosophy. The other project is a major revision of his dissertation, "Emptying Emptiness: Graduated Teachings in the Zhaolun," which focuses on a reevaluation of a fifth-century Chinese Buddhist text. |
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| Name: | Matthew Altman | | |
| News: | Dr. Altman, an adjunct in the Department of Philosophy, recently presented a paper entitled "Corporate Responsibility and the Categorical Imperative: What Can Kant Contribute to Business Ethics?" at the National Conference on Value Inquiry, held at Molloy College, NY |
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| Name: | Apple Igrek | | |
| News: | Dr. Igrek, an adjunct in the Department of Philosophy, recently presented two papers at national conferences. "The Metaphysics of Death in Bataille and Baudrillard" was delivered at the Philosophy Interpretation and Culture Conference at SUNY Binghampton, NY. In April, he presented "Transformative Communications in French Social Theory: From Durkheim and Mauss to Debord and Baudrillard" at the Communication in Crisis Conference held at the University of Massachusetts. |
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| Name: | Chenyang Li | | |
| News: | Chenyang Li recently presented a paper at the International Conference on the Philosophy of Mencius-Pi Si School in Zou Cheng, Shandong China. "The Incompatibility of Care Ethics and Justice Ethics: A New Reading of Mencius" is part of his ongoing research on care ethics and justice. |
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| Name: | Jeffrey Dippmann | | |
| News: | Dippmann was elected President of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature/American Schools of Oriental Research this past weekend (May 5-7). Term of office is one year, and includes delivering the Presidential Plenary at next year's conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. He also presented a paper entitled "On Being a Civil[ized] Daoist," a comparative analysis of Daoist moral precepts and George Washington's "110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." |
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| Name: | Heidi Szpek | | |
| News: | Heidi Szpek's services as translator of Hebrew tombstones has once again been accepted for another project, Bagnówka Quest, originating in Poland. One of the aims of this project is to create an online website and database of old tombstone photographs with translations from non-extant E. European cemeteries. The project and website are named after "a district of Bialystok which contains the largest Jewish cemetery in north-east Poland. This cemetery is located next to the Catholic cemetery which in turn adjoins the Orthodox cemetery. These three cemeteries in Bagnówka which lie peacefully next to each other are for us a potent symbol of what we are seeking to achieve - partnership and good-neighbourliness" - writes project originator/Polish scholar Tomasz Wisniewski. The website will soon be available for public access.
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| ALUMNI |
| Name: | Sarah Woolley | | |
| News: | Sarah Woolley (2001) has been admitted to MA in Education at the University of Washington. She will start fall 2009. |
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| Name: | Becky Rogers | | |
| News: | Becky Rogers, a Religious Studies major, is currently employed as a Social Worker at a skilled nursing facility. You can contact Becky at blueberrybecky85@hotmail.com |
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| Name: | Zac Hymes | | |
| News: | Mr. Zac Hymes received his M.A. in Philosophy from Washington State University in May 2007, and has recently received an appointment as an adjunct instructor with Green River Community College. |
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| Name: | Paul Charlton | | |
| News: | Paul Charlton, an emergency medical technician and recent graduate from the philosophy program, has been working in South Asia on a health education project funded by the American Alpine Club since January 2005. Beginning in October he has been volunteering as a relief worker in Pakistan in the areas devastated by the earthquake. He was recently featured in the Ellensburg Daily Record: http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2006/02/13/news/news01.txt. |
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| Name: | Mark Green | | |
| News: | Mr. Green has begun doctoral studies at SUNY-Stony Brook. He was accepted by the philosophy doctoral programs at the University of Oregon and SUNY, and chose to go to Stony Brook, one of the most prestigious programs for Continental thought in the U.S. |
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