| Wednesday, April 9 |
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| 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Registration – Fermanian Board Room |
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| 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Dinner and Opening Keynote Speaker |
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Ivy George |
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Professor of Sociology, Gordon College |
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| Thursday, April 10 |
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| 8:00 am – 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
Session I |
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I-1: Gender Respect: A Discussion of How Mixed Gender Work Pairs Can Flourish |
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Kina Mallard, Gordon College |
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Darlene Bressler and Daryl Stevenson, Houghton College |
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Kim Phipps and Randy Basinger, Messiah College |
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I-2: Inclusive Language: Sensitivity in Speech Motivated by Love |
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“The Importance of Word Choice in Our Conversations Toward Wholeness” |
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Carol Blessing and Bettina Pedersen, PLNU |
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Lawrie Merz, Messiah College |
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“Man, What a Battle: The Reality of the Problem of Language” |
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Kendra Weddle Irons, George Fox University |
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“The Pregnant Rock: The Gender of God in the Old Testament” |
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Brian Smith, Messiah College |
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I-3: “Is It Easier to Be a Servant Leader When You Have Already Been Crowned King? |
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Janel Curry, Susan Hasseler, and Michelle Loyd-Paige, Calvin College |
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| 10:15 am – 12:00 pm |
Plenary Session – Crill Auditorium |
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“The Naked Truth: Advertising's Images of Women & the Corruption of Relationships” |
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-- Jean Kilbourne |
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Respondents: Jenell Paris Williams, Messiah College |
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Karl Martin, Point Loma Nazarene University |
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Kristina LaCelle-Peterson, Houghton College |
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| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Session II |
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II- 1: Feminism as the “F” Word? |
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“Why We Need the Words ‘Feminism’ and ‘Feminist’” |
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Bettina Tate Pedersen, PLNU |
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“Women at Work: Using The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Teaching Tool in a College Classroom” |
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Allyson Jule, University of Glamorgan |
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II-2: Women’s Ways of Leading |
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“Women’s Ways of Leading: Looking Beyond the Title” |
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Dawn Ellen Jacobs, California Baptist University |
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“Women’s Leadership in the CCCU: Women’s Leadership Development Institute” |
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Karen Longman and Shawna Lafreniere, Azusa Pacific University |
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II-3: It’s About Dual Vocations not Dual Incomes |
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Kim Boyd, Oral Roberts University |
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Kris Hansen-Kieffer and Jon Stuckey, Messiah |
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Helen Sterk, Calvin College |
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| 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm |
Session III |
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III-1: Women’s Studies as a Path to Flourishing |
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Linda Beail, Sylvia Cortez, and Hadley Wood, Point Loma Nazarene University |
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Deb Berke and Hierald Kane-Osorto, Messiah College |
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Betsy Morgan, Nancy Linton, Rebecca Gidjunis, Eastern University/Oregon Extension |
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III-2: Allies in Wholeness |
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“Men Encouraged to Apply: The Christian Liberal Arts College as Women’s College” |
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Chris Hoeckley, Westmont |
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“Nurture by Numbers” |
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Cheri Larson Hoeckley, Westmont |
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“Claiming Our Baptism” |
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Lisa DeBoer, Westmont |
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III-3: Gender Issues Among Students |
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“Student Perceptions of Gender: Beginning the Conversation Toward Wholeness |
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at Abilene Christian University” |
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Mimi Barnard, Wayne Barnard, Laura Carroll, and Susan Lewis, ACU |
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“The Forgotten Majority: Female Students on Christian College Campuses” |
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Linda Urschel, Huntington University |
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| 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Dinner and Gospel Choir |
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| 7:30 PM |
Film Forum – Offside |
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| Friday, April 11 |
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| 8:00 am– 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
Session IV |
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IV-1: Neither Male nor Female: Gender Roles within the CCCU |
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Samuel Joeckel, Thomas Chesnes, Joshua Firestone, Palm Beach Atlantic University |
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IV-2: Authenticity in Student Leadership |
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“Authenticity in Student Leadership” |
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Meg Jones and Amy VanDerWerf, Messiah |
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Melissa Burt-Gracik and Danielle Brown, PLNU |
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IV-3: Gender and Religious Diversity in Humanities and Social Sciences: |
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Teaching and Mentoring at Fresno Pacific University |
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Bruce Boeckel, Elizabeth Lake and Katria Poetker, Fresno Pacific University |
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| 10:15 am – 11:45 am |
Session V |
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V-1: “How Family Friendly are Academic Institutions: |
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Work-Family Intersections over the Life Course” |
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Debra Berke, Messiah |
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“Diapers, Dissertations, and OtherHoly Things: The Experiences of Mothers Working in |
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Christian Colleges and Universities” |
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M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall, Biola |
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“Breaking the Mold: Mothers in Christian Academia and Their Experiences of Spousal Support” |
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Tamara L. Anderson, Biola |
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Moderator: Jenell Williams Paris |
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V-2: Theology and Spiritual Development |
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Sylvia Cortez, Point Loma Nazarene University |
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Patti Dikes, Point Loma Nazarene University |
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Kristina LaCelle-Peterson, Houghton College |
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| 11:45 am – 1:30 pm |
Box Lunch -- Discussions |
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| 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
Session VI |
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VI-1: Wholeness Through Curriculum |
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“To Know We Are Not Alone: Shared Reading Programs and Wholeness” |
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Jamie Dessart and Jill Moyer Sunday, Waynesburg University |
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“Gender Dynamics in Action: Social Justice Projects In, At, and Around a Christian University” |
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Cynthia Ovando-Knutson, Scott Key and Richard Wiebe, Fresno Pacific University |
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VI-2: Balancing Work, Family, Self |
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“Learned Silence: A Quaker Institution’s Response to the |
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Melanie Springer Mock, George Fox |
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“The Pursuit of Multiple Callings: Implications of Balancing Career and Motherhood for |
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Christian Women in Academia and Their Affiliated Institutions” |
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Michele M. Willingham, Lighthouse Psychological and Counseling Services; |
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Tamara L. Anderson and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University |
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“Nurturing the Professional in the Modern World” |
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Tina Schermer Sellers and Claudia Grauf-Grounds, Seattle Pacific University |
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VI-3: Differences, Diversity, and Reconciliation |
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“Racism and Sexism in Academe” |
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Edith Samuel, Atlantic Baptist University |
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“Cross-Gender Mentoring: Advancing Gender Reconciliation in the Christian Academy” |
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Beverly Absher and Naomi Larsen, Union University |
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“Gender Differences in Faith, Vocation, and Barriers to Growth Among College |
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Students and Faculty” |
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Cindy Miller-Perrin and Don Thompson, Pepperdine University |
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| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Session VII |
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VII -1: Gender in the Context of Scripture and Ministry |
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“Troublesome Texts: The Bible as Chilly Gender Climate” |
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Brian Smith, Messiah College |
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“Co-Workers in the Lord: Developing Partnership Between Men and Women |
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Preparing for Professional Ministry” |
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Jeanene Reese, Abilene Christian University |
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VII-2: Queen Bees, Glass Ceilings and Token Quotas: Do Female Faculty |
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Need Honey, Hammers, and Handouts to Make Their Way in Academia? |
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Shelly Cunningham, M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall, and Brad Christerson, Biola University |
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VII-3: Faculty Perceptions of Campus Culture: Renewing the Conversation |
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Toward Wholeness at Abilene Christian University |
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Mimi Bernard, Tanya Brice, Jaime Goff and Jennifer Shewmaker, ACU |
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| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Dinner with Closing Speaker-- “Toward Wholeness-Making it a Reality on our Campuses” |
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Kim Phipps |
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President, Messiah College |
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| 8:00-10:00 pm |
Coffee and conversation available in lounge |
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Shuttles running to hotel |
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