9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE BY THE FACULTY
January 23: 10 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. & January 24:10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,
Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
Wednesday January 23rd
10:00 am - The Ethics of Governmental Assistance for Medical Processes
Sheldon Smith, Professor, Accounting
Glade K. Tew, School of Business, BYU-Hawaii
11:00 am - Ethics of Circumcision : A Panel Discussion
Jeff Bulger, Associate Professor, Philosophy & Humanities
Elaine Englehardt, Distinguished Professor, Philosophy & Humanities
Jennifer Howard, adjunct, Philosophy & Humanities
Steve Scott , Educational Outreach Coordinator NOCIRC
12:00 pm - Lunch Break
1:00 pm - Ethics of Patient Treatment
Have a Living Will? When is the last time you actually read it?
Dianne McAdams-Jones, Assistant Professor, Nursing and Karen Thomas,
Instructor, Nursing Distribution of Scarce Resources Nolan Lickey,
Professor, Business Management
2:00 pm - Ethics of Illness Narratives: Why Story Telling is Important The
Medical
Lee Ann Mortensen, Moderator
Joyce Youse: Ghosts Shave Headsand My Child Had Cancer
Tyler Raymond: It Started with a Waffle
Virginia Van Patten: My Breasts
Wendy Andreason: Smile and Winter
3:00 pm - Medical and Scientific Ethics in Literature
A Doctors Dilemma in Charles Chesnutts The Marrow of Tradition, Ryan
Simmons, Assistant Professor English & Literature
A World of Made Is Not a World of Born: Bioethics as Plot and Warning in
Literature and Film, Rob Carney, Associate Professor, English and
Literature
The Brain Surgeon and the Hooligan: Medical Ethics and Ian McEwans Saturday,
Brian Whaley, Assistant Professor, English & Literature
Thursday January 24th
10:00-11:15 AM - Ethical Dimensions in Genetic Destiny
Designing babies to serve as donors?
Janiel Green, Student, Biology and Olga Kopp, Assistant Professor, Biology
Being Post-Human: Genetic Technology and the Distortion of Natural Selection
David R. Keller, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Humanities
11:30- 12:45 - Lunch Break
1:00-2:15 - Ethics and Organ Donation: A Panel Discussion
Farid Islam, Associate Professor, Finance and Economics
Nancy Rushforth, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Terry Sundberg, Certified Funeral Director
Ruhul Kuddus, Assistant Professor, Biology
Organized by Rick McDonald and Sheldon Smith
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethics
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David Richard Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley State College
801.863.6363
http://davidkeller.us/
