Promoting Understanding and Research about Ethics and Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
Spring 2019 Events (flier click here)
- February 20, 5:30-7:00PM: Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Peters Ed Auditorium (Student Rec Center) - March 14, 4:00-600PM: Quintard Taylor MLK lecture
Peters Ed Auditorium (Student Rec Center) - April 2, 5:30-700PM: Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, “Children, Violence, and Gandhi’s vision
of nonviolence" and Gandhi’s Global Legacy Award Ceremony
Peters Ed Auditorium (Student Rec Center) - April 5, 8:30AM - 3:00 PM: Bonner Center Character and Civic Education Conference
Fresno Convention Center
http://fresnostate.edu/kremen/bonnercenter/ - April 24, 5:30-7:00PM: Ethical/Political Issues and Transgender Identity
Room TBA - May 2, 5:30-7:00 PM: Rabbi Jack Moline, “Interfaith Perspectives on Religious Liberty”
Peters Ed Auditorium (Student Rec Center) - May 8: A Celebration of Ethical Leadership
Luncheon: 11:30-1, Pardini’s Banquet Hall
Fall 2018 Flier
Ethics Lectures made possible by the generous support of the Leon S. Peters Foundation
Past Lecturers: Visiting Scholars
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- Jim Boren, Executive Editor and Senior VP, Fresno Bee
- Joe Moore, Director of Program Content, Valley Public Radio
- Reverend James Lawson, Civil Rights Icon
- Melissa Baucus Professor of Entrepreneurship, Texas State University
- Richard Johanson, Chair Emeritus of the Fresno Business Council, founder Johanson Transportation
- Rebecca DeYoung, Philosophy, Calvin College
- Kent Dunnington, Philosophy, Biola University
- Frank Beazley, Saint Agnes Hospital
- Christopher Meyers, Director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at CSU-Bakersfield
- Tony Carr, President of Halloran Philanthropies
- Robin Hoover, Immigration Activist
- Robert Sellers, President of the Parliament of the World’s Religions
- Tony Yamamoto, Former Director of Social Services and Interpreter Services at Valley Children’s Hospital
- Melinda Hall, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stetson University
- Darius Assemi, President Granville Homes
- Larry Powell, Former Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
- Tim Ryan, Associated Students President, Fresno State
- Sabrina D. Ashjian, Deputy District Attorney, Fresno County
- Kevin Assemi, Attorney with Waterford Foundation and Granville Homes
- Edgar Blunt, Career Pillar/IMAGO
- Lori Morton, Fresno County Office of Education
- Ismael Herrera, Fresno State Office of Community and Economic Development
- David Brooks, New York Times and PBS
- Lucius Outlaw, Vanderbilt University
- Andreas Borgeas, Fresno County Supervisor
- Rick Winer, Rabbi Temple Beth Israel, Fresno
- Mark Arax, Journalist
- Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
- Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance
- Robert C. Jones, California State University, Chico
- Juan Arambula, CA Assemblyman
- Esmeralda Z. Soria, Fresno City Council
- Rosendo Peña, Jr., Justice, California Fifth District Court of Appeals
- Lorenzo Rios, Clovis Veteran's Memorial
- John Minkler, Educator
- Lisa Fruchtman, Filmmaker
- Rory Carroll, The Guardian
- Irfan Ali, Interfaith Alliance of Central California,
- Hamid Mavani, Claremont Graduate University.
- George DeMartino, University of Denver
- Eduardo Briceño, CEO of Mindset Works
- Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon and Oxford University
- Abby Ginzburg, Filmmaker
- Sarah Tyson, University of Colorado, Denver
- Simran Kaur, Sikh Coalition
- Angela Davis, UCLA
- Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College
- Randy Archibold, New York Times
- Steve Johnson, Markulla Center for Ethics at Santa Clara University
- Jeffrey P. Fry, Ball State University
- John Tehranian, Southwestern Law School
- Doug Noll, San Joaquin School of Law
- Debra Nankivell, Fresno Business Council
- Gihan Abou Zeid, Egyptian Journalist
- Justin Atkinson, San Joaquin School of Law
- Jessica Smith-Bobadilla,San Joaquin School of Law
- J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Hartwick College
- Alejandro Santana,University of Portland
- Charles Haynes, First Amendment Center
- Marcia Beauchamp, Tony Blair Faith Foundation
- John Minkler, Academy for Civic and Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Debora Brown, Madera County Teacher of the Year
- Lori Grace, Hoover High School
- Will Kymlicka, Queen's University
- Sue Donaldson, Author/playwright
- Trudy Conway, Mount St. Mary's University
- James Sterba, Notre Dame University
- Darren Sherkat, University of Southern Illinois
- Letitia Meynell, Dalhousie University
- Robert Bellah, UC Berkeley
- Diane Moore, Harvard University
- Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University
- Ruben Martinez, Loyola Marymount University
- Jedd Medefind, Christian Alliance for Orphans
- Carlos Sanchez, San Jose State University
- John Zerzan, Anarchist Author/Activist
- Les Kimber , Founding Editor, California Advocate
- Juan Esparza Loera Editor, Vida en el Valle
- Betsy Lumbye , Executive Editor, Fresno Bee
- Faith Sidlow , Channel 24 News, MCJ Facult
- Thomas Knowles, Former Special Agent FBI
- Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, Director of the Islamic Cultural
Center of Fresno - Marvin W. Berkowitz, University of Missouri, St. Louis
- Bruce Grelle, California State University, Chico
- Shelley Wilcox, San Francisco State University
- Lloyd Steffen, Lehigh University
- Rob Caughlan, Environmental Activist
- Betsy Rosenberg, Environmental Journalist
- Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
- Nel Noddings, Stanford University
- Ovadia Ezra, Tel Aviv University
- Jacquelyn Kegley, California State University, Bakersfield
- John Lachs, Vanderbilt University
- Ted Peters, Graduate Theological Union
- David K. Chan, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- Jose-Antonio Orosco, Oregon State University
- Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver
- Edie Jessup, Community Activist
Past Lecturers: Fresno State Scholars
- Faith Sidlow, Media, Communications, and Journalism, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jes Therkelsen,Media, Communications, and Journalism, College of Arts and Humanities
- James Rocha, Philosophy, College of Arts and Humanities
- Honora Chapman, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
- Gyanesh Lama, College of Health and Human Services
- Jacques Benninga, Bonner Center for Character Education in the Kremen School of Education
- Kat Biacindo, Kremen School of Education
- Bhupinder Singh, College of Health and Human Services
- Kara Zografos, College of Health and Human Services
- Otto Benavides, Kremen School of Education
- Libbi Miller, Kremen School of Education
- Al Evans, College of Social Sciences
- Matthew Jendian, College of Social Sciences
- Daniel Cady, College of Social Sciences
- Bruce Thornton, College of Arts and Humanities
- Twotrees (Matthew Haar Farris), College of Arts and Humanities
- Lorin Lachs, College of Science and Mathematics
- Yishaiya Abosch, College of Social Sciences
- Michael Becker, College of Social Sciences
- Lori Clune, College of Social Sciences
- Karen Bell, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jacques Benninga, Kremen School of Education
- Vincent Biondo, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jason Bush, College of Science and Mathematics
- Andrew Jones, College of Social Sciences
- Ida Jones, Craig School of Business
- Maddhu Katti, College of Science and Mathematics
- Barbara LaBossiere, College of Arts and Humanities
- Robert Maldonado, College of Arts and Humanities
- Bernadette Muscat, College of Social Sciences
- Leonard Olson, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jim Prince, College of Science and Mathematics
- David Schecter, College of Social Sciences
- Malik Simba, College of Social Sciences
- Peter Vanderwater, College of Science and Mathematic
- Steven Walker, College of Social Sciences
Contact Information
Dr. Andrew Fiala
Ethics Center Director
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