Previous Lectures and Sponsored Events

Speakers from Indiana University are noted by their departments or schools. Lectures which were part of a series have links to further information about the series.

2003

Jennifer Girod, Religious Studies Ph.D., “Having a Child to Save his Brother,” January 30, 2003, Health Care Ethics.

Thomas Murray, The Hastings Center, “Parents, Children, and Cloning,” March 3, 2003, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Mark Moore, Bloomington Hospital, “Balancing Money & Mission,” March 27, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Mark Wisen, IU School of Medicine, “Smart Drugs,” April 24, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Andrew Beckman, Wishard Hospital, “Emergency Room Medicine,” September 29, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Ann Mongoven, Religious Studies, “War Metaphors in Medicine,” October 16, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Robert White, IUPUI, “The Irish Republican Army: An Assessment of Sectarianism,” October 15, 2003, IU Center on Philanthropy.

David Estlund, Brown University, “Does Authority Depend on Democracy? The Case of a Soldier in Doubt,” October 17, 2003, Poynter Center Fellows, “Democracy and Dissent.”

Brian Sloan, IU Medical Center, “Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine,” November 6, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Jennifer Girod, Poynter Center, “Imagining a Future You’ll Soon Forget,” November 17, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

Hugh Henrie & Mary Austrom, IU School of Medicine, “Alzheimer’s Care & Research,” December 4, 2003, Healthcare Ethics.

2004

Speakers from M-Plan, “Ethical Issues in Delivery of Managed Care, January 22, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Jason Eberl, IUPUI Philosophy, “Defining Death for the Purpose of Organ Procurement,” February 12, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

LeRoy Walters, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, "Five Policy Options for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An International Perspective, " March 11, 2004, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Sandy DeWeese, Southern Indiana Pediatrics, “Social Responsibility in For-Profit Medicine,” March 25, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Rainer Funk, Tuebingen, Germany, “Violence in Our Time: Psychology and Religion,” March 31, 2004, Center on Philanthropy.

Arthur Applbaum, Center for Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, “Forcing a People to Be Free,” April 1, 2004, PC Fellows Program, “Democracy and Dissent.”

Richard Gunderman, IUPUI, “Giving and Human Excellence: The Paradigm of Liberation Philanthropy,” and “Learning to Live with the Least Among Us,” April 9, 2004, Center on Philanthropy.

Paul Haupt, South Africa, “Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa," April 5. 2004.

Richard Miller, Poynter Center, “Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research,” April 29, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Richard Miller, Poynter Center, “The Ethics of Human Enhancement,” September 2, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Daniel Conkle, IU Bloomington School of Law, “Religion and the Presidential Election of 2004,” October 1, 2004, in cooperation with the IU Alumni Association and the Law School's Alumni Weekend.

Sandra Shapshay, Philosophy, “The Ethics of Cloning,” October 7, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Ken Pimple, Poynter Center, “Moral Sanctions and Their Limits for Non-biomedical Research with Human Subjects,” keynote address, October 20, 2004. The Poynter Center, the US Office for Human Research Protections and the IU Office of the Vice-President for Research co-sponsored a one-day seminar, "Exploring Risks and Rights in Non-Biomedical Research with Human Subjects."

Phil Stafford, IUB Center on Community and Aging, Indiana Institute on Disability & Community, “Alzheimer’s and Memory,” November 4, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

Gregory Gramelspacher, IU School of Medicine, “Caring for Indigent Patients,” December 9, 2004, Healthcare Ethics.

2005

Paul Helft, IU School of Medicine, “Necessary Collusion: Prognostic Communication with Advanced Cancer Patients,” January 13, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

Jeffrey Fry, Ball State University, “Faith, Hope, and Love in Sports,” February 3, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

Mark Chaves, Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, “What Do Congregations Do? Myths and Realities,” February 17, 2005, Center on Philanthropy.

James Childress, Religious Studies, University of Virginia, "Bioethical Controversies About Human Dignity: Cloning and Commerce in Organs," March 3, 2005, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Gareth Matthews, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, "A Philosophy of Childhood," March 7, 2005, PC Fellows, “The Ethics and Politics of Childhood.”

John Barbour, St. Olaf College, “Biography, Autobiography, and Family Dynamics,” March 31, 2005, PC Fellows, “The Ethics and Politics of Childhood.”

Summer Johnson, Johns Hopkins University Ph. D. student and IU alumnus, “Ethical Issues in Public Health Research, April 14, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

Rob Reich, Stanford University, "Beyond Negligence and Abuse: Intervening in Families on Behalf of Children." April 21, 2005, PC Fellows, “The Ethics and Politics of Childhood.”

Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education, “The Pillars of Creationism and the Teaching of Evolution.” September 21, 2005. The Poynter Center was a co-host for her visit and public lecture; hosted a luncheon with the Science and Public Life faculty and Ms. Scott on Sept. 22.

John Kelsay, Florida State University, "Islam and the Political Future," October 6, 2005. Sponsored by the Poynter Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Middle East and Islamic Studies Program.

J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas, "Naturalizing the Boundary between Humanity and Nature," October 27, 2005, PC Fellows, "Nature in the Scientific and Moral Imagination."

Byron Bangert, Poynter Center, “Medical Philanthropy,” September 8, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

Michael Grossberg, History and IU Bloomington School of Law; Robert Kunzman, School of Education; Samuel Odom, School of Education; Aviva Orenstein, School of Law; Jonathan Plucker, School of Education; and Sandra Shapshay, Philosophy, “The Ethics and Politics of Childhood,” September 17, 2005, PC Fellows Colloquium on their research.

Wesley Clark, October 31, 2005. Poynter Center was a co-sponsor of his campus visit, which was sponsored by Union Board.

David Orentlicher, IUPUI, “The Case of Terri Schiavo: The Ethics and Politics and the Politics of Ethics,” October 20, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

William May, “The President’s Council on Stem Cell Research: My Take on its Deliberations,” November 9, 2005.

Sandra Shapshay, Philosophy, “Lifting the Veil of ignorance: Justice and Enhancement Technologies in the Dystopia of Andrew Niccol’s ‘Gattica,’” November 10, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

Rob Stone, Bloomington Hospital, “The Need for Universal Health Coverage,” December 8, 2005, Healthcare Ethics.

2006

Jennifer Girod, “Disclosing a Patient’s Genetic Information to Relatives: Ethical Issues Arising from Recent Legal Cases,” January 13, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Political Science Department; John Nieto-Phillips, History and Latino Studies; Ranu Samantrai, English; and Richard B. Miller, the Poynter Center and Religious Studies, “Race and the Academy,” Janaury 31, 2006. The Poynter Center sponsored a forum featuring three distinguished members of the IU faculty who discussed the role of race in their research and intellectual work.

William Sullivan, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, “Professionalism Across the Professions: The Public Role of Professional Education,” February 2, 2006.

Ronald Green, Dartmouth College, “Babies by Design? The Ethics of Gene Enhancement,” February 23, 2006, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Martin Marty, guest of the Institute for Advanced Study, February 28, 2006.

Rebecca A. Ballard and Jason T. Eberl, IUPUI Philosophy, “The Creation and Use of Animal-Human Chimeric Embryos: Metaphysical and Moral Ambiguities,” March 24, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

Paul Lauritzen, John Carroll University, “Piercing the Veil of the Familiar: ‘Nature,’ the New Grotesque, and the Bioethical Imagination,” March 30, 2006, PC Fellows, "Nature in the Scientific and Moral Imagination."

Robert Crouch, Poynter Center, "Elibility Criteria in Research Protocols as Objects of Ethical Analysis," April 14, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

Deborah Johnson, University of Virginia School of Engineering, “Privacy in Public? Technology, Privacy, and Democracy,” September 21, 2006. Privacy and Technology seminar. Eden Medina, IU School of Informatics, gave the response.

Byron Bangert, Poynter Center, “Ethics for Healthcare Professionals in Torture and Death Penalty,” September 28, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

John Reeder, Brown University, “Torture, Compassion, and the Exceptional Case,” October 5, 2006. His visit was sponsored by the Poynter Center and co-sponsored by Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Peter Schwartz, IU Center for Bioethics, “Ethics and Patient Understanding in Preventive Medicine,” October 19, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

Robert Fischman, School of Law; Heather Reynolds, Biology; Scott Russell Sanders, English; Russell Skiba, School of Education; Aaron Stalnaker, Religious Studies; Betsy Stirratt, School of Fine Arts, presented their papers at the PC Fellows symposium, “Nature and the Scientific and Moral Imagination,” October 21, 2006.

Helen Nissenbaum, New York University, “Privacy and Information Technology: The Trouble with the Public/Private Dichotomy,” October 26, 2006. Privacy and Technology seminar. Barry Bull, IU School of Education, responded.

Rajih Haddawi, “Meeting Healthcare Needs in Our Community,” November 16, 2006, Healthcare Ethics.

2007

Mike Sullivan, “Medical Information Sharing: Ethical and Privacy Considerations,” January 25, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

Deirdre Mulligan, University of California Berkeley Law School, “In Defense of Public Places,” February 1, 2007. Privacy and Technology. Response from Fred Cate, IU Bloomington School of Law.

Edwin C. Marshall, IU School of Optometry, “Health Disparities—A Barometer of Social Justice in Health Care,” February 15, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

Rebecca Dresser, Washington University St. Louis, “Terry Schiavo and Contemporary Myths about Dying,” March 1, 2007, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Jennifer Girod, “Moral Duties & Economic Dilemmas in the Search for Effective Drugs,” Healthcare Ethics.

Mike Martin, Chapman University, “From Morality to Mental Health: Virtue & Vice in a Therapeutic Culture,” April 19, 2007, IU Center on Philanthropy.

Margaret Gaffney, IU School of Medicine, “Ethics and Teaching Caring Attitudes,” April 26, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

Purnima Bose, English and Cultural Studies Program; Maria Bucur, History and Russian and East European Institute; Patrick Dove, Spanish and Portuguse; Joseph Hoffmann, IU Bloomington School of Law; John Lucaites, Communication and Culture; Lynn Struve, History and East Asian Languages and Culture, presenting their research from the PC Fellows study, “Memory: Ethics, Politics, Aesthetics,” September 28, 2007.

Richard DeGeorge, University of Kansas, “Privacy, Public Spaces and Non-Governmental Surveillance,” October 11, 2007, Privacy and Technology. Peter Finn, Department of Brain and Psychological Sciences, responded.

Thomas Kuhn and Steve Deckard, Bloomington Hospital, “Health Care Case Management: A New Twist,” October 25, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

Alain Badiou, Ecole Normal Superieure, “Politics, Universalism and the Legacy of the 1960s: For a Revival of the Communist Hypothesis,” Nov. 8, 2007, coordinated by Germanic Studies and co-sponsored by the Poynter Center.

Sandra Shapshay, Philosophy, “Procreative Liberty & Commodification in Human Cloning Debate,” November 15, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

John Vanderzee, Bloomington Hospital, “Spirituality and Medicine: The Religion/Science Debate Revisited,” December 6, 2007, Healthcare Ethics.

2008

Ginny Gremillion, retired ethicist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, "If Only the Doctor Had Said. . . .,” January 17, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago Law School, discussion of chapter 4 of Cultivating Humanity, February 11, 2008, Patten Lecturer.

Helen Gremillion, Gender Studies, "Talk Therapy as Cultural Practice: A 'Narrative' Approach to Culture, Power, and Change," February 28, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

Allida Black, George Washington University and editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, "Women's Rights as Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt, Then and Now," March 5, 2008, Women’s History Month Lunch. The PC was a co-sponsor.

Larry Cripe, IU School of Medicine, "In the Shadow of Hope: Truth-telling in Oncology," March 20, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

David Little, Harvard University, “Human Rights, Public Reason, and the International Protection of Religion or Belief: A Way Forward,” March 21-22, 2008, Religious Studies Graduate Student symposium. Poynter Center was a co-sponsor.

John Arras, University of Virginia, "Human Rights and Bioethics: Curb Your Enthusiasm," April 3, 2008, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

Paul Helft, Clarian Health Partners, “How Can a Clinical Ethics Center Engage Practical Problems for Healthcare Professionals and Patients?” April 17, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

Jennifer Girod, TaftStettinius & Hollister, Indianapolis, "The Ethics of Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials,” September 25, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

Rob Katz, IU Indianapolis School of Law, “Paging Dr. Shylock!: Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-Investment of Jewish Philanthropy,” September 26, 2008. Sponsored by Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by the Poynter Center.

Mark Crispin Miller, New York University, “Rigged: Election Fraud and Media Coverage, 2000-2008,” October 2, 2008. The Poynter Center was a co-sponsor.

Lisa Sideris, Religious Studies, “Fact and Fiction, Fear and Wonder: The Legacy of Rachel Carson,” October 10, 2008, PC Roundtable.

Jeffrey Wolin, Photography, School of Fine Arts, "Inconvenient Stories: Veterans of the Vietnam War/Veterans of the American War," October 17, 2008, PC Roundtable.

Richard Gunderman, IU School of Medicine, “Freedom and Generosity,” October 23, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

James O’Donnell, Georgetown University, Seminar on Augustine: A New Biography, October 27-31, 2008, Patten Lecturer, with Poynter Center as co-sponsor.

Ron Osgood, Telecommunications, “My Vietnam Your Iraq,” November 14, 2008, PC Roundtable.

Greg Sachs, IU School of Medicine, "Pediatrics and Geriatrics: Ethics Across the Life Course," November 20, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

Alexia Torke, IU School of Medicine, "Towards a New Ethical Model for Surrogate Decision- Making," December 11, 2008, Healthcare Ethics.

2009

Nicole C. Quon, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, "Do Changes in NIH Grant Priorities Match the Women's Health Agenda? The Role of Advocacy and Public Health Needs," January 22, 2009, Healthcare Ethics.

Sandra Shapshay, Philosophy, Bioethics at the Movies, February 12, 2009, PC Roundtable.

Kimberly Quaid, IU School of Medicine, "Should We Test Children for Late-Onset Genetic Disease?" February 19, 2009, Healthcare Ethics.

Keith Erekson, University of Texas El Paso, “Lincoln and Indiana,” February 19-20, 2009. The Poynter Center was a co-sponsor for this community event.

Lisa Sideris, Religious Studies, “Rachel Carson and the Rise of Environmentalism,” March 11, 2009. The Poynter Center was a co-sponsor of the community Women’s History Month Lunch.

David Craig, Religious Studies, IUPUI, "Making Religious Values Count: Health Care Mission as Participatory Discourse," March 26, 2009, Healthcare Ethics.

Colin Allen, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science and the Cognitive Science Program, Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong, April 2, 2009, PC Roundtable.

Robert Crouch, Poynter Center, "Hope in the Healthcare Context," April 9, 2009, Healthcare Ethics.

Margaret Mohrmann, University of Virginia, “Bioethics for Babies: Are There Guides for the Perplexed?” April 16, 2009, Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.

John Lucaites, Communication & Culture, No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy, April 30, 2009, PC Roundtable.

Lida Anestidou, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, The National Academies, “Animal Pain and Biomedical Research: Ethics and Practice,” June 10, 2009, Neuroethics workshop.