PHILOSOPHY of EDUCATION SOCIETY
Conference Program
63rd Annual Meeting. March 15-19, 2007. Sheraton at Colony Square, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
- REGISTRATION:
Friday 8 AM-12 PM and 2-5 PM; Saturday 8 AM-12 PM
Place: Lobby
- BOOK DISPLAY: 9:30 AM until 3 PM on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday
Place: Fulton
- PLEASE NOTE: Work-in-Progress Session participants should meet at the Registration Desk
v 6:00-9:00 PM Executive Board meeting
Place: Piedmont
v 7:30 AM Continental breakfast
Place: Ansley Foyer
-9:00 – 10:15 AM First Concurrent Sessions -
A: The Midwife as Matchmaker: Socrates and Relational Pedagogy
Speaker: Avi Mintz (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Respondent: Charles Bingham (Simon Fraser U)
Chair: Sven Mueller (Indiana U)
Place: Ansley
B: An Argument against Sight-Lovers: Knowledge and Belief in Republic V
Speaker: David Diener (Indiana U)
Respondent: James Stillwaggon (Iona College)
Chair: Trevor Norris (OISE, U of Toronto)
Place: Morningside
C: The Logic of Objectivity: Reflections on the Priority of Inference
Speaker: Karim Dharamsi (U of Winnipeg)
Respondent: Randall Curren (U of Rochester)
Chair: Mordechai Gordon (Quinnipiac U)
Place: Piedmont
D. Work-in-Progress: Manipulating Emotion/Shaping Policy
Speakers:
Phillip Kovacs (U of Alabama, Huntsville),
Bradley Ellison (U of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Mentor: Nicholas Burbules (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
v 10:15 – 10:30 AM Coffee break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-10:30 – 12:00 PM Second Concurrent Sessions-
A: Competing Conceptions of Caring and Teaching Ethics to Teachers
Speaker: Michael Katz (San Jose State U)
Respondent: Megan Laverty (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Chair: Aaron Cooley (U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Place: Ansley
B. “Our Education is Sadly Neglected”: Reading, Translating and the Politics of Interpretation
Speaker: Naoko Saito (Kyoto U)
Respondent: Linda Shadiow (Northern Arizona U)
Chair: Ann Chinnery (Simon Fraser U)
Place: Morningside
C. Kierkegaard and Liberal Education as a Way of Life
Speaker: Kevin Gary (Goshen College)
Respondent: James Marshall (U of Auckland)
Chair: Dini Metro-Roland (Indiana U)
Place: Piedmont
D. Work-in-Progress: Faith, Freedom and Authenticity in Educational Reform
Speakers: Jeff Stickney (OISE, U of Toronto),
Amanda Lashaw (U of California, Berkeley)
Mentor: Bob Floden (Michigan State U)
-12:15 – 1:30 PM Alternative Sessions-
A. Book Symposium—The Gleam of Light
Participants: Jim Garrison (Virginia Tech), Paul Standish (U of Sheffield), David T. Hansen (Teachers College, Columbia U), David Granger (SUNY Geneseo), Naoko Saito (Kyoto U)
Place: Ansley
B. Symposium—Dwelling Outside Humanism: Exploring New Pathways for Philosophy of Education
Participants: Eduardo Duarte (Hofstra U), Troy Richardson (Cornell U)
Place: Morningside
C. Symposium—Loving Wisdom in PES: Exploring the Formation of a Spirituality and Religion SIG
Participants: Bruce Novak (U of Northern Illinois) (Chair), Sean Blenkinsop (Simon Fraser U),
Ann Diller (U of New Hampshire), Avi Bernstein-Nahar (Hebrew College),
Kevin Gary (Goshen College)
Place: Piedmont
-1:45 – 3:00 PM Third Concurrent Sessions-
A. Consuming Schooling, or Education as Simulation
Speaker: Trevor Norris (OISE, U of Toronto)
Respondent: Deron Boyles (Georgia State U)
Chair: Megan Boler (OISE, U of Toronto)
Place: Ansley
B. What is Your Philosophical Disposition? Standard X: The Teacher has Developed an In-depth Foundational Philosophy
Speaker: Ames Brown (U of Bridgeport)
Respondent: John Covaleskie (Northern Michigan U)
Chair: Charles Joseph Meinhart (U of Oklahoma)
Place: Morningside
C. Character Education: The Priority of Philosophy to Procedure
Speaker: Jon Fennell (Hillsdale College)
Respondent: Daniel Vokey (U of British Columbia)
Chair: Doris Santoro Gomez (Bowdoin College)
Place: Piedmont
D. Unseen Teachers and the Limits of Diversity
Speaker: Robert Roemer (Loyola U)
Respondent: Suzanne Rice (U of Kansas)
Chair: Christopher Hanks (Indiana U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
E. Work-in-Progress: Group Identity/Group Consciousness
Speakers:
Sheron Fraser-Burgess (Ball State U),
Michael Surbaugh (U of Oklahoma)
Mentor: Barbara Houston (U of New Hampshire)
v 3:00 – 3:15 PM Refreshment break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-3:15 – 4:45 PM General Session-
Disruptions of Desire: From Androgynes to Genderqueer
Speaker: Cris Mayo (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Respondent: Ann Diller (U of New Hampshire)
Chair: Susan Douglas-Franzosa (Fairfield U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
v 5:15 – 6:45 PM New Member Reception
Place: Habersham
EMBEDDED CONFERENCE: Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Practice I
-6:45 – 8:00 PM-
A. The Bible in/and the Schools
Chair: Jeffrey Ayala Milligan (Florida State U)
Participants: Suzanne Rosenblith (Clemson U), Brian Burtt (Syracuse U)
Place: Ansley
B. Deconstructing Disabilities
Participants:
Liz Jackson (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign),
Suzanne Rice (U of Kansas), Michael Dwyer (Florida State U)
Place: Morningside
v 8:00 – 10:00 PM Snacks and Beverages
Place: Ansley Foyer
-8:15 – 10:00 PM-
A. Charter Schools and the Public Purposes of Education
Chair: Doris Santoro Gomez (Bowdoin College)
Participants: Terri Wilson (Teachers College, Columbia U), Kathleen Knight-Abowitz (Miami U), Leonard Waks (Temple U)
Place: Ansley
B. (Re)turning to the Breath: Ethical Turns and Eastern Philosophy (sponsored by Ethics SIG)
Chair: Claudia Eppert (Louisiana State U)
Participants: Avraham Cohen (U of British Columbia) and Heesoon Bai (Simon Fraser U), David G. Smith (U of Alberta), Daniel Vokey (U of British Columbia), Claudia Eppert (Louisiana State U)
Place: Morningside
v 7:30 AM Continental breakfast and meetings
Place: Ansley Foyer
A. Ethics SIG Meeting
Convener: Daniel Vokey (U of British Columbia)
Place: Morningside
B. Jobs for Philosophers
Convener: Huey-li Li (U of Akron)
Committee: Helen Anderson (OISE, U of Toronto), C. Joseph Meinhart (U of Oklahoma), Charles Bingham (Simon Fraser U), Haeryun Choi (C.W. Post, Long Island U), Gayle Turner (Appalachian State U)
Place: Piedmont
-8:30 – 9:00 AM Book Chat-
Mordechai Gordon (Quinnipiac U), Bridging Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
Place: Fulton
-9:00 – 10:15 AM Fourth Concurrent Sessions-
A. Educating for Meaning in an Era of Banality
Speaker: Stephanie Mackler (Cornell College)
Respondent: Kathy Hytten (Southern Illinois U)
Chair: Ron Jacobson (U of Washington)
Place: Ansley
B. Aporia and Humility: Virtues of Democracy
Speaker: Karen Sihra (OISE, U of Toronto)
Respondent: A.G. Rud (Purdue U)
Chair: Laura DeSisto (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Place: Morningside
C. Learning (and Leaving) the Comforts of Home: A Radical Pedagogy of Homeplace
Speaker: Helen Anderson (OISE, U of Toronto)
Respondent: Susan Douglas Franzosa (Fairfield U)
Chair: Maureen Ford (OISE, U of Toronto)
Place: Piedmont
D. The Great Indoctrination Re-construction Project: The Discourse on Indoctrination as a Legacy of Liberalism
Speaker: James Lang (OISE, U of Toronto)
Respondent: Suzanne Rosenblith (Clemson U)
Chair: Haroldo Fontaine (Florida State U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
E. Work-in-Progress: Passion and the Development of Self
Speakers: Mark Jonas (Teachers College, Columbia U), Jacqueline Bach (Louisiana State U)
Mentor: Frank Margonis (U of Utah)
-10:00 – 10:30 AM Meet the Kneller Lecturer: Richard Shusterman-
Place: Fulton
(Dr. Shusterman’s books will be available for display only. Bring your copy if you wish to obtain an autograph)
v 10:15 – 10:30 AM Coffee break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-10:30 – 12:00 PM General Session: Presidential Honors Project-
Jane Roland Martin: Changing the (Global) Educational Landscape
Chair: Wendy Kohli (Fairfield U)
Speakers: Steven Tozer (U of Illinois, Chicago), Tatsuro Sakamoto (Soka U), Kumiko Ikuta, (Tokohu U) Inga Elgqvist-Saltzman (Umea U, Sweden), Susan Birden (SUNY Buffalo State College)
Respondent: Jane Roland Martin (U of Massachusetts, Boston)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
-12:15 – 1:30 PM Alternative Sessions-
A. Author’s Talk – Showing and Doing: Wittgenstein as a Pedagogical Philosopher
Speakers: Paul Smeyers (Katholieke U, Leuven), Nicholas Burbules (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael Peters (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Paul Standish (U of Sheffield)
Place: Ansley
B. Socratic Dialogue: What Does Pragmatism Offer Aesthetics and Vice Versa?
Chair: David Granger (SUNY Geneseo)
Participants: Claudia Eppert (Lousiana State University), Haeryun Choi (C.W. Post, Long Island U), Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic U), David Granger (SUNY Geneseo)
Place: Morningside
C. Buffet Luncheon: The Women of PES
Sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women
Chair: Suzanne Rosenblith (Clemson U)
Presenter: Barbara Thayer-Bacon (U of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Place: Habersham
v Reservation required—inquire at Registration Desk
v
-1:00 – 1:30 PM Book Chat-
Gert Biesta (Exeter U), Beyond Learning: Democratic Education for a Human Future
Place: Fulton
-1:45 – 3:15 PM Fifth Concurrent Sessions-
A. Discourse, Theatrical Performance, Agency: The Analytic Force of “Performativity” in Education
Speaker: Claudia Ruitenberg (U of British Columbia)
Respondent: Lisa Weems (Miami U)
Chair: Nisha Gupta (Syracuse U)
Place: Ansley
B. MySpace Friends and the Kingdom of Ends
Speaker: Kalynne Pudner (Auburn U)
Respondent: James Dwight (Millersville U)
Chair: Sarah McGough (Miami U)
Place: Morningside
C: Revolutionary Leadership/ Revolutionary Pedagogy: Reevaluating the Links and Disjunctions between Lukacs and Freire
Speaker: Tyson Lewis (Montclair State U)
Respondent: Mark Brenneman (U of Utah)
Chair: Eduarto Duarte (Hofstra U)
Place: Piedmont
D. Holding Persons Accountable for Indoctrination: A Re-examination of I.A. Snook’s Notion of “Intent”
Speaker: Barbara Peterson (U of New Hampshire)
Respondent: Brian Burtt (Syracuse U)
Chair: Jennifer McClory (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
E. Work-in-Progress: Exploring Emotion and Character in Educational Contexts
Speakers: Susan DesRoches (Concordia U), Loretta Walz (Queen’s U)
Mentor: Susan Verducci (San Jose State U)
-2:45 – 3:15 PM Meet the Author-
Jane Roland Martin (U of Massachusetts, Boston), Educational Metamorphoses: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture
Place: Fulton
(Dr. Martin’s book will be available for sale and autographing during this informal chat)
v 3:15 – 3:30 PM Refreshment Break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-3:30 – 5:00 PM Kneller Lecture-
Self-Knowledge
Speaker: Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic U)
Respondent: Kal Alston (Syracuse U), Gert Biesta (U of Exeter )
Chair: Deanne Bogdan (OISE, U of Toronto), Susan Laird (U of Oklahoma)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
George Kneller, a long time member and supporter of the Philosophy of Education Society, passed away in 1999. A prodigious writer on a wide range of topics in the philosophy of education, Kneller left a significant legacy to PES as a scholar and teacher. He also left a substantial endowment to the Society to support a lecture at the annual meeting.
v -5:15 - 6:45 PM Kneller Reception-
Place: Habersham
EMBEDDED CONFERENCE: Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Practice II
-6:45 – 8:00 PM-
A. Words and Pictures: Film and Philosophy of Education
Participants: Nakia Pope (Winthrop U), Bryan Warnick (Ohio State U), Kurt Stemhagen (Virginia Commonwealth U), Josh Bowers (Winthrop U)
Place: Ansley
B. Theorizing Girls’ Sexuality in the Hip Hop Era (sponsored by COSW)
Speakers: Jennifer Esposito (Georgia State U), Bettina Love (Georgia State U), Nisha Gupta (Syracuse U), Silvia Bettez (U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Place: Morningside
v -6:45 – 9:45 PM- Snacks and beverages
Place: Ansley Foyer
-8:15 – 9:45 PM-
A. Relations between Philosophy of Education and Educational Policy (sponsored by COPA)
Chair: Suzanne Rice (U of Kansas)
Speakers: Ken Howe (U of Colorado), Kathleen Knight-Abowitz
(Miami U), Leonard Waks (Temple U)
Place: Ansley
B. Concerning Education and the Environment
Participants: Randall Curren (U of Rochester), Steven Mather (U of Alberta), Chris Schlottmann (New York U)
Place: Morningside
v 7:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Meetings
Place: Ansley Foyer
A. Spirituality and Religion SIG Planning Meeting – ALL welcome!
Convener: Bruce Novak (U of Northern Illinois)
Place: Morningside
B. Commission on the Status of Women Planning Meeting – ALL welcome! (8:00 AM)
Convener: Suzanne Rosenblith (Clemson U)
Place: Piedmont
-9:00 – 10:15 AM Sixth Concurrent Sessions-
A. Fireside Chat: American Feminist Pragmatism in the Japanese Context
Participants: Jane Roland Martin (U of Massachusetts, Boston), Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic U) and their Japanese translators: Yasushi Maruyama (Hiroshima U), Satoshi Higuchi (Hiroshima U), Kumiko Ikuta (Tohoku U), Fuminori Akiba (Nagoya U), Tatsuro Sakamoto (Soka U)
Chair: Susan Birden (SUNY Buffalo State College)
Place: Ansley
B. Philosophy of Education and the Contested Nature of Empirical Research: A Rejoinder to D.C. Phillips
Speakers: Emery Hyslop-Margison and M. Ayaz Naseem (Concordia U)
Respondent: D.C. Phillips (Stanford U)
Chair: Greg Seals (College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Place: Morningside
C. Should Blame be Part of the Education of Character?
Speaker: Lynda Stone (U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Respondent: Dan Butin (Cambridge College)
Chair: Avi Bernstein-Nahar (Hebrew College)
Place: Piedmont
D. Engaging Student Disengagement: Resistance or Disagreement?
Speaker: Barbara Applebaum (Syracuse U)
Respondent: Mordechai Gordon (Quinnipiac U)
Chair: Dwight Boyd (OISE, U of Toronto)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
E. Work-in-Progress: Purposes and Principles of Civic Education
Speakers: Christopher Hanks (Indiana U), Jason Blokhuis (U of Rochester)
Mentor: Francis Schrag (U of Wisconsin)
v 10:15 – 10:30 AM Coffee break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-10:30 – 12:00 PM Presidential Address-
Food for Coeducational Thought
Speaker: Susan Laird (U of Oklahoma)
Respondent: Alven Neiman (Notre Dame U), Huey-li Li (U of Akron)
Chair: Barbara Stengel (Millersville U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
v 12:15 – 1:45 PM
Presidential Luncheon and
Special Memorial—Thomas Green: The Man and the Work
Speakers: Emily Robertson (Syracuse U), and
John Covaleskie (Northern Michigan U)
Place: Habersham Room
v Reservation required – inquire at Registration Desk
-2:00 – 3:15 PM Seventh Concurrent Sessions-
A. Teaching as Asceticism: Transforming the Self through the Practice
Speaker: Darryl DeMarzio (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Respondent: Deborah Kerdeman (U of Washington)
Chair: Lady Branham (U of Oklahoma)
Place: Ansley
B. The Significance of Finding a Witness in Liberatory Education
Speaker: Martha Ritter (Mount St. Mary’s U)
Respondent: Paul Farber (Western Michigan U)
Chair: Guy Senese (Northern Arizona U)
Place: Morningside
C. Democracy without Ideology?
Speaker: Greg Seals (College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Respondent: James Giarelli (Rutgers University)
Chair: Chad Lykins (Vanderbilt U)
Place: Piedmont
D. Postsecondary SCHOOLING Education
For All
Speaker: Francis Schrag (U of Wisconsin, Madison)
Respondent: Heather Voke (Georgetown U)
Chair: Winston Thompson (Teachers College, Columbia U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
E. Work-in-Progress: Self, Expertise and Action
Speakers: Dawn Riley (Skidmore College), Haroldo Fontaine (Florida State U)
Mentor: Jim Garrison (Virginia Tech U)
v 3:15 – 3:30 PM Coffee break
Place: Ansley Foyer
-3:30 – 4:45 PM General Session-
A Relational Ethic of Solidarity
Speaker: Frank Margonis (U of Utah)
Respondent: Denise Egea-Kuehne (Louisiana State U)
Chair: Michael Katz (San Jose State U)
Place: South Grand Ballroom
-5:00 – 6:30 PM General Business Meeting-
Place: South Grand Ballroom
-8:15 – 9:45 PM Alternative Session-
A. Meta-Narratives of Humility: Unfinishedness, Polyvocality, and "Play" for Philosophy of Education Discourse
Panelists: Karen Sihra (OISE, U of Toronto), Helen Anderson (OISE, U of Toronto), Maureen Ford (OISE, U of Toronto), Ronald Glass (U of California, Santa Cruz), John Portelli (OISE, U of Toronto), Heesoon Bai (Simon Fraser U)
Place: Ansley
B. On Causation: Phillips and Burbules on Educational Research as Scientific
Speakers: Frederick Ellett (U of Western Ontario), Allan Pitman (U of Western Ontario), David Ericson (U of Hawaii)
Place: Morningside
v 10:00 PM Presidential Reception
Place: Crown Room
v 7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Place: Ansley Foyer
v 7:30-9:00 AM Executive Board Meeting
Place: Highlands
-9:00 – 10:15 AM Eighth Concurrent Sessions-
A. Must “Real Men” Have Sick Souls?
Speaker: Charles Joseph Meinhart (U of Oklahoma)
Respondent: Jim Garrison (Virginia Tech U)
Chair: Dawn Riley (Skidmore College)
Place: Ansley
B. Autonomy, Identity and the Role of Narrative: Another Look at Commodity Fetishism
Speaker: Peter Giampietro (U of New Hampshire)
Respondent: Michael Merry (Beloit College)
Chair: Nance Cunningham (U of Oklahoma)
Place: Morningside
C. Meaning, Mind and Knowledge: A Pragmatic View
Speaker: Christine McCarthy (U of Iowa)
Respondent: Heesoon Bai (Simon Fraser U)
Chair: Gert Biesta (Exeter U)
Place: Piedmont
10:30 – 11:45 AM General Session
Is Schooling a Consumer Good?: A Case Against School Choice, But Not the One You Had in Mind
Speaker: Alexander Sidorkin (U of Northern Colorado)
Respondent: Charles Howell (Minnesota State U)
Chair: Barbara Thayer-Bacon (U of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Place: Ansley
CONTACT: PES Executive Director Jeff Milligan
850-644-8171; milligan@coe.fsu.edu