Conference Speakers

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Gary Belovsky
Gillen Director, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center; and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Rates of Change of Natural Ecosystems: The Impact of Humans

Respondents:
     Patricia Ann Fleming, Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton University
     Peter S. White, Professor, Department of Biology, and Director, North Carolina Botanical Garden

Eugene Cittadino
Adjunct Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
Ecology and American Social Thought

Respondents:
     Robert P. McIntosh, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
     Mark Stoll, Assistant Professor, History Department, Texas Tech University

John Haught
Landegger Distinguished Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
Theology and Ecology in an Unfinished Universe

Respondents:
     Gerald McKenny, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame
     Lawrence Slobodkin, Professor, Department of Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Stuart Pimm
Professor, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University
From the "Balance of Nature" to the "Flux of Nature"

Respondents:
     James J. Elser, Professor, Department of Biology, Arizona State University
     Carl Mitcham, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School of Mines

Larry Rasmussen
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
Ecology and Society: The Challenge to and from Christian Ethics

Respondents:
     Stephen Bede Scharper, Assistant Professor, Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, and Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto
     Kenneth R. Tenore, Professor and Director, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Elspeth Whitney
Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Changing Metaphors and Concepts of Nature

Respondents:
     Calvin DeWitt, Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Wisonsin-Madison
     Irene Diamond, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon