Papers and Posters Selected for Climate Change Conference Breakout Sessions

The selection committee for the Presidential Conference on the Integrity of Creation has chosen the papers and posters that will be presented during the breakout sessions of the inaugural event, which focuses on climate change.

Experts from numerous disciplines will meet in the Power Center from Wednesday, Sept. 30, through Friday, Oct. 2, to discuss climate change and its impacts from a variety of perspectives. The schedule of events is currently being finalized, so specific times and locations for the paper and poster presentations have yet to be determined.

The following is the complete list of papers and posters, and full abstracts are available for each.

Papers

  • A New Moral Climate: What Pope Francis’ Eco­encyclical Implies for Admissible Climate Policy – Dr. Arthur Small, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
  • Climate Change and the Gaia Hypothesis– Dr. John F. Stolz, Center for Environmental Research and Education, Duquesne University
  • Climate Change Ecology: Catholic Moral Reflections – Dr. Kenneth M. Weare, University of San Francisco
  • Disaster, Climate Change and Public Health: Building Social-Ecological Resilience – Peter R. Teahen, International Mass Fatalities Center; Dr. Vilia Tarvydas, College of Education, University of Iowa; Dr. Lisa Lopez Levers, School of Education, Duquesne University
  • Gift and Fiesta: Two Ways from the Hispanic Latino/a Perspective to Combat Climate Change – Nelson Araque, Department of Theology and Philosophy, Barry University
  • Mitigating Climate Change: Execution of Energy Infrastructure Projects in the Developing World – Helen Manich, Manich Strategic, Inc.
  • Operationalizing Organizational Sustainability and Integrity of Creation – Dr. Robert Sroufe, Donahue Graduate School of Business, Duquesne University
  • Organizational Understanding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ‘Unfinished Business’ – Kelly A. Stevens, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
  • Rethinking the Social Role of Universities in Response to the Climate Emergency – Dr. Richard W. Miller, Department of Theology, Creighton University
  • Sam’s (Not So) Perfect World: Creation Justice and Eco-Social Disability – Lisa Nichols Hickman, Department of Theology, Duquesne University
  • Stewards of the Natural Environment Resources: A Role for the Association of Religious in Uganda (ARU) in Sustaining Uganda’s Natural Environment Resources – The Rev. John Mary Mooka Kamweri, Institute of Ethics and Development Studies, Uganda Martyrs University
  • The EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Its Effects on Southwestern Pennsylvania – Hillary Cox, School of Law, Duquesne University

Posters

  • An Orientalist View to Anthropocentrism in Terms of Environmental Awareness – Dr. Eray Serdar Yurdakul, Dr. Nuray Güneş and Dr. Mesut Ersoy, Department of Bioethics, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty
  • Christian Activism in Response to Climate Change: A Literature Review – Theodore Bergfelt, Allison B. Brungard and David A. Nolfi, Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
  • Climate Change as a Function of Food Law: The Regulation of Planetary Boundaries – Gabriela Steier, School of Law, Duquesne University
  • Climate Change Denial: Evangelical Skepticism and Disbelief – Steven A. Perry, Department of Theology, Duquesne University
  • Environmental Attitudes of the Student Mind – Natalie Campbell, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University
  • Ethical Concerns about Climate Change Effects on Genetic Predictability Precision – Christine Skrzat, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
  • Examining the Ethical Aspects of Climate Change in the UNESCO Model Framework – Barbara A. Postol, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
  • Shrewd as Serpents and Simple as Doves: Patriarch Bartholomew’s Green Apocalypse – Dr. Kevin Mongrain, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Duquesne University
  • Terminology of Creation in Avicenna’s Metaphysics – Dr. Nuray Güneş, Şefika Karabulut Aytemur and Dr. Eray Serdar Yurdakul, Department of Bioethics, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty
  • The Ethical Issue of Climate Change Established in the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights – Jordan Potter, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
  • The Ethical Justification for Preparedness and Resource Allocation Plans in Anticipation of Predicted Increases in Disease Outbreaks Due to Climate Change – Sarah Stockey, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
  • The Implementation of Stewardship of Creation in Global Bioethics – Dr. Joris Gielen, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University

The Presidential Conference on the Integrity of Creation is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information, contact Glory Smith at 412.396.4504.