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2017 ALCF Annual Conference

September 29-30, 2017

Conference Schedule & Program

Friday, September 29 - Lundring Events Center (Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center)
4:00pm	Registration and Reception - Lundring Events Center (Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center). Click here for Campus Map.
6:00pm	Welcome and Dinner
7:00pm	Opening Plenary Address – Kirsi Stjerna, Ph.D. - First Lutheran, Los Angeles/Southwest California Synod Professor of Lutheran History and Theology

Saturday, September 30 - William Rolland Art Center (WRAC)
8:45am – 9:45am	Session 1 Location A - WRAC 212 Educating and Equipping Lutheran Schools with Trauma-Informed Practices Michael Uden, Ph.D. Concordia Wisconsin ELCA Schools as Sites of Eco-Reformation Lisa Dahill, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran Location B - WRAC 213 Binaural Beats: Resonating Powerful Effects on the Nation Christian Albano, Ph.D. Concordia Wisconsin The Future of Lutheran Higher Education in Study Abroad for Re-forming Global Communities Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Ph.D. Augsburg University Location C - WRAC 111 Walk for Hope: Service Learning in the Classroom Laura Pollom, Ph.D. Concordia Chicago Incorporating Service Learning into Digital Coursework David Grannis Cal Lutheran
10am	Chapel Service, Samuelson Chapel
11am – Noon	Session 2 Location A - WRAC 212 Deep-Story Selves: The Vocational Autobiography and the Classroom Community Samuel Thomas, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran How the “New Wave” of Comparative Theology Encourages Interreligious Hermeneutics through a Gadamerian Hermeneutic Mariah Moston-Lilligren Fresno Pacific Location B - WRAC 213 Panel - Role of criminology and criminal justice education within the Lutheran context Schannae Lucas, Ph.D., Robert Meadows, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran Location C - WRAC 111 Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Interfaith Understanding at Carthage College Fatih Harpci, Ph.D. Carthage College Lutheran Higher Education: Stillness for Vocation Rachel Eells, Ph.D. Concordia Chicago
	Lunch Business Meeting - Ullman Commons 100/101 Walking tour of campus SEEd (Sustainable Edible Education) garden
2pm – 3 pm	Session 3 Location A - WRAC 212 Lutheran Public Health Programs and Consortium: A Call for Action Christian Albano, Ph.D. Concordia Wisconsin Jen Janousek, Ph.D. Concordia Nebraska How Can We Tie Sociology to Professional/Career Development through Experiential Learning? Akiko Yasuike, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran Location B - WRAC 213 The Impact of Spirituality on School Leadership Mary Zaharis Concordia Chicago Location C - WRAC 111 Reducing Student Resistance: Mindful Teaching as a Tool for Maximum Engagement in Higher Education Classrooms Daniel Low, Ph.D. Concordia Chicago It’s Time to Leave the Capsule if You Dare: Using Social Foundations to Create Transformative Distance Learning Experiences Pamela Konkol, Ph.D. Concordia Chicago Peter Renn, Ph.D. Seattle Pacific
3:15pm – 4:15pm	Session 4 Location A - WRAC 212 Panel - Teaching Islam and Religious Literacy at ELCA Institutions Rose Aslan, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran Fatih Harpci, Ph.D. Carthage College Location B - WRAC 213 Balancing Positionality and Interculturalism for a Re-formed Learning Community: Working with International Students in a Lutheran University Michael Wannah, Ph.D., Yurimi Grigsby, Ph.D., and Jamie Kowalczyk, Ph.D. Concordia Chicago Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Intersection of Poverty, Drama, and Faith with Milwaukee Urban Youth Lori Woodall, MFA Concordia Wisconsin Location C - WRAC 111 The Economic Organization of the Early Church David Tucker, Ph.D. Concordia Portland Navigating the Incarnation in Twentieth-Century Literature Kathryn Artuso, Ph.D. Cal Lutheran
4:30pm	Closing Reception - William Rolland Art Center Lobby and Patio