The John Dewey Society Annual Meeting: 2017
Thursday, April 27 2017 Henry B. Gonzalez Center
Room 5
Conference Theme:
Creative Democracy - The Task Before Us in the Era of Clinton
v. Trump
Founded
in 1935, when American education was under
attack from the right, the Society aimes to keep alive John Dewey's commitment
to critical and reflective intelligence
in approaching pressing
problems in
education and culture. It is fitting, then, at the beginning
of the presidency of Donald Trump, that
we come together
to reflect on its implications for democratic life.
What are the challenges to a vibrant
and healthy democratic life? In an essay late in life, “Creative
Democracy – The Task
Before Us” John Dewey argued that democracy was
more than a political
institution; it was a way of life - as
dependent upon family, friendship, the school, the economy, and other strands in the fabric
of civil society as on the government.
Today, in many
countries including
our own, democracy is
under attack. Anti-democratic leaders at home and abroad stir
the pot of mistrust and hate. The Secretary
of Education promises
to undo our commitment to the common
school. It is appropriate, therefore, to return
to Dewey and consider
anew how democratic life
and democratic education can be reclaimed.
Pre-Conference Workshop | 8am-12pm
Pre-Conference Workshop | 8am-12pm
Session 1: Theorizing Democratic Education (Roudy Hildreth, Chair) | 8am-9:45am
This panel discussion explores how Deweyan
theories of democracy and education can help us make sense of and respond
to the current political and educational situation. Recent
events have renewed our focus on the
relationship between democracy and education. Indeed,
it appears
that positive connections between
democracy and education are under strain. We
have witnessed how social media preys on Americans’
low levels of political knowledge, creating narrow channels for the flow
information, and increasingly, disinformation. We
have witnessed increasingly polarized political
discourse and the rise
of anti-democratic sentiments. We
have witnessed attacks
on public education.
This panels gathers three outstanding scholars who
will offer Deweyan
interpretations of the
current situation, and in his spirit, are also able
speak to concerns of democratic
education in practice.
Panelists:
Walter Parker, University of Washington
Paula McAvoy,
University of Wisconsin Madison Kathleen
Knight Abowitz, Miami University, Ohio (Other panelists to be announced)
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Session 2: Teaching About Democratic Education
(Amy Shuffleton, Organizer) | 10am-11:45 am
The panel discusses approaches to teaching
about “democracy and education”
and works towards
some common insights. While
each panelist engages with John
Dewey’s ideas, the workshop focuses upon
democracy and education, not Dewey’s book by
that title. This workshop
engages with what it means pedagogically to treat creative democracy
as the task before us in higher
education. While
developed against
the background of
Trump v. Clinton, and addressing current
events, workshop concerns extend beyond the
recent election cycle.
Panelists:
Sue Ellen Henry, Bucknell University
Kathy Hytten, University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Amy Shuffelton, Loyola University
Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
Kurt Stemhagen, Virginia Commonwealth University, Chair and Discussant
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Regular Annual JDS Meeting
JDS Symposium: Creative Democracy: Democratic Education in the Era of Clinton v. Trump | 12noon - 145pm
The panelists, all leading educational thinkers, consider the lessons to be drawn from the recent election and Trump presidency for the reconstruction of democratic education.
The panelists, all leading educational thinkers, consider the lessons to be drawn from the recent election and Trump presidency for the reconstruction of democratic education.
Panelists:
Peter Levine, Tufts University
Walter Parker, University of Washington
Winston Thompson, University of New Hampshire
Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin
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School and Society Forum | 2pm-3:45pm
Communities in Schools San Antonio (CISSA)
and the John Dewey Society
are proud to host the seventh
annual School & Society Forum.
The forum is a public space
embracing dialogue, interaction, and deliberation concerning school and society
issues across multiple stakeholders—P-16 teachers, policymakers, administrators, scholars, parents, students, community educators, & interest
groups—drawing upon John Dewey’s commitments to democratic schooling. Students, parents,
and CISSA organizers
will lead a panel discussion about issues facing
the San Antonio
community.
Kyle Greenwalt, John Vasquez, Lauren Geraghty, & Jessica
Landgraf, Organizers
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JDS Dewey Lecture: Harry Boyte | 4pm-5:45pm
Citizen Politics and Democratic Change in the Age of Trump: Beyond the Manichean Model
Harry Boyte is one of
today’s most prominent democratic theorists and
activists. He has worked
with many foundations,
and non-profit educational, and citizen organizations
in the United
States and abroad concerned with community development, citizenship education, and civic renewal. In the
1960s, he worked for the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. as a
field secretary with the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference in the
Civil Rights Movement.
Boyte is the author of
nine books on
citizenship, democracy, and community organizing, and
his writings have appeared in more than
100 publications including the New York Times, Perspectives on Politics, Kettering Review, and the Wall Street Journal.
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JDS Reception
| 6pm - 7:30pm
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Friday, April 28 2017 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | Room 5
Meetings and Working Sessions l 8am-12 noon
Emerging Scholar Working
Session (Melissa Bradleyi) | 8am-9am
Education and Action Working
Group (Kathleen Knight
Abowitz and Harry
Boyte) | 9am-10:30am
JDS Executive Board
and Directors Meeting
(Leonard Wak and Peter Nelsen)
| 10:30am–11:45 am
Regular Conference Sessions Dewey and Philosophy Panel I | 12noon -1:45pm
Creative Integration and Pragmatist Optimism:
Dispositions for the Task Before
Us,
Barbara S. Stengel,
Vanderbilt University
Creative Democracy, Equality, and Religion: Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Pragmatic Reconstruction of Buddhism, Scott R. Stroud, University of Texas at Austin
Mindfulness
and Creative Democracy, Kyle Greenwalt and Cuong Nguyen,
Michigan State University
The (Im)Possibilities of Realizing Dewey’s
Vision in the Age of Trump: Towards
More Creative Democracy, Roudy Hildreth, University of Colorado
Boulder
Chair: A.G. Rud, Washington State
University
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Dewey through the Generations Panel (Jessica Heybach,
Chair) | 2pm -3:30pm
Challenges for Democracy: New Developments and Tendencies
The Secularism that Divides Us: Reframing Dewey’s
Conception of Moral Education
Alexander T. K. Elnabli, Graduate
Teaching Fellow, Fordham
University
Democratic Faith,
Chanhee Lee, Vincennes University
Preserving Dialogue
and Democratic Ideals:
John Dewey and Philosophy for Children,
Charles Royal Carlson, Sam Houston State University
Respondant: Gregory Pappas,
Texas A&M University BREAK
Dewey and Philosophy Panel II | 3:45pm - 5:15pm
Dewey’s
Pragmatism and Contemporary Challenges of Media
and Democracy
Lance E. Mason,
Indiana University Kokomo
Dear Democracy, The 2016 Presidential Election, Love Philosophy, Daniel A. Lilly, Florida State University
Creating the Conditions for a Creative
, Democracy: John Dewey and D.W. Winnicott
on Democratic Living, Jane Blanken-Webb, University of Eastern Finland
Chair: A.G. Rud, Washington State
University
JDS Business
Meeting | 5:20pm- 6:30pm
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JOHN DEWEY SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 27- FRIDAY, APRIL, 28
HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER | ROOM 5
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
CREATIVE DEMOCRACY - THE TASK BEFORE US IN THE ERA OF CLINTON V. TRUMP
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS ON DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
Theorizing Democratic Education | 8am-9:45am
Walter Parker, University of Washington
Paula McAvoy, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University, Ohio
Roudy Hildreth, University of Colorado-Boulder, Chair
Teaching About Democratic Education | 10am-11:45 am
Sue Ellen Henry, Bucknell University
Kathy Hytten, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Amy Shuffelton, Loyola University
Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
Kurt Stemhagen, Virginia Commonwealth University, Discussant
JDS SYMPOSIUM
Creative Democracy: Democratic Education in the Era of Clinton v. Trump | 12pm-1:45pm
Peter Levine, Tufts University
Walter Parker, University of Washington
Winston Thompson, University of New Hampshire
Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Leonard Waks, Temple University, Chair
School and Society Forum with Communities in Schools San Antonio| 2pm-3:45pm
John Vasquez
Lauren Geraghty
Jessica Landgraf
Kyle Greenwalt, Michigan State University, Chair
DEWEY LECTURE
Harry Boyte | 4:15pm-5:45pm
Citizen Politics and Schools as Civic Centers: “Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?”
DEWEY RECEPTION 6:15 - 7:30 pm
Everyone Welcome
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
Emerging Scholar Working Session | 8am-9am
Education and Action Working Group | 9am-10:30am
JDS Executive Board and Directors Meeting |10:30am–11:45am
REGULAR CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Dewey and Philosophy Panel I | 12pm-1:45pm
Creative Integration and Pragmatist Optimism: Dispositions for the Task Before Us
Barbara S. Stengel, Vanderbilt University
Creative Democracy, Equality, and Religion: Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Pragmatic Reconstruction of Buddhism
Scott R. Stroud, University of Texas at Austin
Mindfulness and Creative Democracy
Kyle Greenwalt and Cuong Nguyen, Michigan State University
The (Im)Possibilities of Realizing Dewey’s Vision in the Age of Trump: Towards More Creative Democracy
Roudy Hildreth, University of Colorado Boulder
A.G. Rud, Washington State University, Chair
Dewey through the Generations Panel | 2pm -3:30pm
Challenges for Democracy: New Developments and Tendencies
The Secularism that Divides Us: Reframing Dewey’s Conception of Moral Education
Alexander T. K. Elnabli, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Fordham University
In the Surge of Authoritarianism: Democratic Faith
Chanhee Lee, Vincennes University
Preserving Dialogue and Democratic Ideals: John Dewey and Philosophy for Children
Charles Carlson, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sam Houston State University
Respondent: Gregory Pappas, Texas A&M University
Jessica Heybach, Aurora University, Chair
Dewey and Philosophy Panel II | 33:45pm - 5:15pm
Dewey’s Pragmatism and Contemporary Challenges of Media and Democracy
Lance E. Mason, Indiana University-Kokomo
Dear Democracy, The 2016 Presidential Election, Love Philosophy
Daniel A. Lilly, Florida State University
Creating the Conditions for a Creative, Democracy: John Dewey and D.W. Winnicott on Democratic Living
Jane Blanken-Webb, University of Eastern Finland
A.G. Rud, Washington State University, Chair
JDS Business Meeting | 5:20pm- 6:30pm
