Dialogue Fellows
2010 Dialogue Group A Participants
2009-2010 Tuesday Group Participants
2009-2010 Thursday Group Participants
2008-2009 Tuesday Group Participants
2008-2009 Thursday Group Participants
Jose Dela Cruz Jump to top ^
Jose Dela Cruz works for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education dealing with policy studies and accreditation issues. Jose additionally is a graduate student in the department of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Oklahoma. He has been involved in civic affairs in Norman through service on a Community Development Block Grant subcommittee and is serving in his first term on the Norman Human Rights Commission.
Dara Fogel Jump to top ^
Dara was an OU faculty brat, born & raised in Norman. After swearing she would never go to OU, she received 3 terminal degrees there. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy, specializing in Social-Political Philosophy, Ethics & Philosophy of the Self. She moved back to Oklahoma last year from Santa Fe, NM to be closer to family and friends. She teaches Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, as well as working part-time in OU’s Religious Studies Program Outreach. She lives in Norman with her husband, Richard Auer, and her cat. Dara and her husband Richard are co-founders of the Conscious Living Institute of Oklahoma.
Cheryl Hollingsworth Jump to top ^
Cheryl Hollingsworth is a retired speech/language pathologist, wife, mother, an active member of First Christian Church, community volunteer, and step-grandmother of four. She holds a B.S. from the University of Oklahoma and was graduated from Indiana University with a M.A.T. in Speech and Language Pathology. Prior to opening her private practice in speech and language therapy in Norman, she was on faculty in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma for over a decade. Hollingsworth was born in Cordell, Oklahoma, and lived there until moving to Norman as a student at the university. While teaching at OU, she met her husband of 40 years, and they have maintained a home in Norman ever since. Since retiring, she enjoys sewing, playing the piano, and reading.
Jason Martin Jump to top ^
A native of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Jason Martin has worked in Norman for 13 years at a heating and air conditioning company. In his position there, Martin works in bookkeeping, payroll, human resources, and safety. Jason moved to Norman in 2009 and has since invested himself in many community organizations and pursuits. He is an active member of St. Stephen’s United Methodist church and participates in the choir and the Reconciling Ministries Committee in addition to serving as the treasurer for PFLAG Norman.
Allana Taylor Jump to top ^
Allana Taylor is a senior with a double major in Religious Studies and Anthropology, and a minor in History. She hopes to pursue her Ph.D. after graduation at either the University of Chicago or Princeton University. Her graduate studies will likely focus on the construction of religious identity in Muslim and Christian communities, as well as on the ways in which political ideology is shaped by these religious identities. After graduate school she intends to conduct research and teach, but is also very interested in working with the United Nations or the U.S. State Department on fostering dialogue between Muslims and Christians around the world and encouraging cultural and political understanding between and within these groups.
Anthony Natale Jump to top ^
Dr. Anthony P. Natale is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator for the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Washington State University (1997), a Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University (1999) and is a graduate of the PhD program at the University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work (2005). Dr. Natale is a former AmeriCorps member involved in community organizing among youth. In addition, he holds direct clinical practice with children, adults and families experiencing mental health crises, as well as occupational social work. He teaches courses in human services administration and social welfare policy, and holds academic interests in social welfare policy, public health, and HIV/AIDS.
Brienna Tipler Jump to top ^
From Wisconsin, Brienna Tipler is a senior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in modern dance performance. She enjoys being an active member of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Lutheran Student Fellowship, and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts, she hopes to continue on to physical therapy school. She finds interest in serving and sharing experiences with her community.
Chris Moore Jump to top ^
Rev. Chris Moore was raised in Edmond, Oklahoma and graduated high school back when there was only one to graduate from. He went on to receive a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Oregon and returned to Oklahoma where he worked in the I.T. industry for many years. A recent graduate of Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Chris is ordained in the United Church of Christ and serves a new church start in Norman, cleverly named Norman United Church of Christ. He also serves as the chair of the Justice & Witness Commission for the Kansas-Oklahoma conference of the UCC and is on the Board of Directors for the Mayflower Medical Mission in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Chris is married to Kathy, a speech pathologist in the rehab field, and has two boys, Ian (7) and Alec (5).
Debbie Marshall-Gill Jump to top ^
Debbie Marshall-Gill grew up in southern Indiana. She is a Certified Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Professional, a mediator and paralegal. She has been with the Women’s Resource Center for 20 years and has served there as a women’s advocate, court advocate and Coordinator of Education. Debbie currently serves on Coordinated Community Response Team, Domestic Violence Task Force and the Cleveland County Technical Project. Debbie moved to Oklahoma from Colorado in 1982 and has a daughter and a grandson.
Judy Cain Jump to top ^
Judy Cain grew up in Louisiana completing a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theory and Composition at Northeast Louisiana University (now ULM) prior to moving to Norman for graduate school. Upon completion of her Master of Music degree in Music Composition she continued full-time employment at the University of Oklahoma pursuing a career in the administrative area. She has worked as Coordinator of Curricular Changes and Academic Publications for the past 17 years; in essence, an academic gate-keeper. In addition she has worked with the Cleveland County Christmas Store and keeps busy pursuing photography, travel, scrapbooking, and her cats. We can’t leave out a love of OU sports, especially women’s basketball and following major league baseball and the Texas Rangers.
Lieneke MousJump to top ^
Lieneke Mous (the Netherlands) practices Nichiren Buddhism with the Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA). Under SGI President Ikeda Ms Mous learned about sincere dialogue to create peace and strives for global understandings of culture and education. Ms Mous is a Modern Dance MFA (2010) candidate at The University of Oklahoma. From 2000-2006 Ms Mous performed with musical dance company Dance Explosion in the Netherlands. She was dance captain for Dance Explosion II. Across her home country Ms Mous worked in high schools and refugee centers as a dance and drama teacher. In 2001 she participated in a dance talent show case where she won as a young performer/choreographer, and later became adjudicator. For her Bachelor of Theatre in Education, with a specialization in Dance Pedagogy and Choreography, she created her own show with college dance students and graduated in 2007. In 2006 Ms Mous founded a dance and theatre project in Brazil for less-fortunate adolescent females. For her thesis, she researches the effects of practicing dance on urban adolescent females. Her motto: Dance As a Means of Dialogue Changes Lives.
Martha SkeetersJump to top ^
Martha Skeeters is an associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and adjunct associate professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Born in East Texas, she has taught at virtually every level of education and earned her doctorate in history from The University of Texas at Austin. Her awareness of the need for social justice comes from childhood observations of racial segregation, experiences of gender discrimination, and writing her master’s thesis on Martin Luther’s view of women. She has testified before government entities on gender in textbooks and poor women’s reproductive rights and published a book on the English clergy during the Reformation. Currently she is writing a book about the intersections of gender, religion and economics in witchcraft accusations in early modern England and directing a video-oral history project focusing on Oklahoma’s activists for the Equal Rights Amendment. Her other interests include gardening, singing, traveling, reading fiction, and spending time with family and friends.
Mónica AlzateJump to top ^
A native from Colombia, South America, Mónica has been in Norman, OK since 2002 and is currently Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to living and working in Colombia, she has lived in several states of the United States either pursuing a degree and/or working. Throughout her career in the academia and in non-academic settings, she has focused her work, research and activism on women and gender issues and is particularly interested in women’s reproductive health and rights. She strongly believes they are at the core of human rights. Her article entitled Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Internally Displaced Women in Colombia was highlighted last year by Reuters AlertNet, a humanitarian website run by Reuters’ non-profit foundation. Mónica and her family love the outdoors, hiking, traveling, and the OK sunsets.
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Shamim BinaJump to top ^
Shamim Bina was born in Iran and moved to the USA in 1997. He has always had a love for history, anthropology, and religion. He is a member of the Bahai Faith and an active member of the University of Oklahoma Bahai Association. He is a history major and religious studies minor. He plans to get his bachelors degree and then get a teacher’s degree. He wants to be a history teacher and a writer of historical and religious based books when he gets out of college.
Tina KambourJump to top ^
Tina Kambour is Assistant Chair in the Dance Department at the University of Central Oklahoma. A native of Miami, FL, she lived in New York for 12 years before relocating to Oklahoma in 1992. She received her MA in Dance from Teachers College, Columbia University and earned a Certified Movement Analyst Degree from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Her company, Kambour Dance Theatre, was listed with the Oklahoma Arts Council Touring Roster and she taught throughout the state as an Artist-in-Residence for 10 years. She has presented her choreography on the West coast and throughout the Midwest and in June, 2004 her work Keeping Things Whole was performed for the National American College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. From 1999-2008, she was a visiting faculty member for the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. Most recently she received certification in Dynamic Embodiment Somatic Movement Therapy under the direction of Martha Eddy at Moving on Center – School for Participatory Arts and Research, New York, NY.
2009-2010 Thursday Group Bios
Anna HollowayJump to top ^
Anna M. J. Holloway is much too busy. She is an OU graduate student, a pulpit-supply preacher for small Unitarian Universalist congregations, a candidate for ordination in the United Churches of Christ, an actress and performer, and a proud single mom. She is also a musician, a writer and a traveler who practices Tai Ji Chuan and Wicca. As a volunteer in prison ministry and a teacher, Anna sees the continuing need for effective and thoughtful communication. Nothing can be achieved without listening—to the earth, to each other, to the divine source in whatever form you know her—and so Anna is delighted to be a Xenia fellow and to participate in change through dialogue.
Dana Mohammad-ZadehJump to top ^
A California native and National Merit Scholar, Dana Mohammad-Zadeh is an International and Area Studies sophomore at OU. Her hobbies include learning foreign languages and going to the beach as often as possible. She is involved with the Women’s Outreach Center and UOSA. In her spare time, she enjoys attending guest lectures on campus and planning future trips abroad.
Doug GaffinJump to top ^
Doug is a professor in the Department of Zoology and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma. He holds a B.S. degree from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He teaches Introductory Zoology to about 1500 undergraduates a year. His research focuses on understanding the special sensory abilities of scorpions. In his spare time, he enjoys volleyball, biking, hiking, scaring the cats with his banjo playing, and chasing scorpions on moonless nights. He met his wife, Mariëlle, in graduate school at Oregon State and they were married on the OU campus in 1997; soon after their honeymoon they moved into the dorms as Faculty-in-Residence. She is also a biologist and they both feel lucky to teach and play together at the same university.
Emily PainJump to top ^
Emily Pain is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology. After she receives her Master’s Degree in May 2010, she plans to continue her studies in the doctoral program. Her current research interests include Sociology of Family (particularly marriage, relationships and cohabitation) and Religion. Emily received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oklahoma in Ethics and Religion along with a minor in Psychology and a second minor in Sociology. She is thankful for the opportunity to be involved in dialogue and leadership to promote awareness of social problems in her hometown community.
Gwen FieldsJump to top ^
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Harry WrightJump to top ^
Harry Wright was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Arlington, Virginia. He studied psychology at the College of Wooster, received his Master of Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary, received his M.A. in Counseling from Eastern Michigan University, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University. He has worked in Christian education and social work with the Presbyterian church, served as a District Executive and Investigator for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and worked for the Michigan Department of Mental Health as a psychologist in a psychiatric hospital. Harry is currently a part-time psychology instructor at the University of Oklahoma and an Elder of Memorial Presbyterian Church. In his free time, he enjoys riding his bike and driving his convertible.
Jess EddyJump to top ^
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Kendall BumgarnerJump to top ^
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Kristin ReedJump to top ^
Kristin Reed is a religious studies and ballet pedagogy major graduating in spring of 2010. She is a member of the Oklahoma Festival Ballet Company and enjoys performing in shows in Norman and across the state. She has a great passion for dance and art in general, but also shares a passion for religious studies and interfaith dialogue. She is especially interested in how art and religion affect society and peoples, and how art can be expressed as a global language. After graduation, she plans to continue dancing and teaching dance while possibly doing graduate studies to become a chaplain and/or working in Nonprofit arts administration.
Mars ChapmanJump to top ^
Mars Chapman was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Planning to graduate in 2012, he is an undecided major interested in history, geography, German, and economics. After attending a boarding school with students from many countries and economic levels, he has been passionate about connecting with people from all cultures and perspectives. His interest in sharing cultures is founded on the harmony he experienced while living with peers from regions that were at war with one another. Finding dialogue an essential aspect of reconciling the differences between humans, and rejoicing in the commonality found amongst humans, Mars spends his time learning more about the world’s people and societies through any venue available. When not doing this, he may be found swing dancing, enjoying the outdoors, or listening to loud music.
Rob BradshawJump to top ^
Rob Bradshaw is a cellist and Norman native. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Music in Performance from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His performances have taken him many places, ranging from Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall to the Regattabar Jazz Club in Cambridge, where he appeared with the Grammy-winning Pacifica String Quartet. He is former faculty of the All Newton Music School and a former teaching fellow of the Stamford International Chamber Music Festival (UK). His love of music is based in its communicative power, and so he has offered many outreach concerts and music experiences for under-privileged youth in the greater Boston area in the hopes that it will inspire them to hear, to listen, and to speak.
Zev TrachtenbergJump to top ^
Zev Trachtenberg is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1988. He specializes in political philosophy; his research focuses on the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and in environmental political theory. He has written on Rousseau’s theory of the role of culture in political life, and on stakeholder involvement in environmental policy-making, specifically in watershed management. His current projects include work on the role of judgment in environmental citizenship, and on Rousseau’s understanding of the human relationship with the natural world. He has been involved in civic affairs in Norman through service on the Greenbelt Taskforce, the Greenbelt Commission, and since 2007, on the Planning Commission.
2008-2009 Tuesday Group Bios
Elyssa FaisonJump to top ^
Elyssa Faison received a B.A. in History and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College in 1988. After working as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA for courses in Chinese history, Japanese history, World history and Women’s Studies, Faison began a one-year position as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Minnesota teaching Japanese history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She joined the faculty of the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in 2000. She was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Yale Council on East Asian Studies for 2003-2004, during which time she taught an undergraduate seminar called “Remembering Wartime in Japan.” Faison’s first book, Managing Women: Disciplining Labor in Modern Japan, was published in late 2007. She is currently co-editing with Dr. Ruth Barraclough (Australian National University) a volume titled Sexing Class: Gender and Labor in Korea and Japan.
Hal GreenwoodJump to top ^
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Jacob PetersonJump to top ^
Jacob Peterson is a senior at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in the Philosophy of Ethics and Religion program with minors in Religious Studies and History. He plans to attend graduate school to work toward a doctorate in Philosophical Theology, with the goal of becoming a professor of philosophy. Peterson comes from a Christian background and works out of this tradition to form his ideas. His interests lie in the relationships between science and religion, and –– more broadly — reason and faith. Peterson currently is president of the Philosophical Society, involved the Religious Studies Club, and is also a member of the student advisory councils for the OU Philosophy Department and the College of Arts and Sciences. He also is active in the Sooner Triathlon Club.
Madison BlockerJump to top ^
Madison Blocker is majoring in Letters and Spanish at the University of Oklahoma. After graduation, she plans to attend law school and pursue a career in the Foreign Service or in diplomacy. Her interests include studying literature and other cultures. She also participates in the Speakers Bureau, which allocates funds for various student groups to bring speakers to campus and organizes two of its own speaking events each year.
Owen PollardJump to top ^
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Reynolds WhalenJump to top ^
Reynolds Whalen is a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he received his B.A. in Drama and African and African American Studies. As an undergraduate, Reynolds served as the Director of the Center for International Diplomacy of the Roosevelt Institution, the nation’s first student-run public policy think tank, and Chair of the Education Committee in the St. Louis Darfur Coalition. His current research focuses on drama as a tool for education, development, and social change in East Africa, as well as the role of media in marginalized communities. Earlier this year, Reynolds produced a documentary in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, and will soon join Millennium Congregation and the Millennium Villages Project as a videographer in Rwanda. Recent awards include the Forum on Education Abroad Undergraduate Research Award, and the Harriet and Dred Scott Award for the Advancement of Human Rights and Justice.
Richard (Dick) DunkleJump to top ^
Dunkle was raised in rural Garfield County, OK near Enid. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Service Administration, a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work. He is a U.S. Army veteran, and has been a Psychiatric Hospital Administrator for nearly 30 years. He has authored many articles on such topics as for profit health care, diagnostic indicators for thought disorders, and schizophrenia. He is currently the Administrator of a 140 bed forensic facility dealing with offenders with mental health and substance abuse histories. He has traveled extensively in Southeast Asia and the Middle East on several occasions. He is a member of the Baha’i Faith.
Tom BurnsJump to top ^
Thomas Burns is Professor of Sociology and a faculty member in Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He studies and writes on social institutions from a comparative and historical perspective. His work examines how cultural and organizational systems, such as religion, education and politics develop in relation to one another in light of their comparative and historical contexts, and how those systems have social outcomes in terms of human well being and long-term sustainability.
Vicki SchaefferJump to top ^
Vicki J. Schaeffer is Director of Recruitment for the McClendon Honors College and an adjunct Assistant Professor for the College of Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She received a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University-Bloomington, with a double major in organ performance and church music. An educator most of her career, her research into the Shaker communal society has piqued her interest in human rights, specifically those involving the equality of women.
Whitney (Coleman) Pipkin Jump to top ^
Whitney Coleman is a journalism senior graduating in December 2008. She writes an opinion column for The Oklahoma Daily that appears every other Friday. As a journalist, she has always been interested in understanding all sides of the discussion. As a Christian, she loves listening to what others believe and trying to better understand and appreciate worldviews that are different from hers. She hopes her interactions with others through the Xenia Institute will promote innovative thinking and new relationships.
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Kenneth Agee Jump to top ^
Kenneth Agee was born and raised in Norman and is currently a senior at the University of Oklahoma. He plans to graduate in May 2010 with a degrees in Letters and Economics as well as a minor in Spanish. While he currently plans to attend law school after graduation, a semester in Spain has inspired him to attempt to live abroad again after graduating. He enjoys experiencing other cultures as well as reading up on current affairs.
2008-2009 Thursday Group Bios
Alice Kloker Jump to top ^
Alice Kloker works as a study abroad advisor at the University of Oklahoma. She is a recent transplant to Norman by way of Minneapolis where she was born and raised. Alice grew up in the United Church of Christ and today considers herself to be an interfaith seeker of sustainable nonviolent social change. During her student years, Alice was actively involved in a number of human rights and social justice campaigns, movements and organizations. She was a board member of the Minnesota Fellowship of Reconciliation from 2004 to 2006, and is a trained “Creating a Culture of Peace” facilitator. Alice is honored to have been asked to participate in the Xenia Institute as a Fellow, and looks forward to building relationships in dialogue with others in Oklahoma.
Charlotte Lovett Jump to top ^
Charlotte Lovett grew up in Texas, graduated from Altus High, received her BA in Spanish education at OU and completed her master’s in secondary Ed. at UCO. She taught Spanish for 32 years. After retiring five years ago, she became a co-chair for the Cleveland County Christmas Store. She is an elder in her church where she also sings in the choir and serves on several committees. Her son, James, is a journalism major at OU.
Chelsea Scudder Jump to top ^
Chelsea Scudder is a senior at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in Political Science and Religious Studies and minoring in French. Scudder is planning to study abroad in Limoges, France, during the Spring 2009 semester, studying French and “hopefully doing a lot of traveling.” After graduation, Scudder hopes to teach English in Turkey before she attends graduate school. Her career goals include working in a diplomatic position at a humanitarian nogovernmental organization.
Donna Brown Jump to top ^
Donna Brown received a BS in US History/Education from Phillips University and a MA in US History from OU. After teaching in Blanchard and Norman for fifteen years she was an assistant high school principal for seventeen years. Since retirement Donna has been active in the Cleveland County Christmas Store and Bridges, a group who empowers students in family crisis to pursue education without obstacles.
Elliot Kimball Jump to top ^
Elliot Kimball was born in Nyack, N.Y., in 1986. He lived in North and South Carolina before moving to Oklahoma to attend college. Kimball, who is currently a junior majoring in Social Work, plans to pursue a Master of Social Work degree after he graduates from the University of Oklahoma. He is interested in studying in the field of mental health and addictions. Although born into a Christian family, Kimball has developed an appreciation for Buddhist thinking.
Haven Tobias Jump to top ^
Haven was born in Chicago and lived there sixteen years; she moved to Albuquerque and lived there the next ten years; then she moved to Norman and has been here, for the most part, ever since. Haven has been a mother for 38 years and a lawyer for 35. Haven was raised with a Methodist minister grandfather on her father’s side and a Christian Scientist grandmother on her mother’s yawing for custody. At the age of 28, she converted to Judaism. A decade ago Haven discovered meditation, and is a daily practitioner and a student of Buddhism.
Jack Hobson Jump to top ^
A native of Oklahoma, Jack Hobson received his BA in 2000 in French language and literature from the University of Oklahoma while serving as Special Assistant to President David L. Boren. After his graduation, Hobson worked in Washington DC for the Public Forum Institute, a non-partisan think tank that creates town hall forums for members of Congress. He returned to OU in 2002 to work in the Office of Education Abroad and currently serves as the Assistant Director for Program Development. Hobson facilitates the exchange of students, faculty and research between OU’s partner institutions in key areas of the world. Hobson additionally hold a Masters in International and Areas Studies from OU and is currently conducting his PhD work in Political Science. Hobson’s research interests are focused on human migration and security in the developing world.
Jalal Vargha Jump to top ^
Jalal Vargha is a Biochemistry senior at the University of Oklahoma. He also is working on an Economics minor and an Honors minor through the Honors College. Vargha plans to attend medical school with the goal of going into pediatrics or internal medicine. Largely active in the Baha’i faith, Vargha also is president of the Baha’i Association at OU. He also has participated in the University of Oklahoma Student Association Executive Board, as well as with the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. In his spare time, Vargha enjoys playing and watching sports, especially Sooner athletics, as well as spending time with his friends and family. Believing in the importance of both dialogue and consultation within the local community and society, Vargha has joined Xenia in order to strengthen these ideals.
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Lynne Levy Jump to top ^
Lynne is a medievalist working on The Variorum Chaucer, a research project at OU, publishing editions of the works of the 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. She teaches an Adult Sunday School class at First Christian Church, Norman; the class, called the Seekers’ Class, is presently studying different denominations and religions and trying to increase its religious literacy. Lynne has many interests, among them: gardening, singing, hand work of all sorts, birdwatching, travelling, playing the recorder, reading Latin and Greek. She is married to David Levy, emeritus professor of American History at OU; they have two adult children, also professors. David and Lynne have lived in Norman for more than 30 years and have been active in the civic life of the community as well as in campus life.
Phillip Studebaker Jump to top ^
Phillip Studebaker is a senior at the University of Oklahoma, where he will receive a bachelor’s degree in Health & Exercise Science in May 2009. He is currently applying to OU’s doctoral program in physical therapy at the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, which he hopes to begin in fall 2009. Studebaker works in Norman at a physical therapy clinic and at a gym as a personal trainer. He has a Christian background and a fairly new, yet fond interest in Buddhism. He enjoys studying religion, particularly the history and interactions of the world’s religions. Studebaker enjoys the outdoors, traveling, food, music and “anything that makes life more enjoyable or laid-back.”
Stefan Ice Jump to top ^
Stefan Ice is Instructor of Percussion and Assistant to the Director of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Performance from Texas A&M University-Commerce, Masters of Music from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently a Doctoral of Musical Art candidate at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to his positions at OU, Mr. Ice taught at Oklahoma Baptist University, Lone Star and Pioneer Drum & Bugle Corps, Lakeview Centennial and Commerce High Schools. Mr. Ice may also be found performing a variety of musical styles at venues ranging from latin jazz clubs to concert halls. His research has taken him to Havana, Cuba to study with master percussionist and teacher José Eladio Amat. Mr. Ice is also a founding member of the OU percussion quartet, which has performed at the National Percussion Pedagogy Convention in Greenville, North Carolina.
Susan Sharp Jump to top ^
Susan F. Sharp is a Professor of Sociology & Women’s Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her interests focus on the effects of penal policies on the families of offenders, and she advocates for changes in those policies that will reduce the long-term harms. She is the editor of The Incarcerated Woman: Rehabilitative Programming in Women’s Prisons and as well as Hidden Victims: The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused. Prior to completion of her doctorate from UT-Austin in 1996, Susan worked as a drug counselor for several years.