FRIDA KERNER FURMAN I. EDUCATION 1980 Ph.D., University of Southern California Religion/Social Ethics 1977 M.A., University of Southern California Religion/Social Ethics 1970 A.B., University of Southern California Sociology, summa cum laude II. ACADEMIC POSITIONS ** 2006 - Vincent de Paul Professor, DePaul University ** 1999 - Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, DePaul University 1990 - 1999 Associate Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, DePaul University 1986 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, DePaul University 1981 - 1986 Lecturer, Dept. of Religious Studies, Lewis and Clark College 1982 Lecturer, Dept. of Theology, University of Portland 1980 - 1981 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Religion Instructor, Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society

University of Southern California 1980, 1978 Lecturer, Occidental College 1976 Lecturer, Immaculate Heart College

1971 - 1973 Teaching Assistant, School of Religion University of Southern California

III. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 2007 - 2009 Director, Center for Interreligious Engagement

DePaul University 1999 - 2002 Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies, DePaul University 1982 - 1983 Director, Jewish Education Association, Portland, Oregon

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1978 - 1980 Acting Director, Louchheim School of Judaic Studies Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles

1980 Humanities Intern, Center for the Humanities University of Southern California IV. CREATIVE ACTIVITIES Books Telling Our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference (with Elizabeth A.

Kelly and Linda Williamson Nelson), Feminist Constructions Series, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2005.

Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture, New York:

Routledge, 1997. Recipient of 1997 Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize, American Folklore Society/Women’s Section.

Beyond Yiddishkeit: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in a Reform Synagogue, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1987. Reprinted by University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1994. Nominated for the National Jewish Book Award, 1987. Chapters in Books (peer reviewed) "Ethical Reflections on Childhood Migration," in Religious and Ethical

Perspectives on Global Migration, edited by Elizabeth W. Collier and Charles R. Strain, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014, 209-226.

“The Ethics of Everyday Life: Social Class and Moral Character in Women’s Narratives,” in Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics: The Callista Wicklander Lectures, edited by Keith W. Krasemann and Patricia Werhane, Lanham, MD: University Press of America (2006).

“The Long Road Home: Migrant Experience and the Construction of the Self," in Psychological, Political, and Cultural Meanings of Home, edited by Mechthild

Hart and Miriam Ben-Yoseph, Binghampton, NY: The Haworth Press, 2005, 91-116 [simultaneous publication in Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, Vol. 30: 1-2 (see below)].

“Memorializing Collective Tragedy in Public Space” (with Roy S. Furman), in Suffer the Little Children? Reflections on the Cross, Urban Violence & Sacred Space, edited by Kay Read and Isabel Wollaston, Birmingham, U.K.: University of Birmingham Press, 2001, 169-185.

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“Synagogue Life Among American Reform Jews,” in The Life of Judaism, edited by Harvey E. Goldberg, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, 51-61 (reprinted from Beyond Yiddishkeit).

“There are No Old Venuses: Older Women’s Responses to Their Aging Bodies,”

in Mother Time: Women, Aging, and Ethics, edited by Margaret Urban Walker, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999, 7-22.

"Judaism" section (authored introduction and selected/edited readings), in Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Religious Worlds: Primary Readings in Comparative Perspective, John Dominic Crossan, General Editor, Dubuque, IO: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1991, 283-349.

"The Prophetic Tradition and Social Transformation," in Prophetic Visions and Economic Realities, edited by Charles Strain, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989, 77-80.

"Jewish Perspectives on American Economic Life," in Prophetic Visions and Economic Realities, edited by Charles Strain, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989, 103-114.

Articles (peer reviewed) "Bereavement, Storytelling, and Reconciliation: Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians," Peace and Conflict Studies Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall, 2013), 125-151. “Religion and Peacebuilding: Grassroots Efforts by Israelis and Palestinians,” Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace, Vol. 4: 2 (Spring 2011; issue published in Spring 2012, as the journal is running a year behind); http://religionconflictpeace.org/volume-4-issue-2-spring-2011/religion-and- peacebuilding-grassroots-efforts-israelis-and-palestinians (18 printed pages) “Compassionate Listening as a Path to Conflict Resolution,” Journal for the Study

of Peace and Conflict, 2009-2010 Vol., 24-38.

"The Long Road Home: Migrant Experience and the Construction of the Self," the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, Vol. 30: 1-2, 2005, 91-116 [simultaneous publication in Psychological, Political, and Cultural Meanings of Home, edited by Mechthild Hart and Miriam Ben-Yoseph, Binghampton, NY: The Haworth Press (see above)]. Selection from Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture, in The Park Ridge Center Bulletin (special issue on Aging) no. 6 (October/November, 1998), 14.

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“Women, Aging, and Ethics: Reflections on Bodily Experience,” The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, 1994, 229-254.

"Teaching Business Ethics: Questioning the Assumptions, Seeking New Directions," Journal of Business Ethics 9 (1990): 31-38.

"Ritual as Social Mirror and Agent of Cultural Change: A Case Study in Synagogue Life," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 20 (September, 1981), 228-241.

Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries and Consulting “Religion,” in Handbook of American Women’s History, 2nd Ed., edited by

Angela M. Howard & Frances M. Kavenik, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000, 469-470.

Editorial Consultant, Encyclopedia of World Religions, Robert Ellwood, General Editor, New York: Book Builders, Inc., 1998.

Book and Film Reviews Review of Eileen Ruth Borris, Forgiveness and Peacebuilding: The Healing of Nations (book proposal), Rowman and Littlefield (December, 2015) Review ("blurb") for Martha Holstein's Women in Late Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Age, Rowman and Littlefield (December, 2014). Review of “Maggie Growls,” a film by Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater,

National Women’s Studies Association Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring, 2006), 218-219.

Review of Jack N. Lightstone and Frederick B. Bird, Eds., Ritual and Ethnic Identity: A Comparative Study of the Social Meanings of Liturgical Ritual in Synagogues, in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 16, no. 3 (Spring, 1998), 167-168.

Review of Jane Sprague Zones, Ed., San Diego Women’s Haggadah, in NATA Journal (Journal of the National Association of Synagogue Administrators) 32, no. 1 (Fall-Winter, 1993), 15, 19.

Review of Lisa H. Newton and Maureen M. Ford, Eds., Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Business Ethics and Society, in Journal of Business Ethics 10 (1991), 395-396. Review of Robert Bellah et al., Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, in The Reconstructionist 52 (March- April, 1987), 30-31.

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Journal Referee Referee for Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies Referee for Cultural Anthropology. Referee for The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics. Referee for the Journal of Business Ethics. V. SCHOLARLY PAPERS Presenter and Panelist, "Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Empathy and Activism: Paths to Transformative Education," Peace and Justice Studies Association, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, October 17, 2015. Presenter, The Shapiro Lecture (invited), "Bereavement, Storytelling, and Reconciliation: Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians," The Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union, February 19, 2013.

Presenter, "Religion, Ethics, and Reconciliation: Grassroots Peacebuilding by Israelis and Palestinians" Society of Christian Ethics, Washington DC, January 8, 2012. Presenter, “Religion and Reconciliation: Grassroots Peacebuilding by Israelis and Palestinians,” American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, November 20, 2011. Presenter, “Religion and Peacebuilding: Grassroots Efforts by Israelis and Palestinians,” Department of Religious Studies’ Convivium, DePaul University, October 28, 2011. Presenter (with Elizabeth Kelly and Linda Williamson Nelson), Plenary Address, “Telling our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference,” Society for Values in Higher Education annual conference, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, July 29, 2011. Presenter and Panelist, "Complex Identities: Latina Narratives at the Crossroads of Scholarship and Faith," Center for Interreligious Engagement, DePaul University, May 4, 2011. Presenter and Workshop Facilitator, "Compassionate Listening as a Path to

Conflict Intervention and Peace Building," Conference and Peace Education Workshop on "Creating Community, Realizing Peace: Moving from Words to Action," sponsored by the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, Beit Jala, the West Bank, October 23, 2010.

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Presenter and Panelist, “Women and the Interpretation of Religious Texts,” Islamic World Studies Town Hall Meeting, DePaul University, October 30, 2009.

Presenter, “Compassionate Listening: A Path to Conflict Resolution,” Peace and

Justice Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 9, 2009. Presenter and Panelist, “Perspectives on Spirituality: A Conversation on Religion

and Women,” Women’s History Month, Cultural Center, DePaul University, March 11, 2009.

Presenter, “Listening as a Path to Conflict Resolution,” Society of Christian

Ethics, Chicago, IL, January 11, 2009. Presenter (with Elizabeth Kelly and Linda Williamson Nelson), “Conversations

on Solidarity and Difference: Working Class Women in the Academy,” National Women’s Studies Association Conference, St. Charles, IL, June 30, 2007.

Presenter (with Elizabeth Kelly), “Telling Our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity

and Difference,” in the Women, Wisdom, & Wine Lecture Series, Gannon Center for Women & Leadership, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, February 26, 2007.

Book Discussant (on my own book), “Breakfast with an Author: Telling Our

Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference,” Society of Christian Ethics, Dallas, TX, January, 2007.

Presenter, “Immigration and Memory,” Cordelyou-Lowery Distinguished Faculty Lecture, DePaul University, October 6, 2006.

Presenter (with Elizabeth Kelly and Linda Williamson Nelson), Plenary Address,

“Conversations on Solidarity and Difference,” 30th Annual Wisconsin Women’s Studies Conference, Black River Falls, WI, April 21, 2006.

Presenter (with Elizabeth Kelly), Reading and Discussion of Telling Our Lives:

Conversations on Solidarity and Difference, Women’s and Gender Studies’ Brown Bag Lunch, October 31, 2005.

Presenter, "A Long Way from Home: Migrant Experience and the Construction of the Self," LA&S Social Science Faculty Seminar Series, May 14, 2003.

Presenter, "A Long Way from Home: Migrant Experience and the Construction of the Self," “This Place Called Home,” conference sponsored by SNL and LA&S, DePaul University, April 11, 2003.

Presenter, "A Long Way from Home: Migrant Experience and the Construction of

the Self," Society of Christian Ethics, Pittsburgh, PA, January 10, 2003.

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Presenter, “Social Class and Moral Character in Women’s Lives,” Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL, January 5, 2001.

Presenter, “Social Class and Moral Character in Women’s Lives,” Ethics Section, American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN, November 19, 2000.

Presenter, “The Ethics of Everyday Life: Social Class and Moral Character in Women’s Narratives,” 1998-1999 Wicklander Lecture, DePaul University, October 27, 1999.

Presenter, “Three Lives: Women Speaking Across Difference,” Humanities Series, 1998-99 LA&S Faculty Research Seminar Series, DePaul University, May, 1999.

Presenter, “Facing The Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture,” Humanities Series, 1997-98 LA&S Faculty Research Seminar Series, DePaul University, February, 1998.

Presenter (with Roy Furman), Working Paper, “Sanctifying the ‘Profane’: Memorializing Collective Tragedy in Public Space,” Religion in the Urban Context Seminar, Birmingham, U.K., Summer, 1997.

Presenter, “The Ethics of Caring Work: A Jewish Case Study,” Society of Christian Ethics, Cincinnati, OH, January, 1997.

Presenter, “Care, Power, and Justice in Jewish Family Relations: A Case Study,” American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, LA, November, 1996.

Presenter, “Women, Aging, and Ethics,” Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL, August, 1994.

Presenter, “At the Beauty Shop: Unintentional Community and ‘Women’s Culture’ Among Older Jewish Women,” The Enduring Spirit: Women as They Age (National Conference), University of Nebraska, Omaha, April, 1993.

Presenter and Panelist, "Telling Our Stories," The Human Communities Session, Conference on "The State of the Planet," Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, October, 1990.

Paper Presenter and Panelist, "Women's Voice in Rabbinic Judaism," for panel, "Women/Feminism and Comparative Religious Ethics," Society of Christian Ethics, Arlington, VA, January, 1990.

Workshop Convener, Coordinator, and Presenter, "Teaching Business Ethics: Pedagogical and Substantive Issues," Society of Christian Ethics, South Bend, IN, January, 1989.

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Paper Presenter and Panel Organizer, "Teaching Business Ethics: Questioning the Assumptions, Seeking New Directions," Business and Organizational Ethics Group, American Academy of Religion, Boston, December, 1987.

Presenter, "Women's Spirituality and Feminist Ethics: Soundings in Jewish Women's Experience," Society of Christian Ethics, Boston, January, 1987.

Presenter, "Women's Spirituality and Judaism," American Academy of Religion, Northwest Region, Portland, OR, April, 1986.

Presenter, "Recovering Women's Religious Experience in Jewish Tradition," Women's Studies Symposium (Regional), Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, April, l985.

Presenter, "Imaging God," Illuminating the Unwritten Scroll: Women's Spirituality and Jewish Tradition (National Conference), Los Angeles, November, 1984.

Presenter, "Beyond God the Father," The Emerging Jewish Woman (Regional Conference), Portland, OR, October, 1984.

Presenter, "A Changing Social Order?," American Academy of Religion, Northwest Region, Marylhurst, OR, April, l982.

Presenter, "Tradition and Modernity in American Jewish Ritual," Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Antonio, October, 1979.

Presenter, "Secularism, Tradition, and Modern American Jews: A Case Study," American Academy of Religion, Western Region, Claremont, CA, April, 1979.

VI. PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY MEETINGS Presenter and Participant, Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (October, 2015). Participant, Society of Christian Ethics annual conference, Chicago, January, 2015. Participant, National Women's Studies Association annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November, 2014. Participant, Rabbi Hayim Goren Perelmuter Conference on "The Jewishness of Jesus and a Jewish Perspective on the New Testament" (featuring Prof. Amy-Jill Levine), The Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union, April 30, 2013.

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Book Discussant, “Breakfast with an Author: Telling Our Lives: Conversations

on Solidarity and Difference,” Society of Christian Ethics, Dallas, TX, January, 2007.

Convener, “The Moral Dilemmas in Regarding the Pain of Others,” Society of

Christian Ethics, Phoenix, AZ, January, 2006. Member, Nominating Committee for the Board of Directors, Society of Christian

Ethics, January, 2003-January 2004. Member, Nominating Committee for co-chair positions, Ethics Section, American

Academy of Religion, Toronto, November, 2002. Participant, organizational meeting of the Society of Jewish Ethics, Vancouver, B.C., January, 2002. Convener, Catholic Radicalism Conference: Conversations with Daniel Berrigan, DePaul University, October, 1999. Book Discussant, “Breakfast with an Author: Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture,” Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta, GA, January, 1998. Convener, “Ethics and Technology” Panel, Ethics Section, American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1995.

Convener, “Prospects for a Feminist Public Theology,” Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, D.C., January, 1995.

Convener, “Women in Ethics” panel, Ethics Section, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November, 1994.

Participant and Steering Committee Member, "Organizational and Business Ethics" Seminar, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November, 1994.

Participant and Steering Committee Member, "Organizational and Business Ethics" Seminar, American Academy of Religion, Washington D. C., November 1993.

Moderator of Working Session, “Conflict within Communities,” Conference on Pluralism, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago, IL, August, 1993.

Convener, “A New Case for the Living Wage: Can Ethics and Economics Meet?,” Society of Christian Ethics, Savannah, GA, January, 1993.

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Participant and Steering Committee Member, "Organizational and Business Ethics" Seminar, American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, CA, November, 1992.

Convener, "Womenviews of Human Life in an Ecological Context," Society of Christian Ethics, Philadelphia, PA, January, 1992.

Interest Group Convener, "Teaching Business Ethics," Society of Christian Ethics, Philadelphia, PA, January, 1992.

Participant and Steering Committee Member, "Organizational and Business Ethics" Seminar, American Academy of Religion, Kansas City, MO, November, 1991.

Interest Group Convener, "Teaching Business Ethics," Society of Christian Ethics, Los Angeles, CA, January, 1991.

Convener, "Beyond Rabbi Hiyya's Wife: Women's Voices in Jewish Bioethics," Society of Christian Ethics, Los Angeles, CA, January, 1991.

Organizer, "If Women Mattered: A Conference on Women and Work," sponsored by Women's Studies Program, DePaul University, Chicago NOW, and Women Employed, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, April, 1990.

Interest Group Convener, "Teaching Business Ethics," Society of Christian Ethics, Arlington, VA, January, 1990.

Convener, "Liberation Movements and Romanticizing Victims," Society of Christian Ethics, Durham, N.C., January, 1988.

Presenter, "Judaism" section for Religious Studies Reader, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University, October, 1987. Presenter, "Modern Jewish Identity," Judaism Today series, Willamette University, Salem, OR, April, 1985.

Presider, "Ethics" Section, American Academy of Religion, Western Region, Pasadena, CA, March, 1981.

Moderator and Respondent, "The Jewish Woman: History and Future," National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles, June, 1980.

Convener and Chair, "Religion in an Urban Age," American Academy of Religion, Western Region, Berkeley, March, 1980.

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Respondent, "Jewish Social History," West Coast Association of Women Historians, Pacific Palisades, CA, March, 1980.

VII. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ** Panelist and Participant, Teaching in Honors Luncheon: "What is the Difference?" DePaul University (June 2, 2017) ** Participant, Land Ethic Workshop, Aldo Leopold Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin (August 5-7, 2017) Participant, Teaching in Honors Luncheon : Celebrating Innovations, DePaul University (June 3, 2016) Participant, Teaching and Learning Conference: Teaching Through Civic Engagement: Doing Good Well, Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, DePaul University (October 23, 2015) Participant, Teaching in Honors Luncheon : Engaging our Community, DePaul University (June 5, 2015)

Participant, Teaching and Learning Conference: How Students Learn: Evidence- Based Strategies for Teaching, Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, DePaul University DePaul University (May 1, 2015)

Participant, Focal Point Seminar Best Practices Conference, DePaul University (November 21, 2014). Participant, Vincentian Heritage Tour to France, sponsored by the Office of Mission and Values, DePaul University (Summer, 2014). Participant, "Uncovering Students' Hidden Learning," led by Caryn Chaden and Laurie Dietz, Teaching Commons Workshop Series, Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, DePaul University (May 16, 2014). Participant, Focal Point Seminar Best Practices Conference, DePaul University (November, 2013). Participant and Certificate Recipient, "Teaching Peace in the 21st Century," Summer Institute for Faculty in Peace Studies Program Development, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (June 9-14, 2013). Presenter, The Shapiro Lecture (invited), "Bereavement, Storytelling, and Reconciliation: Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians," The Bernardin

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Center for Theology and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union (February 19, 2013). Participant, LA&S Connected Communities Summer Seminar, "Distance and Belonging: One of These Things is Not Like the Other," DePaul University, Summer, 2011.

Participant, "The Desert of the Real: Ethics in an Age of Mediated Reality," A DePaul Catholic Intellectual Tradition Salon, DePaul University (February 18, 2011). Collaboration with the Interfaith Encounter Association (Israel), the Interreligious

Coordinating Council in Israel, and the Parents Circle--Families Forum (Israel and Palestine) during my field research of these organizations, which included conducting 28 interviews with members and staff (Autumn, 2010)

Participant, Building Abrahamic Partnerships II, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT

(June 21-26, 2009)

Participant, Advanced Training, The Compassionate Listening Project, Seabeck, WA (February 14-18 and May 1-5, 2008)

Attendee, “Crossing the Faith Line,” Interfaith Youth Core’s national conference,

Chicago Cultural Center (October 28-30, 2007) Attendee, “Peacemaking in an Age of Terror,” Center for Ethics and Social

Justice, Loyola University, Chicago (March 20-22, 2007) Participant, Workshop on Dispute Resolution (PAX 250), offered by Craig

Mousin and Katheryn Dutenhaver, DePaul University, Winter term, 2007

Participant, Compassionate Listening Delegation to Israel/Palestine (November 6-18, 2006)

Faculty Field Director, Madrid Study Abroad Program (Autumn, 2003) Participant, Faculty Development Trip to Morocco and Spain (June-July, 2001) Participant, Faculty Study Trip to Tucson, AZ and Nogales, Mexico (June, 2000) Participant, “A Future of Service: A National Conference on Service-Learning in

Theology/Religious Studies,” Boston, November 18-19, 1999.

Invited Participant and Presenter, Working Conference on “Ethical Issues in Women’s Aging,” The Ethics Center, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FLA, February 20-22, 1998.

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Participant, Religion in the Urban Context Seminar, DePaul University Religious Studies Department and University of Birmingham Theology Department, Birmingham, U.K. (Summer, 1997).

Presenter, Participant, and Planner, “Women and Spirituality: Embracing Self and Community Through Diverse Perspectives” Conference, sponsored by the Women’s Center, DePaul University, May, 1997.

Consultant, Field Museum of Natural History, “Living Together” Exhibit (1995 - 1997).

Participant, “Performing Women’s Lives: We are the Stories We Tell:

Narrative as Performance and Pedagogy,” two-day workshops sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program, DePaul University, Fall, 1996, Winter, 1997, and Spring, 1997.

Participant, Central and Eastern Europe DePaul Faculty Development Tour (Summer, 1995).

Academic Consultant, Lilly Endowment Grant, Liturgy Committee, Central Conference of American Rabbis (Spring, 1992 - 1993).

Invited Conference Participant, Evanston, IL, March 21-22, 1993.

Participant, “Group Process and Dynamics in Adult Higher Education,” a one-day conference sponsored by the School for New Learning, DePaul University, December, 1992.

Presenter, "Feminist Research in Religion and Ethics: Current Issues and Questions," Women and Law Faculty Group, Law School, DePaul University, April, 1991.

Participant, Pacific Rim Faculty Development Tour (Summer, 1990). VIII. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ** 2017 Spirit of DePaul Award ** 2017 My course, REL/PAX 253, featured in DePaul's Insights, LAS's alumni publication (Spring, 2017) 2015 Woman of Spirit and Action Honoree, awarded by the DePaul Women's Network (November 5, 2015)

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2013 Selected as Participant in the Faculty-Staff Vincentian Heritage Tour to France (Summer, 2014), Office of Mission and Values, DePaul University

2008 Honors Distinguished Faculty, Honors Program, DePaul University (2008-2010) 2006 Cordelyou-Lowery Award for Excellence in Teaching and

Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul University

2006 Vincent DePaul Professorship (2006-2009), DePaul University 2002 Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul University

2001 Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal

Arts and Sciences, DePaul University

1998-1999 Wicklander Chair in Professional Ethics, DePaul University

1997 Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize, American Folklore Society/Women’s Section, for Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture

1996 Unsung Heroes Award, University Women’s Center, DePaul Univ.

1990 Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul University

1987 Nominated for the National Jewish Book Award for Beyond

Yiddishkeit: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in a Reform Synagogue

1979 - 1980 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Dissertation Grant 1979 & 1970 Phi Kappa Phi 1972 - 1974 National Defense Education Act Fellowship

1969 Phi Beta Kappa

IX. GRANTS AND LEAVES AWARDED 2010 Competitive Research Grant, “Seeking Reconciliation across the

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Israeli-Palestinian Divide,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ. (awarded in 2009, postponed to 2010)

2010 Research Leave (Autumn, 2010), “Seeking Reconciliation across

the Israeli-Palestinian Divide,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ. (awarded in 2009, used in Autumn 2010)

2007 Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant (Sonja Srdanovic, Summer,

2007), “Peacemaking in the Middle East: Efforts toward Reconciliation,” College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul Univ.

2007 Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant (Emily Cull, Spring, 2007),

“Peacemaking in the Middle East: Efforts toward Reconciliation,” College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul Univ.

2006 Vincentian Endowment Fund, Faculty Grant, “Compassionate Listening,” DePaul University 2002 Research Leave (Autumn, 2002), "Border Crossings: Hybridity, Community, and Transient Selves," University Research Council, DePaul Univ. 2002 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “A Long Way from ‘Home’: Migrant Experience and the Construction of the Self,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul University

1999 Competitive Research Grant (with Beth Kelly), “Three Lives: Women Speaking Across Difference,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ.

1998 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Women Speaking Across

Difference,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

1997 Competitive Research Grant (with Beth Kelly), “Three Lives: Women Speaking Across Difference,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ.

1996 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Old, Jewish, and Female:

Women and Beauty Shop Culture,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

1996 Research Leave (Spring term), “Old, Jewish, and Female: Women

and Beauty Shop Culture,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ.

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1994 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Femininity and Beauty Salon Culture,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

1992 Competitive Research Grant, “Appearance, Self-Understanding,

and Community Among Older Jewish Women,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ.

1992 Research Leave (Fall term), “Appearance and Self-Understanding

in Old Jewish Women,” University Research Council, DePaul Univ.

1992 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Appearance and Self-

Understanding in Old Jewish Women,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

1989 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Women and Work,” College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

1987 Summer Faculty Research Grant, “Prophetic Judaism and Economic Justice,” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, DePaul Univ.

X. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND OFFICIAL POSITIONS

American Academy of Religion Nominating Committee for Ethics Section co-chairs (2002)

Co-Chair, Ethics Section (1996-1999) Steering Committee, Ethics Section (1993-1996)

Standing Committee of the Board on the Status of Women in the Profession (1995-1997) Steering Committee, Organizational and Business Ethics Seminar (1991-1994)

National Women’s Studies Association (2007 - 2008) Peace and Justice Studies Association (2015 - ) Society of Christian Ethics Member, Nominating Committee for Board of Directors (2003-2004)

Member, Committee on the Twenty-first Century (1999) Miscellaneous roles: paper presenter, book discussant, convener, interest group chair, pre-conference session organizer, referee for The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics

Society of Jewish Ethics Founding Member

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XI. SERVICE University Host, MEAL with DePaul, Office for International Students and Scholars (I hosted three students for lunch at my home) (February 20, 2016) Faculty Mentoring Maria Ferrera, Department of Social Work, preparation of personal statement for fourth-year review (Winter, 2016) Christine Klimas, Environmental Science and Studies, discussion of tenure and promotion--scheduled for 2018 (February 10, 2016) Mark Potosnak, Environmental Science and Studies, preparation of personal statement for tenure and promotion (Autumn, 2014) ** Society of Vincent de Paul Professors (2007 - ) ** Inclusivity Task Force (2016 - ) Membership Committee (2012 - 2015) ** Faculty Mentoring Project (2008 - ) ** Member, Mentoring Panel for Tenure and Promotion Process (May 17, 2017) Member, Mentoring Panel for Tenure and Promotion Process (February 11, 2016) Member, Mentoring Panel for Tenure and Promotion Process (February 11, 2015) Honors' Program Committee Member, Honors' Thesis: Angelica Jaje, "Beauty Without the Shop" (Autumn, 2015 - Winter, 2016) Director, Honors' Thesis: Leah Karchmer, "The Israeli Defense Forces: A Reflection of Modern Jewish Identity" (Summer- Autumn, 2013) Participation in Assessment Project (2010) Ad Hoc Committee, Redesign of HON 104 (Spring-Fall, 2004)

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** Faculty (Fall, 1989 - ) Honors’ Program Workshop Series (1995-1996; 1994-1995) Religious Studies Honors Committee (Fall - Winter, 1986-1987)

Women’s Center

** Advisory Board (2007 - )

Participant and Presenter, “Women’s Spirituality and Social Activism” Conference, sponsored by the DPU Women’s Center, (March 30-31, 2000) Search Committee, Women’s Center Director (Winter-Spring, 1999)

Ad hoc Committee, Redefining Women’s Center Mission and Director’s Role (1998-99) Program Committee, Conference on Women and Spirituality (1996 - 1997) Steering Committee (1995 - 2003) Search Committee, Women’s Center’s Director (Fall, 1994 - Winter, 1995) Chair, Task Force on Women’s Center Mission (1993 - 1994)

Jewish Life at DePaul (University Ministry) Advisory Committee (2012 - 2013) Director Search--Advisory Committee (2012) Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Monika Black, "The Role of the Black Church in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in the Community," Department of Psychology, DePaul University (Summer, 2012; dissertation defense on July 31st, 2012). Organizer via Liz Ortiz's office, Preliminary discussions about DePaul's involvement in ongoing volunteer project with Center for Companies that Care (Autumn, 2012) Presenter and Panelist, "Jewish Identity," University Ministry and Student Affairs (April 14, 2011).

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Faculty Book Discussant, DePaul Women's Network, Annual Event (discussion of my co-authored book, Telling Our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference) (March 2, 2010) Cultural Center Advisory Board (2009 - 2011) Barbara Sizemore Awards Committee (Autumn 2009-Winter 2010)

Middle East Working Group, University Committee on International

Programs (2009 - ) Facilitator, Compassionate Listening Practice Group, University Ministry

(2008 - 2009) Religious and Spiritual Diversity Committee of the President’s Diversity

Council (2007 - 2010) Religious Holidays Subcommittee (2010) Abrahamic Traditions Program/Center Ad Hoc Committee (2006 – 2007) Teaching, Learning, and Negotiating Difference Committee (2006 -2007) Difficult Dialogues Committee, Cultural Center (2005 - 2006) Presenter and Discussion Leader, “Meanings of Feminism,” Feminists in

Action (student group) (October 23, 2006) Invited Speaker, “The Jewish New Year,” Cultural Center (Sept. 27, 2006)

Search Committee, Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics (Autumn, 2002 – Winter, 2003)

Co-organizer, campus panel on the Catholic Church and clergy abuse

(May 2002) Introduction of Sister Helen Prejean, DePaul co-sponsored conference on

the death penalty (March, 2002) Academic Integrity Board (1998 - 2002) Academic Retreat (July 24, 2001) Service Learning Minor Ad Hoc Committee (1999 - 2000) Academic Retreat (July 18, 2000)

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Participant and Presenter, “Women’s Spirituality and Social Activism” Conference, sponsored by the DPU Women’s Center, (March 30-31, 2000)

Peer Reviewer of Pauline Lipman, SCG 601 Reflective Seminar:

Sociology of Education (May 13, 1999)

Co-Planner and Presenter, Religious Discrimination Workshops for Student Affairs Staff (1993 - 1995)

Faculty Planning Retreat (1994) Personnel Committee, School for New Learning (Winter, 1993) Liberal Studies Council (Fall, 1991- Winter, 1993)

Organizer and Presenter, Lilly Endowment Faculty Development Workshop, "Jewish Life and Community in Chicago," DePaul University, November, 1991.

Grade Challenge Board, Humanities (alternate; 1990-1991) Academic Planning Retreat (July, 1990) Quality of Instruction Council (1989 - 1991)

Committee on Programs and Support for Older and Evening Students (1988 - 1989)

Student Speakers' Bureau (Spring, 1987 - 1988)

"Great Ideas, Business and Society" (MLS 452 / GSB 540) Faculty Committee (1986 - 1993)

Business Ethics Committee (1986 - 1992)

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Center for Religion, Culture, and Community (formerly the Center for Interreligious Engagement) Vatican II Celebration Planning Committee (collaboration with Catholic Theological Union) (Spring 2014 - Spring 2015 ) Policy Committee (2007 - 2016)

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Organizer, "Cultivating Compassion: A Buddhist Path," Ven.

Thubten Chodren, Speaker (April 14, 2015). Organizer and discussant of a CIE-sponsored event (2013) Organizer of two CIE-sponsored events (2012) Director (2007-2009)

Organizer, "Religion and Identity Among Palestinians in Chicago," Loren Lybarger, Speaker (February 3, 2014).

Organizer and Discussant of film, "Within the Eye of the Storm:

When Enemies Become Brothers" (March 4, 2013). Organizer for the program, "Budrus," a film screening followed by

discussion, co-sponsored by the Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Program (February 29, 2012).

Organizer and Moderator, "Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Still

Possible?," Gershon Baskin, Speaker, co-sponsored by the Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Program and the Department of Political Science, DePaul University (February 21, 2012).

Organizer, “Art Seeking Peace: Non-Verbal Dialogues on the

Middle East,” co-sponsored by Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Program, Art, Media & Design, the Cultural Center, and the Humanities Center, DePaul University (February 11, 2010).

Director (2007-2009)

Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Summer Research Program, College of

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Leah Karchmer, "The Israeli Defense Forces: A Reflection of Modern Jewish Identity" (Summer 2013).

Faculty Development Task Force (2012 - 2013) Second-year Review Committee for Maria Ferrera, Department of Social

Work (Autumn 2012). Awards Committee (2008 - 2010)

First-Year Programs Participant in Assessment Project (2008)

Promotion and Tenure Committee for Nila (Ginger) Hofman, Department of Anthropology (Autumn 2007)

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Cordelyou-Lowery Award Selection Committee (2007 - 2009) Presenter, “Listening our Way to Peace: A Journey with Israelis and

Palestinians,” co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Peace/Conflict Resolution/Social Justice Program, Religious Studies, and the Global Voices Series (January 30, 2007)

Organizer, “Combatants for Peace” campus program, sponsored by PAX

and Chicago chapter of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom: Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace (January 26, 2007).

Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Program ** Policy Committee (2006 - ) ** Academic Advisor for majors (2014 - ) ** Non-Violence Committee (2016 - ) ** Workshop Organizer and Presenter, Compassionate

Listening: Effective Communication in a Challenging Time (April 1, 2017)

Participant in APR process (Winter 2014) Humanities Center, Executive Committee (2005 - 2013) Promotion and Tenure Committee for Sharon Nagy, Department of

Anthropology (Autumn 2005 - Winter 2006)

Faculty Governance Council (January 2003-January 2004) Community Service Studies Program, Advisory Board (2003- 2005) Study Abroad Program: Madrid Program Committee (2003-2004)

LASAC (Liberal Arts and Sciences Academic Chairs) Committee (1999- 2002)

Catholic Studies Steering Committee (1999-2002) Genome Project Program Ad Hoc Committee (2000 – 2001)

Personnel Committee (1997 - 2000; 1991 - 1994) Religious Dimensions Committee of the Liberal Studies Council (1996 - 1999)

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Women's and Gender Studies Program ** Affiliated Faculty (2012 - ) Advisory Board (2010 - 2012) Assessment Committee (2010 - 2012) Faculty Committee (1986 - 2012) Personnel Committee (2004 - 2007) Advisory Board (2004 - 2006) Retreat Participant (May 10, 2003)

Retreat Participant and Panelist (November 4, 2000) Steering Committee (1998 - 2000) Advisory Committee (1986 - 2003) Steering Committee (1995 - 1997) Personnel Committee (1993 - 1994)

Masters of Arts/Liberal Studies Program Participant in APR Process (Winter, 2015) Yearly Assessment Committee (2007) Policy Committee (1994 - 2016) Presenter and Participant, special meeting on teaching and curriculum (Spring, 2003) Marketing and Outreach Committee (1997-1998)

Faculty Committee on MALS core course, Representations of the Body (1992-1994)

Integrating Project Committees Rachel Stanton, “Aging and Sexuality” (2008- 2009) Project Director for Anne Malec’s “A Modern Trend:

Married Women Choosing Voluntary Childlessness" (2002-2003)

Kevin Buckley, “Dignity/USA: Membership Commitment

and Ideology in a Complex American Voluntary Association” (1999-2000)

Gina Shropshire, “Here Comes the Bride: Negotiating the Transition” (1997-1998) Gail McCabe, “Reframing the Language of Domestic Violence” (1997-1998) Kathie Brakie, “The Social Impact of Cultural Images Upon African American Women” (1994-1995)

Masters Thesis Committees

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** Rachel Wills, Women's and Gender Studies, "Vulnerability, Wisdom and Resistance: Developing a Spiritual Feminist Pedagogy" (2015 - ) Abigail Muldoon, Women's and Gender Studies, "Divine Discrimination: Christian Belief and Gender Harassment" (2014 - 2015) Molly Pim, Women's and Gender Studies, "Literature for Girls and the Preadolescent Novel: A Historical Analysis and Recommendations for Challenging the Status Quo" (2013 - 2014) Angela Z. Djurovic, Interdisciplinary Studies, “Sit-up Straight and

Smile: Construction of the Postmenopausal Woman in Pharmaceutical Advertising” (2000)

Joseph Ligmanowski, Sociology, “The Mainstream Among the Far

Right: An Examination of the Political Views of Twelve John Birch Society Members of Northern Illinois” (1997-2000)

Shelley K. Erickson, Interdisciplinary Studies, “Women’s Resistance and Feminist Theory: Limitations of a Gendered Lens (1998-1999)

Lectures to Various DePaul Classes "Feminist Ethnography," WGS 491, Methods and Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies, May, 2016. "Judaism and Conflict Resolution," REL 320, Topics in Religious Ethics: Religion and Diplomacy, May, 2013. “Religion, Spirituality, and Work: A Feminist Perspective,” WGS 300, Feminist Theories, November, 2011. "Judaism and Conflict Resolution," REL 320, Topics in Religious Ethics: Religion and Diplomacy, May, 2011. “Feminist Theology,” REL 208, Methods and Approaches in

Religion, October, 2005. "Ethnographic Method and Process in the Study of Older Women,"

ANT 314, Anthropology of Women, January, 2003.

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"Ethnographic Method and Process in the Study of Older Women," ANT 314, Anthropology of Women, February, 2002.

“Consequentialism and Deontology in Ethics,” REL 208, Methods

and Approaches in the Study of Religion, November, 2001. Theoretical and Substantive Issues in Women and Aging Research, WMS 391, Methods and Scholarship in Women’s Studies, January, 1999. Ethnographic Research Methods: A Case Study, SCG 765 (School of Education), Advanced Qualitative Research Design II, April, 1999. Religious Feminism in the West, 1970-1998, REL 372, Religion and Feminism: Cross-cultural Perspectives, September, 1998. Gender, Aging, and Ethnographic Research, SOC 209, Sociology of Women, April, 1998. Cultural Representations of Aging Women and their Ethical Implications, MLS 405 Representations of the Body, March, 1998. Society and the Aging Female Self , SOC 205, Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives, March, 1998. Women and Ethnographic Research, WMS 391, Methods and Scholarship in Women’s Studies, January, 1998. Qualitative Methods in Women’s Studies, WMS 395, Women’s Studies Advanced Seminar, April, 1997. Ethnographic Method in the Study of Older Women SOC 469, Middle Age and Aging, Feb., 1997

Jewish American Quarter Committee (1995 - 1996) Central and Eastern Europe Faculty Development Group (Fall, 1994-Summer, 1995) LA&S Ad Hoc Committee on Liberal Studies (Winter, 1993) Setting up Israel Excursion (scheduled for Summer,1992) Summer Incoming Students Advisor (1990) Pacific Rim Study Tour Faculty Group (Fall, 1989- Summer,1990)

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Women and Work Conference Committee (Spring, 1989-Spring, 1990) Committee on Excellence in Teaching Awards (Fall, 1989) Faculty Discussion Group on American Studies at DePaul University

(Fall, 1988 - Winter, 1989) Philosophy and Religion Divisional Committee (1987-1991) Freshman Seminar Faculty Committee (Spring, 1987 - 1996) Religious Studies Department Personnel Committee (2014 - 2016) Chair, Ad-hoc Committee, Departmental Chairperson Search (Autumn, 2013) Planner, End-of-Year Religious Studies Dinner (June, 2013) Presenter and discussant, Departmental Convivium (Autumn, 2011) Faculty Mentor to Contingent Faculty Members (2009 - 2010) Director, Center for Interreligious Engagement (2007 - 2009) Future Directions Committee (2006 - 2007) Presenter and discussant, Departmental Convivium (Winter, 2007)

Personnel Committee (2003 - 2006) Chair (Autumn, 2005 - 2006) Organizer, RS faculty/majors dinner and theater event (“God’s Work,” Albany Park Theater Project), April 8, 2006. Future Directions and Strategic Planning Committee (2003 - 2005) Ad-Hoc Committee on the 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions

(Spring – Summer, 2003)

Curriculum Revision Ad-Hoc Sub-Committees (Spring, 2003) Religion, Ethics, and Social Justice Concentration Women, Religion, and Spirituality Concentration REL 203, Comparative Religious Worlds

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Ad-Hoc Committee on Research Expectations (Spring, 2003) Participant, Departmental Retreat (Spring, 2003)

Department Chair (1999 - 2002) Chair, Future Directions Committee (2001 - 2002)

Chair, Religion, Ethics and Social Justice Concentration Committee (2000)

Chair, Assessment Committee (1998 - 1999) Chair, Assessment Plan Committee (1997 - 1998)

Participant, Departmental Retreat on Multiculturalism (Winter, 1998)

Presenter and discussant, Departmental Convivium, (October, 1997)

Personnel Committee Chair, 1996-97, Elected for 1994 –1997, Elected for 1992 – 1994, Appointed for 1991 - 1992

Faculty Mentor to Junior Faculty Members Lisa Poirier (2015 - 2017) Yuki Miyamoto (2006 - 2010) Scott Paeth (2004 - 2008)

Linda LaMacchia (adjunct; Spring, 2003) Edward Tomasiewicz (1996 - 1999) Angelika Cedzich (1994 - 1996) Aminah Beverly McCloud (1990 - 1991) Emilie Townes (1988 - 1989)

Curriculum Subcommittee on Women, Religion, and Spirituality (Fall, 1995 - Spring, 1997)

Participant, Departmental Retreat (Spring, 1995)

Subcommittee on Religion, Ethics, and Urban Life, Departmental Strategic Planning (1995)

Presenter and discussant, Departmental Convivium (Spring, 1994) Faculty Search Committees Chair, Religion and Ethics (Fall, 2004 – Winter, 2005)

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Chair, Religions of Africa and the African Diaspora (Fall, 1993 – Winter, 1994)

Catholic Studies (Winter, 1991) Contemporary Catholicism (Winter, 1989) Hebrew Bible (Winter-Spring, 1987) Curriculum Committee (1988 - 1991) Students/Minors/Recruitment Committee (1986 - 1991) Acting Chair (Fall, 1988) Community Presenter, "Approaches to Forgiveness and Reconciliation," Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL (April 17, 2016). Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Compassionate Listening" Series, Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism, Highland Park, IL (October 8, 15, & 22, 2013). Career Representative (Education), AIM High Career Fair, Center for Companies that Care, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (February 20, 2013). Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Israel: Different Opinions, One Community," Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Program (open to the entire congregation), Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism, Highland Park, IL (November 4, 2012). Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Israel: Different Opinions, One Community" (program for religious school teachers), Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism, Highland Park, IL (November 4, 2012). Co-organizer and assistant workshop facilitator, "Introduction to Compassionate Listening" (a day-long workshop), Friedman Place, Chicago, IL (July 24, 2011). Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Compassionate Listening: The Israeli- Palestinian Conflict," Israel Task Force, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL (March 29 and May 25, 2011) Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Compassionate Listening: The Israeli- Palestinian Conflict," Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL (February 17, 2011) Presenter and workshop facilitator, "Compassionate Listening: The Israeli- Palestinian Conflict," Havurah Lomdim, Evanston, IL (February 6, 2011). Lecturer, American Studies classes (one grad and one undergrad), Al Quds

University, Abu Dis, the West Bank (November 15, 2010)

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Interviewee for 10-minute radio segment, "The Changing Role of Women in

Organized Religion” (Alison Cuddy, Host), Eight Forty-Eight, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio (May 27, 2010).

Evaluator for curriculum project on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for Just Vision

(http://www.justvision.org), a nonprofit organization that informs local and international audiences about under-documented Palestinian and Israeli joint civilian efforts to resolve the conflict nonviolently (December, 2009).

Presenter, “Compassionate Listening,” Creating Peace, Understanding Conflict, 2008 Summer Institute on Peace and Conflict Studies, College of DuPage (June 3, 2008)

Book Talks, Readings, and Signings on my (co-authored) book, Telling Our

Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference Barnes and Noble Books, Marlton, NJ (November 20, 2005), with

Elizabeth Kelly and Linda W. Nelson Barnes and Noble Books DePaul (at Loop Campus) (October 17, 2005),

with Elizabeth Kelly Women and Children First Books (September 18, 2005), with Elizabeth

Kelly and Linda W. Nelson Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member for Minna Bromberg, “How Are the two

One? Interfaith Couples Constructing Family Identity,” Department of Sociology, Northwestern University (2002-2005) Presenter, “Jewish Women’s Spirituality,” Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, IL (October 29, 2001)

Symposium Panelist, “Beauty and Body Image,” Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN (February 13, 2001)

Presenter, “Facing the Mirror: Women, Femininity, and Aging,” Ambassador Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, IL (Sept. 16, 1998)

Presenter, Generativity Club, Gerontology Program, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL (Feb. 23, 1998)

Presenter, “An Author and Her Work,” Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL (Jan. 4, 1998)

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Scholar in Residence, “The World of Our Mothers: Learning from the Older Generation,” Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, IL (Nov. 12, 1997)

Radio/TV Interviews on my book, Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture

Business Newsmakers, WCIU-TV, Chicago, Dec. 16, 1997

The Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin NPR Affiliate, Dec. 12, 1997 The Warren Pierce Radio Network, WAAM, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nov. 10, 1997

Ideas Network, Wisconsin Public Radio, Oct. 27, 1997 Public Affairs, WBEZ, Chicago (NPR Affiliate), Sept. 29, 1997

Afternoon Magazine, WILL Urbana/Champaign (NPR Affiliate), Sept. 9, 1997

Newspaper/Magazine Interviews and Articles on my book, Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture

Denise Mattson, “The Beholder’s Eye,” DePaul University Magazine

(Fall, 1997)

Pat Andrews, “Salon Culture is Book Focus,” The News-Herald, Southgate, MI (Nov. 16, 1997)

Jon Anderson, “Age and Inner Beauty Enter Local Salon Together,” The Chicago Tribune (Oct. 1, 1997)

Pauline Dubkin Yearwood, “Skin Very Deep,” Chicago Jewish News (Sept. 19, 1997)

Book Talks, Readings, and Signings on my book, Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture

Jewish Book Fair, Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, West Bloomfield, MI (Nov. 10, 1997)

Barnes and Noble Books, Skokie, IL (Nov. 5, 1997) Women & Children First Books, Chicago, IL (Sept. 25, 1997)

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Scholar in Residence, Chicago Association of Temple Administrators’ Retreat: “Building Community Through Inclusion,” Oconomowoc, WI (February, 1996)

Lecturer, “Women and Beauty Shop Culture,” Chicago chapter of ORT, Chicago, IL (August, 1995)

Presenter, “Feminism and Faith,” University Ministry Program, DePaul University (September, 1994)

Panelist and Presenter, “Of Woman Born: Jewish Mothers, Jewish Daughters,” Jewish Feminism Symposium, sponsored by the American Jewish Congress, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (May, 1993)

Lecturer, “Jewish Women Together: Community in Unexpected Places,” National Council of Jewish Women, South Cook section, Homewood, IL (March, 1993)

Lecturer, “Jewish Women’s Spirituality,” Interfaith Adult Education Group, Congregation Or Shalom, Long Grove, IL (February, 1993)

Panelist and Presenter, “Marking Points of Passage,” Jewish Feminism Symposium, sponsored by the American Jewish Congress, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (March, 1992)

Presenter, "Drawing on Feminist Theology: A Conversation between Ruth Weisberg and Frida Kerner Furman," Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL (February, 1992).

Presenter, Business Ethics Workshop, "Ethics for Managers," Human Resources Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (August, 1991)

Presenter, Business Ethics Workshop, "Creating an Ethical Environment," Internal Auditing Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (May, 1991)

Presenter and Discussion Leader, "Multicultural Diversity and Political Correctness: A Feminist Perspective," Temple Emanuel, Chicago, IL (April, 1991)

Participant, Human Communities Committee, Council for a Parliament of World Religions (1990 - 1991)

Lecturer and Discussion Leader, "Judaism and Feminism," Congregation Moriah, Highland Park, IL (November, 1989).

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Workshop Moderator, "Salaries and Benefits: The Unjust, Unfamily Wage in Chicago," for conference, "Renewing Old Friendships: A Meeting of Religion and Organized Labor," sponsored by DePaul University's Center for the Study of Values, Chicago, IL (October, 1989).

Lecturer, "To Be A Jew Today: Constructing Jewish Values and Jewish Identity in America," Faculty Group, University of Chicago Hillel Foundation, Chicago, IL (April,1989).

Lecturer, "God, Ritual, and Justice in Judaism: A Feminist Perspective," Oak Park Congregation, Oak Park, IL (March, 1989).

Lecturer, "The Construction of Reform Jewish Values," Congregation Beth El, Chicago, IL (February, 1989).

Workshop Presenter, "Women and Ritual," Symposium on "Jewish Feminism: A Call to the Future," Spertus College of Judaica, Chicago, IL (November, 1988).

Lecturer, "Reform Judaism: The View from Within," Congregation Or with Chadash, Chicago, IL (July, 1988).

Lecturer, "Beyond Yiddishkeit: The Building of Jewish Community," Scholars' Program, North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL (March, 1988).

Lecturer, "Value Tensions in American Jewish Life," Young Scholars Lecture Series, Dawn Schuman Institute of Jewish Learning, Skokie, IL (February, 1988).

Lecturer, "How Reform Jews Create Their Values," Jewish Ethics Series, Emanuel Congregation, Chicago, IL (December, 1987).

Lecturer, "Beyond Yiddishkeit: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in a Reform Synagogue," Library Lecturers Series, Congregation Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL (December, 1987).

Respondent to keynote address at Jewish-Lutheran conference, "The Current Moral Crisis in Politics and the Professions and the Impotence of Religious Leaders," Chicago, IL (November, 1987).

Lecturer, group leader, and panelist, Faculty Development Day, Illinois Benedictine College, "The Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Economy" (November, 1987).

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XII. CURRENT RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Research I am investigating transformative teaching and learning modalities,

with an aim of engaging students in social justice and social transformation. I see it linked to my newly developed course, "Despair and Hope."

Reading stage in subfield of environmental ethics. Development of new courses ** 2016: HON 350, Forgiveness and Reconciliation (senior capstone seminar; first taught in winter, 2017) 2015: REL/PAX 253, Despair and Hope (first taught in Spring, 2016) 2013: LSP 112, Forgiveness (first taught in 2014) 2007: REL/PAX 252, Forgiveness and Reconciliation 2006: ISP 101, Bodies and Meanings: Cultural, Sexual, and Religious

(Focal Point Seminar)

2004-05: REL 372, Religion and Feminism: Cross-Cultural Perspectives 2003: REL 392, Cultural and Religious Legacies in Spain: Judaism,

Christianity, and Islam (Madrid Study Abroad, with Roy Furman)

2001: REL 206, Social Ethics

1999: REL 320, Topics in Religious Ethics: Communities and Moralities (cross-listed with MLS 490)

1997: Justice-Seeking in Chicago (ISP 103, Discover Chicago)

1994-95: Foreign Excursion to the State of Israel , December, 1994, In the Land of Israel: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (with Roy Furman)

1993-94: REL 322, Feminist Ethics (cross-listed with WMS 394 and MALS 477)

1992-94: MALS 405, Representations of the Body (with Kate Kane and Bob Rotenberg); first taught, Spring, 1995

1991-92: REL 392, Foreign Study in Religion: The Land of Israel in Historical and Religious Perspectives (with Roy Furman)

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INT 390, Guest Seminar: Peace and Conflict Resolution in the State of Israel (with Roy Furman)

1989-90: HON 104, Religion and Human Experience

MLS 452/GSB 540, Great Ideas, Business and Society 1988-89: WMS 210, Values and Gender 1987-88: REL 100, Introduction to Religion REL 221, Sociology of Religion REL 278, Women in Religion 1986-87: REL 228, Business, Ethics and Society

REL 222, Western Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues

REL 390, Integrating Seminar (The Holocaust) (2017)