Solidarity in Pursuit of Authentic Human Development

A Student Symposium at the University of Notre Dame

Saturday, February 23, 2008 at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies

8:30-9:00 AM:  Registration/Check-in

9:00-9:10 AM:  Welcome & opening remarks

Rev. Bob Dowd, CSC, Director, Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity
Sara Snider and Joel Steiner, symposium student directors

9:10-9:45 AM:  Concepts of Authentic Human Development & Solidarity

Maura Ryan, Associate Professor of Theology
Todd Whitmore, Associate Professor of Theology
Kevin Bailey (ND '08)

9:45-10:00 AM:  Transition period (coffee and snacks will be available)

10:00-11:00 AM:  Parallel sessions

Health

1. Lacey Haussmen: Quality of Health Care Services in War-Affected Populations: A look at maternal health services in northern Uganda
2. Patricia Hughes: The Impact of Housing and Ancillary Services on People with HIV/AIDS
3. Jeff Latuska: HIV/AIDS and Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa
4. Nate Serazin: Building a Biocultural Understanding of Traditional Medical Practices in Rural Ecuador
5. Discussant: Prof David Nnyanzi, Director of Research-Outreach, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)

Rural Development

1. Simon Ababo:The Impact of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund-Vulnerable Group Support Pillar on Rural Poverty Reduction
2. Cathubert Tukundane: A Case Study of the Area-based Agricultural Modernisation Porgramme in Mbarara District
3. Discussant: John Katongole, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Ethics and Development Studies, UMU

Education

1. Rachel Cota: Educational Development: From South Bend to Benin, West Africa
2. Jennifer Gulley: Education as a Means of Economic Development in Nicaragua
3. Mariah Quinn: Early Childhood Development Programs
4. Discussant: Tony Pohlen (ND '97)

Environment

1. Nicholas Houpt: Natural Solidarity and Human Development: Life, Interdependence and the Environment
2. Margaret Culhane: Ethics and Ecological Economics: Responding to the Ecological Crisis
3. Felipe Witchger: Possibilities for Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Development of Biofuels Development in Brazil
4. Discussant: Jeffrey Feder, Director, Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment and Society (GLOBES) Program

11:00-11:15 AM:  Transition period (coffee and snacks will be available)  

11:15-1:15 AM/PM:  Panel Presentation

Approaches to Human Development

1. Jessica Brock: Cultural Fluency and Facilitating Development
2. Jessica Faith: Human Rights and Development Initiatives: Slum Upgrading in South Africa
3. Michael Roscitt: Share the Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Private Sector Development in Uganda's Rural and Urban Settings*
4. Jenna Rogers: A New Design for Development
5. Shawn Finlen: Democratic Development: The Effect of Deliberative Democracy on the Distribution of Foreign Aid
6. Laurén Shuttleworth & Sarah Runger: Developing an Integrated Approach to Water Quality Monitoring: Local Populations as Key Partners
7. Discussant: Stephen Silliman, Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences

* There will be a short break between the third and fourth presentations.

11:15-12:15 AM/PM:  Parallel sessions (repeated)

Health

1. Lacey Haussmen: Quality of Health Care Services in War-Affected Populations: A look at maternal health services in northern Uganda
2. Patricia Hughes: The Impact of Housing and Ancillary Services on People with HIV/AIDS
3. Jeff Latuska: HIV/AIDS and Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa
4. Nate Serazin: Building a Biocultural Understanding of Traditional Medical Practices in Rural Ecuador
5. Discussant: David Nyanzi, Director of Research-Outreach, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)

Rural Development

1. Simon Ababo: The Impact of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund-Vulnerable Group Support Pillar on Rural Poverty Reduction
2. Cuthbert Tukundane: A Case Study of the Area-based Agricultural Modernisation Porgramme in Mbarara District
3. Discussant: John Katongole, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Ethics and Development Studies, UMU

12:15-1:15 AM/PM:  Parallel sessions (repeated)

Education

1. Rachel Cota: Educational Development: From South Bend to Benin, West Africa
2. Jennifer Gulley: Education as a Means of Economic Development in Nicaragua
3. Mariah Quinn: Early Childhood Development Programs
4. Discussant: Tony Pohlen (ND '97)

Environment

1. Nicholas Houpt: Ethics and Ecological Economics: Responding to the Ecological Crisis
2. Margaret Culhane: Natural Solidarity and Human Development: Life, Interdependence and the Environment
3. Felipe Witchger: Possibilities for Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Development of Biofuels Development in Brazil
4. Discussant: Jeffrey Feder, Director, Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment and Society (GLOBES) Program

1:15-1:30 PM:  Walk from Mendoza College of Business Atrium

1:30-3:00 PM:  Lunch, Keynote, Question & Answer Session and Closing Remarks

1. Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dennis Jacobs, Vice President and Associate Provost
2. Keynote Address: Raymond Offenheiser
3. Closing remarks: Rev. William M. Lies, CSC

Notes:

1. For parallel and plenary sessions, students will have 10-15 minutes each for presentations, discussants will have 10-15 minutes to respond and the remaining time will be used for Q & A.

2. Opening remarks, the introductory panel Concepts of Authentic Human Development & Solidarity and the panel presentation Approaches to Human Development will take place in the Hesburgh Center auditorium; the parallel sessions at 10:00 AM will take place in the auditorium and in the three conference rooms in the Hesburgh Center.

3. The parallel sessions (repeated) at 11:15 AM and 12:15 PM respectively will take place in the conference rooms in the Hesburgh Center while the plenary session is taking place in the auditorium.