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Description:: Mary Vaughan, retired elementary school teacher and nun, talks to Peter Shea about her activities of protest and civil disobedience, shortly after her sentencing to 24 months of probation after crossing the property line at the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She recalls her first decision to cross the line and the six months she...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Vaughan, Mary
Created:: 2004-06-26
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Peter Shea talks to Mary Callahan about the Bat of Minerva's inception, and why he keeps it going.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Callahan, Mary| Shea, Peter
Created:: 2005-01-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Phil Guin, now deceased, was a Professor in the College of Education at Human Services at Montclair State University.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Guin, Phil
Created:: 2005-12-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ron Reed, now deceased, was a Professor of Philosophy and Education and Director of the Analytic Thinking for Children program at Texas Wesleyan University. Probably his best known book is Rebecca, a text named after his daughter and used around the world to stimulate philosophizing by children.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Reed, Ron
Created:: 2005-12-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ann Waltner talks to Peter Shea about Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and the boundaries between reality and the supernatural in 16th Century China.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Waltner, Ann
Created:: 2006-05-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Cletus Wessels made his profession as a Dominican friar in 1951, followed by his ordination as a priest in 1957. He held a doctorate in systematic theology from St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, and his thesis was published as The Mother of God: Her Physical Maternity in 1964. During his concluding years of ministry, Cletus wrote two books: ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wessels, Cletus
Created:: 2006-06-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Juanita Garciagodoy was born and raised bilingual, binational, and bicultural in Mexico City by a father from Guadalajara, Jalisco, and a mother from farm country in southwestern Minnesota. After college at Macalester in St. Paul, and a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard, she taught literature, philosophy, and civics at a bilingua...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Garciagodoy, Juanita
Created:: 2006-06-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: For over a decade, Kathy Kinzig was executive director of Eco Education, a Minnesota nonprofit offering an array of experiential, environmental education programs that inspire students to improve their academic performance, civic engagement and environmental stewardship. She passed away in 2008.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Kinzig, Kathy
Created:: 2006-06-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: After graduating from Earlham College, Patrick Raines worked at the University of Minnesota as a research technician in the Fly Cognition Lab. He received a Masters of Science degree from the University of Missouri St. Louis with Prof. Aimee Dunlap. He has explored careers in substitute teaching, mosquito control and pacemaker manufacturing. In ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Raines, Patrick
Created:: 2006-06-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Lynn Lukkas talks to Peter Shea about her interactive project exploring subjective experiences of time.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Lukkas, Lynn
Created:: 2006-09-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13