HONG LIN, PhD
Associate Director
Center for Teaching Excellence
The University of Oklahoma
Teaching Intellectual Virtues Project
As part of the Institute's 5-year anniversary celebration and in collaboration with Dr. Hong Lin of OU's Center for Faculty Excellence, the ISHF will sponsor a mini-conference, four follow-up workshops, stipends for faculty to integrate virtues into new and existing courses, and a two-week workshop for participating faculty, led by Dr. Lin.
These initiatives are funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
Teaching Intellectual Virtues - Host
Teaching Intellectual Virtues - Mini Conference
The event will be held on February 19, 2021, from 9:00 - 12:00 pm CST via Zoom conferencing.
Attendees must register to attend event.
To register, please go to the following site: REGISTRATION
9:00 – 10:00 am CST - “What are Virtues and How do we Measure Them? Implications for Cultivating Intellectual Virtues.”
Presented by: Dr. Sarah Schnitker
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Department
Baylor University
10:00 – 11:00 am CST – "Teaching Intellectual Virtues in the University"
Presented by: Dr. Michael Lamb
Assistant Professor of Politics Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Humanities and Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character
Wake Forest University
11:00 - 12:00 PM CST - PANEL DISCUSSION
DAVID CRAIG, PH.D.
President’s Associates
Presidential Professor
Assoc. Dean for Acad. Affairs
Gaylord College of Journalism
& Mass Communication
The University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor
Politics Ethics Interdisciplinary Humanities
Executive Director of the Program for Leadership & Character
Wake Forest University
Director, Jerry Holmes Engineering Leadership Program
Adjunct Professor
Gallogly College of Engineering
The University of Oklahoma
Teaching Intellectual Virtues - 4 Workshops
Following the mini-conference, the Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Hong Lin of OU's Center for Faculty Excellence, will host four workshops which will assist faculty with incorporating intellectual virtues in the classroom.
Workshops will be held on the following dates and time via Zoom conference meeting. Participants must register to attend.
Workshop I
February 26, 2021
10:30 – 11:30 am CST
Dr. Jason Baehr
Professor of Philiosophy
Loyola Marymount, University
Presents:“Teaching for Intellectual Humility: What, Why, and How”
Workshop II
March 5, 2021 – 10:30 – 11:30 am CST
Dr. Heather Battaly
Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of Connectticut
Presents: “Facilitating open-mindedness in the classroom”
Workshop III
March 12, 2021 – 10:30 – 11:30 am CST
Dr. Jill DeTemple
Chair and Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Southern Methodist University
Presents: “The Dialogic Classroom: Inviting Listening, Curiosity, and Deep Learning in Postsecondary Education”
Workshop IV
March 19, 2021 – 10:30 – 11:30 am CST
Dr. Domonic Chaloner
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Univeristy of Notre Dame
Presents: “Theory and Practice of Developing Virtue through Science Education”
