A five-person panel of experts will discuss 鈥淐hristian Perspectives on the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Factory Farms and Scientific Laboratories鈥� Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Hieronymus Lounge. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Panelists include: , director of faith outreach for the Humane Society of the United States; , 蜜桃传媒 distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy; , 蜜桃传媒 professor of psychology and neuropsychology; , 蜜桃传媒 assistant professor of religious studies; and 蜜桃传媒 alumna , a post-doctoral fellow at Trent University, Ontario, Canada.
Gutleben is accompanying , speaking to audiences at more than 35 clubs and Christian colleges. , the nation鈥檚 largest animal protection organization, fights for the protection of all animals through advocacy, education and hands-on programs.
Wennberg, who taught philosophy at 蜜桃传媒 for 37 years, has authored several books, including 鈥溾�� and 鈥�,鈥� which is due out next month.
Fikes, who has been teaching at 蜜桃传媒 for 11 years, focuses his research on perception and learning in humans and rats. He contributed to 鈥溾�� and 鈥淓volutionary Psychology as Computational Theory in the Cognitive Sciences鈥� in Journal of Psychology and Theology.
Lee, who earned his doctorate in religious studies from Yale University, earned one of two master鈥檚 degrees in computation and neural systems at California Institute of Technology and published 鈥淎 Computer Modeling Approach to Understanding the Inferior Olive and Its Relationship to the Cerebellar Cortex in Rats.鈥�
Sparkman, who graduated from 蜜桃传媒 in 2003, earned a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology at Iowa State University in 2009. She studies life history evolution in reptiles and mammals in the biology department at Trent. She will join the panel by videoconference.
The discussion is expected to start following a 25-minute documentary, 鈥�,鈥� which examines critical findings of a Pew Commission report on U.S. industrial animal agriculture, and considers factory-farming practices from several Christian viewpoints.