DEWEY2023: JOHN DEWEY AND HIS LEGACY FOR EDUCATION
PROGRAM

Days: Thursday, October 12th Friday, October 13th Saturday, October 14th

Thursday, October 12th

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08:00-09:00Registration & Continental Breakfast
09:30-10:00 Session 2: Opening Keynote
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
09:30
Larry Hickman (Southern Illinois University, United States)
The Legacy of John Dewey and the Center for Dewey Studies
10:00-10:30Break
10:30-12:00 Session 3A: Education, Democracy, and Inquiry (Remote Talks)
Chair:
Stephen Houchins (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
10:30
Juho Lindholm (University of Tartu, Estonia)
The Experimental Method: How the World Educates Us (abstract)
11:00
Setareh Ezzatabadi (University of Calgary, Canada)
Education as Inquiry: How Deweyan Approach to Education Could Foster Students’ Autonomy (abstract)
11:30
Hiroshi Taji (Osaka Prefectural Shibutani Senior High school / Osaka Prefectural Educational Agency, Japan)
Conventional Education, Dewey and Makiguchi’s Education Philosophy, and Quality of Education: Exploring the meaning and role of a Value Platform created by people. (abstract)
10:30-12:00 Session 3B: Democracy and Education: Problems and Prospects
Chair:
Mark Tschaepe (Prairie View A&M University, United States)
10:30
Katharina Liesenberg (Technical University Darmstadt / Harvard University (visiting Fellow), Germany)
Dewey’s Educational Legacy in Contemporary European Democratic Theory (abstract)
11:00
Paul Howatt (Indiana University at Bloomington, United States)
Can Schools Support Social Change? (abstract)
11:30
Tibor Solymosi (Villanova University, United States)
Pragmatic Naturalism and the Care Crisis in Education (abstract)
10:30-12:00 Session 3C: Art, Design, and Science
Chair:
J. Dalton Winfree (Southern Illinois University, United States)
10:30
Parysa Mostajir (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
Artistic Imagination in Science Education (abstract)
11:00
Carolyn Berenato (Cabrini University, United States)
The Art of Looking: The Albert Barnes and John Dewey Legacy (abstract)
11:30
John A. Machielsen (Fontys Academy for the Creative Economy, Netherlands)
Designing for Progress: Integrating Dewey’s Ethics and Design Thinking in the Creative Industries (abstract)
10:30-12:00 Session 3D: Global Connections
Chair:
Scott Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
10:30
Filiz Oskay (PhD Student. The Ohio State University. Philosophy and History of Education, United States)
Influence of John Dewey on “Village Institutes” Practice in the Early Period of the Turkish Educational System. (abstract)
11:00
Sana Khan (Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India)
Umair Syed (Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India)
Revisiting Dewey and Gandhi: Exploring Their Educational and Social Thought in 21st Century India (abstract)
11:30
Maura Striano (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)
Dewey Prophet or Philosopher of Democracy? (abstract)
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:15-14:30 Session 4: Plenary Panel: Dewey in China
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
13:15
Zhengmei Peng (East China Normal University, China)
Beyond the five steps: A remaking of Dewey's model of reflective thinking (abstract)
13:45
Shiwan Tu (Henan Normal University, China)
A Winding Course: John Dewey’s Philosophy of Education in China, 1906-2022 (abstract)
14:30-14:45Break
14:45-15:45 Session 5A: Remote Flash Talks
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
14:45
Rachid Boutayeb (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar)
Eros and Demos: Reading John Dewey in the Arab World (Remote) (abstract)
14:50
Ankush Pal (Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, India)
Dismantling the Brahmanic Past: Ambedkar's Deweyian Perspective (Remote) (abstract)
14:55
Zhaohui Chu (China National Academy of Educational Sciences, China)
Shiwan Tu (Henan Normal University, China)
The Practical, Experiment and Try-on:The Refraction of Dewey’s Pragmatism in Chinese Culture (Remote) (abstract)
15:00
Christopher Stevens (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, France)
Neuropragmatism: Getting a Grip on the past and Future Evolution of the Embodied Embedded Mind (Remote) (abstract)
15:05
Baiju Anthony (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS PILANI, India)
A Deweyan Analysis on the National Education Policy 2020 of India (Remote) (abstract)
15:10
Elektra Jordan (Texas State University, United States)
A New Word for an Old Spirit: Observations of American Pragmatism in Democracy in America (Remote) (abstract)
15:15
Patricia Diaz Herrera (Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
Dewey’s Influence on the Concept of Habit in Lipman’s P4C (abstract)
14:45-15:45 Session 5B: Industrial and Vocational Education
Chair:
Kristen Cameron (Southern Illinois University, United States)
14:45
Connie Goddard (Independent Scholar, United States)
Lesson on Industrial Education: The Significance of Dewey's Relationship with the Chicago Manual Training School (abstract)
15:15
Scott Taylor (Teachers College, Columbia University, United States)
On the Social Origins of Mindful Manual Labor: An Invitation to Rethink Dewey's Notion of Occupations (abstract)
14:45-15:45 Session 5C: Philosophy for Children
Chair:
Tadd Ruetenik (St. Ambrose University, United States)
14:45
Maughn Gregory (Montclair State University, United States)
Megan Laverty (Teachers College, Columbia University, United States)
Philosophy for Children: A Deweyan Legacy in Transition (abstract)
14:45-15:45 Session 5D: Panel Session
Chair:
Kenneth Stikkers (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
14:45
Bethany Henning (Xavier University, United States)
Seth Vannatta (Morgan State University, United States)
Panel: The Conservatism of the Liberal Arts: A Pragmatist Approach (Book-in-progress) (abstract)
15:45-16:15Break
16:15-17:45 Session 6A: Dewey Studies Mentoring Session
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
19:00-20:30Conference Dinner
19:15-20:15 Session 7: Keynote Lecture
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
19:15
Jim Garrison (Virginia Tech, United States)
Dewey, Eastern Humanism, and Education (abstract)
Friday, October 13th

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08:00-09:00Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00 Session 8: Keynote Lecture
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
09:00
Sarah Stitzlein (University of Cincinnati, United States)
Young Citizens and Divisive Concepts: A Call for Deweyan Inquiry in our Classrooms (abstract)
10:00-10:30Break
10:30-12:00 Session 9: Flash Talks
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
10:30
Lingguo Bu (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
Grant Miller (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
(Re)Learning How to Play: Reflections on Design and Makerspaces (abstract)
10:35
Nikhil Adsule (Indian institute of technology, Delhi, India)
Reading Baburao Bagul: A new Dewey-Ambedkar and Marxist Praxis of Education for Reconstruction of Society (abstract)
10:40
Erin C. Scussel (Georgia State University, United States)
Pragmatic Ignorance as Resistance to Post-Truth (abstract)
10:45
Andrew Girdler (Xavier University and University of Kentucky, United States)
Living Together: The Metaphysics of Radical Democracy (abstract)
10:50
John Scott Gray (Ferris State University, United States)
Learning by Doing? Covid, Homeschooling and the Future of Education. (abstract)
10:55
Scott Boatright (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
A Deweyan Approach to Incorporating Sid Meier’s Civilization VI in the Classroom (abstract)
11:00
Chanhee Lee (Vincennes University, United States)
On the Gettier Problem: Virtue Epistemology and John Dewey’s Theory of Knowing (abstract)
11:05
George W Stickel (Retired, United States)
Dewey's Democracy and Education: Ideals and Today's Legacy (abstract)
11:10
Stephen Tsai (New School for Social Research, United States)
#WhatDeweyDo: The School and Society in an Age of Instagram and Insta-Shipping (abstract)
11:15
Benard Chindia (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
Pingping Fu (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
Asynchronous Discussion Boards as a Space to Support Experiential Learning (abstract)
11:20
Sayo Jolayemi (Xavier University, United States)
Education and Its Ironic Nature (abstract)
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:15-14:45 Session 10A: Praxis, Society, and Democratic Education (Remote Talks)
Chair:
Joshua Grese (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
13:15
Dimitris Alexakis (Sociology department, University of Crete, Greece)
Dewey’s Notion of Praxis and Its Implications in Democratic Education (abstract)
13:45
Cedric Braun (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Germany)
The Social Basis of Democratic Education. Dewey, Fromm, and Pragmatist-Inspired Sociological Ethics (abstract)
14:15
Paul Giladi (SOAS University of London, UK)
Keith Crome (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
John Lean (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Dewey and Critical Pedagogy: Democratic Experimentalism and/as Emancipation (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session 10B: Dewey's Philosophy of Education
Chair:
Michael Timm (Southern Illinois University, United States)
13:15
Robin Friedman (Independent Scholar, United States)
Education and Morals In Dewey's Philosophy (abstract)
13:45
Andrii Leonov (SIU Carbondale, United States)
Dewey’s Philosophy of Education as Habit Engineering: A Critical Approach (abstract)
14:15
Luis S. Villacañas-de-Castro (University of Valencia, Spain, Spain)
Dewey’s Educational Spiral and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: a Framework for Mutual Enrichment (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session 10C: Case Studies
Chair:
Lisa Gilbert (Washington University in Saint Louis, United States)
13:15
Keith Frome (The Park School of Buffalo, United States)
Founding, Finding, Thinking, Thanking: Epistemological Reflections on the Dynamics of John Dewey’s Influence on the Park School of Buffalo (abstract)
13:45
Kristen Cameron (Georgia State University, United States)
Deron Boyles (Georgia State University, United States)
Place-Based Pedagogy: Lessons from John Dewey’s Laboratory School and the Reggio Emilia Educational Project (abstract)
14:15
Anne Durst (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, United States)
Looking at Prison Education Through a Deweyan Lens (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session 10D: Panel Session
Chair:
Barbara Stengel (Vanderbilt University, United States)
13:15
Bethany Henning (Xavier University, United States)
Aaron Darrisaw (Northwestern University, United States)
Jp Cohan (US Law Group, United States)
Object Lessons: A Deweyan Approach to Public Philosophy Education (abstract)
14:45-15:00Break
15:00-17:00 Session 11A: Educational Connections (Remote Talks)
Chair:
Grant Miller (Southern Illinois University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
15:00
Marshall Gordon (Independent Scholar, United States)
Promoting Democracy in the Mathematics Classroom (abstract)
15:30
Gloria Luque-Moya (University of Malaga, Spain)
John Dewey and the Pedagogy of Creativity: Towards a New Learning Process (abstract)
16:00
Najma El-Ola Gebril (Learning Resource Center, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt)
Matthew Crippen (Pusan National University, South Korea)
Dag Munk Lindemann (UCL University College, Denmark)
Dewey’s Ecological Psychology: Selectively Permeability, Multiculturalism and Affordances in Education (abstract)
16:30
Veli-Mikko Kauppi (University of Oulu, Finland)
Swarm Intelligence, Angry Mobs, and Herds of Sheep: Democratic Education and the Complexity of Populism (abstract)
15:00-17:00 Session 11B: Ecological Themes
Chair:
Nicholas Guardiano (Southern Illinois University, United States)
15:00
Deborah Seltzer-Kelly (Wabash College, United States)
From Deweyan Gardening to Ecological Consciousness: Environmental Studies in an Era of Global Environmental Crisis (abstract)
15:30
Kathleen Burns (Xavier University, United States)
Dewey and Outdoor Education (abstract)
16:00
Sarah Warren (University of Toronto, Canada)
Neither “True Being” nor “Cosmic Pyrotechnics”: Dewey’s Naturalistic Metaphysics & Environmental Pedagogy (abstract)
16:30
Greg Seals (College of Staten Island/CUNY, United States)
Ecologies of Elegance: A Deweyan Legacy for Participatory Democratic Education (abstract)
15:00-17:00 Session 11C: Critical and Activist Perspectives
Chair:
Stephen Houchins (Southern Illinois University, United States)
15:00
Craig Cunningham (SUNY Geneseo, United States)
Anti-Wokeness and the Quest for Certainty: A Deweyan Critique of DeSantis' School Agenda (abstract)
15:30
Guy Axtell (Radford University, United States)
The Unfixed Nature of the Aims of Education: A Deweyan Critique of the Critical Thinking vs. Character Education Debate (abstract)
16:00
Mark Tschaepe (Prairie View A&M University, United States)
Queering Dewey: Playing and Growing Beyond Heteronormative Curricula (abstract)
16:30
Laura Mueller (West Texas A&M University, United States)
Ryan Brooks (West Texas A&M University, United States)
Democracy, the Neoliberal Arts, and Human Capital (abstract)
15:00-17:00 Session 11D: Panel Session
Chair:
Kevin Decker (Eastern Washington University, United States)
15:00
Scott Stroud (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
P. Kesava Kumar (University of Delhi, India)
Seema Sarohe (University of Delhi, India)
Ritu Bala (University of Delhi, India)
John Dewey and Democracy: The Reconstruction of Philosophy and Education in India (abstract)
17:00-17:30Break
17:30-18:30 Session 12: Keynote Lecture
Chair:
Matthew J. Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
17:30
Ning Sun (Fudan University, China)
Pragmatism Studies in China
19:45-20:45Dinner on your own
Saturday, October 14th

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08:00-09:00Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:30 Session 13A: Global Perspectives (Remote Talks)
Chair:
Johnathan Flowers (California State University Northridge, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
09:00
Nan Zhang (1.Beijing Normal University;2.Southern Illinois University, China)
The Interpretation of Deweyan Democratic Education in China ——from the View of Intercultural Dissemination (abstract)
09:30
Jeeyeon Ryu (Yorkville University, Canada)
Education as an Ever-Present Process: Erasure Poetry on Be/Coming a Deweyan Inspirited Teacher (abstract)
10:00
Pinar Ayyildiz (ANKARA MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY, Turkey)
Tuncer Fİdan (BURDUR MEHMET AKİF ERSOY UNIVERSITY, Turkey)
Turker Kurt (GAZI UNIVERSITY, Turkey)
Gokhan Arastaman (HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, Turkey)
Ghost or Phantom? The Revival of (the Spirit) of Dewey’s Village Institutes in Türkiye (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13B: Intellectual Influences and Connections
Chair:
Randall Auxier (Southern Illinois University, United States)
09:00
Dave Beisecker (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States)
John Dewey, American Hegelianism, and the Continuing Unfolding of American Democratic Education (abstract)
09:30
Aaron Brice Cummings (University of Texas at Dallas, United States)
Dewey and Nietzsche: Truth Aware of Itself as a Problem (abstract)
10:00
Becky Noël Smith (California State University, Fresno, United States)
Randy Hewitt (University of Central Florida, United States)
‘Soul’ as the Meaningful Unity of an Ideal in Reality & Growth (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13C: Epistemology, Science, and Education
Chair:
Andrii Leonov (Southern Illinois University, United States)
09:00
Celine Henne (University of Toronto, Canada)
Dewey on Conceptual Change: Implications for Science and Education (abstract)
09:30
Thomas Burke (University of South Carolina, United States)
Dewey on Knowledge and Knowing (abstract)
10:00
Alexander Hickey (Oklahoma State University, United States)
Epistemology for Everyone? Philosophy without Philosophers for an Age of Epistemic Democracy (abstract)
10:30-11:00Break
11:00-12:30 Session 14A: Philosophy, Politics, and Aesthetics (Remote Talks)
Chair:
Bethany Henning (Xavier University, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
11:00
Dina Mendonça (IFILNOVA, NOVA FCSH. UNL, Portugal)
Dewey’s Legacy in Matthew Lipman and Philosophy for Children (abstract)
11:30
James Yang (BNU-HKBU United International College, China)
Power of Mutual Learning: John Dewey’s Interaction with May Fourth Movement (abstract)
12:00
Marcello Ruta (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Traditions as Collective Artworks: A Tentative Approach for a Parallel Reading of Dewey and Brandom (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 14B: Intellectual Legacies
Chair:
Danica Jenck (Southern Illinois University, United States)
11:00
Joshua Fischel (Penn State-Harrisburg, United States)
Rorty and Bernstein in Conversation: Where do things stand? (abstract)
11:30
Campbell F. Scribner (University of Maryland, United States)
The Legacy of "A Common Faith" in the Thought of Philip H. Phenix (abstract)
12:00
Kevin Decker (Eastern Washington University, United States)
Banausic Pragmatism: Dewey and the World at Work (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 14C: Panel Session
Chair:
Becky Noël Smith (California State University, Fresno, United States)
11:00
Kevin Taylor (University of Memphis, United States)
Jessica Soester (University of Memphis, United States)
Johnathan Flowers (California State University Northridge, United States)
Deweyan Democracy in a Digital Age (abstract)
12:30-14:00Lunch
13:15-13:45 Session 15: Closing Keynote
Chair:
Kenneth Stikkers (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
Location: Ballroom D
13:15
Matthew Brown (Southern Illinois University, United States)
The Future of Dewey Studies