The Prairie Landscape

People Involved: Velosophie

  • Adam Davis is the lead facilitator and coordinator of Justice Talking, a social-justice oriented seminar series for AmeriCorps volunteers; an instructor in the Odyssey Project in the Humanities; the Executive Director of Camp of Dreams, a non-profit organization providing year-round programming for underserved 9-15 year olds in Chicago; and a Research Associate with the Project on Civic Reflection. He is the co-editor of The Civically Engaged Reader (2006). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2003), his M.A. from Boston College (1996), and his B.A. from Kenyon College (1993). He has spent several years as a lecturer in political philosophy at the University of Chicago and a backcountry trail crew leader for the United States Forest Service.

  • Mark Rockwell is a part-time lecturer in the Philosophy Department and is completing a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations at Loyola University Chicago. He works as Facilities Manager for Loyola's Cudahy Library; holds an M.Ed in Educational Policy Studies (Loyola, 1999); and a B.A. in Theology (Moody, 1991). Mark has conducted and led several self-contained bicycle tours of Western Europe, Australia, and various regions in North America.