The Prairie Landscape

People Involved: Future Perfect: Conversations on the Meaning of the Genetics Revolution

Sponsors

  • The Boeing Company
  • Motorola Foundation

Media Sponsors

Partners

Steering Committee

  • Lori Andrews, Distinguished Professor of Law; Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology; and Associate Vice President, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Matti Bunzl, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Frank Cizon, President, NZT, Inc.
  • Phillip Davis, Deputy Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University at Springfield
  • Dorothy H. Gardner, President, Michael Reese Health Trust
  • The Honorable Joan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Illinois
  • Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor, History Department, Dominican University
  • Faith Lagay, Director, Ethics Resource Center, American Medical Association
  • Karen Litwack, Director, Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders
  • Tracye Matthews, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, University of Chicago
  • David T. Mitchell, Associate Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Constance L. Mortell, President, Prairie Tides Productions, LLC
  • Elizabeth Quinlan, Librarian, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Joanna Rudnick, Director of Development, Producer, Kartemquin Films
  • Mark Sheldon, Assistant Dean, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; College Lecturer in Philosophy; and in the Medical Ethics and Humanities Program, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  • Jennifer Amdur Spitz, President, Amdur Spitz & Associates, Inc.
  • Peter Taub, Director of Performance Programs, Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D., Director, Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Central Illinois Planning Committee

  • Dr. Kim Bauer, Director of Lincoln Heritage Project, City of Decatur
  • Dr. Jamie Comstock, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Millikin University
  • Cecilia Stiles Cornell, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Springfield
  • Jennifer Danzinger, Webmaster
  • Anne Marie Fuhrig, Ph.D., Principal Educational Consultant, Illinois State Board of Education, ret.
  • Laurie Hughes, Assistant Professor of English, Richland Community College
  • David Joens, Coordinator, State Historical Records Advisory Board, Illinois State Archives
  • Robert Kunath, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, Illinois College
  • Dr. Jean I. Ladendorf, Professor of English and Humanities, Lincoln Land Community College
  • Nancy McKinney, Springfield Director, The Odyssey Project
  • Mark Sorensen, Assistant Director, Illinois State Archives
  • Jamie Wilson, Readers’ Services Manager, Lincoln Library

Southern Illinois Planning Committee

  • Vicki Devenport, Educational Services and Field Representative, WSIU Public Broadcasting
  • John Haller, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    David King, Professor of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • David Lightfoot, Professor of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • Patsy Manfredi, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • Jo Nast, Research Project Specialist, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • Kay Rippelmeyer-Tippy, Program Liaison, Illinois Humanities Council
  • Kenneth Stikkers, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Western Illinois Planning Committee

  • Erskine Carter, Professor of English, Black Hawk College
  • Kristin Douglas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Augustana College
  • Galen Leonhardy, Professor, Black Hawk College
  • Julie Lerczak, Public Programs Coordinator, Dickson Mounds Museum
  • Ann W. Schmitt, Associate Director of Education, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences
  • Pam Van Kirk, Library Director, Galesburg Public Library
  • Michael D. Wiant, Ph.D., Director, Dickson Mounds Museum

PANELISTS

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