University of Scranton Teach-In on Torture

On Thursday, Education for Justice will host a Teach-In on Torture during which several University of Scranton faculty will address our office's 2014-2015 annual theme through their disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. The presentation schedule is as follows:

Love, Justice, and Torture (8:30 AM - 9:45 AM) 

• Dr. Cyrus Olsen (Theology)
• Dr. Matt Meyer (Philosophy) 

Enhanced Interrogations and Terror: Historical, Legal, and Psychological Perspectives (10:00 AM - 11:15 AM) 

• Dr. Jessica Nolan (Psychology)
• Dr. Michael Jenkins (Sociology/Criminal Justice)

Beneath the Blindfold (11:45 AM - 12:45 PM)

• Film screening led by Justine Johnson (Director of the Jane Kopas Women’s Center)

Guantanamo and the War on Terror (1:00 PM - 2:15 PM)

• Dr. Harry Dammer (Sociology/Criminal Justice)

Hell House: Scaring the Jesus into You (2:30 PM - 3:45 PM)

• Dr. Hank Willenbrink (English & Theater)

What’s in a Name? Semantics and Torture in the War on Terror (4:00 PM - 5:15 PM)

• Dr. Teresa Grettano (English & Theater)

The day-long event will take place in the PNC auditorium (LSC 133) at the University of Scranton and is free and open to the public.