ES Institute for Advancement of Thinking Symposium

SALISBURY, MD -- Dr. Wade L. Robison, author of Decision in Doubt: The Environment and Public Policy, winner of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Prize in Social Science and Public Policy, is the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Eastern Shore Institute for the Advancement of Thinking's Symposium '02, "Ethics Across the Curriculum," on Friday, April 26, at Salisbury University.

Established in 1994, ESIAT is a consortium of public and private schools and organizations with the mission of advancing education for thinking in the Lower Eastern Shore.

Robison is the Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology and president of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. He directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute of David Hume at Dartmouth in 1990 and has received several NEH fellowships. He has published extensively in the philosophy of law, and his most recent book with C. Reeser is Ethical Decision Making in Social Work.

Robison's talk is titled "Tit-for-Tat Plus."

Other speakers at the ESIAT Symposium '02 include: Stephen Barker, headmaster of the Salisbury School; Catherine Bolek, director of sponsored research at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Dr. Francis Kane, professor of philosophy at Salisbury University; Cathy Townsend, principal at Salisbury Middle School; and Kathy Vail, a guidance counselor at Snow Hill Middle School.

Breakout sessions following Robison's keynote address are "Continuing Conversation with Robison," "Ethics Across the Curriculum in Action," "How to Create Ethical Discussion in the Classroom" and "Ethics and Technology."

Registration for the symposium is $30, which includes cost of materials, reception and dinner. There is a discounted fee for ESIAT members of $25 and for students (limited spaces only) of $10. The program is from 3-8 p.m. in the Commons building on the SU campus.

Registration deadline is Friday, April 19. To register or for more information, please contact the SU Department of Psychology at 410-543-6369.