James J. Walter, Ph.D.
Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor
of Bioethics
Chair, The Bioethics Institute

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

 

The Bioethics Institute
Master of Arts in Bioethics

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MEMBERSHIP IN ETHICS CENTERS AND RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Lilly Seminar on Religion, Ethics and Medicine at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1981 - 1985.
  • Associate of The Park Ridge Center: An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics (Chicago, IL), 1987 - 1992.
  • Member of the National Consultation of Moral Theologians, which met by invitation for two days each year at the University of Notre Dame, 1987 - 1992.
  • Member of the International Study Group in Bioethics of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, 1988 - 1997.
  • Member of the Advisory Board of The Center for Ethics Across the University, Loyola University of Chicago, 1990 - 1999.
  • Invited member of the "International Moral Theology Discussion Group," located on the internet with the listsever at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1997 - Present.
  • Invited member of a national scholars’ seminar on Cardinal Bernardin’s “Consistent Ethic of Life,” which meets annually for 3 years in Chicago (2003-2005).  The proceedings of this seminar will be published.

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  • Founding chair of The International Forum for Catholic Bioethicists, which meets annually in Brussels, Belgium with members from around the world (2003-Present)


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Catholic Theological Society of America (1975 - )
  • Society of Christian Ethics (1975 -2005)
  • Associate Member of the Hastings Center (1974 - 1975)
  • College Theology Society (1973 - 1999)
  • Christian Ethics Professors Group of Chicago Area (1987 - 1999)
  • Associate Member of the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics (1987 - 1992)
  • American Judicature Society (1991 - 1993)
  • American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities (1999 - )
  • International Association of Bioethics (2000 - )


COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Member of the Host Committee for the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1983.
  • Conversion and Discipleship: A Christian Foundation for Ethics and Doctrine was discussed at the session "Breakfast with an Author" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Boston, MA, January 1987.
  • Member of the Research and Publications Committee, the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 1988 - June 1992.
  • Convener of the concurrent session on "Liberation as the Content of Womanist Spirituality" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in South Bend, IN, January 14, 1989.
  • Chairperson of the Research and Publications Committee, the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 1992 - June 2002.
  • Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma was discussed at the session "Breakfast with an Author" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Savannah, GA, January 1993.
  • Convener of the concurrent session on "The Value of Individuality: Genetic and Philosophical Perspectives" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago, IL, January 8, 1994.
  • Co-chair of the "Research Group on Genetics," a seminar that has program space for 3 years at the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 1998 - June 2000.
  • Moderator of a panel presentation on "Cultural, Ethical, and Theological Issues in Cloning" at the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Ottawa, Canada, June 13, 1998.
  • Co-chair of the "Continuing Group on Bioethics and Health Care," a group that has program space at the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2002 – June 2006.


PARTICIPATION ON EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • Associate Editor of The American Ecclesiastical Review. September 1973 - October 1976.
  • Editorial Board of Loyola University Press Series on Values and Ethics. August 1988 - August 1991.
  • Editorial Board of Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs (Published by Peeters Press, Leuven, Belgium, and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium). July 1989 - Present.
  • Editorial Board of Catholic Studies in Bioethics, a subseries of the Philosophy and Medicine Series (Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers of Dordrecht, The Netherlands). January 1990 - August 1995.
  • Consultant to the Editor of Theological Studies for the annual "Notes on Moral Theology," Summer 1997.


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