|
James J. Walter,
Ph.D.
Austin & Ann O'Malley Chair
in Bioethics
The Bioethics Institute
|
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.
- 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.
Return to Dr. Walter's Home Page
This page last updated on August 27, 2008