The Reclaiming Democracy class is led by faculty from several area colleges and universities. Here is a little information on the people teaching and facilitating this course.
Audrey E. Campbell
Audrey E. Campbell is a professor, psychotherapist, spiritual director and writer; with advanced degrees in psychology, theology and spirituality.
Currently, Dr. Campbell directs the Womanist Religious Studies program and the Knowledge, Love and Justice (Oxford tutorial-Core Text) Seminars at Bennett College for Women. She is also an adjunct professor of Psychology at North Carolina A&T State University.
Dr. Campbell has conducted numerous national and international workshops and retreats on issues of psychological and spiritual health and growth.
While describing her approach as psychotheological; her educational and psychological work and publications emphasize development of the inner-self, self esteem, and recovery and healing from Racism and all forms of Abuse.
Contact
TC 473, Bennett College
draecamp@bennett.edu
Office: Africana Women’s Studies Bldg.
Phone: (336) 517-2151
Dan Malotky
Dan Malotky is Professor of Religion and Philosophy and the director of Greensboro College’s Ethics across the Curriculum Program.
He likes to think and write about the intersection of religious convictions and public responsibilities, and the longer he examines those issues in the context of Reclaiming Democracy, the more fascinated – and troubled – he becomes. He has been involved with the Reclaiming Democracy class since it began.
He is the father of two boys, and his wife teaches biology at Guilford College.
Contact
ETH 3500, Greensboro College
dmalotky@greensborocollege.edu
Office: Proctor Hall West 310
Phone: 336-272-7102, ext. 280
Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield is a life long social justice activist. He is also a musician, a writer, a technician, a parent, a recovering politician and a Managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities (F4DC). Through the F4DC, Ed is engaged in several projects related to economic democratization.
Ed is on the board and active with the Beloved Community Center. He recently returned from a trip to Spain where he studied the Mondragon Cooperatives Corporation, the world’s largest worker-owned co-op. He is particularly interested in issues of peace and justice as well as education and economic democracy.
Contact
Fund For Democratic Communities
ewhitfield.fdc@gmail.com
Office: The Green Bean, 341 Elm Street
Phone: 336-541-4317
J.F. Humphrey
J.F. Humphrey is an Assistant Professor in the North Carolina Agricultural and Technological State University, Department of Liberal Studies.
His research interests are in the history of philosophy. He has published articles in ancient philosophy, nineteenth century philosophy, and critical theory. Currently, Dr. Humphrey serves on the Board of Directors of Quaker House.
Contact
LIBS 320, North Carolina A & T State University
jfhumphr@ncat.edu
Office: A-311 General Classroom Bldg.
Phone: 336-285-2103
Sherry Giles
Hollyce (Sherry) Giles is an associate professor, and Coordinator of the Community and Justice Studies major at Guilford College. A psychologist by training, her research focuses on the group dynamics of social change initiatives, and on community-based teaching and research. Recent projects include participatory action research on police accountability, in collaboration with her students and the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, and a group relations perspective on teaching on the boundary between the college and the community. Her family and friends, sailing, music, gardenias, pinto beans, and working for social change with kindred spirits are among her top priorities.
Contact
JPS 335, Guilford College
gileshc@guilford.edu
Office: King 28E
Phone: 336-316-2285
Spoma Jovanovic
Spoma Jovanovic is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her primary scholarly interests are in communication ethics, social justice, and community. Among her research projects are:
- Service Learning as Social Justice Practice
- Sustaining Democracy: Conversations for Truth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Fostering Democratic Communities in the Classroom
In Greensboro, you might see Spoma at the downtown YMCA each morning at 6:00 a.m., standing in line to get a non-fat, sugar-free vanilla latte at Tate Street Coffee, or Hula Hooping on her front lawn.
Contact
CST 440, UNCG
spomajovanovic@uncg.edu
Office: Ferguson 108
Phone: 336-601-3282
Stephen Bloch-Schulman
Stephen Bloch-Schulman is an associate professor of philosophy at Elon University.
His main interests are in conceptions of responsibility-both political and personal, and the relationship between these two. Recently, this has led him to focus on the classroom as a public space and on the relationship between intellectual skills, moral excellences, and democratic thinking. He is also fiercely committed to pie.
Contact
PHL 320, Elon University
sschulman@elon.edu
Office: Spence Pavilion, 112
Phone: 336-278-5697
Teaching Assistants:
- Andy Busam, UNCG, aebusam@uncg.edu
- Maggie Castor, Elon University, mcastor@elon.edu
We thank the faculty and students who were part of past teaching teams and continue to influence how we think about Reclaiming Democracy: Ellen Bateman, Gwendolyn Bookman, Eric Ginsburg, Karla McLucas, Larry Morse, Isabell Moore, and Wendy Poteat.