Ruth Groenhout | Selected Presentations

 

“Power and Evidence: A Feminist Analysis of Evidence based Practice” presented at FAB Biennial conference: “Voice, Power, and Responsibility in Health Care,” Rijeka, Croatia. (September 2008).

“B(e)aring Autonomy: A Feminist Critique” at conference: Thinking With(Out) Borders: International Political Theory in the 21st Century, St Andrews, Scotland. (June 2008)

“Bioethics and the Social Structures of Medicine” Week long seminar presented at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. March 2008.

“Evidence Based Practice: An Ethical Analysis” SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. (January, 2008).

“Difficult Conversations: Transgender and Feminism” Panel presentation, Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL. (September 2007).

“Conflicted Communities: Inclusion and Relational Identity in the Thought of Iris Marion Young” Presented at 2007 Central APA, memorial panel in honor of Iris Marion Young (April 2007).

“Ethics and the Caring Professions” presented at Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland, (March 2005).

“The Difference Difference Makes: Public Health and the Complexities of Racial and Ethnic Research” accepted for presentation at Feminist Approaches to Bioethics meeting in conjunction with the International Association for Bioethics, Sydney, Australia (October 2004).

“Ethics of Care: An Introduction” Presented at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (May 2004).

“Care and Theology” presented at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (May 2004).

“Utility, Reason, or Care? The Difference Theory Makes in Evaluations of Human Genome Research” presented at the Beijing International Conference on Bioethics, Beijing, China, (January 2004).

“Embodiment and the Nurse-Client Encounter: A Perspective from One Tradition” presented at Making Sense Of: Health, Illness, and Disease, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, UK, (July, 2003).

"Care, Justice, and the New Genetic Technologies" presented at the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics meeting during the Sixth World Congress of Bioethics, Brasilia, Brazil, (October 2002).

"The Status of Women's Health in the U.S in 2002" presented at a panel at the Feminist Association for Bioethics meeting during the Sixth World Congress of Bioethics, Brasilia, Brazil, (October 2002).

"Augustine and Levinas: Fathers of Care?" presented at "Engaging Traditions: Ontologies in Practice" Conference at the University of Virginia, (September 2002).

"Kenosis and Feminist Theory" presented at the Kenotic Christology Workshop, Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship. (May, 2002).

“Feminism and Reformed Theology: A Response to Serene Jones” presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Theology and Continental Philosophy, held concurrently with the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (October, 2001).

“Genetic Technologies and the Ethics of Care: Part One—Human Interventions” and

“Part Two—Non-human Applications” presented at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. (May, 2001).

“Care Across the Disciplines” presented with Janel Curry (Dean for Research and Scholarship) and Helen Sterk (CAS), Calvin College, (March 2001).

“Feminism and Abortion: Complicated Loyalties” presented at the Fifth World Congress of Bioethics in association with the Feminist Association for Bioethics at Imperial College, London, (September, 2000).

“Are Your Insurance Premiums My Problem?” Panel discussion on “Health Risks and Health Responsibility: What are the Ethical Issues?” at the Pacific American Philosophical Association meeting, (April, 2000).

“From the Inside Out: Policy Issues for Women at Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities” with Helen Sterk (William Spoelhoff Teacher-Scholar Chair, Communication, Calvin College) and Margaret Bendroth (History, Calvin College). Presented at “Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices, Women’s Solutions: Shaping an Agenda for Women in Higher Education”