Laura Stivers, Ph.D.

Professor
Chair, Graduate Humanities Program
p. 415-458-3734
E-mail: laura.stivers@dominican.edu

Education

Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union, Christian Ethics and Social Theory

M.Div. Pacific School of Religion

B.A. Saint Olaf College, Philosophy and Urban Studies

Newly Released Book!  Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach. Available through Amazon.

Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches. Available through Amazon.

Achievements and Honors

• American Academy of Religion Research Grant, 2009
• Starnes Award for Outstanding Achievement, Pfeiffer University, 2008
• Wabash Small Project Grant for Department Goals and Outcomes, Project Director, 2008
• Department of Education Title III Research Grant, Pfeiffer University, 2005 and 2007
• Department of Education Title III Course Revision Grant, Pfeiffer University, 2006 and 2007
• Wabash Research Grant, Lily Endowment, 2004
• Wabash Teaching and Learning Workshop Grant, 2003-2004
• Award for Excellence in Service Learning, Pfeiffer University, 2002
• Phi Delta Sigma Honor Society at Pfeiffer University, inducted 2001

Courses Taught

Undergraduate: 

•  Introduction to Philosophy
• Philosophy of Human Nature
• Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
• Philosophical and Christian Ethics
• Founders of Ancient Philosophy
• Founders of Modern Philosophy
• Social Justice and the Common Good
• Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
• Christian Servant Leadership
• Philosophy of Religion
• Research in Religion
• Moral Philosophy
• Ethics 

Graduate:

•  Christian Ethics
• Contemporary Christian Theology

Publications

• Disrupting Homelessness:  From Charity to Community. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2011.
• Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach, Fourth Edition, By Laura Stivers, Jim Martin-Schramm, and Christine Gudrof.  Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, Feb.1, 2012
• Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World, edited by Laura Stivers, Pamela Brubaker, and Rebecca Todd Peters.  Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2006.  Chosen “Outstanding Title of 2007” by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, v.45, no. 05, January 2008.
• “Teaching Religion and Ecology/Nature,” Spotlight on Teaching, Religious Studies News, American Academy of Religion, May 2011.
• “Economic Ethics,” in Liberative Ethics, edited by Miquel de la Torre.  Minneapolis, MN:  Fortress Press (forthcoming Spring 2012).
•  “Water as Earth’s Bloodstream or Commodity? Latina Ecofeminist Responses,” chapter in a book on spirituality, editor Timothy Hessel-Robinson, Fall 2011.
• “Making a Home for All in God's Compassionate Community: A Feminist Liberation Assessment of Christian Responses to Homelessness and Housing,” in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, volume 28.2, Fall/Winter 2008.
• From Homelessness to Hope:  Constructing Just, Sustainable Communities For All God’s People.  Writer of theological section and co-editor of document. Presbyterian Church U.S.A. social witness statement on homelessness, 2008.
• “A Sense of Place in a Globalized World:  Place-Based Organizing for Corporate Accountability” in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, volume 27.1, Spring/Summer 2007: 95-112.
• “Holding Corporations Accountable” in Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World, edited by Laura Stivers, Pamela Brubaker, and Rebecca Todd Peters. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2006.
• “Resistance to Structural Adjustment Policies,” in Resistance and Theological Ethics, edited by Robert L. Stivers and Ronald H. Stone.  Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2004.

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Religion
• Society of Christian Ethics
• Social Ethics Network