DAY 1 - Friday, April 3, 2009  

Opening Remarks – Dr. Donna Hicks (Harvard): Dignity and Conflict Transformation  

Panel 1: We’re All in It Together: Social Class, Education, and Public Service
Moderator: Rev. Bryan Hehir (Harvard Kennedy School)
  • Prof. Diane Moore (Harvard Divinity School): A Journey of Complexity: A Family Portrait Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, the Military, and the Academy
  • RADM Alan Steinman (USCG-Ret): Impacts and Status of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
  • Kathy Roth-Douquet, author: AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America’s Upper Classes from the Military and How It Hurts Our Country
Audience Discussion – 10 minutes
  • Rev. Beth Miller (Unitarian Universalist Association): A Progressive Denomination and Military Chaplaincy: The Unitarian-Universalist Example
  • Prof. Allan Silver (Columbia): Perspectives on ROTC-Ivy League History
  • ALLIES Presentation: Tuft’s ALLIES: Example of a Successful Academic-Military Partnership
Q & A – 20 minutes  


Panel 2: New Soft Skills in the Military: How the Military is Changing
Moderator: Rev. Bryan Hehir (Harvard Kennedy School)
  • Prof. Noah Feldman (Harvard Law School): Ethics and Principles of Reconstruction Operations: The Iraq Example
  • LTC Lynda Granfield (USA): Culture, Gender, and Humanitarian Assistance: Lessons from Commanding a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan
Audience Discussion – 10 minutes
  • Chaplain (Cdr.) Brian Simpson (USN): Broadening Horizons in Military Interfaith Religious Dialogue
  • Prof. Shannon French (Case Western Reserve): Themes and Trends in Ethics Trainings for US Military Personnel
  • Chaplain (COL) Eric Wester (USA) (National Defense University): Coping with Complexity: Leadership, Religion, National Security, and Ethics.
Q & A – 20 minutes


Panel 3: Serving Those Who Serve
Moderator: Dr. Donna Hicks
  • MAJGEN Tom Wilkerson (USMC-Ret): Overview of the Issues Facing Veterans and Members of the Guard and Reserve
  • Elizabeth Price, MSW (Bedford VA Medical Center): Coming Home: Implications of Combat for Returning Veterans
Audience Discussion – 10 minutes
  • Chaplain (COL) Kenneth W. Bush (USA): Caring and Complexity: The US Army Chaplain Center and School
  • Chaplain (Cdr.) Brian Simpson (USN): Lessons from the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center’s Warrior Transition Program
Q & A – 30 minutes  


DAY 2 - Saturday, April 4, 2009  

Panel 4: How the Military Learns
Moderator: Chaplain (COL) Eric Wester (USA)
  • Dr. Steve Kime (Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges): The Ivies and the Military: Obligations and Opportunities
  • Prof. Shannon French (Case Western Reserve): Ethics Trainings for Military Personnel—US and International Approaches
  • Lt. Col. David Bolgiano (USAF): Training the Troops: Balancing Military Readiness with Respect for Host Countries’ People and Cultures
Audience Discussion – 10 minutes
  • Dr. Montgomery McFate (Army Human Terrain System): Human Terrain System: Benefits and Challenges of a Social Science-Military Partnership (video not available)
  • Chaplain (Cdr.) Brian Simpson (USN): Preparing Chaplains for an Interfaith World: The US Naval Chaplains School
Q & A – 20 minutes  


Panel 5: Sea Changes in the Military Mission
Moderator: MAJGEN Tom Wilkerson (USMC-Ret)
  • Frank Schaeffer, author: Fundamentals of the Civil-Military Relationship
  • COL Robert Burns (USA) (US Army Command and General Staff College): Key Themes in Media-Military Relationships
Audience Discussion – 10 minutes
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Tad Davis: “Green” Sustainability Initiatives within the Army and Department of Defense
  • Prof. Thomas Fedyszyn (Naval War College): New Navy Strategy for Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief and Maritime Security
Q & A – 20 minutes  

Concluding Discussion: Kenneth Harbaugh (The Mission Continues), panelists, and audience members



A Harvard Divinity School student initiative, co-sponsored by the Dean’s Office and the Office of Student Life, Harvard Divinity School; the Dean of Students Office, Harvard Law School; Harvard ROTC Association; Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club; Harvard Business School Armed Forces Alumni Association; Harvard Divinity School Life Together; Harvard Law School Armed Forces Association; Religion and Conflict Transformation Program, Boston University School of Theology and the Boston Theological Institute; Alumni and Friends of Princeton University ROTC; ALLIES: Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services, a program of the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University; Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; and the Command and General Staff College Foundation.
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Note: Frank Schaffer's editorial in the Boston Globe made the daily "Early Bird," which is the Pentagon's compilation of newspaper items of notable interest to the military.



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