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DR. DONA WARREN dwarren@uwsp.edu
Dr. Dona Warren is a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at UW- Stevens Point. Her doctoral work addressed the underlying nature of psychological explanation, arguing that we attribute mental states to each other and account for one another’s behavior through a process of empathic imagination. For over 20 years, Dr. Warren’s teaching and research has focused on critical thinking, with special emphasis given to the ways that graphical representations of reasoning can help people to understand arguments more deeply, evaluate them more precisely, construct them with greater ease, and
communicate them more clearly. Her current research considers how these tools can foster systematic intellectual empathy and improve the quality of conversation about controversial topics and wicked problems. In addition to teaching courses, Dr. Warren (who has used her title here because it seems appropriate but who would rather be called “Dona”) serves as the Head of the Critical Thinking Center at UWSP and is the vice president of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking. Also, she loves dogs. All animals, really. But dogs especially. DR. JOYCE YAMADA yamadajo@hawaii.edu
Born and raised on the island of Maui, in the moku Pūali Komohana, in the ahupua‘a Waihe‘e, Joyce Yamada is an advocate of social justice, student equity and access, peer mentoring, indigenous leadership and the tenants of Building My Beloved Community by Puanani Burgess. Professor Yamada is a University of Southern California- trained dental hygienist with a Master of Science degree from the University of Bridgeport, Ed.D. in Professional Educational Practice from the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa and a graduate of the Hi‘ilei Aloha (Ford Foundation) Native
Hawaiian leadership course. In addition to her duties as professor and faculty and staff development coordinator at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College, Joyce serves as the convener for the University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges Wo Learning Champions system-wide programs and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Ed.D. Professional Educational Practice.
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