May 1, 2008
For Immediate Release
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The Ethics Faculty Advisory Committee recently announced Dr. David Clark Knowlton, associate professor of behavioral science, as the recipient of the University Faculty Fellowship in Ethics for the 2008- 2009 academic year. The grant, worth $7,000, will go towards Dr. Knowlton’s research regarding the study of the ethics and anthropology of Christianity amongst the indigenous people of Bolivia.
The purpose of the University Faculty Fellowship in Ethics is to facilitate faculty scholarship in interdisciplinary ethics, exploring moral challenges in a variety of disciplines.
Dr. Knowlton, a social anthropologist, has been actively involved in researching religious and social change in Bolivia as well as the development of supranational religions. Since his first conversations with rural Bolivians, who tutored him in their culture, Knowlton has been concerned with the ways globalized society impacts lesser-known areas of the world, such as Bolivia.
Recently Dr. Knowlton has published articles on the subject, including, “Tendencies in Structural Inequalities in Child Health care in Bolivia” (coauthors Tim Heaton and Renate Forste, in K. Cordova ed. Salud Comunitaria en Bolivia, Cochabamba: Kipus, 2008), “Go Ye to All the World: The LDS Church and the Organization of International Society” (Tim Heaton, Cardell Jacobsen, and John Hofman, eds., “Revisiting the Mormons: Persistent Themes and Contemporary Perspectives” University of Utah Press, 2008), “Hands Raised Up: Power, and Context in Bolivian Mormonism” (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Winter 2007, pp. 47- 71) and “Mormonism and Guerrillas in Bolivia” (Journal of Mormon History, 32:3:180- 208, 2007).
Dr. Knowlton will present his findings on his research and scholarship during his fellowship year as the University Ethics Faculty Fellow keynote address during Ethics Awareness Week in 2009.
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