Search For Meaning 2013 Schedule

Please note: all seating is first-come, first-served.
For sessions of great importance to you, it is encouraged to arrive early and save your seat.
Session locations are subject to change.
Please check your day-of program upon registration for final locations. Thank you!
8:00-9:00AM REGISTRATION
9:00-9:45AM SESSION 1
- Steven Sieden (Pigott 100)
- John Pattison (Pigott 102)
- Jack Levison (Pigott 103)
- Howard Behar (Pigott Auditorium 104)
- Lawrence Matsuda (Pigott 204)
- Ron Moe-Lobeda (Pigott 304)
- Mary Oak (Pigott 305)
- Ted Falcon & Jamal Rahman (Sullivan Ct C1)
- Caroline Flohr (Sullivan Ct C3)
- David Montgomery (Sullivan Ct C5)
- Michael (Mick) McCarthy, SJ (Sullivan Ct C6) *NEW SESSION: "Communicating What Matters Most in Life"
- Christina Dudley (Sullivan 1st FL Court Rm 105)
- Nicholas O'Connell (Sullivan 1st FL 109)
- Naseem Rakha (Sullivan 1st FL Rm 110)
9:00 – 9:45AM COFFEE TALK 1
- Colette Casavant & Joelle Pretty (Pigott 105)
9:45 – 10:00AM SESSION 1 AUTHORS' BOOK SIGNING
10:15 – 11:45AM KEYNOTE: MICHAEL CHABON, Interviewed by Sherman Alexie
11:45-12:15 MICHAEL CHABON BOOK SIGNING
12:30 – 1:30PM SESSION 2
- Paul Elie (Pigott Auditorium 104)
1:30 – 1:45 SESSION 2 AUTHORS' BOOK SIGNING
12:45 – 1:45PM SESSION 3
- Shannon Huffman Polson (Pigott 100)
- Leticia Nieto (Pigott 102)
- Michael Kinnamon (Pigott 103)
- Thomas McElroy and Seng (Sam) Ung (Pigott 305)
- Rebecca Walker (Sullivan Ct C6)
- Tony Kriz (Sullivan 1st FL Rm 110)
12:45 – 2:00PM SESSION 4
- Doug Thorpe (Pigott 204)
- Armen Bacon & Nancy Miller (Pigott 208)
Mark Massa SJ (Pigott 304) SESSION CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
- Becky Selengut (Sullivan Ct C1)
- Holly Hughes (Sullivan Ct C3)
- James Wellman (Sullivan Ct C5)
- Kevin Coe (Sullivan 1st FL 109)
1:45-3:00PM SESSION 5
- Jessica Jackley (Pigott Auditorium 104)
- Lesley Hazleton (Sullivan 1st FL Court Rm 105)
2:00 – 2:15PM SESSIONS 3-4 AUTHORS' BOOK SIGNING
2:15 – 3:00PM SESSION 6
- Carolyne Wright (Pigott 102)
- Gloria Burgess (Pigott 103)
- Michelle Kennedy Hogan (Pigott 201)
- Cynthia Moe-Lobeda (Pigott 204)
- Kayce Hughlett (Pigott 208)
- Patrick Kelly, SJ (Pigott 304)
- Siroj Sorajjakool (Pigott 305)
- Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs (Sullivan Ct C1) - Presented in Spanish
- Linda Cohen (Sullivan Ct C3)
- Killian Noe (Sullivan Ct C5)
- Cinda and Linea Johnson (Sullivan Ct C6)
- Lee Wimberly (Sullivan 1st FL Rm 109)
- Anson Laytner (Sullivan 1st FL Rm 110)
2:30 – 3:15PM COFFEE TALK 2
- Colette Casavant & Joelle Pretty (Pigott 105)
3:00 – 3:15PM SESSIONS 5-6 AUTHORS' BOOK SIGNING
3:30 – 5:00PM KEYNOTE: REZA ASLAN
5:00 – 5:30PM REZA ASLAN BOOK SIGNING
7:00 – 9:30PM ADVANCE FILM SCREENING: "Band of Sisters" (Pigott Auditorium)