Stephen G. Thompson

Professor, Philosophy and Religion
Haldan Hall 103
617-731-7133
thompsos@pmc.edu

Education

  • B.D., Theology, Yale University Divinity School
  • M.A., Philosophy, Boston University
  • B.A., Philosophy, Boston University

Teaching Experience

  • Pine Manor College
    • Professor of Philosophy and Religion, 2001-present
    • Associate-Professor of Philosophy and Religion, 1978-2001
    • Assistant-Professor of Philosophy and Religion, 1972-1978
  • Boston University
    • Adjunct Faculty Member, 1971-72
    • Teaching Fellow, 1969-1971

Pastoral Experience

  • Associate-Pastor, Greenwood Union Church, Wakefield, MA, 1967-1969
  • Associate-Pastor, First Congregational Church, New Milford, CT, 1965-1967

Administrative Experience

  • Dean for the Co-Curriculum and Advising, 1997-2000
  • Dean for Advising and General Education, 1996-1997
  • Dean of First Year Students, 1994-1995
  • Chair, Humanities Division, 1983-1992

Selected Committee Experience

  • Chair, Greater Danbury Human Relations Council
  • Chair, Wakefield Drug Action Committee
  • Chair and member, Curriculum Committee
  • Chair and member, Planning Committee
  • Chair and member, Committee on Faculty Concerns
  • Co-Chair and member, Diversity Committee
  • English Language Institute Advisory Board
  • President’s Advisory Committee on Campus Life
  • Enrollment Management Task Force
  • BGLAD Advisory Board

Scholarly and Professional Organizations

  • College Conference on Composition and Communication
  • Minister (ordained), United Church of Christ
  • National Association of Academic Advisors

Honors and Awards

  • Ruth Allinger Gibson Award for excellence in teaching
  • Kellogg Award for outstanding service
  • Sabbatical leave

Papers

  • “Campus, Community, Corporate Collaboration: ‘4C-ing the Future of Community Service Learning” (with Leah Gotscik and Janet Selcer) Fourth Annual National Conference of New Ways of Leading and Learning in the Classroom, Workplace and Community, April, 1998
  • “The Curriculum and Beyond: Rethinking the Essence of a College Education” (with Nia Lane Chester 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Atlanta, GA, January, 1997
  • “Transforming a College: Transforming Ourselves” (with Doe Hentschel), Learning Paradigm Conference, San Diego, CA, January, 1997
  • “Connecting the Curriculum with the Co-Curriculum” (with Kathy Jonas) Conference of the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC, February, 1996    NOTE: Presentation was not given due to travel complications, but it was an honor to be invited to the conference “by popular demand” to repeat a presentation in Minneapolis, MN in 1994
  • “The Hermeneutic of Hypocrisy: The Importance of Being Blasphemous,” International Conference of Images of the Sacred and Profane, Atlanta, GA, 1995
  • “The Co-Curriculum as Curriculum” (with Kathy Jonas), Small College Freshman Year Experience National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1994
  • “Male Libidinal Hostility,” International Conference on Images of Love and Hate, Atlanta, GA, October, 1993
  • “Journals: When They Work and When They Don’t (with Patricia MacVaugh), New England Association of Independent Schools Annual Meeting, Springfield, MA, November, 1990
  • “Elisha’s Choice in DAWN (with Steven Butler), Honors Forum, Pine Manor College, 1986
  • “Two Year Colleges and the Future of Liberal Education,” Eastern Community College Social Science Association, Washington, DC, October, 1975