Todd C. Ream

In the thirty-ninth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Charles W. Pollard, President of John Brown University. Pollard opens by sharing how his vocation was shaped by the study of law and the study of English. Each practice of study allowed Pollard to cultivate his…

In the thirty-eighth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Robert D. Kelly, President of the University of Portland. Drawing upon his experience as a curricular and co-curricular educator, Kelly begins by discussing the state of community on college campuses and the ways that declines in…

In the thirty-seventh episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Kimo Ah Yun, President of Marquette University. As a communication scholar, Ah Yun opens by discussing how he designs messages and leverages platforms in ways that reach various internal and external constituents, emphasizing the ways those…

In the thirty-sixth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Candice McQueen, President of Lipscomb University. With extensive service in both K-12 and higher education settings, McQueen starts by discussing the educational benefits that emerge when greater integration between grade levels or years in school occurs.…

In the thirty-fifth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jon S. Kulaga, President of Indiana Wesleyan University. Kulaga begins by discussing the details of his service during his college years as a campus radio DJ, highlighting which songs from the early 80s he would proudly…

In the thirty-fourth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jonathan J. Sanford, Professor of Philosophy and President of the University of Dallas. Sanford opens by sharing about the University of Dallas’s history which includes support from the Archdiocese of Dallas as well as support from…

In the thirty-third episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with J. Bradley Creed, President of Campbell University. Creed opens by discussing how events in 1979 within the Southern Baptist Convention set in motion a host of changes that would begin by impacting the six Southern Baptist…

In the thirty-second episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Anna Bonta Moreland, The Anne Quinn Welsh Chair, Director of the Honors Program, and Professor of Humanities at Villanova University. Moreland begins by expanding upon the details of the opening keynote address she offered at the…

In this special episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with David A. Hoag, President of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Hoag opens by discussing the investments Christian colleges and universities make in fostering relationship between faith and learning and how the CCCU is prepared to increase efforts…

In the thirty-first episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Archbishop Steve Wood of the Anglican Church in North America. Wood begins by sharing the theological distinctives that historically define Anglicanism, the ways those distinctives are drawn from the nature of parish life, and the ways…

In the thirtieth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Katongole opens by discussing how he came to understand reconciliation and that despite the stubbornness of sin, God is at work…

In the twenty-ninth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Stephen M. Barr, President of the Society of Catholic Scientists and Professor of Physics Emeritus at the University of Delaware. Barr begins by unpacking the basics of the Grand Unified Theory for non-physicists. He details why…

In the twenty-eighth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Francis Su, the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. Su opens by discussing what motivates mathematicians and how the strange, uncanny, wonderful, and unexpected encounters are often the ones that excite them the most.…

In the twenty-seventh episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Russell W. Howell, the Kathleen Smith Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at Westmont College. Howell opens by discussing how mathematicians often find themselves confronted by results they find mysterious and for which no immediate explanation…

In the twenty-sixth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mark Behrens, the John and Margaret McAndrews Professor of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame. Behrens begins by unpacking the unique ways mathematics provides logical and replicable results. He also notes mathematics can prove mysterious…

In the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Kim Jongerius, Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Northwestern College. Jongerius begins by exploring the role mystery plays in the pursuit of mathematical forms of truth. Shying away from mystery, especially…

In the twenty-fourth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Satyan L. Devadoss, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Engineering at the University of San Diego. Devadoss opens by exploring how mathematicians quite often find themselves encountering that which is mysterious. Acknowledging…

In the twenty-third episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Helen M. Alvaré, the Robert A. Levy Chair in Law and Liberty and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law. Alvaré opens by discussing the impact of the 2022…

In the twenty-second episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with W. Bradford Wilcox, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation University Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. Wilcox begins by discussing what constitutes a family-friendly institution and what colleges and…