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Trevor Bechtel, PhD ’08, focuses on questions of ethics and the human in his teaching and scholarship. He works at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan coordinating all student-facing work. He has taught ethics and religion in small liberal arts colleges throughout the Great Lakes region for 20 years.

Contact Information

  • University of Michigan
    Poverty Solutions
    5100 Weill Hall
    Ann Arbor, MI 481092740 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    1080 S. University Ave.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 2008 PhD Constructive Theology
    Loyola University, Chicago, IL
  • 1999 MA Theological Studies
    Loyola University, Chicago, IL
  • 1993 BA Religious Studies
    University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA
  • 1991 BTh Biblical Studies
    Canadian Mennonite Bible College, WInnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA

Activities

Publications

Experience

Year Description
2019-present LEO Adjunct Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI

Honors and Awards

Presentations

Year Description
2011 Bechtel, T. (2011, October). Discernment and Community in the Twitter Age, presentation in the Albertus Magnus Lecture Series, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois.
2011 Bechtel, T. (2011, January). The internet as new faith community, presentation at Goshen New Perspective group, College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana.
2012 Bechtel, T. (2012, January). To Tweet or not to Tweet: Concrete moral norms and
social media, presented as part of the Technology and Ethics Interest Group panel, at the Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, D.C.
2012 Bechtel, T. (2012, September). Being an Audience in an Age of Distraction, presentation as part of Forum series lectures at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio.
2012 Bechtel, T. (2012, January). Why every Christian should have facebook, presented as part of the Technology and Ethics Interest Group panel, at the Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, D.C.

Courses

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