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Three ������Ƶ faculty members, Alister Chapman, Edd Noell and Helen Rhee, discuss human trafficking in a free event, “Modern Slavery Through Faculty Eyes,” Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 6:30-8 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room. The talk will be moderated by Scott McClelland, director of ������Ƶ's San Francisco Urban program, which is sponsoring the discussion.

The talk will take an inter-disciplinary look at what Christians should know about human trafficking today. The discussion follows a similar talk in September by ������Ƶ alumnus David Batstone.

Chapman, assistant professor of history at ������Ƶ, earned his doctorate from the University of Cambridge. He received the Bruce and Adaline Bare Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Social Sciences) in 2008. He recently co-edited “Seeing Things Their Way: Intellectual History and Religious Belief.”

Noell, professor of business and economics, earned a master’s degree from the University of Texas, Austin, and a doctorate in economics from Louisiana State University. He has been teaching at ������Ƶ since 1986. He earned the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Social Sciences) in 1998, has published work on labor market regulation, and is currently involved in writing a book project on the history of moral reflections in economics.

Rhee, assistant professor of religious studies, earned a doctorate in church history from Fuller Theological Seminary. She came to Westmont in 2004 and is an author of “Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries.” She is authoring a book, “Wealth, Poverty, and Early Christian Formation,” and coauthoring “Protestant Social Ethics.”

McClelland earned a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary and The King's College and is co-pastor of Miraloma Community Church in San Francisco. He has directed the San Francisco Urban Program since 2006.

San Francisco Urban is an off-campus program of ������Ƶ, featuring vocationally-oriented internships and study in urban issues, such as human trafficking in one of America's most diverse world-class cities.