Tag: david shorter
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The Academic Minute for 2023.11.06-2023.11.10
The Academic Minute from 11.06 – 11.10 Monday Paula Marantz Cohen – Drexel University Defining Good Conversation Paula Marantz Cohen is Dean of the Pennoni Honors College and Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University. She is the author six novels and six non-fiction books, including, most recently, Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing…
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David Shorter, University of California Los Angeles – Contact with ETs Might Not Go Well, Based on Our History
First contact with extraterrestrials has been imagined many times, but what would happen in reality? David Shorter, professor of world arts and culture at the University of California Los Angeles, has an idea. Dr. David Shorter is a tenured professor at UCLA, where he has taught “Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts” for over a decade. He…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.11.06)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.11.06 Monday Paula Marantz Cohen, dean and distinguished professor of English at Drexel University, tells us why a good conversation can bring many benefits. Tuesday David Shorter, professor of world arts and culture at the University of California Los Angeles, discusses why first contact with extra terrestrials might…