LifelongLearning LectureSeries
Featuring speakers from PEIR (Personal Enrichment In Retirement), Hofstra Faculty, and Other Partners
Zoomlink:hofstra.edu/peirlllszoom
Every Monday & Thursday Room 122 Hofstra Come in person (except if Hofstra Closed) Oak Street Center or online
The Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Health Sciences, focuses on timely, interesting, and important topics. Who should attend? Anyone who is curious about the world around them, who has a growth mindset, and who is committed to lifelong personal and professional development.
JUNE
Monday Morning Monday Afternoon
June 1, 10:00-11:30 AM
Discussion of the short story by Toni Morrison entitled Recitatif
CraigRustici,PhD,ProfessorofEnglishandDisability Studies,HofstraUniversityandMickyFriedman,PEIR
June 1, 12:45-2:15 PM
Scouting in the 21st CenturyOpportunities and challenges
SharonPhillips,PhD,Assoc.Prof.ofCommunityHealth;Steven Lindo,DPS,Asst.Prof.ofHealthInformatics;LaurenArnone, OTD,Asst.Prof.ofOccupationalTherapy;andElizabethPloran, PhD,Prof.ofPsychology,HofstraUniversity
June 8, 12:45-2:15 PM
June 15, 10:00-11:30 AM
Conflict Transformation: Changing how we perceive and engage with conflict Laurie Johnson, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Counseling and Mental Health Professions, School of Health Sciences, Hofstra University
June 22, 10:00-11:30 AM
Cultural Arts: The New Deal and the Federal Arts Project
Micky Friedman, PEIR
June 29, 10:00-11:30 AM
A Near “Civil War” breaks out in Near Rockaway, Long Island: It’s the Tories vs. the Patriots Art Mattson, PEIR
Thursday Morning
History of Comic Books and Gothic Novels Bob Rozakis, American Comic Book Writer and Editor, DC Comics 1973-1998
Impacts on Environmental Disasters on Mental Health of Vulnerable Populations Ibraheem M. Karaye, MD, DrPH, The Joseph L. Dionne Endowed Academic Chair & Assoc. Prof. of Population Health, Hofstra University June 15, 12:45-2:15 PM
June 22, 12:45-2:15 PM
Fearless Russian Women Judie Wiesel, PEIR
June 29, 12:45-2:15 PM
Long Island’s Native American Community Sandi Brewster, Executive Director & Government Affairs Officer, Montaukett Indian Nation
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June 25 10:00-11:30 AM – Journey Home
Mountain King Hedva Lewittes & Laurie Everett, PEIR
Science: The Medical Issues Astronauts Face From Being in Space Sid Krimsky, PEIR