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Penn Reading Project Panel
The Penn Reading Project, sponsored by the Council of Undergraduate Deans, brings together the Class of 2011 and Penn faculty from all disciplines to share a unifying intellectual experience through a single book. This year’s book is Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore's Dilemma, an intriguing exploration of the way we eat, and the wide-ranging effects of our choices on culture, economy and politics. On Sunday, September 2, 2007, you will attend your PRP session, as well as a panel discussion that features Penn faculty with expertise in a variety of related areas. Students will attend the discussion with their College House. Times are noted below: Red NSO Wristband: Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Hill, Riepe College Houses, and commuting students Blue NSO Wristband: Gregory, Harnwell, Harrison, Kings Court English, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware College Houses |
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Charlene Compher is Associate Professor of Nutrition Science in Penn’s School of Nursing, and Director of the Nutrition minor. Dr. Compher has an unusual background that integrates clinical dietetics, obesity and nutrition science. Her current studies involve the development and evaluation of effective web-based communication systems to prevent weight regain after gastric bypass surgery in patients with clinically severe obesity, and include extensive examination of body composition and energy expenditure variables. |
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Tom Daniels is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning where he teaches Environmental Planning, Land Use Planning, Growth Management, and Land Preservation. For nine years, Professor Daniels managed the nationally-recognized farmland preservation program in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he now lives. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, and is the co-author of Holding Our Ground: Protecting America’s Farms and Farmland. |
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Scott Poethig is Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Poethig’s research focuses on genetic regulation of plant morphogenesis, the formation and differentiation of tissues and organs in plants. He teaches courses on plant development, genetic systems, and teaching biology. He has published articles in a number of scholarly journals and sits on the editorial boards of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology, The Plant Journal and Evolution and Development. He was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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Paul Rozin is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. A cultural psychologist, his interests include how people acquire likes and dislikes for foods, the cultural evolution of disgust, ambivalence to animal foods, and nature of cuisine. He has carried out research in the United States, France, Japan and India. Professor Rozin is a recipient of the Ira Abrams Teaching Award in the School of Arts and Sciences. He originally coined the term, “the omnivore’s dilemma.” |
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Tukufu Zuberi is Director of the Center for Africana Studies and Chair and Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on African and African Diaspora populations and methods of analyzing human difference, developed in his books, The Demography of South Africa (2005), Thicker Than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie (2001), and Swing Low Sweet Chariot: The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century (1995). Zuberi is also a host for nationally syndicated PBS program, History Detectives. |
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