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Speaking Engagements

On Friday evening, June 9 I had the privilege and pleasure of creating conversation with prize-winning journalist and prominent psychiatry critic Robert Whitaker. Our topic was “Mad in America: Drugs, Diagnosis and Development” (an event sponsored by the East Side Institute). Aided by invitingly probing questions from moderator Janet Wootten...

  Hats off to PJ Moynihan (writer and producer), Oryx Cohen (producer) and Gayle Berg (executive producer) of “Healing Voices” for their documentary film exploring the experience labeled, “psychosis.” And hats off to the hundreds of community organizations worldwide who have, since its release in April 2016, sponsored more than 500...

Mad in America: A Conversation on Diagnosis, Drugs and Development with Lois Holzman and Robert Whitaker Friday, June 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m. NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St., Rm 216 (betw. W 3 St. & Washington Sq South) Registration: $35; Student/Retired: $25 (At the door: $40; $30) So many things divide Americans today....

[caption id="attachment_3254" align="aligncenter" width="4032"] National Dong-Hwa University[/caption] A few weeks after traveling to Bogotá Colombia to participate in the International Conference on Citizenship Culture, Dan Friedman (Institute faculty, artistic director of the All Stars Project's Castillo Theatre and associate dean of All Stars'  UX) and I were on our way to...

Dan Friedman (artistic director of the Castillo Theatre and associate dean of UX) and I were in Bogota Colombia last week at the invitation of former mayor Antanas Mockus and his organization Corpovisionarois. We were both keynote speakers at their International Conference on Citizenship Culture. This years theme was "Another...

I had a wonderful time this past weekend at the 2016 North Carolina Honors Association Conference in Greensboro North Carolina. It was a privilege to be the keynote speaker at the opening banquet, especially since the conference theme was "Innovations in Pedagogy, Research, and Learning: Using Play, Performance and Improvisation."...

I'm "honored" to be giving the keynote at the 2016 North Carolina Honors Association (NCHA) Conference on October 7th. The two-day event is hosted by Lloyd International Honors College on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This year’s theme is "Innovations in Pedagogy, Research, and Learning:...

Thanks to the dozens of people who created conversation with me the week of Februry 8-12 on my book-in-progress, The Overweight Brain. You can view the online running conversation—so thoughtful and playful—and view or listen to the live chat. Video recording of the webinar with Lois Holzman on The Overweight Brain: Audio...