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Academic. Writer. Activist. Photographer.
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Academic. Writer. Activist. Photographer.
Sometimes I manage to combine all four of these paths in a single project. I like that.
This website primarily reflects the links between my academic and political interests. I also have a related blog and a photo site with galleries and a photo blog.
Technically, I'm a retired professor of legal studies and psychology. Much of my academic work addresses the interconnections between psychology, law, and justice. Using a perspective within critical psychology, I'm especially concerned about mainstream psychology's support for an unjust status quo.
Curriculum vita (pdf file) - a resume listing my academic credentials, articles, and related items for those interested in that sort of thing
Married. Three kids (two old, one young). Mortgage.
I last shaved in 2006. I looked like this:
Now I'm back to looking like the photo on the home page, but the beard's even grayer.
1949: Born in Brooklyn, New York (Ocean Parkway; then Brownsville; then Canarsie). A year in Israel after high school, 1966-67. Back to Brooklyn for college.
Then I started moving around, for school, jobs, politics, family, adventure.
1970s: East Lansing, Michigan (grad school 1970-72); Israel again (kibbutz); Newburgh, NY; Boston (South End, Jamaica Plain, Allston); Somerville, Mass.; Red Hook, NY; Brooklyn again (Park Slope 1977-78); Los Angeles; Somerville, for the 1979 Seabrook occupation attempt
1980s: Atlanta; Somerville again; East Lansing again, and then Lansing (back in grad school); Cambridge, Mass.; Lincoln, Nebraska (post-doc)
1988-1998: Springfield, Illinois
Since 1998: back in Boston area, for fifth time. I live in Brookline.
Folk dance instructor/performer (a very long time ago), camp counselor, high school equivalency instructor, Social Security claims representative, unemployment advocate, temp worker (clerical and other jobs), coder, messenger, embossing press operator (I really liked this one), emergency medical technician (ambulance attendant), editorial writer, teaching assistant, community college instructor, disability examiner, postdoc student, professor, newspaper columnist, writer, photographer. "Consultant."
Longest job: 1988-2005, legal studies and psychology professor, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Writing. Politics (especially focused on Israel/Palestine). Part-time academic work.
Photography: a related interview.
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Avram and Rie are now in Virginia. Avram's outdated website describes some of his past travels.
Milo is writing and illustrating while supporting himself in traditional struggling-artist fashion, now back in Florida. See his website.
Emily is finally in high school. You might be able to find her on MySpace and similar places.
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