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Louis Silverstein is a transcendental/holistic philosopher and practitioner and multi-cultural and interdisciplinary
educator. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Education at Columbia College Chicago, he teaches courses in Peace
Studies, Dying & Death, Education, Culture & Society, and Social Problems In American Society. He is also co-founder and co-director
of the Life Arts Society, dedicated to the healing and uplifting of mind, body and spirit.
He has presented on a variety of topics at meetings of professional associations, including the Professional and Organizational
Development Network in Higher Education, the American Council on Education, the Association for Humanistic Sociology, the
American Association of Higher education, the American Educational Research Association, the National Adult Education Association,
the Third World Studies Association, the Alliance-Association for External Degree Programs for Adults, the National Social
science Association, the International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, the Creative Management in Higher Education
Association, the Popular Culture Association, the Coalition To Increase Minority Degrees, the Midwest Philosophy of Education
Society, the American Society On Aging, the Humanities Education & Research Association and the World Forum On Education.
Presentation subjects have included Teaching A Culture of Peace & Justice,Breaking The Silence: Drugs, Culture & Truth, Sex
As Curse & Blessing, Aging Stories, Emotional Intelligence,Death & Dying, and Embodied/Experiential Spirituality.
He is the author Of "An Oral History of Columbia College, Vols. I-V," "Deep Spirit & Great Heart: Living In Marijuana Consciousness"
and "Encountering Life's Endings."
"The dance of life reminds us that we have met before and that we will meet again."--L.S.
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