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SPRING
2023
Artwork by: Mary Ellen Billman
OLLI
OSHER
LIFELONG LEARNING
INSTITUTE
SPRING 2023 COURSE GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
About OLLI at Temple ......................................................... 3
Morning & Afternoon Schedule at a Glance .................... 4-5
COURSE LOCATIONS
Online Courses ............................................................... 6
SPRING SCHEDULE In-person Courses & COVID Guidelines .......................... 6
Hybrid Courses ............................................................... 6
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SEMESTER STARTS:
The Arts ....................................................................... 7
Monday, January 30, 2023
Economics & Finance ................................................... 9
Entertainment & Media ................................................ 9
NO CLASSES: Games ........................................................................ 10
March 6-March 10 (Spring Break)
Health & Wellness ..................................................... 10
Thursday, April 6 (Passover)
Friday, April 7 (Good Friday) History ....................................................................... 12
Languages ................................................................. 14
Law ............................................................................ 17
CLASSES END:
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Literature & Writing ................................................... 18
Philosophy & Religion ................................................ 21
Political Science ......................................................... 22
All courses take place Eastern Time.
Science & Technology ................................................ 24
Theater, Music & Film ................................................. 26
OLLI at Temple does not record
Membership Benefits ...................................................... 28
classes or one-time lectures.
Membership Enrollment and Pricing ................................ 28
Enrollment and Registration Dates .................................. 28
To ensure delivery of emails from
How to Enroll and Register Online Workshop ................... 28
OLLI at Temple, please add the
following emails to your address Payment & Scholarships ................................................. 29
book: Course Registration ......................................................... 29
• olli@temple.edu Wait List ..................................................................... 29-30
• destiny1@temple.edu Refund Policy .................................................................. 30
• no-reply@zoom.us WANT TO HELP?
Donate to OLLI at Temple .............................................. 30
Volunteer at OLLI .......................................................... 30
PARKING
Ambler Campus ............................................................ 31
Center City Campus ...................................................... 31
A Guide to Learning with Zoom ........................................ 32
Zoom Orientation ............................................................. 32
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Temple University is committed to a policy of
Spring 2023 Schedule Grid .............................................. 33
equal opportunity for all in every aspect of its
operations, including employment, service,
and educational programs. The University has
pledged not to discriminate on the basis of age,
color, disability, marital status, national origin
or ethnic origin, race, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity,
genetic information or veteran status.
2 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505ABOUT OLLI AT TEMPLE
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Temple University is an extraordinary educational
environment serving people 50 years and older. We offer courses within Temple’s Center City, Ambler,
and Main campuses and is a membership-based organization.
Members represent a broad spectrum of lifestyles, professions, and interests. All of the instructors
at OLLI at Temple are also members and the number of colleges and universities, academic degrees,
honors, and fields of study associated with our instructors assures a quality learning experience.
OLLI courses are unique because they are designed to promote the joy of learning without the pressure
of traditional academic requirements such as tests or grades. OLLI also offers trips, social events, free
public lectures, and an in-house library.
For people who want to keep on learning, make new friends, and continue “the good life”, OLLI at Temple
is the place to be.
A BRIEF HISTORY
OLLI was organized in 1975 and was originally known as Association of Retired Professionals (ARP).
There were 85 founding members and 34 courses in the fall of 1976. At that time, only two similar
programs existed in the United States. In 1998, the name changed to Temple Association for Retired
Professionals (TARP), and later to Temple Association for Retired Persons.
In 2007, TARP received a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, and changed its name to the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Temple University. We are one in a network of 125 OLLI programs in
the nation. As more adult programs become available in the coming years, we hope to be at the leading
edge.
OLLI’S MISSION
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Temple University is a university led and member supported
organization that provides a wide array of educational and experiential opportunities to a diverse group
of people, 50 years of age and older, who learn, teach and discover together.
OFFICERS OLLI OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
President: Lloyd Kern
1st Vice President: Donna Ferrari
2nd Vice President: David Thomas AMBLER CAMPUS
Treasurer: Kitt Turner 580 Meetinghouse Road
Secretary: Maureen Broadbent Ambler, PA 19002
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Susan Berrigan Susan Brooks
CENTER CITY CAMPUS
1515 Market Street
Ken Davis Marilyn Golden Suite 417
Lynn Marks Jane Wolf Philadelphia, PA 19102
COMMITTEE CHAIRS Entrance is on the plaza side of the building between Market
Curriculum: TBD Street and JFK Boulevard.
Library: Carolyn Terry
Membership: David Thomas THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION
Policies & Procedures: Donna Ferrari The Bernard Osher Foundation seeks to improve quality of life
Scholarships: Lloyd Kern, Adam Brunner through the support of lifelong learning institutes such as OLLI
Special Events: Chuck Putnam at Temple. The Foundation was founded in 1977 by Bernard
Trips: Warren Williams Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The
Foundation has now funded 125 Osher Lifelong Learning
OLLI STAFF Institutes overseen by colleges & universities from Maine
Director: Adam Brunner to Hawaii. Funding for OLLI is contingent upon membership
Associate Director: Betsy Reese growth goals, so membership matters. To learn more about the
Sr. Dept. Administrative Specialist: Kate Hays Bernard Osher Foundation, please visit their website at
www.osherfoundation.org.
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 3MORNING SCHEDULE AT A GL ANCE
COURSE LOCATION* KEY:
Online via Zoom TUA In-person at Ambler Campus TUCC In-person at Center City Campus
*More information about course locations can be found on page 6.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
10-11:30 AM 10-11:30 AM 10-11:30 AM 9-10:30 AM
DANIEL BOONE: A LIFE HOT TOPICS IN JUSTICE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - HOW DID WE GET HERE? -
FORGED AT THE EDGE OF AND LAW EXPANDED AND UPDATED THE ENLIGHTENMENT
“CIVILIZATION” Judge Phyllis Beck & Nancy McDonald Steven Pollack
Edward Dodson Lynn Marks Feb 1-Apr 12 Feb 2-Mar 30 TUA
Jan 30-Feb 27 Jan 31-Feb 28
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF 10-11:30 AM
LOST STORIES & LEGENDS ON THE MAP! YOUR IPHONE AND IPAD CANASTA CONSORTIUM
IN LATIN AMERICA Betsy Reese Gary Rose Linda Brown
Alicia Romeu Mar 14-Apr 11 Feb 1-Mar 29 Feb 2-Apr 13 TUCC
Feb 6-Mar 20
SHORT TALES AND SPANISH 1, SECTION A FRENCH IMMERSION
SCIENCE DOCUMENTARIES BOOK BITES Turner, Boling, Jacobs Lois Beck
Eric Clausen Sol Glassberg & Feb 1-Apr 12 Feb 2-Apr 13 TUCC
Jan 30-Apr 3 Tony Trifiletti
10:30-11:30 AM SPANISH 3
Jan 31-Apr 11
Stephanie Sesker
10 AM-12 PM COMEDY - STANDUP AND Feb 2-Mar 30
10:30 AM-12 PM SITCOMS
THE STUDY OF GERMAN
CULTURE AND HISTORY FRENCH BEGINNER/ Abe Vorensky THE ART AND LIVES OF
THROUGH THE GERMAN INTERMEDIATE Feb 1-Mar 1 THE IMPRESSIONISTS
LANGUAGE Nick Mastripolito James Pagliaro
Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC MORNING DIALOGUE: AN Feb 2-Feb 16
Cheri Micheau EXAMINATION OF WHAT WE
Jan 30-Apr 3
HOMELAND SECURITY AND ARE THINKING AS SOCIETAL THE CHANGING CULTURE
CIVIL LIBERTIES (PART 2) NORMS ARE CHANGING OF FATHERHOOD
10:30 AM-12 PM
Michael Cleary Janice Winston Jay Fagan
HATHA YOGA Jan 31-Mar 14 Feb 1-Mar 29 Feb 2-Feb 23
Joanne Gordin
Jan 30-Mar 27 SPANISH 2 RETHINKING RELIGION 10:30 AM-12 PM
Michael Niederman Alan Soffin BANNED BOOKS BECKON,
PLEIN AIR PARTY/ Jan 31-Apr 11 Feb 1-Mar 29 PART 2
CAPTURING PHILADELPHIA
Eleanor Gesensway
Joann Neufeld YOU FLIP THE SWITCH-- 10:30 AM-12 PM
Jan 30-Mar 27 TUCC AND THE LIGHTS (BETTER) SCREENING THE AMERICAN
2/2, 2/23, 3/23, 4/20
COME ON!! JUSTICE SYSTEM MORNING SPORTS
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN Lee Pedowicz DIALOGUE
AMERICA Jan 31-Apr 11 TUA Sheldon Seligsohn
TUCC Lloyd Kern
Feb 22-Apr 12
Paul Selbst Feb 2-Mar 16
Jan 30-Apr 10 SPANISH 1, SECTION B
Michael Niederman PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
Feb 1-Apr 12 AND AMERICAN IDENTITY
Stan Cutler
THE ART OF LIVING & DYING: Feb 2-Mar 23 TUCC
A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE
Helen Rosen
Feb 1-Apr 12
THE GREAT SHAKESPEARE
MONOLOGUES
Christine MacArthur
Feb 1-Mar 29 TUCC
4 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505AFTERNOON SCHEDULE AT A GL ANCE
COURSE LOCATION* KEY:
Online via Zoom TUA In-person at Ambler Campus TUCC In-person at Center City Campus
*More information about course locations can be found on page 6.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1-2:30 PM 1-2 PM 1-2:30 PM 1-2:30 PM
AFRICAN AMERICAN ISLAM: INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: MAHJONGG MANIA
THEOLOGY, PRACTICE AND August Korn WHAT’S CHANGING & WHY? Linda Brown
HISTORY Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC Kenneth Davis Feb 2-Apr 13 TUCC
Ahmet Tekelioglu & Feb 1-Mar 15 TUCC
1-2:30 PM THE EUROPEAN UNION
Iftekhar Hussain IN ACTION
Jan 30-Mar 13 EXPLORING PLAYS BY TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING
MEMOIR, FICTION, Elaine Fultz
HENRIK IBSEN Feb 2-Mar 30 TUCC
CLIMATE CHANGE- Lyle Murley NONFICTION OR ANY
CLIMATE JUSTICE Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC WRITING PROJECT THOSE BRONTE SISTERS:
Bob Groves Frances Metzman TWO GREAT NOVELS,
Jan 30-Mar 27 TUCC HISTORY OF AMERICAN Feb 1-Apr 5 TWO WORLD VIEWS
POPULAR MUSIC Jo Ellen Winters
SPANISH SHORT STORIES Philip Simon 1-3 PM Feb 2-Apr 13
Phyllis Bailey Jan 31-Apr 11 TUA ACADEMY AWARDS:
Jan 30-Apr 10 TUCC THEN AND NOW WRITE NOW!
1-3 PM Marty Millison & Phyllis Mass
2-3:00 PM HOOKING WITH WOOL: Lloyd Kern Feb 2-Apr 13
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA CREATING SMALL Feb 1-Apr 12 TUCC
IN THE DIGITAL AGE PROJECTS 1:30-2:30 PM
Dick Sheeran Betsy Warner 1:30-3 PM MEMORY GAMES
Jan 30-Mar 13 Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC INTRODUCTION TO Thomas McNellis
IMPROVISATIONAL Feb 2-Apr 13 TUA
1:30-2:30 PM THEATER AND ACTING
AN OVERVIEW OF AFRICA: Jean Haskell 1:30-3 PM
PAST AND PRESENT Feb 1-Apr 12 GREAT JAZZ VOCALISTS
Marilyn Silberfein John Banger
Jan 31-Mar 28 TUCC 2-3:30 PM Feb 2-Mar 16
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1:30-3 PM AND HEALTH CARE SHAKESPEARE: FOUR PLAYS
FRENCH 3 Jay Pomerantz Wendy Buckingham
Feb 1-Mar 29 Feb 2-Apr 13
Mark Germano
Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC
HOW DOES WEATHER WORK?
2-3 PM AN INTRODUCTION TO
TAI CHI CONTINUING STUDY METEOROLOGY
August Korn Jonathan Roth
Jan 31-Apr 11 TUCC Feb 1-Mar 29
3-4 PM
3-4 PM
GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO
RETIREMENT PLANNING
DEMOCRATIC AND
AND PREPAREDNESS
PLURALISTIC SOCIETIES
Erik Schuster
David Krueger
Jan 31-Mar 14
Feb 1-Mar 15
3-4:30 PM
ESSENTIALS TO SELF-
PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK
Vivienne Munn
Jan 31-Mar 14
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 5COURSE LOCATIONS
ONLINE COURSES
Online courses are held on Zoom and are labeled in this catalog with:
Location: Online via Zoom
You do not need to have a Zoom account in order to attend class, but it is recommended that you
install the Zoom app. Please see Zoom Essentials to see what a typical Zoom course link email looks
like and for instructions on how to install and update Zoom on a computer, laptop, or mobile device.
Zoom course links are sent only to members who are registered for the course. You will receive
your link to attend the week prior to the start of the semester and for your convenience, during
each day your course is held. The link you receive is unique to you and does not change throughout
the semester. If you cannot find an email with your course link, please first check your Junk/Spam
folder. If you still cannot find it, please email olli@temple.edu and we will resend it right away.
Because we keep track of attendance, please do not share your link or use someone else’s.
IN-PERSON COURSES & COVID GUIDELINES
In-person courses take place at the Ambler campus or Center City campus and are labeled in this
catalog in one of the following ways:
Location: In-person at Ambler (TUA ) Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
If you are enrolled in an in-person course or the in-person section of a hybrid course, you will be
required to:
• follow current public health guidelines, which may include masking and social distancing, and
are subject to change, while on campus.
• provide proof of vaccination, or request a medical or religious exemption, prior to your first day
of class.
• obtain a noncredit OwlCard. An OwlCard is a Temple-specific photo ID that will give you access
to campus buildings and classrooms.
Once you are admitted to an in-person course, we will provide instructions on how to submit your
vaccination record, or request a medical or religious exemption, as well as how to obtain a noncredit
OwlCard.
HYBRID COURSES
Hybrid courses are a combination of the above where the instructor teaches in-person at either the
Ambler or Center City campus with online participants attending remotely via Zoom. Hybrid courses
are labeled in this catalog in one of the following ways:
Location: Online via Zoom Location: Online via Zoom
Location: In-person at Ambler (TUA ) Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
During Course Registration, please be sure you are registering for your preferred location.
6 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505SPRING 2023 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The class members develop an understanding
the arts of basic musical and cultural concepts through
the study of American popular music history.
Subjects covered include, but are not limited to,
GREAT JAZZ VOCALISTS
African folk music and culture, African American,
Instructor: John Banger
American and Western European art and folk
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Mar 16
music styles before jazz (including Minstrelsy,
Time: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Yiddish Theatre, and ragtime), early jazz roots,
the emergence of African American influenced
This course addresses two questions – “What popular music in the early twentieth century, Tin
is the role of the jazz vocalist?” and “What Pan Alley, Broadway, folk music, rock and roll,
makes a great jazz vocalist?” Whether it’s and other significant forms of contemporary
telling a story in song, creating an atmosphere, popular music.
embellishing and improvising on a tune, or Maximum online registrants: 120
using phrasing to elevate an ordinary song into Maximum in-person registrants: 40
a work of art, the vocalist is key to the success
of a jazz performance. So come celebrate our Instructor’s Bio:
musical heritage as we listen to jazz and popular Philip G. Simon, Emeritus Associate Professor
songs performed by some of the world’s great at Wilkes University has directed school,
vocalists and learn why the vocalist plays such collegiate and professional instrumental music
an important role in helping us understand and ensembles throughout the United States and the
appreciate the music, regardless of the style. United Kingdom for 51 years. He is the author
Maximum online registrants: 500 of three books, including the recently published
A History of American Popular Music (Cognella
Instructor’s Bio: Publishing). He is active as an arranger, bassist
John Banger has been a music lover all his life. and tubist in Northeastern PA.
He was raised on classical music and developed
an interest in jazz as a teenager. John has HOOKING WITH WOOL:
participated in and taught jazz classes in the CREATING SMALL PROJECTS
Delaware Valley area for more than 8 years, Instructor: Betsy Warner
teaching classes on Jazz Vocalists, Masters of Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11
Jazz, Understanding and Listening to Jazz, Jazz Time: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
and The Great American Songbook, From Bessie Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
to Bebop, Brazil and Beyond – An Unconventional
History of Jazz and Active Jazz Listening for the Rug hooking is a traditional art with many
Non-Musician. He spends much of his free time contemporary practitioners. Beginners will be
searching out and listening to jazz. given a project and learn to use a hook to pull
yarn or wool strips through a linen backing to
HISTORY OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC create a rug, wall hanging, pillow and other
Instructor: Philip Simon items. Those experienced with rug hooking will
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11 receive guidance on their projects. The course
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM will cover the use of different yarns and wools,
Location: Online via Zoom color planning and how to do your own project.
Location: In-person at Ambler (TUA ) A supply list, along with suggestions of stores
where one can purchase the supplies, will be
This music survey course focuses on the history of provided prior to the first class.
American popular music from its roots in African Maximum in-person registrants: 10
folk music to contemporary popular music styles.
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 7Instructor’s Bio: THE ART AND LIVES OF THE
Betsy Warner, BA, University of Pennsylvania; IMPRESSIONISTS
JD, Temple University School of Law. Betsy has Instructor: James Pagliaro
studied rug hooking for the past 16 years with Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Feb 16
teachers from the United States, England, and Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Canada. Location: Online via Zoom
PLEIN AIR PARTY/ CAPTURING 19th Century Paris was the European center
PHILADELPHIA of fashion, culture and art. After centuries of
Instructor: Joann Neufeld domination by the teachings of the Ecole des
Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Mar 27 Beaux-Arts, a group of painters, who came to
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM be known as “The Impressionists” rebelled
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) against the strictures of the Academic School,
and broke new ground in capturing the light,
Following our first class that re-emphasizes color and activities of modern life, from the
the basics of composition, line, shape, contrast, cafés and theaters of Paris to the verdant French
and shading, we will be drawing and/or painting countryside. Join our class as we take a deep dive
directly at different locations. The city continues into the lives and works of impressionist painters
to offer inspirational spaces for our OLLI like Pierre-Augusts Renoir, Claude Monet, Paul
artists to capture. Using historic architecture, Cezanne, Mary Cassatt and Camille Pissarro, as
sculptures, markets, waterfronts and museums, well as the foremost post-impressionist painter,
we will draw and paint the details of life in Vincent van Gogh.
Philadelphia. Both interior and exterior (weather Pre-requisite: None but an avid interest in Art
permitting) locations will be meeting spots for History
the class. Individual help will be given by the Maximum online registrants: 50
instructor at every location throughout the class.
Demonstrations of various materials will be Instructor’s Bio:
given, even digital drawing possibilities. James Pagliaro has enjoyed a career as a noted
Pre-requisite: Students have to be able to bring and successful trial lawyer. At the same time, he
their own materials to each location chosen for has led a life rooted in understanding, sharing
each weekly class. and teaching others about the arts. He has
Maximum in-person registrants: 20 spent 20 years in Philadelphia as a Docent at
the Philadelphia Museum of Art where he has
Instructor’s Bio: chaired the Corporate Partners Board, and as
Joann Neufeld received her BFA from Tyler a committee member of the PMA’s Curatorial
School of Art and used her Masters in Art Ed to Committees on European Painting, Sculpture
teach in both the Philadelphia and New Hope- and Decorative Arts. Since leaving the practice
Solebury School districts. The environment of of law in 2018, James has attended Oxford
our classes is supportive and friendly as we learn University where he has mastered in Art History.
from each other while developing new artistic Recently, James has lectured at the Florida Gulf
skills. Each student determines which materials Coast University Academy on Art History topics.
they want to use and which techniques they wish Above all, as a former trial lawyer, James is an
to try. We share our work regularly on the OLLI accomplished storyteller, who weaves together
website as we practice reviewing, discussing, the threads of history and art to engage and
and critiquing artwork. OLLI showcases our delight his audiences.
student art in exhibitions or in the course guide.
8 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505local, social, and current issues. The dialogue
economics & finance helps us gain insight into others and ourselves
on our quest to continue learning. Attendees
are invited to share their thoughts, ideas, and
RETIREMENT PLANNING AND
opinions in a congenial and guided forum. Wake
PREPAREDNESS
up your brain as we gain and give knowledge
Instructor: Erik Schuster
through our individual life experiences.
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Mar 14
Maximum online registrants: 40
Time: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom
Instructor’s Bio:
Janice Winston, BS, business communications;
This course will cover all aspects involved in
certificates in human resources, management,
retirement planning. All topics will focus on
and marketing, Chestnut Hill College. She is a
people preparing for retirement or currently in
retired network engineer, an award-winning
retirement. We will cover the financial aspects
pension activist, certified mediator, educator,
of retirement including cash flow management,
and elected official. Janice has taught adult
income planning, tax planning, investment
literacy and elementary education. Janice
options, and estate planning. Our healthcare
volunteers as an advanced instructor and
and Social Security section will delve into Social
government liaison at the American Red Cross.
Security optimization, Medicare coverages and
She has various interests including human rights
options, Medicare surcharges, and medical
and amateur ham radio operation.
supplemental plans.
Maximum online registrants: 100
MORNING SPORTS DIALOGUE
Instructor: Lloyd Kern
Instructor’s Bio:
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Mar 16
Erik Schuster, CFP is a local financial planner
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
that brings clarity to families retirement plan.
Location: Online via Zoom
His goal is to educate, serve as a leader, and
bring certainty to the families he serves. He has
Since sports have become a much-discussed
successfully retired hundreds of families in the
topic in today’s news in general, we will
Philadelphia area. His goal is to educate and
discuss current issues in the local, national,
lead families through the retirement journey. He
and international sports scene both on the
is a CFP and has an MBA. He hopes to continue
professional and amateur level. Students are
to educate retirees on the many decisions and
invited to share their thoughts and opinions in an
complexities that all retirees face.
open forum, both with the instructor and guest
speakers who may be present.
Maximum online registrants: 40
entertainment & media Instructor’s Bio:
Lloyd Kern, BS economics, University of
MORNING DIALOGUE: AN EXAMINATION Pennsylvania; MBA finance, NYU; CPA, New
OF WHAT WE ARE THINKING AS SOCIETAL York State. Lloyd spent over 40 years in various
NORMS ARE CHANGING managerial accounting positions. He was the
Instructor: Janice Winston CFO for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia
Dates: Wednesdays, Feb 1-Mar 29 for nine years. A lifelong baseball fan, he was
Time: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM the owner of an Eastern League baseball
Location: Online via Zoom team 1977–1981 and was named the league’s
Executive of the Year in 1977.
Educational thought-provoking lectures and
discussion. Topics cover historical, national,
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 9UNDERSTANDING MEDIA IN THE DIGITAL MAHJONGG MANIA
AGE Instructor: Linda Brown
Instructor: Dick Sheeran Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Apr 13
Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Mar 13 Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Time: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
Location: Online via Zoom
Mahjongg is an ancient tile game that originated
We live in a 24/7 media society. From wake to in China. It is played with tiles in a group of four.
sleep we are confronted.by media messages. The object is to match a tile hand to a hand on a
From traditional media: newspapers, radio, tv card. It is a little confusing at first, but once you
to social media sites, we are challenged to make get the hang of it, you can get addicted.
sense of it all. This course discusses how news is Pre-requisite: Every March a new Mahjongg card
collected and disseminated in this digital age and needs to be purchased! I will have current cards
how to navigate the flood of information. available until we need to switch over.
Pre-requisite: Knowledge of current events and Maximum in-person registrants: 20
desire to discuss in class.
Instructor’s Bio:
Maximum online registrants: 50
Linda Brown, MBA, CFA, MEd, Temple
University. Linda is a retired high school English
Instructor’s Bio:
teacher of 37 years. She is grateful for the
Dick Sheeran, BA journalism, spent 30 years as
opportunity to come back to the classroom
anchor/ reporter for the CBS-TV Philadelphia
with her hobby/passion of mahjongg. She has
and five years as reporter/editor at KYW News
taught mahjongg in many different venues:
Radio Philadelphia. Dick started his news career
beach setting, campground, and the traditional
at the Philadelphia Daily News as a reporter/
classroom. In addition, Linda has taught one-
editor. He taught journalism at Temple University
on-one and presently teaches 19 enthusiastic
for several years after retiring from TV news. He
students.
is also a local board member of the SAG-AFTRA
union. He is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers
of Philadelphia Hall of Fame and author of a
memoir titled News Hound. health & wellness
HATHA YOGA
games Instructor: Joanne Gordin
Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Mar 27
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
CANASTA CONSORTIUM Location: Online via Zoom
Instructor: Linda Brown
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Apr 13 This is a gentle yoga class open to beginners and
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM students familiar with yoga. Class will include
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) yoga postures, breathing exercises, relaxation
and meditation techniques, and a short talk on
Canasta is a card game for people who love yoga philosophy. A yoga belt will be used for
games and numbers. It is played with a partner at some classes. Students can modify or opt out
a table of four. There are many “table rules” that of any pose. Please arrive to class on time; late
will be pondered and discussed. Once mastered, arrivals are discouraged.
this game, like mahjongg, is addictive. Join in the Maximum online registrants: 150
fun!
Pre-requisite: A love of figures and games. Instructor’s Bio:
Maximum in-person registrants: 20 Joanne Gordin, MFA, Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts; CYT 500, YogaLife Institute.
10 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505Joanne is a certified yoga instructor at the 500- to our everyday activities and gain a greater
hour level. She completed her yoga training appreciation of how slowing down and remaining
at the YogaLife Institute, where she studied present in movement contributes to our ability to
yoga therapy. She completed programs in relax.
Transcendental Meditation (TM), Jon Kabat- Pre-requisite: Completion of the Introduction
Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to Tai Chi or experience with Tai Chi or any other
Program and The Way of Shambhala levels I-V Martial Art.
meditation workshops. Maximum in-person registrants: 25
INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI MEMORY GAMES
Instructor: August Korn Instructor: Thomas McNellis
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11 Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Apr 13
Time: 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Time: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) Location: Online via Zoom
Location: In-person at Ambler (TUA )
Tai Chi originated in China as a martial art. Over
the years it proved to be beneficial to general THIS COURSE is a MUST for EVERYONE WHO
health and physical conditioning. The class WANTS to OPTIMIZE MEMORY! The course
will consist of instruction in a short series of provides an overview of each area of memory,
movements that will improve balance, flexibility how it works, and suggests ways to optimize
and strength, and will contribute to reducing those segments. Fun games and challenging
stress. Our focus will be on these health benefits exercises are used as examples to cover the
rather than on self-defense. The movements are latest trends and cutting-edge research that is
slow and gentle with an emphasis on relaxation in changing the way memory is understood and
movement. The primary principle of Tai Chi is to developed. The class is designed for students
relax. Go at your own pace and enjoy the journey. who like fun exercises that are based upon
Maximum in-person registrants: 25 techniques that enrich both hemispheres of the
brain. Your own personal Excel Memory Sheet
Instructor’s Bio: will provide continued tracking of growth long
August Korn, BSN, Thomas Jefferson University; after class is over. Each fun exercise will analyze
BSEd, Temple University. August has studied the brain areas, examine memory functions, and
Cheng Manching style of Tai Chi for over 20 years focus on creating positive patterns for memory
with Andrew Heckert of Philadelphia. He has processes.
attended numerous workshops and retreats with Maximum online registrants: 100
three senior students of Grandmaster Cheng: Maximum in-person registrants: 40
Master William C.C. Chen, NY; Master Benjamin
Pang Jeng Lo, CA; Master Ping Siang Tao, WA Instructor’s Bio:
and Taiwan. Thomas McNellis is currently President of
Memory Matters Corporation where his research
TAI CHI CONTINUING STUDY has been primarily directed toward Accelerated
Instructor: August Korn Learning, initially developed while he was a
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11 Treasurer and Secretary for the Mathematical
Time: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Association of America. His new research
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) focuses on Memory Retention and games that
build upon Memory Growth. Mr. McNellis has
In this class we will continue our study of the taught at universities around the globe including
Tai Chi Solo Form to refine the structure of the in the United States, the United Kingdom, The
postures and the quality of the movements. United Arab Emirates, and Europe.
We will explore some of the ways in which
the body mechanics of Tai Chi can be applied
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 11THE CHANGING CULTURE OF FATHERHOOD Africa will first be examined as a physical space
Instructor: Jay Fagan with distinct environmental issues. Then we
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Feb 23 will shift to enough of a historical focus to
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM correct many common misconceptions. The
Location: Online via Zoom course will subsequently concentrate on the
issues that beset Africa today. Predominantly:
Family life has changed dramatically in the United 1) environmental (global warming has had a
States and other industrialized nations during the serious impact); 2) political (some countries are
past 50 years. These trends have placed demands plagued by such problems as terrorism, unstable
on fathers to become more involved in childcare regimes, and competition for power among ethnic
and to assume greater responsibility for raising groups, and 3) economic (Africa is sometimes
children. This course will examine the changing isolated from major trading flows and tends to be
family landscape in the U.S., how fathers’ roles dependent on sales of raw materials). The course
and behaviors have changed, factors associated will end by identifying positive signs of growth
with fathers’ involvement with children, the and development on the continent.
effects on children when fathers are or are Maximum in-person registrants: 40
not involved with them, and current policies
and programs for fathers. Participants will be Instructor’s Bio:
engaged in a number of exercises to reflect on Marilyn Silberfein, PhD, is a professor emeritus
their own experiences with their father. who recently retired from the Department
Maximum online registrants: 20 of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple
University. She has spent over three years in
Instructor’s Bio: Africa conducting research and publishing books
Jay Fagan, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the and articles (visiting over 20 countries). She
School of Social Work at Temple University. has taught related courses at Temple University
His research has focused on father-child during a 45-year career in the Department of
relationships and coparenting in nonresidential Geography and Urban Studies. She also spent
and low-income families. He has published two years with the Agency for International
three textbooks: Fathers and Early Childhood Development in Washington DC.
Programs, Clinical and Educational Interventions
with Fathers, and New Research on Parenting DANIEL BOONE: A LIFE FORGED AT THE EDGE
Programs for Low-Income Fathers. Jay has OF “CIVILIZATION”
published 92 peer reviewed research papers Instructor: Edward Dodson
mostly on fathers. He has taught human behavior Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Feb 27
and social environment courses at Temple Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
University since 1990. Location: Online via Zoom
A series of lecture/discussions on the life of
frontiersman Daniel Boone and the events that
history brought white settlement beginning in the 1750s
to the region of North America that became the
AN OVERVIEW OF AFRICA: PAST AND state of Kentucky.
PRESENT Maximum online registrants: 100
Instructor: Marilyn Silberfein
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Mar 28 Instructor’s Bio:
Time: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM Ed Dodson retired in 2005 after a career in
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) banking and finance. He holds a BS degree from
Shippensburg University and a Master of Liberal
This course will look at a part of the world that Arts degree from Temple University. From 1981
is typically not well understood by Americans. until 2013, he served on the faculty of the Henry
12 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505George School of Social Science. He has served Florida? Did you know that Panamá was part of
on the OLLI faculty since 2007. Colombia before the Panama Canal was built?
These and other stories and legends will help you
HOW DID WE GET HERE? - THE understand the mindset of Latin Americans. There
ENLIGHTENMENT has always been some degree of outside influence
Instructor: Steven Pollack that has impacted the countries south of the US
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Mar 30 border.
Time: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pre-requisite: Interest in subject matter
Location: Online via Zoom Maximum online registrants: 100
Location: In-person at Ambler (TUA )
Instructor’s Bio:
A continuing look at the evolution of human Alicia H. Romeu has studied Romance Languages
civilization: the advent of the value of reason, and history for the past fifty years. She has
rational thought and cooperation; the rise of earned three master’s degrees: the first one from
science and math as competitors to religion; the I.T.E.S.M. from Monterrey, México, a Bilingual
decline of monarchies, evidenced by the American Bicultural degree from LaSalle University in
and French Revolutions; the rise of Deism; a call Philadelphia culminating with an Educational
for “liberty, equality and fraternity;” and how the Administration degree from Villanova University.
Industrial Revolution sparked the 2nd Agricultural Her teaching experience goes back almost 50
Revolution. years having retired from Germantown Academy
Maximum online registrants: 200 in Fort Washington. She is now a guide at the
Maximum in-person registrants: 40 Philadelphia Museum of Art after graduating from
Instructor’s Bio: a two-year training program.
Steve Pollack is a performer, director, lecturer
and actor who has appeared in venues ranging ON THE MAP!
from Grand Opera to Blues and Pop; an actor Instructor: Betsy Reese
and director of stage plays; and as a lecturer and Dates: Tuesdays, Mar 14-Apr 11
teacher in schools, community organizations, and Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
private associations. He has performed in many Location: Online via Zoom
local and regional theaters in opera, concert, In this class we will examine and discuss the
and musical theater and was one of the original elements on, or not on, a map through history.
members of Peter Nero’s Voices of the Pops in We will explore: borders and how they are tied
Philadelphia. He lectures often on subjects of to topics such as space, territory, sovereignty,
culture, art, history, music, and social change politics, and cultural processes; colors, as
with specific focus on the critical, ironic, or trivial one of the first things we notice about a map,
connections between historical events. He was and how colors impact our instantaneous,
educated at Franklin & Marshall College and subconscious view of what the map is “saying;”
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. images & symbols, from filling in blank spaces &
enchanting sea monsters, to standards and visual
LOST STORIES AND LEGENDS IN LATIN representations of features on maps; typography
AMERICA and lettering, seem simple, but are they really?
Instructor: Alicia Romeu And finally we will think about who and what are
Dates: Mondays, Feb 6 - Mar 20 not on the map.
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Maximum online registrants: 150
Location: Online via Zoom
Instructor’s Bio:
Did you know that Sir Francis Drake challenged the Betsy Reese is the Associate Director at OLLI.
Spanish Crown during the 16th century when he She taught Geographic Information Science
arrived at the Pacific Northwest coastline and later at Bryn Mawr College, where she was also an
attacked the Spanish settlement in St. Augustine,
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 13instructional technologist & the map curator.
Betsy taught GIS, the History of Cartography, languages
Geography, and the Honor’s Seminar at Maine
Maritime College in Castine, Maine. Her co-
FRENCH BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
produced exhibition at the Castine Historical
Instructor: Nick Mastripolito
Society entitled The Schooner Bowdoin on the
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11
Greenland Patrol is now permanently displayed
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
at Maine Maritime.
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND AMERICAN We will study grammar and pronunciation with
IDENTITY the goal of being able to express simple ideas.
Instructor: Stan Cutler There will be many opportunities to practice
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Mar 23 during class in a fun and supportive environment.
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM The text we will be using is French Verb Tenses by
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) Trudie Maria Booth, McGraw Hill. The cost of the
The course utilizes a public website with an text is currently $15.44 on Amazon.
archive of over 300 presidential campaign If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of
advertisements. Each 1½ hour session will 2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the
begin with viewing representative campaign spring of 2023.
ads from a selected year, immediately leading to
a fifteen-minute interactive discussion among Instructor’s Bio:
class participants, followed by a brief PowerPoint Nick Mastripolito, BA and MA, French language
lesson, followed by another discussion period and literature, Temple University. Nick also
and summary of lessons learned. The course studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working
will discuss campaign ads from 1948 to the on his MA, he taught beginning French as a
present and explore what they teach us about the teaching assistant. He also taught French for
changing political scenes. several years at a private school on the Main
Pre-requisite: an open mind and a love of Line.
learning.
Maximum in-person registrants: 50 FRENCH 3
Instructor: Mark Germano
Instructor’s Bio: Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11
Stan Cutler, formerly on Penn State’s Speech Time: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
and Communications faculty, enjoyed a long Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
career in information technology until his
retirement. Since then, he has self-published The objective of this course is to improve the
four books, with four new novels to be released proficiency of those who previously have acquired
in 2022. He is a contributing columnist for the some ability to read, write, and converse in
Chestnut Hill Local and on the Board of the French. We will use language instruction based
Friends of the Library. In 2015, alarmed by the loosely on the method developed by John A.
debasement of political rhetoric, he began Rassias (1925-2015), longtime professor of
teaching the fundamentals of rhetoric as they Romance Languages at Dartmouth College. We
apply to political speech at lifelong learning will use the fourth edition of his undergraduate
venues in and around Philadelphia, continually text, Départ-Arrivée. In addition, we will conduct
updating the material in keeping with recent oral reading and discussion of a French play or
events. He taught his first course at OLLI in 2019. short novel. Active class participation is essential.
Pre-requisite: French 2
If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of
2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the
spring of 2023.
14 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505Instructor’s Bio: THE STUDY OF GERMAN CULTURE AND
Mark Germano, BA, Dartmouth College, MA, HISTORY THROUGH THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
Middlebury College (thesis on French Foreign Instructor: Cheri Micheau
Policy, 1982). He also studied at Institut Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Apr 3
d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Universite de Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Caen, Universite de Paris. He taught French to Location: Online via Zoom
secondary, undergraduate, and adult students
in the United States and France (1976-1988). In this multilevel course, advanced beginner to
He was Director of Studies Rassias Language advanced-intermediate-level students explore
Programs Abroad (1986–1989); Director of cultural topics, such as German history and
College Counseling, Lycee Francais de New York traditions, in the target language. The course
(1988–1999) and in other schools in the United emphasizes the development of speaking
States and Switzerland (1999-2006). fluency, improved pronunciation accuracy,
accurate applications of essential grammatical
FRENCH IMMERSION features, vocabulary expansion and retention,
Instructor: Lois Beck and enhanced listening proficiency. Homework
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Apr 13 is assigned weekly, and in class, students work
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM frequently with classmates in break-out rooms,
Location: Online via Zoom so many opportunities to practice are offered.
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) Singing is encouraged, but not required.
Pre-requisite: Absolute beginners will not be
This highly interactive class aims to improve able to take this course......some background in
students’ oral/aural skills and is conducted German will be necessary.
entirely in French. Course materials, taken from Maximum online registrants: 50
videos and French newspapers, deal with current
affairs in France and Francophone countries. Instructor’s Bio:
Pre-requisite: Student should be able to express Cheri Micheau, (PhD, educational linguistics,
themselves with minor corrections from the 1990, Penn) taught graduate courses in
teacher. They should also have the ability to work educational linguistics and language at West
easily with the Internet and a printer. Chester, Drexel, Temple, and Penn, and coached
If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of teachers of English as a second language (ESL)
2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the in the School District of Philadelphia. She taught
spring of 2023. K–12 ESL in Upper Merion and in Philadelphia,
as well as German in York, PA, and at Frankfurt
Instructor’s Bio: International School in Germany.
Lois Beck, MA in French Language and Literature
from Boston University. Lois’ postgraduate work
SPANISH 1, SECTION A
includes courses at McGill University in Montreal,
Instructors: Kitt Turner, Donna Boling, and Jane
the Sorbonne in Paris, and the University of
Jacobs
Salamanca in Spain. She has taught French and
Dates: Wednesdays, Feb 1-Apr 12
Spanish at the Julia R. Masterman School and at
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
the Philadelphia High School for Girls, as well
Location: Online via Zoom
as teaching privately and giving tours of historic
Philadelphia in French.
A continuation of Spanish 1 from the Fall
semester.
Pre-requisite: Must have been registered in the
Fall semester class.
If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of
2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the
spring of 2023.
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 15Instructor’s Bios: Instructor’s Bio:
Kitt Turner returned to studying Spanish after Michael Niederman, MBA, accounting, Temple
retiring as a lawyer. She has been studying University; BA, Spanish language, Penn State
Spanish since 2018 utilizing classes at OLLI, a University. He spent two summers during high
private tutor, self-directed study, and online school living in Latin America. Michael was
courses. As a high school student she spent an internal auditor for the School District of
10 months as an exchange student in La Paz, Philadelphia for 25 years, and at the time of
Bolivia. retirement, he was the director of payroll for the
district. He enjoys traveling where he can use his
Donna Boling, M.Ed University of Washington; foreign language skills.
BS Penn State University; Donna taught at the
School District of Philadelphia and later became SPANISH 2
an Instructional Technology Specialist there. Instructor: Michael Niederman
She teaches Educational Technology classes at Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Apr 11
Temple University in the Education Department. Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Donna has completed all levels of Spanish at Location: Online via Zoom
OLLI and has taken courses in Spanish while
staying in Oaxaca and San Miguel de Allende in This class is Part 2 of a three-part course
Mexico. spanning the 2022-2023 academic year and is
intended for students who have taken Part 1 in
Jane Jacobs served as a corporate attorney the fall. In class we will build on what we learned
in New York and Philadelphia for many years. last semester. We will begin to learn to use tenses
However, she found her calling teaching law at other than the present. Students will be able to
Community College of Philadelphia and retired create more complex sentences and strengthen
from there in 2021. She discovered OLLI after their ability to communicate orally.
retirement and spent the pandemic happily Pre-requisite: Students must have taken Spanish
taking writing and Spanish classes. She is 2 at OLLI in the fall semester. This class is
excited about the opportunity to teach Spanish designed as a continuation of the fall semester.
for OLLI to beginning speakers as she takes If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of
every opportunity to converse that she can. 2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the
spring of 2023.
SPANISH 1, SECTION B SPANISH 3
Instructors: Michael Niederman Instructor: Stephanie Sesker
Dates: Wednesdays, Feb 1-Apr 12 Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2-Mar 30
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Location: Online via Zoom Location: Online via Zoom
This is Part 2 of a three-part course in This is Part 2 of a 3-semester intermediate course
beginning Spanish. In this class we will build that includes practice in grammar, vocabulary
on the knowledge acquired in Part 1, in the fall building, listening comprehension, and speaking.
2022 semester. We will continue to work on All students are required to participate actively in
pronunciation as well as learn verb conjugation small and large group conversation each week.
and additional elements in constructing We will continue using the textbook, Advanced
sentences. Spanish Step-by-Step by Barbara Bregstein, as a
Pre-requisite: Students must have taken Spanish reference and homework practice.
1 at OLLI in the fall 2022 semester. Pre-requisite: Students must have been enrolled
If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of in Spanish 3, Part 1 at OLLI in the fall semester.
2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the If you were enrolled in this class in the fall of
spring of 2023. 2022, you will automatically be enrolled in the
spring of 2023.
16 Spring 2023 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505Instructor’s Bio:
Stephanie Sesker, MA in linguistics, University law
of Iowa. Stephanie was involved in English as a
Second Language administration and teaching
HOT TOPICS IN JUSTICE AND LAW
at the university level for 35 years. She was a
Instructors: Judge Phyllis Beck & Lynn Marks
Fulbright senior lecturer (TESL) in Mexico and
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Feb 28
academic director of the Binational Center in
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Asunción, Paraguay. She has presented papers
Location: Online via Zoom
and led workshops in the field of ESL in Mexico,
South America, and Spain.
Explore current policy issues, often from
opposing perspectives. Expert speakers include
SPANISH SHORT STORIES
political and community leaders, judges,
Instructor: Phyllis Bailey
reporters, authors, formerly incarcerated people,
Dates: Mondays, Jan 30-Apr 10
legal/political pundits, and advocates for justice.
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
The schedule will be flexible to accommodate
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC )
topics that are in current news cycles. Topics
Each class will begin with a general Q & A may include: the current political landscapes
session. The students will read the selected (nationally, PA and regionally); analyses of “hot”
stories aloud in Spanish paying attention to cases in the courts; criminal justice reform;
pronunciation. This will be followed by small or abortion, ethics in government, and more. Ed
large group discussion. Grammar will be taught in Rendell has been a regular speaker. We want to
context or upon request. The entire class will be challenge students to think about policy and legal
conducted in Spanish. issues from various points of view.
Pre-requisite: Students should have completed Pre-requisite: Willingness to learn and keep an
4 semesters of Spanish at OLLI or any other open mind to various points of view
institute and be able to express themselves in Maximum online registrants: 500
Spanish. The required text is READ and THINK
SPANISH premium 4th edition, published by Instructor’s Bios:
McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-1-260-47459-6, MHID Judge Phyllis W. Beck was a practicing lawyer,
1-260-47459-3. was vice dean of the University of Pennsylvania
Maximum in-person registrants: 20 Law School, and was elected to serve on the
Superior Court of Pennsylvania where she was
Instructor’s Bio: the first woman to serve. She was an appellate
Phyllis Bailey, BA in Spanish, University of judge for 25 years. After she retired from the
Kentucky; MS in education administration, court, she was general counsel to the Barnes
University of Pennsylvania. She was a Peace Foundation. She is presently chair of the
Corps volunteer in Brazil and an exchange Independence Foundation.
teacher in Puerto Rico. She taught Spanish
for 33 years and was department chair of the Lynn A. Marks, JD. She is a public interest
World Language Department at Central High lawyer specializing in leading nonprofit
School. She taught algebra and ESOL (English to organizations. She has been executive director
speakers of other languages). She also studied of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Women
in Mexico, Spain, and France and has traveled Organized Against Rape, and Women’s Medical
extensively. Fund, and has chaired the boards of directors
of Living Beyond Breast Cancer; PA Interbranch
Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic
Fairness; Women’s Law Project; and National
Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered
Women.
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2023 17SCREENING THE AMERICAN JUSTICE Instructor’s Bio:
SYSTEM Ellie Gesensway, BS, MA in American History,
Instructors: Sheldon Seligsohn University of Pennsylvania. She was a high
Dates: Wednesdays, Feb 22-Apr 12 school teacher, NPS ranger, bookstore manager,
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM neighborhood book club leader, published
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC ) author, 7 continent traveler, violinist, and
preservationist of the year (1985) for saving the
Movies about trials have always excited the Lits building. She has served on many nonprofit
imagination of theater audiences and of boards. At OLLI, she has taught courses, given
filmmakers. Through the use of selected film Summer Cafe lectures, organized a special
clips a veteran trial lawyer will explain how Friday Forum program, and was featured in the
the movies and real life can be very different OLLI 2017 Notebook. Her literature study group
experiences. The class will include lectures and is in its 11th year.
class discussion. The movies in this course are:
Inherit the Wind, My Cousin Vinnie, Judgement ESSENTIALS TO SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR
at Nuremberg, A Few Good Men, A Man for All BOOK
Seasons, 12 Angry Men and Chicago. Instructor: Vivienne Munn
Maximum in-person registrants: 40 Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 31-Mar 14
Time: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Instructor’s Bio: Location: Online via Zoom
Sheldon Seligsohn has a JD from Temple Law
School and a BS from the Wharton School. He Turn those words into a finished book and self-
has more than 30 years of teaching and lecturing publishing into a reality. So… Do you want to
experience at various colleges and universities publish your memoir, children’s book, or a fun
including Temple Law School, Penn State fiction or non-fiction book? Join author Vivienne
University, and Arcadia University and as a Road K. Munn and learn how to get started in self-
Scholar Lecturer. publishing: from setting goals, the basics of
writing, to editing and proofreading services and
demonstrations on how to submit for Amazon
literature & writing publication. This fun, hands-on, demonstration
workshop will focus on the essentials for
publication and a brief discussion on marketing
BANNED BOOKS BECKON, PART 2 your work.
Instructor: Eleanor Gesensway Pre-requisite: Come to learn how to self-publish
Dates: Thursdays, Feb 2, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20 your story through demonstrations and class
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM participation.
Location: Online via Zoom Maximum online registrants: 25
This course is a continuation of the 2022-2023
Instructor’s Bio:
monthly literature study class by the same title.
Vivienne Munn, an American Novelist,
To participate in the class, members must read all
Elder-Care Patient Advocate, Educator, and
the books and, at least once during the year, co-
Inspirational Speaker. Vivienne writes children’s
lead the discussion. This semester’s selections
books and middle-grade books. She has
are: Feb 2, Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut);
published several children’s books, her first
Feb 23, The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman);
of which, My Pal Buddee–The Checker King,
March 23, The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret
debuted in 2015. She is a former university
Atwood); April 20, Beloved (Toni Morrison)
professor with twenty years of experience in
Pre-requisite: Students must read all the books
teaching and publication (two non-fiction, adult,
and actively participate in the discussions.
and inspirational books.)
Maximum online registrants: 20
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