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Alien Exosociology
02/02/2019 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
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Photo: Voyager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
ALIEN EXOSOCIOLOGY: OUR TRANSGALACTIC COMMONALITIES
Some astronomers predict that we will have made contact with advanced civilizations on other worlds within 25 years. What might they be like, and — more importantly – how might they act? Dr. Steven R. Van Hook, a researcher in transcultural relations, will consider what universal traits we could share in common with our galactic alien neighbors.
BIO:
Dr. Steven R. Van Hook, has taught courses in cross-cultural communications and global affairs for the University of California and other universities in the United States and abroad. He’s been a newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, TV news anchor, and television bureau chief in Moscow covering the fall of the Soviet Union 1990-91. He has a PhD specializing transcultural education, and has research published in scholarly journals including UNESCO’s Prospects.
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