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Friday, February 12 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teaching Moments: Doctor Who 101

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One of the biggest appeals of Doctor Who to families with children is the strong message it sends: to fight without words instead of weapons, to build bridges between strangers, and to look at the universe with an open mind. Our panel will discuss the impact of Doctor Who on children and teenagers, and the life lessons that are learned from the mad man in the box.

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Inna Kanevsky

Professor, Psychology, San Diego Mesa College
A Russian speaking Jewish atheist from Ukraine, I live near San Diego with one husband, two barely grown up children, one cat, and unknown (to me) number of fish. I enjoy teaching psychology at San Diego Mesa College and on TikTok (@dr_inna), and in my barely existing free time play... Read More →
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Joy Piedmont

Co-producer, Reality Bomb
Joy's a K-12 Librarian at a Manhattan independent school. As a freelance writer, she has contributed to Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch and reviewed YA literature for School Library Journal. Since 2017, she has co-produced Reality Bomb: A Doctor Who Podcast with Graeme Burk. You can also hear her on Five Years Rapid, a podcast covering the Third Doctor's era, co-hosted with Kyle Anderson. Along with Rachel Donner and Graeme Burk, she organized the Gallifrey Stands fundraisers which raised money and awareness for issues such as gun violence... Read More →
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Samantha Sinioris

whovian since age four, and grew up studying every aspect of the revival. everything else is whibbely wobbly timey wimey.

Friday February 12, 2016 4:00pm - 5:00pm PST
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