Tuesday, 07 Feb 2006
Values and Worldviews: A Case Study of Intercultural Training from Syria - Christian Sinclair
Christian Sinclair is Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Studies, School for International Training Study Abroad Adjunct Faculty, Intercultural Communication, School for International Training. He has worked extensively in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain and Peru as a lecturer and trainer and spent seven years at the American Language Center in Damascus, Syria as International Projects Manager and EFL trainer.
Should You Be Taking Dietary Supplements? Maybe...or Maybe Not - Judith S. Stern
Judith S. Stern is a distinguished professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Internal Medicine in the Division of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of California, Davis. She is also the Co-Director of the Collaborative Obesity Research Evaluation Team. An expert on diet and nutrition, Stern has published extensively on nutrition, the effect of exercise on appetite and metabolism, and obesity. Stern has published over 250 research papers in professional journals and over 150 articles in popular magazines such as Redbook and is an Editorial Advisor to Prevention Magazine. Along with Dr. Richard L. Atkinson she is founder of The American Obesity Association, a lay advocacy organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the disease of obesity where she also serves as Vice President. She is the Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair 2005-06.