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A Gallifrey One special event. We are proud to bring you our first-ever symposium on Doctor Who academic topics, a special presentation of short lectures by convention attendees on a variety of topics, selected by our own academic chairs Paul Booth and Joy Piedmont, including the keynote address "Aca-fans, Showrunner-fans and Actor-fans: Fan Experience as a Professional Resource?" by Matt Hills and two general sessions: "Doctor Who in a Cultural Context" with presentations by Paul Cornell ("Tides of Time"), Derek Kompare ("We’re All Stories in the End: Doctor Who Fandom on the Shelf") and Inna Kanevsky ("Understanding the Other"); and "Doctor Who and Issues of Identity" featuring presentations by Clay Dockery ("The Last of the Time Lords and the Search for Self-Actualization"), Dustin Hausner ("The Doctor: A Warrior, A Hero, A Peacemaker?") and Heather Berberet ("The Secret Psychology of Series 10"). Hosted by our academic program chairs Joy Piedmont and Paul Booth. Do not miss this amazing event!
Private practice psychologist helping adults, couples, and adolescents heal from trauma. Co-host of Free The Squee podcast. Author of Doctor Who: On The Couch blog. Mom, wife.
Clay is the co-founder of Coal Hill, Inc. a non-profit that creates content and performances for conventions accross the country, he is a co-host of the Coal Hill A/V Club podcast with Stephen Webb and Andy Hicks, and is the co-editor of Why I Geek: An Anthology of Fandom Origin Stories... Read More →
Dustin graduated from Columbia University with a Masters Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. He has two mediation certifications. One from the New York Peace Institute and one from the International Center of Ethno-Religious Mediation. Dustin is also part of Coal Hill... Read More →
A Russian speaking Jewish atheist from Ukraine, I live near San Diego with one husband, one or two somewhat grown up children, one cat, and unknown (to me) number of fish. I enjoy teaching psychology at San Diego Mesa College and on social media (TikTok:@dr_inna, Instagram:@_dr_inna... Read More →
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 →
Friday February 16, 2018 3:00pm - 5:00pm PST
Program C
