Meet Our Evergreen Forum Instructors
BERNARD ABRAMSON — BLACK HOLES
Bernard Abramson
is a retired corporate chief information officer with international management and consulting experience. He was an adjunct professor in the Master of Technology Management program at Polytechnic University. Educated in the UK, he has degrees in mathematics and astrophysics.
JACLYN BOONE — BENEFICIAL PHOTOBIOMODULATION AND REDLIGHT
Jaclyn Boone
has taught the Feldenkrais Method and somatic movement education to all ages and abilities, children with special needs, and group classes, in the Princeton-Philadelphia region for more than twenty-five years.
NAOMI BROWAR — YOUR MIND, YOUR VOTE: CBT IN ACTION
Naomi Browar,
MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Princeton, a former senior therapist at Princeton House, Jewish Family Services, and a teacher. Naomi’s cultural sensitivity is influenced by her years of living abroad, both in England and the Middle East.
PHIL CARCHMAN AND STAN KATZ — PAST AND PRESENT SUPREME COURTS
Phil Carchman
is a former New Jersey judge. They have both taught numerous classes at Evergreen Forum.
Stan Katz is a former Princeton University professor at the School of Public and International Affairs.
JACK CARMAN — NATURE AND YOUR HEALTH
Jack Carman,
FASLA, LLA, is a landscape architect whose practice involves the design and development of therapeutic gardens in health care settings nationwide. He has taught at Temple University, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the New York Botanic Garden and lectures regularly at conferences throughout the United States. He is actively engaged in connecting people and nature for their health and well-being.
LYNNE CULLINANE — TWO WORKS BY PENELOPE LIVELY
Lynne Cullinane
taught a wide variety of English literature classes at Hopewell Valley Central High School and has been an Evergreen Forum instructor for many years. She also taught prospective teachers at Rider University.
T.J. ELLIOTT — LANGUAGE & LAND: EXPLORING FRIEL PLAYS
T.J. Elliott,
former chief learning officer at ETS, is a memoirist, playwright, and theater director. His most recent and tenth play, “RETROSPECTIVE,” was produced this past year both Off Broadway and in London.
JANET GRAY AND LISA JO EPSTEIN — THE POWER OF PLAY
Janet Gray
is a professor emerita who used theater games in her teaching of social justice topics at TCNJ. She learned Theater of the Oppressed from several practitioners, most extensively from co-leader...
Lisa Jo Epstein, a Philadelphia-based theater artist, facilitator, organizer, planner, consultant, and coach who has decades of experience in applying theater to pressing social issues.
LOIS MARIE HARROD — AFTERWARDS AFTERWORDS
Lifelong educator and writer,
Lois Marie Harrod's
nineteenth collection of poetry, “The Bed the Size of a Small Country,” was published September 2025. For more info see www.loismarieharrod.org
HAROLD M. HEFT — SCIENCE IN THE NEWS
Harold M. Heft
is a retired automotive and defense industry executive whose academic research focused on biopsychology and philosophy of science. He is joined by a panel of physicians and scientists with wide experience and interests.
RICHARD HENDRICKSON — IMAGINATION UNLOCKED
Dr. Hendrickson
is a retired United Methodist elder. His doctoral work was in the area of imagination and creativity including extensive training opportunities with The Creative Problem Solving Institute and the Disney Institute. He has led numerous visioning and goal-setting workshops and seminars along with working with churches, committees, and work groups on organizational creativity and problem-solving. Rich is married with twin adult daughters and two grandchildren with a third on the way.
JOHN ZEN JACKSON — NEW JERSEY’S ENIGMATIC PATH TO ABOLISHING SLAVERY
John Zen Jackson
is a practicing New Jersey attorney. He has a long-standing interest in the history of antebellum America and has published articles concerning the subject matter of this course.
ELAINE JACOBY — ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Elaine Jacoby
is a retired lawyer who has led numerous Evergreen courses on civil rights, the media, and the Constitution.
CHRISTINA KALES — HOW ART IS VALUED
Dr. Christina Kales
has taught several art history classes with the Evergreen Forum. Her classes discuss the work of individual artists as reflecting the history of the period.
DR. BRUCE A. MALOOF — MEMORY: HOW WE REMEMBER AND WHY WE FORGET
Bruce A. Maloof,
PhD, did his doctoral work at Brandeis University followed by appointments to Dalhousie University, Boston University, and Harvard Medical School. Founder and CEO of Behavioral Solutions, P.C., he is a Buddhistinformed psychotherapist actively in clinical practice.
SUSAN MATSON — SHORT STORIES THAT DEFINED THE U.S.
Susan Matson, MS,
has taught several courses for the Evergreen Forum, from American documentaries to award-winning essays to classic short stories. Her MS in Education is from Johns Hopkins University. Having worked as a teacher, curriculum developer, and teacher trainer, she now teaches English at Middlesex College.
ROBERT NOLAN — FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR
Robert Nolan
has a history degree from the University of Scranton, where he has been on the adjunct faculty, and a law degree from Harvard University. This is the fourteenth history course he developed for the Evergreen Forum.
SABBIR RANGWALA — PHYSICAL AI’S IMPACT ON YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
Sabbir Rangwala
runs a consulting practice focused on physical AI. He is particularly focused on blue-collar autonomy and its criticality in ensuring security and our quality of life.
DIANNE F. SADOFF — CHARLES DICKENS’S, “DAVID COPPERFIELD”
Dianne F. Sadoff
is professor emerita of English and former director of the program in Cinema Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She has published “Victorian Vogue: British Novels on Screen” (Minnesota, 2010), “Sciences of the Flesh: Representing Subject and Body in Psychoanalysis” (Stanford, 1998), and “Monsters of Affection: Dickens, Bronte, and Eliot on Fatherhood” (Johns Hopkins, 1982). She has co-edited “Victorian Afterlife: Postmodernism Rewrites the Nineteenth Century” (Minnesota, 2000).
DAVE SALTZMAN — IT COULD BE VERSE
Dave Saltzman
is a past board president of CMAP and currently serves on CMAP’s Advisory Council. He previously taught an Evergreen Forum course on New Jersey Geography. He has played the piano for decades, though not nearly as well as you would expect.
MARK SCHLAWIN — PUZZLES, PROBABILITIES, AND PARADOXES
Mark Schlawin’s
multiple careers most recently included twenty joyful years of teaching middle school mathematics and science. Mark has previously presented three well-received workshops at the Evergreen Forum and was a panelist for the Science in the News course.
MIRI SEIBERG — THE SCIENCE OF SKIN & HAIR
Miri Seiberg
is a skin and hair R&D expert with a track record of research innovation. She has initiated and managed research and development programs in the fields of skin and hair, resulting in novel drug candidates and successful consumer products (AVEENO, Neutrogena). Miri authored more than sixty peer-reviewed publications, reviews and book chapters, and has more than one hundred patents.
ROBIN SHAPIRO — LIVING A GOOD DEATH
Dr. Robin Shapiro
is best known for her contribution to the field of Integrative and holistic medicine. Using an Eastern approach to health and healing, she has guided people throughout her career to a better understanding of how we live and how we die. She also offers classes in the study of Buddha Mind.
PETER SMITH — FAKE SCIENCE
Dr. Peter Smith
is a Scots-American who was a project manager in pharmaceuticals and IT. Dr Smith has lived in Princeton for more than thirty years.
JUDITH STUCHINER — ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE TRILOGY
Judith Stuchiner
has a PhD in English, with a specialization in religion and literature. She has taught at the college level for ten years and has published numerous articles on eighteenth-century British literature.
GARY SYKES — WILLIAM JAMES AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Gary Sykes
devoted his career to education in America, as policy analyst and researcher, while maintaining an active interest in U.S. intellectual history.
WENDY WORTH — ART: THE BEGINNING
Wendy Worth
is an expert in the history of art and has taught many art courses at the Evergreen Forum.
ROBERT YOUDIN — OVERCOMING ANXIETY
Dr. Robert Youdin,
PhD, is a practicing psychotherapist in Princeton. He is a former visiting research collaborator at Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, and an adjunct associate professor at Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Services.
JUDITH ZINIS — DOCUMENTARY FILM III
Judith Zinis
taught film at Ocean County College, at the Kapodistrian University of Athens as a Fulbright Scholar, and for the Evergreen Forum. As a fellow for Princeton University’s Midcareer Fellowship, she developed a film studies program for community colleges.
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EVERGREEN FORUM
Fake Science
Location • NSK-H
Date • 09/28/2026 - 11/02/2026
Time • 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The course discusses notable fake science topics (Flat Earth Theory, health fallacies, UFOs, and other inventive notions): what is scientific proof and what is not?
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Living a Good Death
Location • NSK
Date • 09/28/2026 - 11/02/2026
Time • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Conversations around death and dying have been taboo in Western culture. Using Eastern philosophy, participants learn to navigate this phase of life with knowledge and...
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Memory: How We Remember and Why...
Location • NSK
Date • 09/28/2026 - 11/02/2026
Time • 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
How we remember and why we forget: come explore the science of memory and memory loss.
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Past and Present Supreme Courts
Location • NSK-H
Date • 09/28/2026 - 11/02/2026
Time • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Learn about U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Voting Rights Act, the Congress and President's role in war powers, domestic security, and related contemporary issues.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
“Robinson Crusoe,” the Trilogy
Location • NSK-H
Date • 09/28/2026 - 11/02/2026
Time • 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Most readers’ awareness of “Robinson Crusoe” extends only to volume 1. In volumes 2 and 3, Defoe explores his hero’s — and society’s — transition...
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Black Holes
Location • NSK
Date • 09/29/2026 - 10/20/2026
Time • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Learn the how, what, and where of Black Holes, the most massive and violent objects in the universe.
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The Schedule
CMAP thanks donors for targeted support of the Evergreen Forum:
The William and Nancy Lifland Evergreen Forum Steering Committee Chair
The Lee V. Harrod Evergreen Forum Literature Series
The Harold and Joan Kuskin Evergreen Forum Performing Arts Series
The Iona and Maurice Harding Evergreen Forum Natural Sciences Series
The Home Instead Evergreen Forum History and Political Science Series
Evergreen Forum Corporate & Sustaining Sponsors
Terms and Definitions
- NSK: Our location at Nancy S. Klath Center for Lifelong Learning at 101 Poor Farm Road, Princeton, NJ.
- SPB: Our location at the Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ.
- In-Person: The course will take in-person at our NSK or SPB locations.
- Virtual: The course will take place virtually on Zoom
- Hybrid: The course will be taught in-person at our NSK or SPB locations but participants can register to attend in-person or virtually online.
- Max: the maximum number of people allowed to take a certain course.
