Don Fredericksen:  

I spent the first ten years after graduating at Mapleton in further education,in English, communication studies, philosophy, and film, earning my doctorate in 1973. In 1971, with some luck, I was offered a position at Cornell University in upstate New York, where I have taught ever since--with the exception of 1980-1981, when I was a visiting professor at the University of Oregon. I was the director of the undergraduate program in film for thirty years and now work simply as a professor of film, and also teach in the religious studies and visual studies programs.Teaching some of the brightest college students in the country has made for a joyful career, although, like most teachers, I dislike grading essay after essay, year after year. In the mid-eighties, while continuing to teach, I returned to graduate studies, this time in psychotherapy, and have practiced on a part-time basis as a psychotherapist since 1991.(If you send me your dreams, I will promise to mis-interpret them for you!) I have written three books and too many essays and co-edited two books. I am currently writing a fourth book, on a Polish film director. I have lectured many times in Poland on both film and psychology (in English!) and have come to appreciate the richness of eastern European culture,but always dread the day-long flights from NYC to Warsaw, and back. This last summer (2012), I co-chaired an international psychology conference in Portugal, which is a task too complex to take...Expand for more