Community Conversations: “The Food of Love- The History, Science, and Culture of Aphrodisiacs.

Panelists:

Dr. Elizabeth Whitchurch- Instructor, UO Department of Biology

Wendy Maltz- LCSW, DST, Author, Psychotherapist, and Certified

Diplomate Sex Therapist

Dr. Cristina Calhoon- Senior Instructor with the UO Classics

Department

Kara Barnette-  PhD Student, UO Department of Philosophy; GTF, Women

& Gender Studies

Panelists offered an interdisciplinary exploration of cultural perceptions and myths about desire, love, passion, and eroticism.  The panel shares original research, scholarship, and poetry.

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.