From: Internet Review of Books
This is a scholarly book, through and through, although a serious Beatles fan might enjoy it… a useful resource to expand horizons for someone interested in psychobiography… Tim Kasser is a Beatles fan, and that’s good. He’s also a knowledgeable scholar and a professor of psychology at Knox College. In this effort to decipher Lennon’s creation, he works hard and researches deeply, bringing in Freud, dream analysis, B. F. Skinner, Dr. James Pennebaker and his computer analysis Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, and Script Analysis among other methodology… Read more at Internet Review of Books…
Read more about Tim Kasser and his book on the Knox College website…
From: Florida Today (Melbourne, FL)
Being a female general surgeon puts Dr. Michaela Klein in a rare status, but she comes by such things naturally. “I guess the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, because my mom was the first woman truck driver in Israel,” she says. “So, when I told her I was going to be a general surgeon she said, ‘You go, girl. You do what you want to do.’ ” Born in Jerusalem and raised in Chicago, [she lives in] Palm Bay, Florida. [She earned her] bachelor’s degree in biology, at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., [her medical degree at] the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, [and completed her] internship and residency in general surgery, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Madison Heights, Mich…. Read more at Florida Today…
From: Catholic Review (Baltimore, MD)
Dr. Derek Papp, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, offers the following tips in preparation for race day. Dr. Papp is a parishioner of Holy Cross Church in Federal Hill and a former cross-country runner at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill [who graduated in 2001]… “Make sure you eat enough the night before… Drink enough water… Warm up a little beforehand…” Read more at Catholic Review…
From: Truthout (Sacramento, CA)
Fifty years ago this month, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram published a groundbreaking article that a majority of [research] participants would dutifully administer increasingly severe electric shocks to strangers including potentially lethal doses because an authority told them that it was necessary… His research is rightly recognized as a warning of how easily things can go wrong if people obey authority uncritically and systematically…
While large corporations sometimes give direct orders to consumers, more often they manipulate emotions through marketing and advertising… In recent years, a growing body of psychology research, including important work by Tim Kasser at Knox College, has revealed associations between orientation toward money and possessions and poorer life satisfaction… Read more at Truthout… Read more about Tim Kasser on the Knox College website...
From: Jackson Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
[University of Southern Mississippi head football coach Todd] Monken, and assistant coach Jon Wozniak go way back. Both played quarterback at Knox College, and later coached together at Oklahoma State and LSU, and now at USM. Monken [Class of 1989]: ‘…I always knew that if I became a head coach, I’d hire [Jon]. He’s a tremendous person. great recruiter, great coach.’ Wozniak [Class of 1999]: ‘Coming from a small school, we’re both in this for the kids, what’s best for the guys. I think that stems from having a similar background.’ Read more and watch video interview at the Jackson Clarion-Ledger…
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