Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour

Hugh MacKenzie and Kupiri Ackerman-Barger

March 02, 2023
Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour
Hugh MacKenzie and Kupiri Ackerman-Barger
Show Notes

On the 3/1/23 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Dr. Andy and his first guest, alien hunter and exhibit designer Hugh Mackenzie, take a conversational romp through all things paranormal, including the extensive paranormal entertainment offerings of the Encounters UFO Xperience pop-up museum in Davis. Later in the hour, we hear from UC Davis Associate Dean of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Kupiri Ackerman-Barger about her work mitigating medical disparities, the practice of cultural humility, and building a bridge to readers when writing her book on health equity.

Piri Ackerman-Barger is associate dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and a clinical professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis. As associate dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ackerman-Barger leads the school’s efforts to create a diverse and welcoming setting in which to learn, work and collaborate. She also designs initiatives to make the school’s learning environments, workforce, programs, services and partnerships more diverse and inclusive.

Ackerman-Barger’s academic interests relate to health equity and social justice. She is a national consultant and speaker on strategies on mitigating health disparities and advancing health equity. She is currently writing a book about how nurses can advance health equity by using cultural humility as a framework for practice. It is from this work that she will be reading at Poetry Night.

See “The Greatest Show Beyond Earth” at Encounters UFO Xperience, The Official UFO Museum and Club, at 871 Russell Blvd, Davis CA (next to Trader Joe's). Experience the world of aliens, UFOs and the paranormal right here in Davis! Explore an alien museum with a spaceship, movie props from E.T., The Predator, and Terminator, ancient aliens, accounts of extraterrestrial sightings, and the Abductee Outreach Room for your own alien encounter story! Meet those who have seen the spaceships and the orbs! Mingle with ufologists, cryptozoologists, believers and debunkers! Find out more about Encounters UFO Xperience at http://www.ufoxperience.com.

Dr. Andy Jones will read with Piri Ackerman-Barger at the Poetry Night Reading Series on Thursday, March 2nd.

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