Louis Silverstein
Email 312-344-7634
Louis Silverstein is a transcendental philosopher and practitioner. Multi-cultural and multi-consciousness educator. Social activist. Earth artist. Areas of special interest: peace and social justice; planetary consciousness; spirituality; psyche-delos; transformative consciousness and alternative realities; ecological harmony; sex, love and relationships; holistic education; parenting; aging; death and dying and living life as an art form.
Having served as Dean of the College and Chair of the Department of Life Arts & Liberal Education, 1971-82, he is presently a Professor of Liberal Education at Columbia College Chicago, where he teaches courses in Peace Studies, Dying & Death, Education, Culture & Society, and Contemporary Problems in American Society. His studies, theoretical and experiential, in his areas of special interest have taken him to settings throughout the U.S., including Hawaii, and to Jamaica, Costa Rica, Canada and numerous European Countries.
His most recent publications are “An Oral History Of Columbia College: A Telling of Columbia's Story and Its Contributions To American Higher Education Through Personal Narrative,” and “Deep Spirit & Great Heart: Living In Marijuana Consciousness.” He has presented at professional conferences throughout the U.S. and in Costa Rica and Italy.