Sheldon Solomon

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Sheldon Solomon is a professor of psychology who teaches at Skidmore College. He earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas. He is probably best known for developing Terror Management Theory, which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality.^[1][2] Professor Solomon is the Ross Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore. He is the author or co-author of over a hundred articles and several books, and he's been featured in several films (Flight From Death) and television documentaries as well as countless radio interviews.

Also, the Professor is the creator of the famous Esperantos "Dough Boy" in Saratoga Springs, New York.

[edit] References

1. ^ Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski. "Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology", Google Books. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
2. ^ Shankar Vedantam. "Reminders of Mortality Bring Out the Charitable Side", Washington Post, Monday, December 24, 2007, pp. A03. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.