Pop, the Question (S4: E28)
Zombie Apocalypse
Featured Guests Kevin Egan, PhD (Director, Academic Programs, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University); Dimitrios Papadopoulos, EdD (Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University); Josh Peskin, PhD (Adjunct Professor, Pennoni Honors College); Raja Schaar (Program Director and Assistant Professor, Product Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design); and Steven Weber, PhD (Department Head and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
Host and Producer Melinda Lewis, PhD (Associate Director, Marketing & Media)
Dean Paula Marantz Cohen, PhD (Dean, Pennoni Honors College)
Executive Producer Erica Levi Zelinger (Director, Marketing & Media)
Producer Brian Kantorek (Assistant Director, Marketing & Media)
Research and Script Kevin Egan, PhD and Melinda Lewis, PhD
Audio Engineering and Editing Brian Kantorek
Original Theme Music Brian Kantorek
Production Assistance Noah Levine
Graphic Design Nina Pagano
Logo Design Michal Anderson
Additional Voiceover Malia Lewis
Recorded October 20, 2020 through virtual conferencing in collaboration with Enrollment Management & Student Success (EMSS). Pop, the Question is a production of Marketing & Media in Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. Copyright © 2020 Drexel University
Episode Summary
Zombies emerge as one of popular culture’s great symbols of anxiety, unrest, and crisis in the face of public health. More than ever, in a pandemic, zombie films conjure up the power of human instinct, strength, logic, and empathy. For this special episode, Host Dr. Melinda Lewis welcomes returning guest Dr. Kevin Egan to lead a team of outstanding Drexel University faculty through a discussion on what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse and whose expertise will best equip them to lead the cause.
