DR. GWEN MURDOCK
presents
A Multimedia Presentation on Tanzania
Beautiful vistas, exotic wildlife and amazing people from Tanzania came to life during a special presentation by Missouri Southern psychology professor Dr. Gwen Murdock. The bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania briefly focused America's attention on that African nation.
Dr. Murdock provided even more insight about the people, the culture and the land during her multimedia presentation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15, in Matthews Auditorium on the MSSC campus.
She was in Tanzania during an eight-month sabbatical studying the social behavior of antelope in Mikumi National Park. She also met a variety of people and observed how Tanzanians live: urban and rural; middle class and poor; and Christian and Muslim.
Her presentation included photographs of people, places and animals plus Tanzanian music and animal vocalizations. During her research she spent several weeks in the "miombo" woodland seeking the elusive sable antelope and hartebeest. In the meantime she had close encounters with jackals, lions, baboons, African buffaloes and elephants. Her husband, John Couper, a professor at Pittsburg State University, is completely fluent in Swahili, which allowed the two to learn more about the Tanzanians. They visited hospitals, schools, churches, government offices and a tea and coffee factory.
They lived in Tanzanian homes and African guest houses, camped in the bush and ate at local "fast-food" restaurants.
The program, free and open to the public, is being sponsored by the MSSC Psychology Club and Psi Chi, a psychology honors society.
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