{"id":80193,"date":"2021-12-08T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=80193"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:21","slug":"carleton-experts-available-the-holidays-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/carleton-experts-available-the-holidays-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Experts Available: The Holidays\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

The holiday season is approaching, and Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics, including stress and food (including alcoholic beverages); Christmas, Hanukkah, and Yule; the science of Santa Claus; and New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfonso Abizaid<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Alfonso_Abizaid@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abizaid is available to discuss topics related to stress and food, as well as spending time with family and loneliness during the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Abizaid, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/profile\/alfonso-abizaid\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimberly Stratton<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor, College of the Humanities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Kim.Stratton@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stratton is available to discuss the historical authenticity of the Christmas story in the Bible, the true origins of Hanukkah and Wiccan Yule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Stratton, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/people\/kimberly-b-stratton\/<\/a>
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Zeba Crook
\nProfessor, Religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Zeba.Crook@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crook is available to discuss the origins of Christmas, the war on Christmas, and the creation of the earliest Christian narratives about the birth of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Crook, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/religion\/people\/zeba-crook\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Davies<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of Cognitive Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Jim.Davies@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davies is available to discuss the science behind believing in Santa Claus, as well as habits and New Year’s resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Davies, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/people\/davies-jim\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rod Phillips<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of History<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Roderick.Phillips@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips is available to discuss the consumption of alcoholic beverages during the holidays. Phillips researches the history of wine and teaches the history of alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Phillips, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/roderick-phillips\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The holiday season is approaching, and Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics, including stress and food (including alcoholic beverages); Christmas, Hanukkah, and Yule; the science of Santa Claus; and New Year\u2019s resolutions. Alfonso Abizaid Professor, Neuroscience Email: Alfonso_Abizaid@carleton.ca Abizaid is available to discuss topics related to stress and food, as well as spending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":72235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[123,1696,106,111,1661],"class_list":["post-80193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experts-available","tag-cognitive-science","tag-college-of-the-humanities","tag-history","tag-neuroscience","tag-religion"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80197,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80193\/revisions\/80197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}