Shlomo Sher

I currently have a dual appointment in the Letters, Arts, and Sciences and Game Design departments at the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles. I’ve also been teaching in the Philosophy Dept of Cal State University, Fullerton for the past 11 years.

I earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from USC, where I focused on Ethics. I also had an amazing experience there working for their innovative Experiential Learning Center at the Marshall School of Business, where I developed a series of business ethics workshops. Later I expanded one of these workshops to a full-blown Corporate Social Responsibility ethics game. Not many of those around! You can find it here. I was also a fellow at the USC Levan Institute of Humanities and Ethics (2009-2011).

Besides my current academic homes, I’ve also taught courses at USC, CSU Los Angeles, Mt. St. Mary’s University, CSU Dominguez Hills, Beijing Normal University, and East China Normal University.

My all time favorite game is the Civilization series. It’s so good it scares me. I’ve bought and deleted it several times throughout my life, because I find it so damn addictive!

I share my life with my wife Carmen Elena Mitchell, who also produces this podcast, and our son Elan who’s now my Civilization student and schools me in return in Rocket League!

Education

• Ph.D. University of Southern California (2001 — 2009)
• M.A. University of Warwick (1999 — 2000)
• B.A. UCLA (1991 — 1995)

Companies

• Instructor New York Film Academy, Los Angeles (2015)
• Lecturer 3AY California State University, Fullerton (2010)
• Professor of Philosophy Sinoway International Education (2012 — 2015)
• Lecturer California State University, Dominguez Hills (2015 — 2015)
• Lecturer Mount St. Mary's College (2012 — 2014)
• Adjunct Professor of Bioethics University of Southern California (2010 — 2012)
• Research Associate USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics (2009 — 2011)
• Trainer/Facilitator and Workshop Developer USC Marshall School of Business Experiential Learning Center (2003 — 2009)
• Instructor University of Southern California - Writing Program (2005 — 2007)