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John Rizzi, Ph.D. 鈥�14, has taken an innovative approach to teaching students in the 听Learning Community听at 茄子视频 to develop critical skills as readers, writers and thinkers: His Expository Writing course uses a theme of mental illness and includes characters from popular media.

His students watch episodes of Homeland, the acclaimed Showtime series, because one of the characters suffers from bipolar disorder. They also read such works as The Bell Jar, the semi-autobiographical novel by , who committed suicide in 1963, at age 30.

鈥淪tudents get it, and then it鈥檚 so interesting to watch their critical-thinking skills grow,鈥� said Dr. Rizzi, who earned his doctorate in the . 鈥淭hey go from being students who say, 鈥業 don鈥檛 like that鈥攖hat鈥檚 stupid,鈥� to students who tell you why they like or don鈥檛 like something.鈥�

Dr. Rizzi sometimes teaches alongside , an alumna of the General Studies Learning Community听, a professor in the program and its assistant director. In her equally innovative Expository Writing course, Williams-Deazle uses the theme of serial killers. Her students watch the film 笔蝉测肠丑辞听and episodes of the TV series Dexter.

The linkage of mental health diagnoses and mass media is the hook Dr. Rizzi also uses to instruct students on how to evaluate information from a variety of sources, use a library and write a research paper.

In June 2003, a month after he received a master鈥檚 degree in social work from New York University, he began working in Adelphi鈥檚 General Studies Learning Community听in the . The program combines classroom instruction with individual counseling and tutoring to help freshmen meet their academic goals. After completing the General Studies Learning Community听curriculum, students are accepted as sophomores into Adelphi鈥檚 other undergraduate programs.

Identity development is among Dr. Rizzi鈥檚 research subjects. He has presented research papers nationally and in South Africa and India on issues such as the personal and parental identity of gay fathers. At a women鈥檚 college in Mumbai, India, he presented on personal identity and coping with stress and anxiety.

鈥淚 take what I鈥檓 passionate about and try to present it in a creative way,鈥� said Dr. Rizzi, a native of Massapequa, New York. 鈥淚鈥檓 passionate about questions like: How do you see yourself? How do you think others see you? How do you cope with the different sort of messages you get from society?鈥�