Gemini Ink

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Gemini Ink intern and Our Lady of the Lake University student Melinda Gonzalez asked Executive Vice President of Our Lady of the Lake University and professor of English, Howard Benoist, PhD what he’s been reading. He recommended, Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.

“I sometimes teach a speculative fiction course, and Kaku, who is a professor of theoretical physics at City University of New York and co-founder of string field theory, discusses the physics behind concepts like time travel, artificial intelligence, and teleportation in a very readable way,” Benoist says.

Benoist manages to keep his colleagues on their toes by adding a dash of humor to his daily interactions and feels that literature teaches us, “tolerance for ambiguity.”  His respect for the study of English and the unknown has been his driving force throughout life. Benoist has a PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania and Master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas at San Antonio.