Short Bio: Curtis Peldo

Curtis Peldo was born in Bellflower, California in 1968.  He received his B.A. in Philosophy in 1999, and his M.A. in Social Ethics from California State University, Chico in 2003, where he graduated Phi Kappa Phi.  His thesis is titled “Works in Progress: The Pragmatic Pacifism of John Dewey and Jane Addams”. 

Peldo is currently a lecturer in philosophy at California State University, Chico and Butte Community College, and is serving as Secretary on the board of directors of The Peace Institute at CSU, Chico.  Peldo previously served as president on the board of directors of Chico Natural Foods, a cooperative retail natural foods store in Chico, CA. 

Multi-Media Projects:

Below are links to some of the various multi-medi projects I have worked on recently...

Book In Common Video 2008-2009 • "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Watch Streaming Video on Youtube (Running Time 10:16)

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Summer Orientation Video - May, 2008

I had a lot of fun working on this orientation video for the Office of Academic Advising at CSU, Chico. This project gave me the opportunity to incorporate some artistic and philosophical flourishes.

Watch Streaming Video (Running Time 7:10)

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Ray McGovern Video - Sponsored by The Peace Institute at CSUC October 23, 2007

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Book In Common Video 2007-2008 • "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder

Watch Streaming Video (Running Time 5:50) • MPEG (.mp4)

Download and Watch on your iPod! • Download Video Podcast: (.m4v)

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Audio Podcasting in 2007...

Click to download "Vagueness and Ambiguity" (.m4a)

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The Case of Albert B. Lever is a mock-umentary video about a true UFO believer's struggle to prepare the planet earth for alien visitors. How many fallacies and/or forms of rhetoric can you find? Made for use in Logic and Critical Thinking courses.

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Just for fun! Music Videos and More...

Sayulita is an original musical composition and Quicktime music video comprised of photos taken during my visits to Sayulita, Mexico.

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The Journey is a Quicktime music video inspired by the people of Tibet. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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