Kenya RPCV Arthur Dobrin is Leader Emeritus of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island
Dr. Arthur Dobrin, Leader Emeritus
The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island
In 1967 Arthur joined the Ethical Movement and, from 1968 to 2001, served as Leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island. He is also Professor of Humanities, Hofstra University. At the university he teaches, amongst other things, courses in religious ethics and the psychology of morality.
He is the author of numerous non-fiction works, including A History of Black Jews in America (1964), The Role of Agrarian Cooperatives in the Development of Kenya (1970), Getting Married the Way You Want (1974), Little Heroes (1977), The God Within (1977), Convictions: Political Prisoners -- Their Stories (1981), Love is Stronger than Death (1986), The Ethical Judgments of Social Workers (1988), Ethical People and How They Get To Be That Way (1998), and Love Your Neighbor * Stories of Values and Virtues (1999). He is the editor of Being Good and Doing Right (1993).
He is also the author of two novels, Salted with Fire (1990) and Malaika (1998); three plays, Mirrors (1989), Murder Joints and Manikins (1990), and That's My Desire (1992); six poetry collections: Sunbird (1976), Saying My Name Out Loud (1978), Lace: Poetry from the Poor, the Homeless, the Aged and the Physically and Emotionally Disabled (1979), Gentle Spears (1980; audiocassette, 1982), Out of Place (1982), Angles and Chambers (1990) and Tea In a Blue Cup (1999); and a collection of short stories After Uhuru (1999).
His latest book is 40 Things You Can Do to Raise a Moral Child, Penguin/Putnam, 2001). What Would You Do? Improving Your Moral IQ is scheduled for publication by John Wiley, Spring 2002.
He is also author of more than 60 articles appearing in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and Newsday. He has appeared on many local and national radio and television shows, including an interview on CNN to discuss ways parents can talk to their children about the Clinton sexual scandal in 1998.
Arthur Dobrin is co-founder and co-leader of Amnesty International Group #74 and the Long Island Interracial Alliance for a Common Future. He is a member of the Ethics Committee of Winthrop-University Hospital and is a former member of the Human Subjects Review Committee of Long Island Jewish Hospital. He is on the Board of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.
Arthur Dobrin was born in Brooklyn in 1943. He earned his BA in history at CCNY, his MA in human relations at NYU and his DSW from Adelphi University School of Social Work. He also completed studies in family psychotherapy at the Ackerman Family Institute.
From 1965 to 1967, Arthur and his wife Lyn worked in Kisii, Kenya, as Peace Corps volunteers. He and his wife led people-to-people and photo safaris to East Africa for about ten years.
