Ronald W. Berkowsky, PhD 🏳️‍🌈

@ronaldberkowsky.bsky.social

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Associate Professor in Health Sciences at California State University Channel Islands. Medical sociologist & gerontologist. Focused on community-engaged work addressing well-being & equity among older adults and LGBTQIA+. Occasional film essayist. (he/him)

My husband and I, holding an Oscar statuette, at the Academy Museum Oscar Watch Party.
Selfie outside on a run in Santa Monica.
Screenshot of the titular blob from the 1988 film “The Blob.”
View of Santa Monica pier from afar (cloudy day). Spirit Awards big white tent noticeably absent.
Theater entrance to a screening of “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”
View of Crypto.com court prior to start of Lakers basketball game (with players warming up and fans taking their seats).
Photo featuring me (dressed in cowboy gear with a white mask, a Halloween costume of “Phantom of the Drive-In), my husband (dressed as a caveman), Joe Bob Briggs (in cowboy gear with pumpkins decorating his jacket), and Darcy the Mail Girl (dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader).
Selfie on a sunny day in LA.
Marquee outside of the Vista Theater in Hollywood (advertising for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” in Vistavision.
Promotional media kit shot from the film “Twinless” with the two lead actors (Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney) dressed as Sims characters.
Salem the cat from “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” wearing a leis and drinking a cocktail. There is a caption which reads, “The cat could party.”
Photo taken during our wedding ceremony (after being pronounced husbands). We’re outside at the top of a small staircase leading to the back of a California estate, holding hands as the audience and our officiant look on.
Screenshot from the film "The Shrouds" (2024) directed by David Cronenberg. In the scene, the lead character (played by Vincent Cassel) is in the middle of a cemetery where the tombstones allow visitors to view live footage of the deceased underground. Someone has vandalized the the cemetery and destroyed some of the tombstones - in the image, the lead character is observing the damage.
Selfie, post-workout run.
Selfie at Oscar's in Palm Springs (taken May 2024).