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Richard L Poss

  • Associate Professor, Astronomy
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-8630
  • Steward Observatory, Rm. 212
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • rposs@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Awards

  • Humanities Seminars Superior Teaching Award, 2012
    • Humanities Seminars Program, College of Humanities, UA., Fall 2012

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Courses

2022-23 Courses

  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2023)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Spring 2023)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2022)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Fall 2022)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Summer I 2022)
  • Great Debates Astronomy
    ASTR 204 (Summer I 2022)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2022)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 499 (Spring 2022)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2021)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Summer I 2021)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2021)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Spring 2021)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2020)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Fall 2020)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2020)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Great Debates Astronomy
    ASTR 204 (Summer I 2020)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2020)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2019)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Summer I 2019)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2019)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Spring 2019)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2018)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Summer I 2018)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2018)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Spring 2018)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2017)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Summer I 2017)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Spring 2017)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Spring 2017)
  • Astronomy and the Arts
    ASTR 333 (Fall 2016)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 399 (Fall 2016)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Summer I 2016)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Spring 2016)
  • Great Debates Astronomy
    ASTR 204 (Spring 2016)
  • Science and Science Fiction
    ASTR 325 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

  • Poss, R. L. (1995). Whitman's "Learn'd Astronomer" and the poetry of stars. Vistas in Astronomy, 39(4), 615-622.

Presentations

  • Poss, R. L. (2021, November 22, 2021). Astronomy and the Visual Arts. University of Arizona Museum of Art. University of Arizona Museum of Art.
  • Poss, R. L. (2017, March 31). "Looking into the Night.". "Spirit of the Senses" series.. Scottsdale, AZ.: "Spirit of the Senses.".
  • Poss, R. L. (2015, August 27). "The Cosmological Compass in Western Art". Ninth Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPIX). Gresham College, London, UK.: Gresham College, London. The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David..
  • Poss, R. L. (2015, February 15). "Astronomy in Leonardo's Drawings in the Leicester Codex". Phoenix Art Museum, Exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings.. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ: Phoenix Art Museum.
  • Poss, R. L. (2013, July 8). "What is the Future of Space Art?". Eighth Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP VIII). Haydon Planetarium, Museum of Natural History, New York.: Museum of Natural History, New York City..

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