Scott Rappeport

Scott Rappeport lives in Sunapee and holds an engineering degree from Lehigh University and a PhD from Stanford University in Earth Sciences. In his career he has worked for the USGS, Exxon Research, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and General Dynamics, conducting offshore geophysical studies and design/development of marine high reliability systems. He follows English Premier League soccer, loves the outdoors, and is keenly interested in history and climate and the role of human psychology in game theory.

The First World War in Africa: The Historical Background of the Movie The African Queen (Fall Term 2024)

Participant Testimonials:

Content was excellent.  Pace was right on target and organizing the discussion by region worked very well.

Rappeport did an amazing job in gathering material for this course!

This was an excellent course, well taught, and one of the best.

Geologic Evolution Of The White Mountains (Spring Term 2022)

Participant Testimonials:

Demonstrated great expertise in spite of participants throwing him a lot of curve balls!

This course widened my horizon in unimaginable ways–would have been better if one had this info at an earlier age, it would have made one more curious throughout life.

Volcanoes, Environmental Shocks and Civilization (Spring Term 2021)

Participant Testimonials: 

This is the third course I have had with Scott Rappaport and he is always interesting, factual and stimkulating as a teacher.

One of the best courses ever. Eye-opening view of geology and its impact on human history.

The Pinocchio Signal – Personal Media Literacy in the Information Age (Spring Term 2020)

Participant Testimonials: 

Scott was impressively prepared for each and every class. His examples were thoughtfully chosen.

Outstanding presentation with an invitation to speak to each class topic.