Because the narrative process yields history, literature,
and myth, and because it is central to the development of social and personal
identity (culture and self)--because it is thematized (or emplotted)
experience--it has inescapably to do with education and learning. (Hopkins,
1994, p. 127)
Hopkins, R. (1994). Narrative schooling: Experiential learning and the transformation of American education. New York: Teachers College Press.
I am a full-time faculty mentor
in Human Development at SUNY Empire State College, an alternative undergraduate
college for adult learners. I am the Unit Coordinator for the Nanuet Unit of
the Hudson Valley Center and serve as primary mentor for students in Human
Development, as well as other areas (such as Business, and Computer Information
Systems).
My teaching interests
include human development and psychology topics. I am also interested in
diversity (as expressed in studies such as Race, Class, and Gender;
Multicultural Psychology; and Global Cultures) and narrative perspectives on
human experience (as expressed in studies such as Narrative Psychology;
Narrative Counseling; Narrative Research; Illness Narratives; and Life Story
Literature).
My research interests
include narrative identity, and narrative perspectives on adult development and
education. The Weaving Storylines section of this website is a work in
progress, comprised primarily of bibliographic resources relating to the
interdisciplinary study of narrative.