Randee Lipson Lawrence
Randee Lipson Lawrence, Associate Professor began her career at NLU in 1984 as a facilitator of alternative higher education programs for adults. Her research interests include extrarational ways of knowing and learning through the arts. She is the editor of “Artistic Ways of Knowing: Expanded Opportunities for Teaching and Learning”, and the author of several publications which exemplify her practice of incorporating affective, cognitive somatic and spiritual dimensions into her teaching. She also works with students to use these processes in their research. Additional research interests and commitments include: Feminist pedagogy, collaborative inquiry, experiential learning and non-traditional adult education. Randee has a doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education from Northern Illinois University.
Phone: 630.874.4388 Email: rlawrence@nl.edu
Select Papers
Lawrence, R. L. and Butterwick, S. (2007). Re-Imaging Oppression: An Arts-
Based Embodied Approach to Transformative Learning, Proceedings of the 7th International Transformative Learning Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lawrence, R. L. (2005). Hidden Dimensions of Transformative Learning:
Dreamwork, Imagery, Metaphor and Affect Expressed through Experiential Painting. Proceedings of the 6th International Transformative Learning Conference. East Lansing, Michigan.
Lawrence R. L. and Sullivan, A. M. (2005). Poetic Justice; Poetry and Photography in Graduate Adult Education Research. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lawrence, R. L. (2002). Adult Development from the Inside Out: Constructing
Knowledge through Life History Writing. . Proceedings of the21st Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education., Dekalb. Il.
Mealman, C.A. and Lawrence, R. L. (2002). Reflective Synergy: A Research
Model for Collaborative Inquiry. Proceedings of the 43nd Annual Adult
Education Research Conference. Raleigh, NC.
"Cohorts in Cyberspace: Creating Community Online." (1999) Proceedings of the19th Annual Alliance/ACE Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY
"Transcending Boundaries: Building Community Through Residential Adult Learning." A paper presented at the Midwest Research to Practice Conference, St. Louis, 1999.
"Collaborative Ways of Knowing: Storytelling, Metaphor and the Emergence of the Collaborative Self." (with Craig Mealman) A paper presented at the 40th Adult Education Research Conference, DeKalb,Illinois, 1999.
"Co-Creating Knowledge: A Collaborative Inquiry into Collaborative Inquiry" (with Craig Mealman) A paper presented at the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference, Ball State University, October 9, 1998.
"Building a Learning Community." A paper presented at the Midwest Research to Practice Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 1997.
"The Interconnecting Web: Adult Learning Cohorts as Sites for Collaborative Learning, Feminist Pedagogy and Experiential Ways of Knowing." A paper presented at the 38th Annual Adult Education Research Conference, Stillwater Oklahoma, May 1997.
"Seizing Learning Opportunities: Embracing a Collaborative Process" (with Craig Mealman) A paper presented at the Alliance/ACE Conference, October 3, 1996.
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