Fletcher Ranney DuBois, Ph.D.
National-Louis University
Dept. of Integrated Studies in Teaching Technology and Inquiry
Program: Interdisciplinary Studies in Curriculum and Instruction Program
And Dept of Educational. Foundations and Inquiry


Areas of Professional Expertise:

Philosophy and History of Education, Media Studies, Therapeutic-Pedagogical Connections.

1. Academic Degrees and Professional Preparation

1985 University of Heidelberg, Social Sciences (Education) PhD .
1979 University of Heidelberg, Education, Art History and English MA
1971 Kenyon College, Religion BA

2. Professional Experience

2.1 Employment History
2006-present Full Professor with tenure- IDS and EFI
2002-2005 Associate Professor with tenure- IDS and EFI departments
1996-2004 Academic Program Director/Coordinator Heidelberg Campus
1991-2002 Assistant Professor, IDS Program NLU
1990-1991 Resource Instructor, IDS Program NLU
1985-1990 Adjunct, University of Heidelberg in the Departments of Education and Psychology
1973 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Kenyon College with Professor Eugen Kullmann in
in Introduction to Religion course
1970 (Summer) Teaching Intern, Phillips Academy (ethics course and music course)

2.2 Courses Taught or Developed at NLU

Graduate: FND 509 Educational Foundations
CIC 528 Curriculum and Instruction I
CIC 529 Curriculum and Instruction II
CIC 591 Field Study/Curriculum and Instruction
EPS 527 Group Theory and Classroom Applications
EPS 528 Human Development and Learning
ESR 510 Action Research I
ESR 511 Action Research II
ESR 591 Action Research III
CIL 531 Cross-Cultural Education
ESR 506 Grad Rsch Interprtiv/Critc
FND 504 History & Philosophy of Education
FND 505 Perspectives on Contemporary Issues in Ed
ESR 610 Paradigms of Research
CCD 610A Doctoral Core
FND 510 Social Justice Perspectives on Hist. and Phil. Of U.S. Ed.
FND 511 Social & Cultural Politics of Education
- also taught all nine Ed.S in Leadership in Curriculum and Teaching courses
- Developed Critical Media Literacy university course outline


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3. Service to the Institution

2008 Participation in the new “Europe and Asia” excellence cluster research
events at the Univ. of Heidelberg enabled me to introduce
internationally renowned scholars to NLU’s work
2008 Initiating the start of cooperative communication between NLU library
And some Univ. of Heidelberg library staff
2008 invited, and introduced, by the mayor of Heidelberg to open the
this year’s day festival celebrating the city. I spoke briefly and performed
my song “In Heidelberg” The press concerning this event included
mention of NLU and Univ. of Heidelberg cooperation. (Jan. 13th)
2007 Actively engaged in various events at the Chicago Humanities
Festival and received positive notice from both the director and the head
of the board of directors who spoke of needing now to get NLU
Again more involved in CHF next year. ((late Oct.-early Nov.)
2007 Represented NLU by having the honor to present a lecture (one of
only two given) celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of
the pedagogical seminar at the University of Heidelberg (April 24th)
2006-present Initiate and promote program of cooperation between NLU and the Univ.
of Heidelberg around critical media literacy topics (interdepartmental,
intercollege and interdisciplinary endeavor)
2006 Represented NLU at the inauguration of Ronald Grimes in the first chair
to be established at any university for ritual studies. (April 27th Nijmegen
Holland)
2005 Recipient of the NLU Service Award
2004 Closing the Heidelberg Center in a way that kept doors open for future European NLU involvement while meeting the needs of current and former students
2003-2004 Respectful Advocacy for the Heidelberg Center with the UPG and Senate
2002-present Promoted NLU involvement in a prestigious long-term interdisciplinary project on Ritual Dynamics with Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Heidelberg
2001-2004 Planned annual 3-day conferences for NLU Students and German education community with the Academy for political Education in Tutzing
1998 Helped a group of students and scholars from University of Bamberg to include NLU’s Best Practice and Dem Schools as the U.S. example in their itinerary for visiting innovative schools in Holland, Canada and the U.S.
1996-present Academic Program Coordinator at Heidelberg International Center and all that entails, particularly helping create a face-to-face and virtual community
1995-present Building up a library at the Heidelberg Center without costing the University extra funds.
1991-present Extensive work in building connections NLU and the University of Heidelberg and also the Teacher Training College (Paedagogische Hochschule). Arranging visits by Heidelberg University Education students to our Heidelberg Center.




4. Service to the Profession and Community

4.1 Consulting/Training/Workshops Conducted
2002-present -Consulting status with the Department of Medical Psychology at the
University of Heidelberg in their Ritual Dynamic project- Drug
Prevention in Schools-RISA Ritual and Salutogenese
-Consulting with Barton-upon Humber Civic Society England about historical school building preservation and the establishment of a school museum in the Queen Street School building planned by Samuel Wilderspin School

4.2 Other
2008 Recording a CD of songs for my songs for Stickler syndrome self help
groups
2008 Recording a retrospective CD with original songs written for the Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations
2008 Planning a one day conference to celebrate the centenary of the founding
of the NAACP to be held in January 2009, working with the historian Prof.
Dr. Manfred Berg and Rudi Howze, the president of the Rhein-Neckar
chapter of the NAACP
1995-present Participating yearly in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebrations as a Presenter. (NAACP) singing songs I have composed for the theme of each program

4.3 Presentations Given
DuBois, F (2008 August ) “Contested Images seen through space and time- a walking tour” presentation at the conference The Moving Image and Ritual Media, SFB 619 summer school Heidelberg University

DuBois, F (2008 July 26) “Peace –Building Educational Activites after Conflict” presented at the International scholars workshop “Ritual, Media and Conflict” Univ of Heidelberg, Germany and Radboud University, Holland

DuBois, F (2008 February) Langston Hughes: Blues and books for children: presentation for the Rhein Neckar Branch of the NAACP

DuBois, F (2008 Jan12th) “Framing and Sharing Time and Space: You Tube and beyond” presented as an invited speaker for at the Heidelberger Kreis lecture series

DuBois, F (2007 November) panel member presenting on current issues in teacher education: My topic “The need for, and problems with, critical media literacy” at the Philosophical Study of Education conference (formerly Midwestern Philosophy of Education)

DuBois, F (2007 October) presentation on rightfully acknowledging two European woman educators’ creative contributions to aesthetics and pedagogy. for NLU’s Imagination Conference as well as participating in the closing event with improvised music

DuBois, F. (2007 June 21-23) International Workshop on Ritual, Heritage & Identity Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg. Chaired Section VI Politics and Economics

DuBois, F (2007 June 7-9) Annual SFB 619 conference. Ritual and Efficacy. Presentation on “Ritual musical improvisation- not an oxymoron” and chaired the closing panel session

DuBois, F (2007 April 24th) one of two lectures to be given at the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of the pedagogical philological seminar at the University of Heidelberg: Karolina Rudolphi- poet and educator (and her 1807 landmark book Gemaelde der Weibliche Erziehung)

DuBois, F ( 2007 February) W.E.B DuBois’ own educational lifeline: talk given for the Rhein Neckar Branch of the NAACP

Verres, R, DuBois, F Weinhold J ( 2006 October) paper presented at Ritual conference in Delhi India: How can Motivational Psychology be of use in understanding ritual behaviour? . (the paper was read by Jan Weinhold)

DuBois, F (2006 October) presentation on Chicana and African American woman honoring each others art. Given at the fall Imagination conference at NLU also gave a closing concert there.

DuBois, F and Roberts, P (2006 November) A presentation on academic rituals and the concept of agency given at the Midwest Philosophy of Education conference in Chicago

DuBois, F Presentation on Learning about ritual dance using qualitative research methods given at the week long conference on methodological approaches to the study of ritual at Nijmegen University Holland

DuBois, F (2006 February) Presentation on Black Dance as a medium of cultural and historical expression. Given for the Rhein Neckar Branch of the NAACP

DuBois, F (2005 July) Member of a panel presentation about prevention, AIDS and African Strategies to combat the Epidemic. For the Pan- African Associations Africa Week

DuBois, F (2005 February) Learning about African-American Culture through the Media Given for the Heidelberg Chapter of the NAACP

DuBois, F and Howze (2004 July) Presentation and commentary on films about the African American AIDS Crisis for the Pan African Association.

DuBois, F (2004 April) South Africa’s Truth Commission and Racial Reconciliation Given for Heidelberg Chapter of the NAACP

DuBois, F (2003 June) The Role of Folk Music in the Early Sixties Civil Rights Movement. Given for the Heidelberg chapter of the NAACP

DuBois, F (2001 October) Reflections on Different Religious Cultures (learning to honor Judaic and Arabic achievements) Phi Delta Kappan International German Chapter

DuBois, F (2001 July) Ein Raetsel-Kanon Entwicklungsmetaphern in Ken Wilbers
Juengsten Werken- One in a series of lectures on transpersonal psychology open to the public-for Dept of Med. Psych. Univ of Heidelberg

DuBois, F. (2000, May) Hidden in the Highlander. A Multi-Media myth. International Symposium.

DuBois, F. (1998, October) Technology and the Future of Schools. Joint ASCD and PKD Conference.

DuBois, F. (1996, February) Brain Research and Education. ASCD Conference.


4.4 Publications

a. Books:
Jungaberle, H Verres, R & DuBois, F (eds) (2006)Rituale erneuern: Ritualdynamik und Grenzerfahrung aus interdisziplinaerer Perspektive (trans. of title: Renewing ritual. Ritualdynamics, and Liminal Experince in Interdisciplinary Perspective) Psychosozial Publishing House (PSV) (2006)

DuBois, F. (1985). A troubadour as teacher: the concept as classroom: Joan-Baez- advocate of non-violence and motivator of the young, a study in the biographical method.
Frankfurt, Germany: Haag & Herchen.

b. Chapters

DuBois, F Setting the Murals of the Villa of the Mysteries in Motion In Bild und Ritual
(Eds) C Ambos and P Roesch WBG publishers (in submission process).

DuBois, F, Verres, R and Weinhold, J Motivation in ritual Matters. In Ritual Matters
(Eds.) C Brosius and U. Hueskin Routledge, in press

Scheele, B. & DuBois, F (2006). Catharsis as a moral form of entertainment. In
J. Bryant & P. Vorderer (Eds.), /Psychology of Entertainment./
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum 2006. pp.405-422

Jungaberle, H & DuBois F. (2006) Risk and Ritual- Two Frames For Drug Use. In Jungaberle, H and Weinhold, J (Eds.) Ritual in Bewegung- Rahmungs-und Reflexitivitaetsprozesse in Kulturen der Gegenwart,/LIT Verlag, Giessen 2006 pp193-226

DuBois, F :. (2003) How To Find Fromm In Erich Fromm: Wegbereiter einer Humanisticher Pscyhoanalyse und Humanen Schule, (ed. Reinert von Carlsburg, G- B and Wehr, H eds) Belz publishing house, Weinhiem pp. 120-131

DuBois, F (2003) Laudatio in Wuerzburger Friedens Preis 2002 Dokumentar Filmgruppe Rothenburg. Akademie Franenwarte Gesellschaft fuer politische Bildung Wuerzburg Schriftenreihe heft 4

DuBois, F. (2000). Tales of a Teacher. Like a Tree Planted Beside Streams of Water. A Festschrift for Professor Dr. Eugen Kullmann. Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon College

DuBois, F. & Reinert, G. (1996). Weltgesprache: Schulisch und medical vermitteltes interkulturelles lernen-oder: Die Vielfaltigkeit der interkulturalitet gebiert viefaltige fragen. In V. Lenhart & H. Horner (Eds.). Aspekte internationaler erziehungswissenschaft. Weinheim, Germany: Deutscher Studien Verlag.

DuBois, F. (1993). Just fun-dreams of revenge: Images of teachers in the lyrics of rock, pop, and folk-protest. In P.B. Joseph & G.E. Burnaford (Eds.). Images of schoolteachers in twentieth-century America: paragons, polarities, complexities. New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press.

DuBois, F. (1993). Mediale erinnerungen-ein autobiographische skizze. In W. Holly & U. Pueschel (Eds.). Medienrezeption als aneigung methoden und perspektiven qualitativer medienforschung. Opladen/Wiesbaden, Gemany: Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH.

DuBois, F. (1991). With only the rain as a witness-James Baldwin and Britain’s Section 28. In J. Koellhofer (Ed.). James Baldwin: His place in American literary history and his reception in Europe. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris: Peter Lang.

DuBois, F. (1991). Katharsis, film und frieden. Fiktive gespraeche mit kommentaren. In V. Buddrus & G.W. Schnaitmann (Eds.). Friedenspaedagogik im paradigmenwechsel. Weinheim, Germany: Deutscher Studien Verlag.

DuBois, F. (1989). The true teacher: Rabindranath Tagore and Martin Buber. In A. Koepcke-Dutter (Ed.). Buber-Ghandi-Tagore: Aufforderung zu einem weltgespraech. Frankfurt, Germany: Main Verlag.

c. Articles:
DuBois, F Meeting the Centaur on the Way In: The Journal of Museum Education
Vol. 31 Number 2 Summer 2006 pp.143-150

DuBois, F & Eberhart C Talking to the Other(s): promoting interfaith understanding In: CONSENSUS A Canadian Lutheran Theological Journal ( Vol. 30 No.2 2005) pp79-92

DuBois, F Rituals of Understanding: Teaching and Learning in Heidelberg In Why I Teach issue ( guest eds Theodorea Berry & Jean Ann Hunt) of Democracy and Education Vol. 15. No. 2 2005 pp. 7-12

DuBois, F Tell Me Where Truth Lies in Making Transnsnational Connections issue of Democracy and Education Vol 15. No. I 2004

DuBois, F Fischer, J & Mason, B guest editors of the issue Making Transnational
Connections of Democracy and Education Vol 15 No 1 2004

Henrik Jungaberle, Rolf Verres and Fletcher DuBois (2001). Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Vol. 10, Issue 1, Pages 4-16. New steps in music meaning – the mataphoric process as an organizing principle

Gordon, J. & DuBois, F. (1995). Bonding and attachment theory: a conversation. The Newsletter of the International Society for the New Identity Process. Belgium, 2-3.

DuBois, F. (1978). Health in Heidelberg. Peace News, 14.

DuBois, F. (1975). Heidelberg Free Clinic. Peace News, 10-11.

d. Curriculum Guides/Manuals/Handbooks:

1989-1990. Curriculum for proposed post graduate program in Media Studies by an interdisciplinary group of faculty at Heidelberg University.

4.5 Grants and Contracts


2007- Worked with colleagues at the Univ. of Heidelberg and at Radboud University in Holland to help conceive of and then receive a two year preliminary grant for work on the topic of Media, Ritual and Conflict
2001-present Helped get a long –term interdisciplinary project on Ritual Dynamic to be funded by the German Research Foundation for various departments at the Univ. of Heidelberg. Participated in and critiqued the dress rehearsal for external examiners review, reviewed written proposal for Dept of Med. Psych. As a full voting member of the research area I have also engaged in our regular activities as well as contributing when grant renewal site visits were held (2005). At the present this research group constitutes the largest group of scholars in the world researching on ritual dynamics
4.6 Honors and Awards
2005 NLU Service Award
1985 cum laude Heidelberg University
1971-73 Received Watson Fellowship
1971 summa cum laude Kenyon College
1970 Columbia Teacher’s College Book Award



5. Professional Growth
Attending two conferences 2008 one on systems theory in organizational psychology and
Education and one on research methods for studying the ritual use of psycho-active
Substance in the Sante Dima Church. Both as part of SFB 619 research center Univ of Heidelberg
Active at the 30th Stuttgarter Medien Paedagogik Tagung (March 9-10 2007)
German Society of Education (Committee for Peace Education, 1986-1994; Guest Member, Teacher Education Division and Media Pedagogy Divisions 1997-present)
Founding member of Heidelberg Therapists Supervision Group 1976-present
Member German-American Institute
Supporting member of Portheim Stiftung (anthropological museum)