MA in Individualized StudiesFaculty Specializations in Transformative Language ArtsThe low residency MA in Individualized Studies faculty bring the benefit of rich and varied backgrounds and interests to the self-designed work of their students. In addition, they bring specialized knowledge to the work of the program’s three concentrations. Below are some of the experiences that shape their knowledge in Transformative Language Arts:
Karen is extensively educated and experienced in educational drama, one of the sources of drama therapy. She is currently facilitating drama and art workshops with developmentally disabled adults at an arts center in her community and has directed a performing arts camp for people with disabilities.
Francis is a Jungian scholar with an international reputation. He has studied extensively many perspectives on mythology, archetypes, Jungian therapeutic traditions and the origins of the oral tradition. He is also coordinator of the Consciousness Studies concentration, and helps interested Transformative Language Arts students develop the transpersonal psychology aspects of their work.
Nehassaiu is an award-winning playwright, actress and poet. She used autoethnographic and historical research to create an award-winning one-woman show that is both multicultural and intergenerational.
Ellie is a writer and artist with a background in many fields, including film and photography, philosophy, web design, garden design, psychology, cognitive science and the sciences in general, literature, disability studies, feminism, and sense of place.
Tomas is a musician, mathematician and scholar with eclectic experience. He also has a great background in progressive education in all its manifestations, and translation studies, especially in communities divided by a language barrier.
Along with his interests in environmental studies and place-based studies, Ralph has an extensive background in research methodologies, cultural identity writing, and critical writing.
Caryn is a transformative Language Arts practitioner and has been facilitating transformative language arts workshops for 12 years in the Midwest, working especially with women of color in recovery from addiction and abuse, cancer survivors, and adults in transition. Caryn is the coordinator of the Transformative Language Concentration.
James is a clinical psychologist whose work draws extensively on narrative therapy. He has a deep background in contemporary poetry, often employing it in his psychotherapy practice, and in his work with Goddard students.
Lise is a writer and literary scholar with specialties in women’s studies and spirituality. She has vast knowledge of and experience with the craft of writing, and her deep experience with writing as a spiritual or artistic practice.
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Francis X. Charet
Nehassaiu deGannes
Ellie Epp
Tomás Kalmar
James Sparrell
Lise Weil