Randee Lawrence
Randee Lipson Lawrence has been at NLU since 1984 as a facilitator of alternative higher education programs for adults, evaluator for prior learning assessment and workshop leader for continuing education. Randee earned an Ed. D. in Adult and Continuing Education at Northern Illinois University. Her dissertation, Co-learning Communities: A Hermeneutic Account of Adult Learning in Higher Education Through the Lived World of Cohorts, reflects a continuing interest in collaborative learning and collaborative inquiry process. Her masters degree is in Counseling. She has held previous positions in interpersonal, group and career development counseling and teaching. Additional research interests and commitments include: Feminist pedagogy, cultural diversity, experiential learning and non-traditional adult education.
(630-668-3838 x4388 office--rlaw@whe2.nl.edu)
Select Papers
"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.
