Randee Lipson Lawrence, Ed.D.

Title:

Associate Professor
Adult and Continuing Education

Programs/Classes Taught:

Master's and doctoral courses in adult education and research

Areas of Expertise:

Arts-based research, learning through the arts, qualitative research, holisitic education, transformative learning, feminist pedagogy, collaborative inquiry, experiential learning and non-traditional adult education

Biography:

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 “Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education” and “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. Randee currently serves on the editorial boards of Adult Education Quarterly and the Journal of Transformative Education. Additional research interests and commitments include: Feminist pedagogy, collaborative inquiry, experiential learning and non-traditional adult education.

Education:

Doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education from Northern Illinois University

Research and Interests:

Lawrence, R.L. (Ed.). (2012). Bodies of knowledge: Embodied learning in adult education. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 134. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Lawrence, R.L. (2012). Transformative learning through artistic expression: Getting out of our heads. In E.W. Taylor and P. Cranton (Eds.). Handbook of transformative learning. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Lawrence, R. L. (2012). Awakening Creativity in Sacred Landscapes: A Transformative Learning Journey. Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Transformative Learning Conference. San Francisco CA.

Boucouvalas, M. and Lawrence, R. L. (2010). Adult learning. In A. Rose, C. Kasworm and J. Ross-Gordon (Eds.) Handbook of adult and continuing education. pp. 35-48. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lawrence, R.L. and Cranton. P.(2009). What you see depends upon how you look: A Photographic journey of transformative learning. Journal of Transformative Education 7 (4) 312-331 (Published in 2011).

Contact Information:

630-874-4388
rlawrence@nl.edu

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    800.443.5522

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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    800.443.5522

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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    800.443.5522

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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    800.443.5522

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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    800.443.5522

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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Tampa campus serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, the campus features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    4950 West Kennedy Blvd. #300
    Tampa, FL 33609
    800.366.6581 | www.nl.edu/florida

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  • WISCONSIN

    NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.

    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    414.577.2658

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