Category Archives: Academics

The Healing Power of Positive Language

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Callid

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE By Jane Feinmann  Producer, Metaphor For Healing  When Jan Alcoe was diagnosed with a difficult-to-treat cancer three years ago, she was shocked by the frightening metaphors that doctors and nurses would use to describe the treatment she … Continue reading →

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Transforming the Stories of Adolescent Girls — Suzanne Adams

Posted on February 10, 2011 by caryn

Suzanne Adams, founder of Write to the Center, as well as "It's All About You" workshops for girls offered through Artreach, just had her article  "Transforming the Stories of Adolescent Girls," printed in Radical Psychology (vol. 9, issue 1). Take … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Storytelling Group Launches High School Project

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Callid

As taken from their website, the storytellingorganization MassMouth,  "works to renew the timeless art of storytelling in Massachusetts. We build audience while bringing stories to non traditional venues, from apple orchards to urban street corners, to story slams. We engage … Continue reading →

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Hybrid Arts in TLA and at Goddard

Posted on November 5, 2010 by caryn

Tiffany Beard, a first semester student in the Transformative Language Arts concentration, just started a blog and wrote an article for examiner.com in Washington, D.C. entitled "Hybrid Arts Learning Found At Goddard College." Here's a photo of Tiffany at the … Continue reading →

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The Examined Life: Call for Submissions

Posted on October 25, 2010 by caryn

There's a new journal starting, The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Here's the first call for submissions: The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of … Continue reading →

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