Ken Gergen, Ph.D. to Present Two Days of Workshops at Barry University

On January 22-23, 2010, Ken Gergen, Ph.D. will present two days of workshops at Barry University on the topics of social constructionism and implications for clinical practice and education. The workshops will be held at the R. Kirk Landon Student Union (Room to be Announced) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Continuing education will be provided.

Dr. Ken Gergen is major figure in the development of social constructionist theory and its applications to clinical practices and social change. He also lectures widely on contemporary issues in cultural life, including the self, technology, postmodernism, the civil society, organizational change, developments in psychotherapy, educational practices, aging, and political conflict. Gergen has published over 300 articles in journals, magazines and books. His major books include Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge, The Saturated Self, Realities and Relationships, and An Invitation to Social Construction. With Mary Gergen, he publishes an electronic newsletter, Positive Aging, now distributed to over 20,000 recipients.

Gergen has served as the President of two divisions of the American Psychological Association, the Division on Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and on Psychology and the Arts. He has served on the editorial board of 35 journals. Gergen is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Swarthmore College, Affiliate Professor of Psychology at University of Tilburg, Netherlands, and President of the Board of The Taos Institute. He has been the recipient of two Fulbright research fellowships, the Geraldine Mao fellowship in Hong Kong, along with Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Alexander Humboldt Stiftung. Gergen has also been the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Barra Foundation. He has received honorary degrees from Tilburg University, Saybrook Institute, and the University of Athens, and is a member of the World Academy of Art and Science.

The workshops are sponsored by the Counseling Department of the Adrian Dominican School of Education at Barry University. Contact Anna Dow for further information at 305-899-3701.