Sherrie Reynolds

Since 1987

Professor, Educational Psychology

817.257.6782

s.reynolds@tcu.edu

Family & friends are important to me.  I am a mother of a young man who is, in my biased judgement, one the wisest, smartest, cleverest and kindest people on the planet.  I am in a long term committed relationship with my soul-mate.  I am, in other words, among the most fortunate of people.

I have been at TCU since 1986.  I care about this university.  It is important to me that it was founded as a college for males and females at a time when few colleges allowed women to enroll.

TCU is a liberal arts university.  We are deeply committed to the belief that students should not just develp a specialization, but a deeper understanding & appreciation of the unity of knowledge. This is a university that values students & provides small classes so that we can get to know each other.

My sustaining scholarly interest in the New Sciences began simultaneously in my study of Marriage & Family Counseling, & my study of Artificial Intelligence.  The New Sciences demonstrated to me the power of shared assumptions to constrain thought.  The New Sciences became a pair of glasses through which I could rethink the way cognition develops.

I am convinced of the power of relationships in developing thought.  I am concerned that our culture is becoming more & more individualistic & isolating.  In urban settings there are fewer opportunities for intergenerational interaction, curiousity, & conversations.  I fear, as my collegue & friend David Cross says, that we are "becoming unable to care for our young."  I want to do my part to change that.

Educational Background

B.S. (University of Arizona), 1964

M.S. (Southern Illinois University), 1965

M.A. (Texas Woman's University), 1976

Ph.D. (Texas Woman's University), 1983

Teaching Responsibilities

EDCS 60810 Dialogue

EDUC 30143 Child and Adolescent Development

EDUC 50003 Diversity in American Education

Research Interests

New Sciences as they apply to cognitive processes, caring and community building, social  justice, processes of change.

Publications

Books and Chapters

	Learning is a Verb, (2005), Holcomb Hathaway (2nd edition) (http://www.hh-pub.com/)
	Higher Education Reconceived: a Geography of Change. (Under review)

Patterns that Connect: a Recursive Epistemology, (2004) Chapter in Fleener, Doll & Julien (Eds.) Chaos, Complexity, Curriculumn and Culture. Peter Lang.

Selected Papers

Reynolds, S. & Martin, K. (1996). Educational Reform: A Complex Matter. Journal of Thought.

Reynolds, S. & Martin, K. (1997). Mentoring as a Way of Teaching. The Constructivist.

Reynolds, S. (2001). Teaching in a Complex System. Journal of Thought, 36 (2), 33-38.

Reynolds, S. (2001).  Teaching in a complex System. Journal of Thought, 36 (2), 33-38.

Reynolds, S., (2007)  A Goethean Approach to Science Education, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 4(1), Summer.

Selected Presentations

Reynolds, S. (2003, August) Postmodern University Teaching. Paper presented at the Seminario Internatcional "Docencia Universitaria en Tiempos de Cambio", Lima, Peru. (due to emergency surgery, I was unable to attend and my paper was read by a member of the staff).

(2004, April). Chaos and Complexity Theories in Administration.  Paper presented as part of an invited panel, American Ecuational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

(2005, April).  Emotion: Another way that mind an dCulture construc each other?  Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

(2006, April). Recovering the Spirit (Ual) in Education.  Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, Ca.

Recent Grants

Craven, T. & Reynolds, S. (2003) Meaningful Teaching for Tenured and Untenured Faculty, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, $24,365

Reynolds, S. & Turner, D. (2004) Leadership Program for Non-Traditional College Students, TCU Leadership Center Fund, $1, 000.

Professional Affiliations

American Educational Research Association, Chaos and Complexity SIG of AERA

Honors & Awards

Appreciation Award Intercultural Banquet, 2008