Maureen Hall
Maureen Hall (PhD University of Virginia) is an Assistant Professor in the Education Department at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Hall's teaching history began in 1988. Dr. Hall began her teaching career in the public schools of northern New Hampshire, where she taught seventh and eighth grade English and social studies for five years. For the next five years, she taught English and U.S. History at the high school level in southern New Hampshire. She is currently a member of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and her work focuses on Cognitive-Affective Learning. Her current research projects focus on the cognitive and affective dimensions of service learning with pre-service teachers, the professional development of teachers, and the integration of contemplative practices to deepen learning. She has a forthcoming book with Equinox Publishers in London entitled, Writing from the Inside, which explores the power of contemplative writing and how it can deepen learning.
Publications
Investigating Contemplative Practice in Creative Writing and Education Classes:
A Play (of Practice and Theory) in Three Acts
Maureen P. Hall, Assistant Professor of Education
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Bridging the Heart and Mind:
Community as a Device for Linking Cognitive and Affective Learning
Maureen P. Hall, Assistant Professor of Education
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Symposium Powerpoint Presentation
Speakers
- Arthur Zajonc, Professor of Physics at Amherst College and renowned expert in bringing contemplative inquiry into teaching for transformative education;
- Maureen Hall, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, currently co-authoring a book on the use of reflection in writing and education classes;
- Sharon Solloway, Associate Professor of Education at Bloomsburg University, whose research focuses on bringing reflective practices into education for hard to reach student populations;
- Michael Franklin, Director of Art Therapy at Naropa University, who has both practiced and taught the intersection between art therapy and mindfulness in various academic, community, and clinical settings.