How Stories Heal ― Writing Our Way to Meaning and Wholeness in the Academy

Nash, director of the University of Vermont's Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, and Viray, a student services administrator at the University of Vermont who is also a social worker, offer insight on the transformative power of scholarly personal narrative (SPN) in academia. In Part 1, Nash explains technical principles and techniques of SPN in the typical in the SPN style, telling his own story and drawing on the stories of others. In Part 2, contributors explore emotional impact and writing from the gut. Part 3 contains essays by three contributors in education and psychology, telling stories of personal and professional transformation. The book's readership includes undergraduate and graduate students writing theses and doctoral dissertations, plus faculty interested in alternative forms of scholarship for publication. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Robert J. Nash has been a professor at the University of Vermont for 45 years. He is the director of the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education. He is a prolific scholar, having written 14 books, many of them national award winners, and well over 100 articles, as well as dozens of book chapters and reviews. In 2003 he was named an Official University-Wide Scholar in the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Vermont. This is his fifth book published by Peter Lang.
Sydnee Viray is a highly respected student services administrator at the University of Vermont. She is a social worker and consultant/scholar in the areas of diversity and inclusion and financial management for mission driven non-profits. She has over 10 years of experience bearing witness to the countless stories of individuals who have been on a path of seeking wholeness and meaning. She is currently a Scholarly Personal Narrative writing co-instructor and co-author.