Dr. Irene Karpiak

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Adult and Higher Education

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Degree List:

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1990 Adult Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Minor field: Social Work

M.S.W. The University of Manitoba, 1968 School of Social Work

B.A. The University of Manitoba, 1965 Major fields: Psychology, Sociology

Dissertation: Social Workers at Midlife: An Interpretive Study of their Patterns of Developmental Change with Implications for Continuing Professional Education

Publications:

Publications in National/International Journals

Karpiak, I. E., The Shadow: Mining its Dark Treasury for Teaching and Adult Development, in the Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vo. 29, No. 2, 2003, pp. 13-27.

Karpiak, I. E., The Ethnographic, the Reflective, and the Uncanny: Three "Tellings" of Autobiography, in Journal of Transformative Education, Vol. 1, No. 2., 2003, 99-116.

Karpiak, I. E., Midlife: The 'Second Call' for Faculty Renewal, in The Department Chair, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2001, pp. 11-12.

Karpiak, I. E., Evolutionary Theory and the "New Sciences": Rekindling our Imagination for Transformation, in Studies in Continuing Education, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2000, 29-44.

Karpiak, I. E., The "Second Call": Faculty Renewal and Recommitment at Midlife, in Quality in Higher Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000, 125-134.

Karpiak, I. E., Dewey's Philosophy and Developmental Theory, in Journal of Philosophy and History of Education, Vol. 50, 2000, 108-115.

Karpiak, I. E., Writing Our Life: Adult Learning and Teaching Through Autobiography, in the Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2000, 31-50.

Karpiak, I. E., Over Rocky Roads and Stepping Stones: Women Academics at Mid-Career, in Initiatives: The Journal of the National Association of Women in Education, Vol. 59:2, 2000.

Karpiak, I., University Professors at Mid-life: Being a Part of. . . but Feeling Apart, in D. DeZure (Ed.), To Improve the Academy, Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press and the Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Vol. 16, 1997, 21-40.

Karpiak, I. E., Change, Evolution, and Global Vision-Logic: A Gentle Challenge for Adult Development, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1997, 81-95.

Karpiak, I. E., Ghosts in a Wilderness: The Problems and Priorities of Faculty at Mid-Career and Mid-life, Canadian Journal of Higher Education Vol. XXVI-3, 1996, 49-77.

Karpiak, I., & Kops, B., Toward a New Continuing Higher Education: Listening to the Subtle Signals of Change, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1995, 39-54. Earlier versions of the paper appeared in Proceedings, Canadian Association for University Continuing Education, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, 1994, 75-79, and in the Victoria Forum, Victoria Regional Branch of the Institute of Public Administration, Victoria, British Columbia, No. 14, July, 1994, 5-10.

Karpiak, I. E., An Evolutionary Model of Adult Development, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. XIX, No. 1, 1993, 45-66.

Karpiak, I. E., Continuing Social Work Education: Simply a Matter of Rearing Silkworms, Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1992, 9-14.

Karpiak, I. E., Beyond Competence: Continuing Education and the Evolving Self, The Social Worker, Vol. 60 (1), Spring, l992, 53-57.

Iwanchuk, I. E. (Karpiak, I. E.), Collaboration in Continuing Professional Education: Achieving Unity Through Diversity, Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 4, No 1, 1986, 13-17.

Hartman, J., and Iwanchuk, I. E. (Karpiak, I. E.), Prospects for Interdisciplinary Programming through Continuing Education, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. XII, No. 1, February 1986, 31-46. An earlier version appeared in Proceedings, Second Annual National Conference on Non-Traditional and Interdisciplinary Programs, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, June 27-29, 1985.

Book Chapters

Karpiak, I. E., The Primary Fibers of our Transitions, in J. Turner and C. Rose (Eds.) Spider Women: A Tapestry of Healing, Winnipeg: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 1999, 39-47.

Karpiak, I. E. (Iwanchuk), The Future of Social Casework, in Love Within Limits: An Extended View of a Movement's Progress, D. Ayre (ed.), Winnipeg: Rinella Printers, 1969, 139-147.

Refereed Inter/National Conference Proceedings

Karpiak, I. E., The Listening Heart: Tuning In for Transformative Learning, Proceedings of the Invitational Conference on Complexity Science and Educational Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 16-18, 2003. http://complexityandeducation.ca./cser/pub03proceedings.htm

Karpiak, I, E, "Releasing the Educational Imagination through Autobiography," Proceedings of the International Conference on the Imagination and Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16-19, 2003. http://www.ierg.net/pub_conf2003.html

Karpiak, I. E., Writing Our Life: Transformative Learning through Autobiography, Proceedings, Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE), The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1999, 123-130.

Karpiak, I. E., Into 'The Meaning of Life:' Student as Explorer; Teacher as Guide, Proceedings, 23rd International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT), Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 1998, 915-926.

Karpiak, I. E., Woman Faculty in Higher Education: Alike, Distinct, ...and Distanced from the Men, Proceedings, Conference on Women in Higher Education Conference (WIHE), Women's Studies, University of Texas at El Paso, 1998, 421-432.

Karpiak, I. E., Beyond Rationality to Vision-Logic: Adult Educators (and our Future)-in-the-Making, Proceedings, Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1996, 194-201.

Karpiak, I. E., Transformation of Consciousness: By what processes do we reach beyond our present limits? Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, 1993, 227-232.

Karpiak, I. E., From Technical Proficiency to Transformation: A Model for Personal Mastery, Proceedings, Commission on Continuing Professional Education, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Anaheim, California, l992, 7-11.

Karpiak, I. E., Personal Transformation and Professionals' Ways of Knowing, Proceedings, Commission on Continuing Professional Education, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Montreal, Quebec, l99l.

Karpiak, I. E., Transformation and Self-Renewal at Midlife: Change Patterns, Curriculum Possibilities, M. Langenbach (compiler), Proceedings, Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1991, pp. 153-158.

Karpiak, I. E., Adult Development through the Spectrum of Consciousness, M. H. K. Baskett (ed.), Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, 1991.

Book Reviews

Karpiak, I. E., Professionals' Ways of Knowing: New Findings on How to Improve Professional Education, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, H. K. Baskett and V. J. Marsick (eds.), invited review for Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Vol. 14, 1994.

Karpiak, I. E., Improving Practice in Continuing Education, by Jerold Apps, Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 4, No. 3, l988.

Karpiak, I. E., The Educational Imagination, by Elliot Eisner, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1987.

Inter/National Conference Refereed Presentations

Adult and Continuing Education Conference Refereed Presentations

Karpiak, I. E., Creativity in Chaos: Cultivating (Dis)Order in the Learning and the Learner, American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE), Annual Conference, Providence, RI, November 13-16, 2000.

Karpiak, I. E., Writing your Life: Transformative Learning through Autobiography, paper presentation, Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE), The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 5-8, 1999.

Karpiak, I. E., Fabricating Our Life: Adult Learning through Autobiography, paper presentation, 47th Annual Conference of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Phoenix, AZ, November 18-22, 1998.

Karpiak, I. & Kops, B., Toward a New Continuing Higher Education: Listening to the Subtle Signals of Change, paper presentation, Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 13-16, 1994.

Karpiak, I., A Full-Spectrum Model of Professional Development, paper presentation, Conference of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Dallas, Texas, November 17-20, 1993.

Karpiak, I., Transformation of Consciousness: By what processes do we reach beyond our present limits? Paper presentation, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, June 10-12, 1993.

Karpiak, I., Toward A Full-Spectrum Model of Learning, Knowing and Development, paper presentation, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 15-17, l992.

Karpiak, I., Adult Development through the Spectrum of Consciousness, paper presentation, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, June, 1991.

Karpiak, I., Continuing Professional Education and the Midlife Professional, paper presentation, National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA), University of South Florida, Clearwater Beach, Florida, February 7-10, 1991.

Karpiak, I., From Technical Proficiency to Transformation: A Model for Personal Mastery, paper presentation, Commission on Continuing Professional Education, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Anaheim, California, November 4-7, l992.

Karpiak, I., Personal Transformation and Professionals' Ways of Knowing, paper presentation, Commission on Continuing Professional Education, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Montreal, Quebec, October 13-18, l99l

Karpiak, I., Psychological Aspects of Professionals' Ways of Knowing, panel presentation, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Montreal, Quebec, October 13-18, l99l.

Karpiak, I., Transformation and Self-Renewal at Midlife: Change Patterns, Curriculum Possibilities, paper presentation, Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, May 30-June 2, 1991.

Karpiak, I., with Turner, J., Continuing Education: An Effective Linkage Between School and Community, paper presentation, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference (CASSW), Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2-5, 1983.

Karpiak, I., Social Work Continuing Education: A Joint Program of the School of Social Work and the Continuing Education Division, invited presentation to the First Annual Symposium on University Social Work Continuing Education, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Fort Worth, Texas, March 13-16, 1983.

Karpiak, I., & Hutton, M., A Collaborative Model for Professional Continuing Education, paper presentation, the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education Annual Conference (CAUCE), Vancouver, British Columbia, June 15-18, 1982.

Karpiak, I., Collaboration in University Continuing Education: Engaging the Essential Partners, invited presentation to the National Association of Continuing Education Directors (NACED), 7th Annual Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 5-7, 1982.

Hutton, M., Turner, J., & Karpiak, I., Continuing Education in Social Work for Men and Women: Experiences of the 70's, Challenges of the 80s, Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work (CASSW), Halifax, June, 1981.

Interdisciplinary and Educational Conference Presentations

Karpiak, I. E., Lives in the Breaking; Lives in the Making: Students' Use of Autobiography, Conference of the Oklahoma Educational Studies Association (OESA), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, January 24, 2004.

Karpiak, I. E., The Listening Heart: Tuning In for Transformative Learning, Invitational Conference on Complexity Science and Educational Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 16-18, 2003.

Karpiak, I, E, Releasing the Educational Imagination through Autobiography, International Conference on the Imagination and Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16-19, 2003.

Karpiak, I. E., The Best of Their Stories: Narrative Inquiry into Autobiography, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, Illinois, April 21-25, 2003.

Karpiak, I. E., Fragmentary Order: Uncovering Student Creativity through Autobiography, Conference on Uncovering Creativity: Discovering the Vitality of the Human Spirit, Northwood University, Midland Michigan, July 18-21, 2002.

Karpiak, I. E., Lives Lived, Stories Told: Educational Inquiry through Autobiography, Narrative Matters: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narrative Perspectives, Approaches, and Issues Across the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 16-20, 2002.

Karpiak, I. E., Written in Earnest: Uses of Autobiography in Learning and Development, Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, April 1-5, 2002

Karpiak, I. E., The Ethnographic, the Reflective, and the Uncanny: Three 'Tellings' of Autobiography in Adult Learning, paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of QUIG, the Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, January 3-5, 2002.

Karpiak, I. & Redwine, D., Pen, Paper, Power: Life Narrative as a Tool for Emancipatory Learning, paper presented at the Conference of the International Society for Educational Biography, April 26-28, 2001.

Karpiak, I. E., Deweyan 'Experience,' Autobiography, and Adult Self-Development, Annual Conference of the Society of Philosophy and History of Education (SOPHE), The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, September 23-25, 1999.

Karpiak, I. E., The Unfolding Self-Portrait: Adult Development through Autobiography, thematic presentation, Annual Conference of the Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD), Salem State College, Salem, MA., June 18-20, 1999.

Karpiak, I. E., Clustering: A Hand Tool in Creative Writing; A Power Tool in Research, paper presentation, Mid-Western Educational Researcher Annual Conference (MWERA), Chicago, Il., October 2-5, 1996.

Karpiak, I., Transformation and Women's Ways of Knowing, Women's Research Conference, University College, The University of Manitoba, November 1-2, l99l.

Karpiak, I., The Midlife Transition: A New Order Out of Chaos? Paper presentation, Conference of the Association for Integrative Studies, Bemidji State University, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 24-27, l99l.

Higher Education Conference Presentations

Karpiak, I. E., Participants from Hell: Re-engaging the Alienated Learner, workshop, 7th Annual Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), San Diego, CA., January 21-24, 1999.

Karpiak, I. E., The Second Call: Its Promise of New Motives and New Meanings at Mid-Life, Round table presentation, 7th Annual Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), San Diego, CA., January 21-24, 1999

Karpiak, I. E., Woman Faculty in Higher Education: Alike, Distinct, ...and Distanced from the Men, paper presentation, Women in Higher Education Conference (WIHE), University of Texas at El Paso, San Francisco, California, January 3-5, 1998.

Karpiak, I. E., Into 'The Meaning of Life:' Student as Explorer, Teacher as Guide, paper presentation, 23rd International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT), Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, July 3-5, 1998.

Karpiak, I. E., University Professors at Mid-life: Being a Part of. . . but Feeling Apart, paper presentation, Annual Conference of the Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD), Salt Lake City, Utah, October 17-20, 1996.

Karpiak, I., The Presence of Absent Professors; The Absence of Present Administrators, paper presentation, Conference on The Canadian University in the 21st Century, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 14-16, 1994.

University and Community Presentations

"New Developments in Program Planning," Presentation to OU College of Continuing Education staff, April 17, 2001.

"Writing your Life: Autobiography for Self-Discovery," Mornings with the Professors Program, College of Continuing Education, February 13, 2001

Karpiak, I. E., Writing Our Life: Learning and Development through Autobiography, "Brainstorms" Colloquium, Department of Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma, April, 1999.

Karpiak, I., A New Paradigm for Adult and Higher Education: From Teaching to Learning,
Army Continuing Education System Conference, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April, 1997.

Karpiak, I., Change and Challenge, presentation to the Military community on behalf of the Reach for Excellence Campaign, The University of Oklahoma, Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany, September, 1995.

Karpiak, I., University Faculty at Mid-Career, Women's Research Colloquium, The University of Oklahoma, March, 1995.

Karpiak, I., Meaning, Mattering, Marginality, Malaise: The Predicaments and Prospects of Mid-Career Faculty, Seminar Presentation, Centre on Aging, The University of Manitoba, October, 1994.

Karpiak, I., Being and Becoming: Development and the Adult Educator, invited presentation, Manitoba Association for Lifelong Learning, Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 1991.

Karpiak, I., Transformation or Self-Renewal: Is there a Choice at Midlife? Colloquium, Continuing Education Division, The University of Manitoba, 1990.

Karpiak, I., Five Orientations to Curriculum: Implications for Program Planning, Colloquium, Continuing Education Division, The University of Manitoba, 1986.

Karpiak, I., Collaboration in Continuing Education, Colloquium, Continuing Education Division, The University of Manitoba, 1984.

Karpiak, I., The Continuing Education Division: Communicating with its Many Publics, Colloquium, Continuing Education Division, The University of Manitoba, 1983.

Featured Work and Newsletters

Karpiak, I. E. (2003). Writing Ourselves into Wholeness, in AERA Wholistic Education Special Interest Group Newsletter, Part 1, Winter, 2003. p. 4-6; Part 2, Spring 2003, p. 8-10.

Karpiak, I., The Unfolding Self-Portrait: Adult Development through Autobiography, in Adult Developments, The Bulletin of the Society for Research in Adult Development, Vol 9, No. 1, 2000.

Wenniger, M. D. (Ed.), Mid-life Faculty Women Kick into Gear as Professionals, featured research of I. Karpiak, in Women in Higher Education, Vol. 7, No. 6, 1998.

Courses Commonly Taught:

The University of Oklahoma, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Graduate Program, Adult and Higher Education, Courses taught on campus:

EDAH 6970 Directed Research Seminar

EDAH 5940 Chaos and Complexity in Adult Education

EDAH 5940 Transformational Learning

EDAH 5940 Work, Learning, and Identity

EDAH 5033 The Critical Literature of Adult and Higher Education

EDAH 6213 Theory and Practice of Continuing Higher Education

EDAH 5031 The Adult Learner

EDAH 5940 The Maturation Process and Adult Learning

EDAH 5940 Adult Learning and Development

EDAH 5140 Leadership Development in Adult & Higher Education

The University of Oklahoma, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Graduate Program, Adult and Higher Education, Courses taught through Advanced Programs:

EDAH 3031/32 Critical Literature in Adult and Higher Education
At the following sites: AFCENT, The Netherlands; Ramstein, Germany; Heidelberg, Germany; Spangdahlem, Germany; Sigonella, Italy; Aviano, Italy.

EDAH 5940, Professional Practice of Continuing Education
At Sigonella, Sicily

EDAH 5332, Program Planning for the Adult Learner,
At Sigonella, Sicily

Current Research:

Karpiak, I. E., The Listening Heart: Tuning In for Transformative Learning, Proceedings of the Invitational Conference on Complexity Science and Educational Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 16-18, 2003. http://complexityandeducation.ca./cser/pub03proceedings.htm

Karpiak, I, E, "Releasing the Educational Imagination through Autobiography," Proceedings of the International Conference on the Imagination and Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16-19, 2003. http://www.ierg.net/pub_conf2003.html

Karpiak, I. E., The Shadow: Mining its Dark Treasury for Teaching and Adult Development, in the Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vo. 29, No. 2, 2003, pp. 13-27.