Kegan, Robert G.

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KEGAN, Robert G.

KEGAN, Robert G. American, b. 1946. Genres: Philosophy. Career: Junior and senior high school teacher in St. Paul, MN, 1968-71; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, instructor, 1975-76, lecturer, 1977-90, senior lecturer, 1990-98, professor of education, 1998-, William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development, 2000-, senior counselor at Bureau of Study Counsel, 1976-79, Spencer research fellow, 1982-83, educational chair of Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, 1983-, codirector of Harvard-Macy Institute for the Reform of Medical Education, 1994-, codirector of Change Leadership Group, 2000-. Emmanuel College, visiting faculty member, 1972-77; Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, member of teaching faculty, 1977-99; guest lecturer at other colleges and universities; workshop participant. Publications: The Sweeter Welcome, Voices for a Vision of Affirmation: Malamud, Bellow, and Martin Buber, 1976; The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development, 1982; In over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life, 1994; (with L. Lahey) How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation, 2001. Contributor to books. Address: Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Online address: robert_kegan@gse.harvard.edu

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