Valerie Malhotra Bentz, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - School of Human & Organizational Development
Associate Dean, HOD, 1991-1999
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Scholarly & Professional Interests:
Expressive Writing; Action Research in Mizoram, India; Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Body-Based Knowing;Qualitative research; Sociological Practice and theory; deep learning; social psychology; human development; organizational change; the arts.
Certification: Certified Clinical Sociologist; Certified Body Therapist.
Professional Memberships:
American Sociological Association; Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences; Sociological Practice Association.
Honors and Awards:
Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Honored Scholar, 1999; Faculty Publications Award, The Fielding Graduate Institute, 1998, 1996; Research Associate, Texas Woman's University, 1983; Research grants, Texas Woman's University, 1982-1984.
Publications:
- Mindful Inquiry in Social Reseach, with Jeremy Shapiro, Sage, 1998, "Body-As-World: Kenneth Burke's answer to postmodernist charges against sociology," Sociological Theory, 1997
- Husserl, Schutz, 'Paul' and Me: Reflections on writing phenomenology, Human Studies; Editor, Women's Power and Roles as Portrayed in Visual Images in the Arts and Mass Media, Mellen Press, 1993
- Becoming Mature: Childhood Ghosts and Spirits in Adult Life, Aldine deGruyter, 1989; "A comparison of Mead's 'self' and Heidegger's 'Dasein'," Human Studies, 1985
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