Faculty Member, Psychology
About
I am a phenomenologist and study the psychology of the child in its historical and existential dimensions, and investigate such philosophical themes as embodiment, co-existentiality, spatiality, temporality, and language in light of their appearance in early childhood. I am the author of the book The Child in the World: Embodiment, Time, and Language in Early Childhood (2008) and of numerous articles on childhood, Goethean phenomenology, Rilke’s existentialism, and eco-psychology and the psychology of place. My research and writing is grounded in the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Living on a ridge above the Monongahela River with my husband Michael and my children I try -- in daily practice -- to cultivate my perception and care for the natural world.








