Family & friends are important to me.  I am a mother of a young man who is, in my biased judgement, one the wisest, smartest, cleverest and kindest people on the planet.  I am in a long term committed relationship with my soul-mate.  I am, in other words, among the most fortunate of people.

     I have been at TCU since 1986.  I care about this university.  It is important to me that it was founded as a college for males and females at a time when few colleges allowed women to enroll. 

     TCU is a liberal arts university.  We are deeply committed to the belief that students should not just develp a specialization, but a deeper understanding & appreciation of the unity of knowledge.  This is a university that values students & provides small classes so that we can get to know each other. 

     My sustaining scholarly interest in the New Sciences began simultaneously in my study of Marriage & Family Counseling, & my study of Artificial Intelligence.  The New Sciences demonstrated to me the power of shared assumptions to constrain thought.  The New Sciences became a pair of glasses through which I could rethink the way cognition develops.

     I am convinced of the power of relationships in developing thought.  I am concerned that our culture is becoming more & more individualistic & isolating.  In urban settings there are fewer opportunities for intergenerational interaction, curiousity, & conversations.  I fear, as my collegue & friend David Cross says, that we are "becoming unable to care for our young."  I want to do my part to change that.

I advise a unique Graduate program in Educational Foundations.  I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions about this program.