As the first person in her extended family to graduate from high school and college, Karen gets it and is passionate about helping adults reach their educational goals.
karen stevens, senior lecturer
A senior lecturer with UWW, Karen teaches UWW core courses and advises students.
As the first member of her extended family to graduate from high school and college, Karen has a very personal understanding of the value of education and is passionate about helping others reach their educational goals.
Karen has more than thirty years experience in the fields of education, health and human services as a trainer, advocate and program director, and has consulted extensively with both non-profit and for profit organizations throughout New England, primarily in the areas of management development, organizational change and personal/interpersonal skill development. Her dissertation research concerned experiential learning, particularly how individuals learn to handle organizational change.
educational background
- B.A., Elementary Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.S., Public Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.S., Adult and Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Ed.D., Adult and Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
teaching and research interests
adult development and learning, especially experiential and transformative learning; prosocial development
personal interests
Karen is a big fan of Victorian literature (hence the quote to your right). She enjoys the language and, given her commitment to social and economic justice and interest in prosocial development, the sense of morality that so many Victorian novels embrace (she also likes the feisty female characters!). Karen even has a bookcase devoted to those books that she feels have shaped who she is as an educator, parent/partner/sister/friend and citizen of the world.
