Sue Woehrlin

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Core faculty, B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.A., College of the Atlantic; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; Ph.D., The Union Institute and University.
Sue Woehrlin's areas of active inquiry include facilitating
democratic participation, experiential teaching and learning, reflective professional practice, action-oriented research methods, community-based consultation and large scale strategies for whole systems learning and change. Woehrlin is particularly passionate about 'narrating change'—the intentional use of stories to effect participatory change. She is also engaged by interdisciplinary study of birds, pilgrimage, organic design metaphors and the dynamics of far-from-equilibrium emergent processes.

Affiliations

• American Association of University Professors

Professional Interests

• Participatory design
• Large-group interventions for whole systems change
• Research methods for practitioners and activists
• Reflective professional practice
• Far-from-equilibrium systems dynamics
• Group leadership
• Transformative learning
• Stories for change
• Pilgrimage traditions
• Birds in the field and in the human imagination
• Nature's metaphors

On Interest Area

"My passion is for exploring borderlands — the intersections between disciplines, voices at the margins and the spaces in between where self-organizing dynamics come into play."

On Teaching at Antioch

"It's a joy to be involved with learner-centered, transformative education. I see my role as one of nurturing a learning community in which students and I collaborate in active inquiry that dynamically interrelates theory with practice."

Contact Information

B. A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)
206-268-4411
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