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Elizabeth J. Tisdell

tisdell.jpgElizabeth J. Tisdell

Ed. D., University of Georgia, 1992
Professor of Education,
Penn State - Harrisburg, Adult Education Program

For more information please visit Dr. Tisdell's website at:
http://www.harrisburg.psu.edu/faculty-and-staff/elizabeth-tisdell-edd

Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Professor of Education, is currently the coordinator of the doctoral program in Adult Education at the Penn State Harrisburg Campus.  She received her Ed.D. in Adult Education from the University of Georgia, and holds an M.A. in Religion and Religious Education from Fordham University. Her research interests include spirituality and culture in adult learning and in the health and education professions; medical education; critical media literacy and financial literacy among adult learners; and critical, feminist and social justice issues in higher and adult education. 

Selected Publications
Books and Monographs

  • Tisdell, E., & Swartz, A.  (Eds.) (In press, 2011).  Wisdom and adult education.  New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education, no. 211.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.
  • Tisdell, E., & Thompson, P. (Eds.)  (2007).  Popular culture, entertainment media, and adult education.  New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education.  no 115.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Tisdell, E.J. (2003).  Exploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education . San Francisco: Jossey Bass
  • Eisen, M.J. and Tisdell, E. (eds). (2000). Team teaching and learning. New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education, No. 87 (Fall 2000). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Tisdell, E.J. (1995). Creating inclusive learning environments for adults: Insights from Multicultural Education and Feminist Pedagogy, Information Series No. 361. Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education Selected Journal Articles Tisdell, E. (2008). Critical media literacy and transformative learning: Drawing on pop culture and entertainment media in teaching for diversity in adult higher education.  Journal of Transformative Education, 6 (1), 48-67.


Selected Journal Articles

  • Tisdell, E. (2010). The potential role of spirituality in Irish adult education in culturally responsive teaching. The Adult Learner 2010: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 91-104.
  • Gusic, M., Milner, R., Tisdell, E., Taylor, E., Quillen, D., T & Thorndyke, L. (2010). The essential value of projects in faculty development. Academic Medicine, 85 (9), 1484-1491.
  • Bristol, T., & Tisdell, E. (2010). Leveraging diversity through career development: Social and cultural capital among African American managers. International Journal of Human Resource Development and Management, 10 (3), 224-238.
  • Stuckey, H., & Tisdell, E. (2010). The role of creative expression in diabetes: An exploration and into the meaning making process. Qualitative Health Research, 20, 42-56.
  • Tisdell, E., & Thompson, P. (2007). Seeing “from a different angle”: The role of pop culture in teaching for diversity and critical media literacy in adult education. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 26, 651-673.
  • Tisdell, E. (2007). In the new millennium: The role of spirituality and the cultural imagination in dealing with diversity and equity in the higher education classroom. Teachers College Record, 109, 531-560.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L., & Tisdell, E. (2007). The meaning and use of intuition in novice nurses: A phenomenological study. Adult Education Quarterly, 57, 115-142.
  • Watkins, B., & Tisdell, E. (2006). Negotiating the labyrinth from margin to center: Adult degree program administrators as program planners within higher education institutions. Adult Education Quarterly, 56, 134-159.
  • Tisdell, E. & Tolliver E. (2003). Claiming a sacred face: The role of spirituality and cultural identity in transformative adult higher education. Journal of Transformative Education, 1(4). 368-392.
  • Tisdell, E (2000). Spirituality and emancipatory adult education in women adult educators for social change. Adult Education Quarterly, 50, 308-335.
  • Tisdell, E (1998). Poststructural feminist pedagogies: The possibilities and limitations of a feminist emancipatory adult learning theory and practice. Adult Education Quarterly, 48, 139-156.
  • Tisdell, E. J. (1993). Interlocking systems of power, privilege, and oppression in adult higher education classes. Adult Education Quarterly, 43, 203-226.