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Amanda E. Feller

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Amanda E. Feller

  • Ph.D., Humanities, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
    • Transformational Learning & Change
  • M.A. Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
    • Human and Organizational Transformation
  • M.S. Speech Communication, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  • B.A. English/Theatre, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Dr. Feller holds a teaching position in Experiential Learning in Pacific Lutheran University's School of Arts and Communication (SOAC). This is a unique position, not only at PLU but at universities across the nation. At PLU, Dr. Feller applies transformative learning theory to the development and assessment of experiential learning programs. This includes facilitating an integrative senior seminar program and facilitating roughly one hundred experiential internships each year.

From 2000-2004, Dr. Feller applied this work by serving as PLU's Director of Forensics, a position she previously held at Portland State University among others. More recently she has applied her knowledge of experiential learning and of online practice to facilitate an arts-related program in London. Dr. Feller regularly teaches a January-term course in London focusing on Arts Management.

A main intersection of Dr. Feller's teaching and scholarship is in the area of dialogue as related to conflict. Dialogue has been a central interest since her undergraduate study of political theatre. Communication 313, Dialogue is offered annually within the department and recommended to a variety of majors.

Beyond the immediate university setting, her work in transformation and experiential learning includes scholarship and teaching in conflict management. In 2004 she published an article for the Journal of Transformative Education. In 2005 she was awarded a Canadian Fellowship to support cross-border academic work. In 2004 she began working with the Nansen Dialogue Network, an organization established by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry to facilitate communication throughout the Balkan region. The Network is an extension of Nansenskolen, a peace-building academy in Lillehammer, Norway. Dr. Feller is an ongoing lecturer for the NDC's Virtual School.

Dr. Feller's research interests include educational pedagogy, experiential learning, dialogue-conflict, and transformative learning theory. Her primary research project is "Quadrinity: a Theory of Transformation".

California Institute of Integral Studies

University of Denver - Theatre

Nansen Dialogue Network

The Transformative Learning Centre

Friends of Washoe


Chihuly Glass at PLU

chihuly


Don & Mary Feller in Croatia

Don & Mary in Croatia






Seniors, Spring 2007

Seniors Spring 2007