Dr. Carrie J. Boden McGill
Carrie J. Boden McGill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Adult Education Program Coordinator
Office: Dickenson Hall 515G
Email: cjboden@ualr.edu
Office Phone: (501) 569-8937
Dr. Carrie J. Boden McGill joined the UALR faculty in 2007 and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Adult Education and Program Coordinator for the Master’s Degree in Adult Education. Dr. Boden McGill teaches a variety of courses including: Foundations of Adult Education, Psychology of Adult Learning, Program Planning in Adult Education, Internship in Adult Education, Organization and Administration of Adult Education, Methods and Materials in Adult Education, Teaching Adults, and several seminar courses.
Dr. Boden McGill holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Adult Education from Kansas State University, M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Wichita State University, and B.A. in English Language and Literature from Bethel College. Her memberships include the Arkansas Association for Continuing and Adult Education, Adult Higher Education Alliance, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, and Women Expanding Literacy Education Action Resource Network. Dr. Boden McGill serves as a Member-at-Large for the Commission of Professors of Adult Education and as a Director on the Board of the Adult Higher Education Alliance.
Dr. Boden McGill’s research is primarily in the areas of self-directed learning, personal epistemology, transformative learning, and teaching and learning strategies. Recent publications and presentations focus on the mentoring experiences of graduate students, the effects of mindfulness practices on personal epistemological beliefs, and various methodologies that can be implemented in distance education and classroom settings. Dr. Boden McGill’s book on transformative learning, co-edited with Dr. Sola Kippers, will be published in 2011.
Dr. Boden McGill has an interest in international education, and she recently participated in a faculty exchange program with Karl-Franzens Universität in Graz, Austria. She has also been on the planning committees for several international conferences and serves as an Associate Editor for The International Journal of Learning. She has coordinated a Sister Cities International Exchange with La Salle University in Cancun, Mexico, traveled to South America as a Fulbright Scholar with Project ECHO, and participated in the NGO Forum on Women in Beijing, China.