Anne Rutherford
Contact info:
cerridwyn623@gmail.com
My studies focused on art, theories of change and neuroscience, with additional work in public health education. I began with an interest in bringing alternative health to marginalized populations, and realized that many felt no control, no change to change their lives.... Read More
Avelynn Mitra
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avelynnmitra@gmail.com
Before attending Goddard as an undergrad, my educational experience was quite varied, to say the least. I must have attended umpteen community colleges in various regions throughout the United States, as well as a small private school in Boston, and two large... Read More
Christine Goldbeck
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cgoldie@verizon.net
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As I update this narrative in early 2009, I ask whether I still feel as optimistic toward Goddard College as I did when I was completing my BA in 2003. Without hesitation, I answer that the IBA Program profoundly affected me and continues to have positive impact on my... Read More
Christopher Cordry
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cscordry@gmail.com
I transferred to Goddard's individualized BA program after completing my first two years at Humboldt State in California. For me, studying at Goddard was both frustrating and rewarding. I loved the residencies, and received much more thorough feedback from my Goddard... Read More
Claudia Turnbull
Contact info:
claudiaturnbull@mac.com
917/445-0232
When Claudia Turnbull's children were grown, she decided to learn more about a meditation practice stemming from Vedic teachings she had been following for thirty years. She needed either a low-residency or a distance learning program that would allow her to study... Read More
Cynthia Obrero
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clcobrero@me.com
I entered Goddard intent upon discovering ways to bond together people of differing cultural and ethnic backgrounds. My studies and research took me from Cultural Anthropology to Psychology to Philosophy to Semiotics realizing, on the way, that my ultimate goal was to... Read More
Desiree Brooker
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druidqueen55@hotmail.com
The mantra of Goddard College, “Trust the Process,” began for me during my first telephone interview with an advisor after I submitted my application for enrollment. I was looking for a graduate school that would not only accommodate my continued studies in researching... Read More
Diane Nichols
Contact info:
fairyteaparty@yahoo.com
425/771-3012
During the course of my studies at Goddard, I focused on creating peace in education and integrating the arts into elementary classrooms. This information was vital to me as I am creating an alternative school for students 3-12. My advisors pushed me to do my best work... Read More
Elizabeth( Frankie) Rollins
Contact info:
elizabethpage@earthlink.net
609/330-6329
My experience with Goddard was one of deep education and glory. I focused on fiction writing, and learned immensely from my mentors (even if it wasn’t what I expected to learn), and found the authentic sensibility of Goddard to suit me perfectly. I gained the lifelong... Read More
George Chappell
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gchap@gwi.net
I entered Goddard after a 30-year career in journalism because I wanted to learn to write poetry. I had looked at other low-residence programs, but Goddard clicked because of the response of its admissions office and a visit on a Discover Goddard Day, where I walked... Read More
Gerald Dryer
Contact info:
510 Stang Street
Madison, WI 53704
608-438-1718 (call between 7 - 10 p.m. CT)
jldryer@sbcglobal.net
If you want to be intellectually, personally and spiritually challenged, go to Goddard. If you want an easy degree, go somewhere else. I don't even really care that I got a sheepskin (although it's useful), I'm more excited about what I learned and continue to learn as a... Read More
Hillary Webb
Contact info:
hillaryswebb@comcast.net
207/439-3021
When she came to Goddard, Hillary Webb had already written and published books on altered states of consciousness, but she wanted more academic experience and grounding. Her work in the low-residency MA in Individualized Studies Consciousness Studies Concentration,... Read More
Jacqueline Elmo
Contact info:
lunafaze5800@yahoo.com
518-750-8394
The flexible nature of the MA in Individualized Studies program at Goddard allowed me to integrate my love of speculative fiction, cultural studies, and human nature and develop it into a viable, academic pursuit. My thesis consisted of a completed novel and an extensive... Read More
Jill Langford
Contact info:
drums324@hotmail.com
401/486-0482
Hi! Chances are, if you're reading these bios, you have questions. I would love to talk to you to help you answer some of those questions as you consider Goddard! At Goddard I wanted to focus on gender studies within music education. I wanted to understand the... Read More
Josiah Litant
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jlitant@hampshire.edu
413/687-5320
My Goddard education was a wonderful, formative experience for me. As a scholar of education, I purposefully searched for a graduate program that emphasized student-driven learning and encouraged me to develop my own ideas. Goddard offered me this learning community – a... Read More
Kelly Johnson
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The IMA program allowed me to combine and explore my interests in environmental and progressive education with my love of and foundation in art. Although I had a very clear vision of what I wanted to accomplish and stuck to it my idea gained a great deal of depth due to... Read More
Lawrence Goodman
Contact info:
goodman.lawrence@gmail.com
401-626-4704
I focused on playwriting, and had a truly amazing experience. When they told me it would be life changing, I was skeptical, but it was just that. I got an amazing amount of attention and feedback from my advisors. I emerged with a full vision of the kind of writer I... Read More
Lisa Marling
Contact info:
DrLKM@yahoo.com
513-291-4033
Goddard not only deepened my creativity, it prepared me academically for my doctoral program. My focus was on short story and novel, but culminated in the writing of my memoir. I had two advisors; they were quite different, but held their own strengths. As different as... Read More
Louise Halsey
Contact info:
louisemhalsey@gmail.com
501-650-5090
My focus turned out to be on relationships. I studied the relationship of art to society, my relationship to other artists both contemporary and historical. I looked at my relationship to my parents who were both visual artists as well as how I related to other textile... Read More
Lowell Williams
Contact info:
williams9@gmail.com
603-886-1353
My writing focus at Goddard was to become a playwright. I'd always felt quite alone in my dedication to writing. No one I knew worked at it the way that I did or thought about writing as I did. And, everything I wrote was amazing. It was like being five years old and... Read More
Maggie Shopen Thompson
Contact info:
blithebit@yahoo.com
Focusing on the memoir genre during my four semesters at Goddard, I worked with three faculty advisors. They were accessible, insightful, knowledgeable, encouraging and skilled at providing the specific literary tools and feedback I needed to move forward with my writing... Read More
Midge Guerrera
Contact info:
midge@guerrerahuber.com
908-369-3341
If you are looking for a graduate program in creative writing, look no further! I read brochures, visited campuses, figured out costs and then visited Goddard. The search stopped. I had come home to Goddard. It can be your home too. Give me a call and we can talk about... Read More
Mike Keller
Contact info:
Mike@dawachodrak.com
520/299-6008
Shortly after graduation, I was telling an acquaintance about the low-residency Goddard program. “Oh, a distance program,” she remarked, with some disdain. I continued on, saying that in the Goddard program, I spent more face-to-face time with faculty than in a... Read More
Mollie Burke
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mburke@sover.net
Goddard was a perfect fit for me. I am a self-motivated person and Goddard allowed me to follow my interests, with the added benefit of wonderful guidance from my advisors. I formed close friendships during the residencies, and consider that a very significant part of... Read More
Peyton McCoy
Contact info:
804-355-1759
I would describe my Goddard journey as a watershed experience. There is no one event or moment which... Read More
Richard Brunner
Contact info:
richard@somaticeducation.org
603-369-2646
As an older student I was hesitant to return to school but my experience at Goddard in the Health Arts and Sciences Program was a gift where I felt both understood and nurtured in the process. I focused my studies on what I know and love; dance movement therapy and... Read More
Roxxane Joseph
Contact info:
pearlife@gmail.com
416.503.2551
My overall experience at Goddard was unlike any other institution of higher learning. For the first time in my life, I was in control of my education. My final portfolio was called Cooking Authentic Canadian Cuisine: Provisions for your Soul and my areas of study... Read More
Sharon Wallace
Contact info:
Sharruth@hotmail.com
Playwriting was my concentration at Goddard. I focused on plot, character development, dialogue, scene movement, and development of the dramatic arch.
The mentoring relationships between me and my faculty advisors were phenomenal. They were supportive and... Read More
Shawn Kerivan
Contact info:
shawnkerivan@gmail.com
I came to Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing program on the cusp of middle age, dragging a lifetime of writing behind me that looked more like a junk drawer than an organized career. I had stuff everywhere. I had talent, but I didn’t have focus, because I’d never taken... Read More
Synnika Lofton
Contact info:
presofgi@gmail.com
Goddard College holds an undeniable place in my writing/recording career. In 2000, I arrived with a plan of action, an objective: to explore what it means to be an artist in today’s world. I was admitted into the undergraduate program—when Goddard had a residential... Read More
Tammy Hanks
Contact info:
tnthree@aol.com
505-867-1381
Getting my Masters at Goddard was one of the most enlightening, transformative experiences of my life. Before Goddard, being a lesbian rebel who thought outside the box had pretty much only gotten me grief (especially in my home state of Texas!), but at Goddard, I found... Read More
Wallace Wilhoit
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wallacewilhoitjr@gmail.com
I had a very positive overall experience at Goddard. I’m a great fan of Harry Potter; and Goddard was my “Hogwarts.” I’m a playwright and I wrote a musical for my thesis project. I owe a great debt to my two advisors. I was allowed to chart my own direction, learn from... Read More
