Faculty

 

 

 

 

 

Core Faculty

 

Philip Snow Gang, PhD, Core Faculty and Cofounder of TIES

Professor Gang is Academic Dean for the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program and author of Rethinking Education and Conscious Education: The Bridge To Freedom. He is the developer of Our Planet, Our Home, a hands-on material for exploring relationships on Earth. He also appears in Russell DeCarlo’s anthology, Towards a New World View: Conversations at the Leading Edge.

After a ten-year career in engineering and business, Gang returned to school to become a teacher. He went on to leadership roles as a principal, educational consultant and teacher educator. Today, his areas of interest include transformative process, eco-cosmological thinking, and collaborative learning communities.

In the early 90's he helped create the Global Alliance for Transforming Education (GATE). Its seminal document, "Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective", draws forth practical and philosophical principles that led to the establishment of this graduate program in integrative learning. In addition, he was on the faculty of California Institute of Integral Studies as a professor-mentor to students doing doctoral studies in the School of Transformative Learning. This was the first collaborative on-line learning program of its kind.

 

 

Marsha Snow Morgan, MA, Core Faculty and Cofounder of TIES

Professor Morgan has worked as a teacher, school director, educator of teachers, consultant, and workshop leader. These initiatives have taken her throughout Europe, South America, North America and the Pacific Rim. In New Zealand she is on the Organic Cities Trust at Christchurch and a principal to the Kids Edible Garden Project -- a program to place permaculture gardens in government schools. She is the 1989 founder of Nova Montessori School, also in Christchurch.

The main focus of her work is perceiving systemic patterns in the design and creation of learning communities. . Addressing the present planetary crises through education may provide new possibilities for Gaian renewal.” Her graduate thesis was titled: "An Ecogenesis for Education: A Context for Learning."

Philip and Marsha are also the creators of EarthTies, a virtual web-conferencing network promoting The Great Work.

 

 

Adjunct Faculty

Throughout the Endicott-TIES M.Ed. in Integrative Learning students are exposed to creative thinkers that include: authors of the required books, specialists in the field, and graduates of the program. These people have experiences that provide in depth insights and extended learning.

 

Lauren de Boer, M.A.

He is the former editor and executive director of EarthLight Magazine (1995-2005), a publication that explored the intersection of ecology, cosmology, consciousness, and spirituality. His essays, articles, and interviews have appeared in numerous anthologies and publications.

 

 

John Briggs, Ph.D.

Co-author of HarperCollins' The Seven Life Lessons of Chaos, 1999 and English Professor at Western Connecticut State University

 

 

John Fowler, Ph.D.

Montessori teacher and creator of the Time Line of Light Cosmological Curriculum for children and adults.

 

 

Enid Larsen, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Academic Programs at the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Endicott College.

 

 

Laurie Robinson, M.Ed.

2009 TIES graduate and head of Montessori school in Beijing, China

 

 

Kathryn Ross, M.Ed.

2009 TIES graduate and Head of School at Children's Garden Montessori School in Denver, Colorado.

 

 

Cate Turner-Jamison, M.Ed.

1999 Graduate of TIES, field editor for National Geographic’s Crown of the Continent project, writing, shooting pictures and creating art for historical sketches, generating geotourism in northwest Montana.