Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Special Projects; Associate Professor, Donald Everett Axinn Division of Social Sciences
Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, Ed.D. Everett Mansion 357
dyalowitz@svc.edu
802-447-6351
Education
- Ed.D., Human Development, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1995
- M.Ed., Special Education/Moderate Special Needs, Lesley College Graduate School, Cambridge, Mass., 1981;
- B.S., Child Study and Community Mental Health, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
Administrative experience
- Associate Dean for Special Projects, Southern Vermont College, 2006-present
- Dean of Humanities, Middlesex Community College, 2004-2005
- Director and Principal, The Victor School, 2002-2004
Teaching experience
- Associate Professor, Axinn Division of Social Sciences, Southern Vermont College, 2006-present
- Associate Professor, School for Undergraduate Studies, Lesley University, 1995-2002
- Assistant Professor, Division of Human Services and Social Sciences, Lesley College, 1989-2005
- Instructor, Division of Human Services and Social Sciences, Lesley College, 1987-1989
- Lecturer, Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts, 1985-1987
- Faculty Associate, Hampshire College, Division of Humanities and Arts, 1983-1986
AWARDS and HONORS
Semifinalist for Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates Award, given by the National Resource Center for the First-year Experience at the University of South Carolina, for his design of SVC's "Quest for Success" first-year course, 2008.
Courses
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Human Services
- Early Childhood Education
Research interests
- Male personality development
- Jungian psychology, conflict resolution/conflict response
- Group dynamics/group process
- peace and social justice education
- creativity, leadership
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Multiple Intelligence Theory
- cross-cultural and multicultural human development
- play, neoteny
Why I teach
I enjoy cultivating a “community” in or out of the traditional classroom wherein a wide range of diverse personality and learning styles are maintained, supported and challenged, providing learners with a wide range of learning opportunities. All education is about several critical things, necessary for the continuance of the human species: growth, change, perspective-taking, understand, and greater awareness. For me, teaching is one venue and one domain in which all of these occur, often simultaneously.
Favorite Book
Too many and too varied to mention. I’ve a long list, which I add to each and every year.
Favorite Movie
Same as above, a constantly evolving list.
Best part of being at SVC
The intimacy of the teaching/learning experience. Small classes, a minimum of bureaucracy, an opportunity to truly impact on students, and the possibility of developing and designing new curricula and learning opportunities, both formal and informal.
