Sharan Merriam
Department of Adult Education,
The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602,
USA.
Selected Publications
Baumgartner, L., & Merriam, S. B. (Eds.), (2000). Adult learning and development: Multicultural stories. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company.
Merriam, S. B., & Caffarella, R. S. (1999). Learning in adulthood. (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Merriam, S. B. (1998). Qualitative research and case study applications in education (Rev. ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Merriam, S. B., & Brockett, R. (1997). The profession and practice
of adult education: An introduction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
(Winner of 1997 Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult
Education.)
Merriam, S. B., & Simpson, E. L. (1995). A guide to research for
educators and trainers of adults. (2nd ed.). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing
Company.
(First edition, 1984, winner of the 1984 Philip Franson Memorial Award
for Literature in Continuing Education.)
Elias, J. L., & Merriam, S. B. (1995). Philosophical foundations of adult education. (2nd ed.). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company.
Merriam, S. B. (Ed.).(1995). Selected writings on philosophy and adult education. (2nd ed.). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company.
Bierema, L. L., Merriam, S. B., & Ebell, M. H. (in press). Virtual mentoring: Using technology to enhance the mentoring process. Innovative Higher Education.
Courtenay, B. C., Merriam, S. B., Reeves, P. M., & Baumgartner,
L. M. (in press).
Perspective transformation over time: A two-year follow-up study of
HIV-positive adults. Adult Education Quarterly.
Reeves, P. M., Merriam, S. B., & Courtenay, B. C. (1999). Adaptation
to HIV infection: The development of coping strategies over time. Qualitative
Health Research, 3, 344-361.
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Courtenay, B. C., Merriam, S. B., & Reeves, P. M. (1998). The centrality of meaning-making in transformational learning: How HIV-positive adults make sense of their lives. Adult Education Quarterly, 48, 65-84.
Merriam, S. B., Courtenay, B. C., & Reeves, P. M. (1997). Ego development in the face of death: How being HIV-positive affects movement through Erikson’s adult stages of development. Journal of Adult Development, 4, 221-235.
Merriam, S. B. (1996). Updating our knowledge of adult learning. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 16, 136-143.
Merriam, S. B., Mott, V. W., & Lee, M. (1996). Learning that comes from the negative interpretation of life experience. Studies in Continuing Education, 18, 1-23.
Merriam, S. B., & Yang, B. (1996). A longitudinal study of adult
life experiences and
developmental outcomes. Adult Education Quarterly, 46, 62-81.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Have made presentations, conducted workshops or been a keynote speaker
at conferences and universities in the United States, Canada, India, Malaysia,
England, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Botswana, Palestine,
and South Africa.
EDITORSHIPS
Editor, with Ronald M. Cervero, of Adult Education Quarterly, 1989-1993,
the major journal
of research and theory in Adult Education.
Consulting Editor for Adult Education Quarterly, Adult Literacy and
Basic Education, The
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, The Gerontologist,
International
Journal of Aging and Human Development, International Journal of Lifelong
Education,
New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, and Qualitative Studies
in Education.