Janet E. Tallman

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Associate Academic Dean
Director and faculty member, B.A. in Liberal Studies
(completion program)

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., M.L.I.S., University of California Berkeley.
Janet Tallman has worked in transformative adult education as a teacher, librarian and administrator. Her teaching experiences and research interests are centered in anthropology, and in particular linguistic anthropology. The culture she has studied most extensively is white, middle class North American culture. Her current interests center on the interface of literature and ethnography and on the parallel perspectives of the writer and the anthropologist.

Affiliations

Member, American Anthropology Association

Publications

"Ethnographic Novels: Finding the Insider's Voice" in Between Anthropology and Literature ed. Rosa De Angelis (Routledge 2002)
"Right Livelihood and Vocation: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective" in Mindfulness and Meaningful Work ed. Claude Whitmeyer (Parallax Press 1994)

Professional Interests

Linguistic anthropology, ethnography and literature, conversation analysis and educational theory

On Interest Area

"For me, anthropology is a discipline, an intellectual path and a way of life. At the core of what it means to be human are language and stories. We each have our own voice, our own story and we also share the stories and voices of our cultures and our age groups. Learning stories and voices of other people and peoples brings me wisdom."

On Teaching at Antioch

"We work here as mentors, guides and gentle judges to help people find out what is central to their lives. Education in the liberal arts is the process by which we lead people to fuller, more clearly articulated, more meaningful lives. Critical caring and compassion are our methods."

Contact Info

B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)
206-268-4406
E-mail

Library
206-268-4120