The following articles, websites, and books constitute the beginning of a bibliography on Emerging Jewish Adulthood.
RESEARCHERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS
The Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates, from the Social Science Research Council, provides a fantastic set of resources.
Trustworthy Leadership: Can we be the leaders our students need to become? By Diana Chapman Walsh, President Emerita of Wellesley College and presenter at the Consultation. Published by the Fetzer Institute, 2006.
Connections and Journeys: Assessing critical opportunities for enhancing Jewish identity. By Bethamie Horowitz. leading social psychologist studying emerging Jewish adulthood, and presenter at the Consultation. Published by UJA-Federation of New York, 2003.
Bethamie Horowitz, “New Frontiers: ‘Milieu’ and the Sociology of American Jewish Education”, published in Journal of Jewish Education, 74:68–81, 2008
Books and articles by Jeffrey Arnett, leading researcher on Emerging Adulthood, and presenter at the Consultation.
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA). The SSEA represents a growing assembly of international, multidisciplinary professionals interested in the age period of emerging adulthood, ages 18 to 30.
Articles by Douglas Sloan, whose work focused on the relation between our ways of knowing and perception and understanding of the world and cross-intellectual history of the dominant modern conception of knowledge. He has also researched the interrelations among science and technology, art, religion, and education in modern culture.
Homepage for Richard Settersten, researcher on emerging adulthood at Oregon State University.
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), 2007. Annual survey of college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES
Education as Transformation, which explores the relationship of religion and the work of higher education.
The Journal of College and Character, published by NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
UCLA Spirituality in Higher Education:
A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose
FOUNDATION RESOURCES
Macarthur Foundation Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood.
Mandel Foundation: Varieties of Educational Vision at Work.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Foundation, which supports research and programs about Emerging Jewish Adulthood.
WORTH READING IN THE PRESS
Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain, by Sara Reistad-Long, New York Times 5/20/08
Defining College Success (Insidehighered.com 5/20/08)
Kenneth L. Woodward: God and Man at Notre Dame (New York Times 4/16/08)
BLOGS
