Below you will find three resource lists: (a) other research labs conducting narrative identity research, (b) some of Dr. Reischer’s favorite non-scientific readings and resources related to lab research, and (c) professional organizations that host relevant conferences and education events. None of these lists are comprehensive! They are all listed alphabetically.
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Other researchers and labs doing narrative identity work
The list below is ordered alphabetically. Asterisks (*) indicate the professor sometimes takes graduate students.
- Nic Weststrate*—University of Illinois at Chicago
- Jonathan Adler—Olin College of Engineering
- Jack Bauer—The Transformative Self Lab at the University of Dayton
- Susan Bluck—Life Story Lab at the University of Florida
- Jordan Booker*—The Milestones Lab at the University of Missouri
- Christin Camia—Zayed University
- Henry (Raffles) Cowan*—Michigan State University
- Azriel Grysman—Dickinson College
- Tilmann Habermas—IPU Berlin
- Robyn Fivush—Professor Emerita at University of Florida
- Phil Hammack—Sexual and Gender Diversity Laboratory at UC Santa Cruz
- Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl—Haverford College
- Majse Lind*—Aalborg University
- Jenn Lodi-Smith—Canisius Identity Development Lab at Canisius College
- Cade Mansfield—Franklin & Marshall College
- Dan McAdams*—The Study of Lives Research Group at Northwestern University
- Kate McLean—LISTEN Lab at Western Washington University
- Monisha Pasupathi*—Social Development Lab at the University of Utah
- Onnie Rogers*—The D.I.C.E. Lab at the University of Chicago
- SCALab* at University of Lille—including Melissa Allé and Marie-Charlotte Gandolphe
- Moin Syed*—NICE Lab at University of Minnesota
- Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen*—The Life Story Group at the Center on Autobiographical Memory Research at Aarhus University
- Dulce Wilkinson Westberg*—UC Davis
Some of Dr. Reischer’s favorite projects and writings relevant to narrative identity, self-transcendence, and aging research
Thought-provoking media that may inspire or enhance readers’ interests in the core research areas of The Narrative Lab.
- Toward a Psychology of Being and The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow
- Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon
- FOUND Magazine
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee & Walker Evans
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Notes for a People’s Atlas—AREA Chicago
- Oliver Sacks (various writings)
- Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh
- Poetry Foundation
- RE/Search Publications
- Reflexive Thematic Analysis—Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke at the University of Auckland
- Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
- StoryCorps
- The Family of Man (1955 exhibit at the Museum of Modern)
- The “Gloria” films
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
- Toward a Psychology of Being and The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow
Professional organizations of note
You might find us at these conferences!
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Association for Research in Personality
- Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences
- Gerontological Society of America
- Health Humanities Consortium
- Society for Community Research and Action
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology