Deborah Wood Holton

Associate Professor
School for New Learning
DePaul University

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985
PhD: Theatre and Drama

Atlanta University (Clark Atlanta University), Georgia 1979
MA: English

Howard University, Washington, DC 1972
BFA: Drama cum laude

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Prior Learning Assessment Certification, CAEL, 2000
• Increased participation of colleagues in decision-making by improving dissemination of information, reorganizing meeting processes, and actively mediating differences and conflicts Chair, SNL Resident Faculty, 1999 – Present
• Led successful efforts to improve enrollments by increasing access to higher education for under-served populations through alliances with city colleges, as Coordinator, SNL/Truman College Bridge Program, 1997 – 2000
• Contributed to economic and educational development efforts in South Africa by co-designing and delivering Adult Degree and Management Program Workshops for the Recognition of Prior Learning at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1998

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"From Courses to Competences - Consulting with a South African University," by Deborah W. Holton and Derise Tolliver. Distance and Diversity: Adult Learners in the Next Millennium, Proceedings. 18th Annual Alliance/ACE Conference, San Diego, CA, October 1998.

"Upsetting that Delicate Balance: Reflections on Experiential Subtleties: A Personal Narrative." Communication of Prejudice, Michael L. Hecht, ed. (Arizona State Univ.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998.

"Courtin’ Tales: The Wolf, The Gator, and the Sweet Potato Vision Pie" (short story) in Jump Up and Say: A Collection of Black Storytelling, Linda and Clay Goss, eds. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1995.

"Revealing Blindness, Revealing Vision: Interpreting O’Neill’s Black Female Characters in Moon of the Caribbees, The Dreamy Kid and All God’s Chillun Got Wings," The Eugene O’Neill Review 19 (Spring/Fall 1995): 29-44.

"Black Cultural Values in African American Performance," in Staging Difference: Cultural Pluralism in American Theatre and Drama, Marc Maufort, ed. (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), New York: Peter Lang, 1995.

"Beyond God the Father and the Mother: Adult Education and Spirituality," by Mechthild Hart and Deborah W. Holton. Adult Education and Theological Interpretations. Peter Jarvis and Nicholas Walters, eds. Melbourne, FL: Krieger Publishing Company 1992.

Research and Creative Interests

• African American literature
• fiction writing
• spiritual development
• adult and experiential learning
• creativity studies
• theater.