Education
B.A. Sarah Lawrence College, 1980
Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center, Developmental Psychology,1985
Research Interests
Narrative development, autographical memory, children's play, teaching and learning in schools, and the development of curiosity
Courses Taught
PSYC 272 : Psychology of Education
PSYC 336 : Adolescence
PSYC 372 : Advanced Seminar in Learning and Teaching
PSYC 401 : Senior Seminar in Psychology (team taught)
Activities
Advising for all Williams students interested in studying education and/or pursuing a career in teaching. The program also offers a wide range of education related activities. Please feel free to contact me to find out more about these activities.
Co-founder and educational advisor to the Hayground School, Bridgehamptyon, NY. Responsible for supervision of teaching, curriculum development, assessment, and advising for parents, children ad special events.
Selected Publications
- Engel, S.L. (2007-8).Lessons Column on teaching for The New Yourk Times, New York Times Publications, NY.
- Engel, S.L. (2007). But Can He Teach? in The Unauthorized House. Texas: BenBella Books.
- Engel, S.L. (2007). Harry's Curiosity. in Psychology of Harry Potter. Texas: BenBella Books.
- Engel, S.L. (2006). Open Pandora's Box: The Development of Curiosity. Occasional Papers, Sarah Lawrence Institute of Child Development,NY, NY.
- Engel, S.L. (2005). The narrative worlds of what if and what is. Cognitive Development, 20, pp. 514-525.
- Engel, S.L. (2005). Real kids: Creating meaning in everyday life. Harvard University Press.
- Engel, S.L. & Alice Li '03. (2004). Do children gossip: The development of shared meanings. In R. Fivush, J. Hudson, J. Lucariello and P, Bauer (Eds.), The mediated mind: Essays in honor of Katherine Nelson. New Jersey: LEA Press.
- Engel, S.L. (2003). My harmless inside heart turned green: Children's narratives and their inner lives. In B. Van Oers (Ed.), Children's narrative development. University of Nertherlands Press.
- Engel, S.L. (1999). Context is everything: The nature of memory. New York: W.H. Freeman.
- Engel, S.L. (1995). The stories children tell: Making sense of the narratives of childhood. New York: W.H. Freeman.