Professional Background
Associate Professor of Adult & Continuing Education and AEGIS Program Coordinator
Educational Background
M.A. Columbia University, New York, N.Y. May 1993
Scholarly Interests
Action Learning.
Collaborative Inquiry.
Qualitative Research Methods.
Strategic Approaches to Human Resource Development.
Application of adult learning theory to individual, group, and organizational learning, and workforce and organizational development.
Selected Publications
Poell, R.F., Marsick, V.J., & Yorks, L. (forthcoming, 2009/2010). The relation between central actors and level of reflection in action-learning programs: Dutch and
Yorks, L., Beechler, S., & Ciporen, R. (2007). Enhancing the impact of an open enrollment executive program through assessment.
Yorks, L., Aprill, A., James, L., Rees, A.M., Hoffman-Pinilla, & & Ospina, S. (2007). The tapestry of leadership: Lessons from six cooperative inquiry groups of social justice leaders. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), Handbook of action research: Participatory inquiry and practice, (2nd edition), (pp. 497-509).
Yorks, L. (2005). Strategic human resource development in organizations. Mason.
Yorks, L. (2005). Adult learning and the generation of new knowledge and meaning: Creating liberating spaces for fostering adult learning through practitioner based collaborative inquiry. Teachers College Record, 12, 9-25.
Yorks, L. (2004). Toward a political economy model for comparative analysis of the role of strategic human resource development leadership. Human Resource Development Review, 3, 189-208. (Outstanding Article Award, HRDR,
Yorks, L. (2003). Beyond the classroom: Transfer from work-based learning initiatives. In E. Holton and T. Baldwin, (Eds.). Improving learning transfer in organizations, (pp. 138- 160).
Yorks, L. & Kasl, E. (2002). Toward a theory and practice for whole-person learning: Reconceptualizing experience and the role of affect. Adult Education Quarterly, 52, 176-192. (Reprinted in Danish, in K. Illeris & s. Berri (Eds.). Texts on adult learning.
Lyle Yorks
Associate Professor of Adult & Continuing Education
AEGIS Program Coordinator
Phone: 212-678-3820
Email:
Office Hours: By appointment.
Office Location: 210A Zankel