Charles C Harrington
Professional Background
Educational Background
Ph.D., Harvard University
Scholarly Interests
Human development in social and cultural contexts. The study of Pathmakers: resiliency, resistance, invulnerability and success in at-risk populations. Psychological anthropology and education. Psychoanalytic anthropology.
Selected Publications
Paths to Success: Beating the Odds in American Society (Harvard University Press).
Educational Policy in an Era of Conservative Reform (AMS Press).
Race, Sex, and National Origin: Public Attitudes of Desegregation (AMS Press).
Psychological Anthropology and Education (AMS Press).
ALERTA: A Multicultural, Bilingual Approach to Teaching Young Children. (Addison-Wesley)
A Psychological Anthropology of Depression. in progress.
principal publications
ITSF 4012: Cross-cultural studies of learning
Analyses of basic anthropological concepts, with particular reference to the influence of cultures and subcultures on the learning process, to education in multicultural classrooms, and to the relevance of psychological anthropology to educational issues. Four-point enrollment requires attendance at film showings before or after class and additional discussion sessions held at hours to be arranged.
ORLJ 4901: Research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
ITSF 4902: Research Independent Study:International Transcultural
Research Independent Study:International Transcultural
ITSF 5000: Methods of inquiry: Ethnography and participant observation
The methods of the behavioral and social sciences as they relate to ethnography and participant observation. Emphasis on the role of theory, characteristics and relative efficiencies of various research techniques, and the importance of integrated research design.
ORL 5000: Methods of inquiry: Ethnography and participant observation
The methods of the behavioral and social sciences as they relate to ethnography and participant observation. Emphasis on the role of theory, characteristics and relative efficiencies of various research techniques, and the importance of integrated research design.
ITSF 5013: Psychological anthropology
The concepts, theories, and methods of psychological anthropology. Cross-cultural studies of learning processes. Emphasis on recent work in the field, prob lems of cross-cultural methodology, and the study of socialization.
ITSF 5430: Internship
Permission required. Supervised experiences in diverse settings designed to develop skills in research, development, planning, and evaluation.
ITSF 6511: Seminar in psychological anthropology
Permission required. Prerequisite: ITSF 5013. A research seminar focusing on current issues in psychological anthropology.
ORLJ 6901: Advanced research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
ITSF 6902: Studies in international and transcultural studies
ITSF 6910: Studies in anthropology and education
Advanced students may register for intensive individual study of some aspect of their concentration. Registration is only by permission of the instructor under whose guidance the work will be undertaken. Times for individual conferences will be arranged. Enrollment may be for 1 or more points each term, and registration is not limited to one or two terms.
ITSF 6911: Workgroup in psychological anthropology
This workgroup meets every other week to discuss current issues in psychological anthropology. It also discusses and reviews current research and proposals for research of workgroup members, including faculty, alumni, and doctoral students concentrating in psychological anthropology.
ITSF 8900: Dissertation advisement in international and transcultural studies
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
Documents & Papers
1976
Download: Behavioral Scientists Comment [PDF]
1978. Equal Opportunity Review. Summer. pp 1-14
Download: Bilingual Education, Social Stratification and Cultural Pluralism [PDF]
1981
Download: Bilingual Education 1980 [PDF]
1963
Download: Clergyman as Counselor [PDF]
1977
Download: From the Editor [PDF]
1972
Download: Intellect and Cultural Deprivation [PDF]
1985
Download: Perspectives on Desegregation [PDF]
1986
Download: Education Policy [PDF]
1984
Download: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Equal Education [PDF]
1982
Download: Issues from the Issues [PDF]
1997
Download: Jackson's Meadows [PDF]
1993
Download: Discussion: Making Culture [PDF]
1993
Download: Making Culture and Making People [PDF]
1977
Download: Methods and Issues [PDF]
1971
Download: Towards the Learning of Participatory Citizenship [PDF]
1976
Download: Psychological Anthropologist & Ed Practice [PDF]
1975
Download: A Psychological Anthropologist's View [PDF]
1973
Download: Pupils, Peers and Politics [PDF]
1990
Download: Review of Suares Orozco [PDF]
1973
Download: Review: Al-Issa and Dennis [PDF]
1990
Download: Review of Effective Education [PDF]
1972
Download: Review: Levy [PDF]
1971
Download: Review: Hannerz [PDF]
1975
Download: Review: Ogbu [PDF]
1976
Download: Schools & Peers [PDF]
1968
Download: Sexual Differentiation, Socialization and Some Male Genital Mutilation [PDF]
1972
Download: Socialization Process and Personality [PDF]
1966
Download: Treating the Social Symptoms of Mental Illness [PDF]
1987
Download: Successful Women [PDF]
1976
Download: Textbooks and Pol Socialization: Analysis [PDF]
1980
Download: Textbooks and Political Socialization [PDF]




