Research Statement

As a scholar, I am interested in advancing our understanding of the possibilities, challenges, and even dangers of human transformation. It’s important to me that my scholarship makes a meaningful contribution in addressing pressing challenges in our shared world. As one branch of this work, I focus on the learning and change necessary for a pluralistic, democratic society to function. Much of my work also focuses on adult learning during times of transition.

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Representative Publications

Theory

The Ethics of Radical and Transformative Education
Hoggan, C. & Hoggan-Kloubert, T. (2023).  Adult Education Quarterly, 73(4), 363-381. DOI: 10.1177/07417136231187840

The Seven Cardinal Sins of Transformative Learning Scholarship
Hoggan, C. (2023).  Journal of Transformative Education, 21(4), 447-453.
 
Transformative learning in theory and practice

Hoggan, C. & Kloubert, T. (2020). Adult Education Quarterly, 70(3), 295-307.

Foxes and hedgehogs: The value of transformation (and any other) theory
Hoggan, C. (2019). Journal of Transformative Education, 17(4), 295-298.

Developing the theory of perspective transformation: Continuity, intersubjectivity, and emancipatory praxis
Hoggan, C., Mälkki, K., & Finnegan, F. (2017). Adult Education Quarterly, 67(1), 48-64.

Transformative learning as a metatheory: Definition, criteria, and typology
Hoggan, C. (2016). Adult Education Quarterly, 66(1), 57-75.

Art (Creative Expression) and Transformative Learning

Metaphors of transformation: Revealing and concealing 
Hoggan, C. (2024). Journal of Transformative Education, 22(3), 223-228.

Promoting transformative learning through reading fiction

Hoggan, C. & Cranton, P. (2015). Journal of Transformative Education, 13(1), 6-25

The power of story: Metaphors, literature, and creative writing
Hoggan, C. (2009). In Hoggan, C., Simpson, S., & Stuckey, H. (Eds.) Creative expression in transformative learning: Tools and techniques for educators of adults (pp. 51-74). Krieger Publishing

Transformative learning through conceptual metaphors Hoggan, C. (2014). Adult Learning, 25(4), 134-141

Learning for Democracy

From idea to ideology: A cautionary tale of radicalization. Journal of Transformative Education
Hoggan-Kloubert, T., Hoggan, C., & McKinney (in press). Journal of Transformative Education 

Adult Education, Democracy, and Totalitarianism: A Case Study of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
Hoggan-Kloubert, T., Hoggan, C., & Luthardt, N. (in press).  European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. 

Living Democracy: Social Structures that Promote Civic Learning
Hoggan, C., Hoggan-Kloubert, T., & Owen, R. (2023). Adult Learning, 34(3), 168-180. 

Post-truth as an Epistemic Crisis: The Need for Rationality, Autonomy, and Plurality
Hoggan-Kloubert, T. & Hoggan, C. (2022). Adult Education Quarterly

From Alternative Facts to Tentative Truths: Towards a Post-postmodern Dialogic Epistemology
Hoggan-Kloubert, T. & Hoggan, C. (2021). Adult Education Critical Issues, 1(1), 9-22

Migration

Migrants and the Labor Market: The Role and Tasks of Adult Education
Kloubert, T., & Hoggan, C. (2021). Adult Learning 32(1), 29-39

‘We All Are Migrants’: Migration and the Learning Needs of Society
Hoggan, C. & Kloubert, T. (2022). In C. Hoggan & T. Hoggan-Kloubert (Eds.), Adult Learning in a Migration Society. Routledge

Embracing Transformation: Migration and Human Dignity
Hoggan-Kloubert, T., & Hoggan, C. (2022). In C. Hoggan & T. Kloubert (Eds.), Adult Learning in a Migration Society. Routledge

Migration and Human Dignity: Rhetoric and Practice in Germany
Hoggan, C. & Kloubert, T. (2021). In Alfred, M., Robinson, P, & Roumell, E. (Eds.), Advancing the Global Agenda for Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations and Environmental Sustainability: Adult Education as Strategic Partner. Information Age Publishing  

Teaching and (Transformative) Learning in College

Language, Identity, & Social Equity: Educational Responses to Dialect Hegemony
McKinney, E., & Hoggan, C. (2022). International Journal of Lifelong Education 41(3), 382-394.

Helping underprepared students succeed: Minimizing threats to identity
Yadusky, K., Kheang, S., & Hoggan, C. (2021). Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 45(6), 423-436.

Collaborative learning in higher education to improve employability: Opportunities and challenges
Robbins, S. & Hoggan, C. (2019). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 163, 95-108.