"Then came my final capstone class again. Learning from past experiences, I requested Dr. Marlen Harrison as a capstone mentor, whom I felt was the best professor I ever had at SNHU. He was the one teacher that pushed me the most during my stay here at SNHU. I knew if I worked hard and could earn a good grade for him, that it was a grade well deserved."
Harrison, M. (2010). The scented word: Context, intrigue and the problem of olfactory literacy. Household and Personal Care, Supplement. January,(1), 6-10. ABSTRACT:...
Written by Michelle Colyar for Prof. David Loomis’ Journalism 120 course at IUP; published with permission of author and subject...
Harrison, M. (2006). Developing keypal projects in the Japanese university classroom. National University of Singapore: Reflections on English Language Teaching, 5(1), 141-148. ABSTRACT With...
EDUCATION Interested in creative expression and psychological development, I began my education with a focus on counseling and expressive arts...
"Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, we are determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. (Hanh 23)"
"Two main themes, the loss of control and isolation, are examined, and an existential interpretation is paired with insight from Buddhist psychology. Finally, we conclude with implications for future research in sport and migration studies as well as practical considerations for the use of autoethnography in psychological research and practice."
"Through interviews with five female and two male expatriates, we studied the ways in which Western runners brought meaning to the transition experience and negotiated meanings and bodily practices associated with running. Through narrative analysis, we identified three core narratives of migration (possibility, necessity and growing up) and two emergent narratives (community and running to feel like oneself) about shifting meaning in running."
A vital part of my teaching pedagogy involves metacognition and reflective writing. The following are excerpts from mid-course and final...
"In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal."
“…I ask him if he is ‘out’ and he looks at me, moves his head slightly forward and asks, ‘Pardon?’”...
Marlen was currently interviewed by a UK-based writer for a forthcoming article on language and technology. Here’s what he had...











