William L (Bill) Randall is Professor Emeritus of Gerontology at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, NB, Canada. Having grown up in the village of Harvey Station, NB, he went on to earn degrees from Harvard University (AB), Princeton Theological Seminary (ThM), and the University of Toronto (MDiv, EdD). He is a member of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, where he pursued doctoral studies in the mid-70s and where he will be a Visiting Fellow in the Lent term of 2024.
Bill has helped to pioneer a unique approach to the study of aging known as Narrative Gerontology. Author or co-author of over 70 publications, including 10 books, on this and related themes, he has given keynote speeches, scholarly presentations, and interactive workshops for professionals, researchers, practitioners, and the general public in Canada, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, The Czech Republic, Spain and Greece .
Among the various topics he is passionate about are: - The Poetics of Growing Old - Narrative Openness & Narrative Resilience in Later Life - Biographical Aging as a Spiritual Process - Life Stories as Sacred Texts - Ordinary Wisdom & Autobiographical Learning - Creativity & Aging - Spirituality & Aging - Reading & Writing our Lives - The Art of Storylistening - The Importance of Narrative Care with Older Adults - The Narrative Complexity of Ordinary Life - Aging as Adventure |
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In depth quality of presentation. Dr. Randall was down-to-earth, practical and humorous-very easy to listen to. -- I appreciated the clear presentation, with an unpretentious presenter who has mapped out well a framework for thinking about story listening, and for telling. |
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