Howard Kirschenbaum

Howard Kirschenbaum is Professor Emeritus and former chair of counseling and human development, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester. He has written or co-authored 25 books and numerous articles and book chapters in the fields of education, psychology and history, including his recently published work Coming of Age in the Baby Boom: A Memoir of Personal Development, Social Action, Education Reform and Adirondack Preservation. He has given presentations and workshops on values and character education, Carl Rogers and the person-centered approach to counseling and psychotherapy, humanistic education, grading alternatives, and related subjects in 48 U.S. states and Canadian provinces and 14 other countries, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. He was formerly executive director of the National Humanistic Education Center and the National Coalition for Democracy in Education. He has a Doctor of Education degree from Temple University. His website is www.HowardKirschenbaum.com.

He is also a leader in the field of historic preservation in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. He has owned, managed or was instrumental in the preservation of several Adirondack “Great Camps”—multi-building compounds of rustic, architecturally distinguished buildings listed as National Historic Landmarks. He wrote three books about these places: Sagamore, Santanoni and White Pine Camp. He was founder and first president of Adirondack Architectural Heritage, the non-profit, historic preservation organization for the Adirondack Park.