School of Education — Counseling Psychology — Adjunct

Maureen Adams, Ed.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Education

Ed.D., Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
M.L.S., Library Science, Rosary College (now Dominican Univ.), River Forest, IL
M.A., English Literature, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Research Areas

The human-animal bond from the perspective of attachment theory; lifespan development; research and writing as means of self discovery.

Teaching
  • Developmental Counseling: Child and Adolescent
  • Group Counseling Skills
  • Group Leadership and Systems Consultation
  • Individual and Family Lifespan Development
  • Individual and Family Life Transitions Counseling
  • Later Life Counseling
  • Individual and Family Therapy and Counseling Research
Publications

Adams, M. (2011). Shaggy Muses: The Dogs of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. Paperback edition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Adams, M. (2007). Shaggy Muses: The Dogs of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. New York: Ballantine Press.

Adams, M. (2004). Emily Brontë & Keeper, Bronte Studies 29, March, 43- 52.

Adams, M. (2000). Emily Brontë and Dogs: Transformation within the Human-Dog Bond. Society & Animals 9(1), 152-167.

Adams, M. (1999). Emily Dickinson Had a Dog: An Interpretation of the Human-Dog Bond. Anthrozoös, 12(3), 132-137.