Vita
John N. Kotre
(born 4-4-1940)
Department of Behavioral Science Email: jkotre@umd.umich.edu
University of Michigan--Dearborn Web: www.johnkotre.com
4901 Evergreen Road Phone: 313-593-5085
Dearborn, Michigan 48128 USA
I. Positions
1972-present Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of
Psychology
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Michigan--Dearborn
1969-1971 Project Director
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
II. Education
1969 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Chicago
1962 Litt. B., magna cum laude, Xavier University (Ohio)
III. Books
John Kotre, Make It Count: How to Generate a Legacy That Gives Meaning
to Your Life (New York: The Free Press, 1999). This book has also been
published in German by Hanser and is scheduled to be published in
Chinese by Sitak.
John Kotre, White Gloves: How We Create Ourselves Through Memory (New
York: The Free Press, 1995). Paperback: New York: Norton, 1996. This
book has also been published in German by Hanser, in Portuguese by
Editora Siciliano, in Japanese by Kodansha, and in Italian by
Mondodari. It is scheduled to be published in Turkey by Tavanarasi.
John Kotre and Elizabeth Hall, Seasons of Life: Our Dramatic Journey
from Birth to Death (Boston: Little, Brown, 1990). Paperback: Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
John Kotre, Outliving the Self: Generativity and the Interpretation of
Lives (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984). Paperback
(with introduction by Robert Coles): New York: Norton, 1996.
John Kotre, Simple Gifts: The Lives of Pat and Patty Crowley (Mission,
Kansas: Andrews and McMeel, 1979).
John Kotre, The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Andrew Greeley and
American Catholicism, 1950-1975. Introduction by Robert Coles (Chicago:
Nelson-Hall, 1978).
John Kotre, The View from the Border: A Social Psychological Study of
Current Catholicism (Chicago: Aldine-Atherton,1971; Dublin: Gill and
Macmillan, 1971).
IV. Public Television and Radio
Creator and Project Director for Seasons of Life, a series of five
one-hour television documentaries produced by WQED/Pittsburgh. Released
in the fall of 1990.
Executive Producer, Host, and Writer for Seasons of Life, a series of
twenty-six half-hour audio programs produced by the University of
Michigan. Released in the fall of 1990.
(Seasons of Life was funded by a grant of $2.15 million which Kotre
received in December, 1984, from the Annenberg Project of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additonal funding was provided by
the John D. and Catherine T. MacCarthur Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Along with related print materials, the
television and radio series are used as a university telecourse in
lifespan psychology.)
V. Articles and Chapters in Books
Kotre, J. (2000). Generativity and the gift of meaning. Generations,
23, 4, 65-70.
Kotre, J. (1999). The generative way of life: A practical perspective.
In Why Generativity Now? (Kyoto, Japan: Future Generations Alliance
Foundation). In Japanese only.
Kotre, J., and K. Kotre (1998). Intergenerational buffers: "The damage
stops here." In McAdams, D., and E. de St. Aubin (Eds.), Generativity
and Adult Development: How and Why We Care for the Next Generation
(Washington, DC: American Psychological Association).
Kotre, J. (1994). Manipulated memories. Detroit Free Press, January 9,
p. 3F.
Kotre, J. (1992). How memory speaks. In Shore, W. (Ed.), Mysteries of
Life and the Universe: New Essays by America's Finest Science Writers
(New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992).
Kotre, J. (1992). Experiments as parables. A Comment in American
Psychologist, 47, 5, 672-673.
Kotre, J. (1984). Maestro Antonino. Phenomenology + Pedagogy, 2,
136-138. Adapted from Outliving the Self.
Kotre, J. (1980). Fantasy as mirror: a preliminary analysis. Journal
of Mental Imagery, 4,23-33.
Kotre, J. (1980). Sowing the seed: a Christian archetype of
fruitfulness. Spirituality Today, 32, 129-137.
Kotre, J. (1978). Religion, psychology, and the sterile self.
Commonweal, CV, 10, 295-300. Adapted from: Kotre, J. (1978). Of human
fertility. In Tracy, D., H. Kung, and J. Metz (Eds.). Toward Vatican
III: The Work That Needs to be Done (New York: Seabury, 1978), 261-271.
Reprinted as: Kotre, J. (1978). La fecundidad humana. Concilium, 138,
412-425.
Kotre, J. (1977). Andrew Greeley and the recurring dream. National
Catholic Reporter, 13 (February 25), 7-14.
Kotre, J. (1975). Generative humanity. America, 133, 434-437.
Rezmierski, V., and J. Kotre. (1972). A limited literature review of
theory of the psychodynamic model. In Rhodes, W., and M. Tracy (Eds.).A
Study of Child Variance (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan), 181-258.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, and M. Magen. (1972). Michigan's doctors of
osteopathy and their continuing education. Journal of the American
Osteopathic Association, 71, 982-994.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, and N. Vanselow. (1971). The Michigan physician and
his continuing education: summary and conclusions. Michigan Medicine,
70, 525-529.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, and N. Vanselow. (1971). The Michigan physician and
his continuing education: looking to the future. Michigan Medicine, 70,
397-401.
Mann, F., J. Kotre, and W. Morris. (1971). The Michigan physician: his
perception of competence, worries, and obsolescence. Michigan Medicine,
70, 301-307.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, and N. Vanselow. (1971). The Michigan physician:
his education through face to face contacts and technical media.
Michigan Medicine, 70, 193-198.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, and N. Vanselow. (1971). The Michigan physician:
his use and evaluation of the professional meeting and the postgraduate
course. Michigan Medicine, 70, 111-117.
Kotre, J., F. Mann, W. Morris, and N. Vanselow. (1971). The Michigan
physician's use and evaluation of his medical journal. Michigan
Medicine, 70, 11-16.
Kotre, J. (1971). The church as inkblot. America, 124, 196-200.
Mann, F., J. Kotre, A. Reilly, and N. Vanselow. (1970). The Michigan
physician: his work needs and opportunities. Michigan Medicine, 69,
1063-1069.
Mann, F., J. Kotre, A. Reilly, and N. Vanselow. (1970). The Michigan
physician and his continuing education. Michigan Medicine, 69, 981-990.
VI. Book Reviews
. . .of John Snarey, How Fathers Care for the Next Generation. In
Contemporary Psychology, 40 (June, 1995), pp. 513-514.
. . .of Alice Hoffman and Howard Hoffman, Archives of Memory. In
Contemporary Psychology, 38 (July, 1993), p. 750.
. . .of Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self; Gerald May, Care of
Mind/Care of Spirit; Pierre Solignac, The Christian Neurosis; John
McDonagh, Christian Psychology. In Commonweal, CIX (November 5,1982),
pp. 594-596.
. . .of Evelyn Whitehead and James Whitehead, Christian Life Patterns.
In America, 141 (October 20, 1979), p. 218.
. . .of Willard Gaylin, Feelings. In Commonweal, CVI (April 27, 1979),
pp. 247-248.
. . .of Donald Goergen, The Sexual Celibate. In Commonweal, CII,
(December 19, 1975), pp. 632-634.
. . .of William Sargant, The Mind Possessed; Lawrence LeShan, The
Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist; and Nils O. Jacobsen, Life
Without Death? In Commonweal, C, (July 12, 1974), 388-390.
. . .of Robert Sorenson, Adolescent Sexuality in Contemporary America.
In Commonweal, XCVIII (March 30, 1973), pp. 90-92.
VII. Awards
The Seasons of Life series won the following awards:
1991 American Psychological Association National Psychology Award
for Excellence in Radio (first place).
1991 American Psychological Association National Psychology Award
for Excellence in Television (honorable mention).
1991 CINE Golden Eagle (winner).
1991 Armstrong Award (honorable mention).
1991 American Film and Video Festival (finalist).