Testimonials

TESTIMONIALS May 27, 2015 ||
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Thank you so much. I really enjoyed your talk/workshop last week, by the way. It's funny, because when you asked who keeps a journal in the audience, I didn't actually raise my hand because what I do I don't consider journaling. However, I have stacks of Moleskines I've always used to keep meeting notes and such and if they were put together, would be a great history of my work for almost the last decade.

Also, during the dissertation process, I've got notes and notes and notes and calculations and reworkings and outlines all written by hand as a way to see patterns and actually "feel" the data. So, even though it's maybe not journaling, and even though I know everybody thinks I'm a "tech guy," I love the feel of paper and the way my thoughts come together when I write them with a pen (my favorite pens are the old school paper mate flair felt tip).

There's a little company that I obsessively buy small notebooks from ( http://fieldnotesbrand.com ) whose company mantra is:

"I'm not writing it down to remember it later, I'm writing it down to remember it now."

Love that.

Anyway, thanks again for your support and for the work PSU has done on my behalf to help me achieve this huge personal and professional milestone. You should be proud of your team.

May 1, 2012 email from Erin De Cristo

Professor Stevens,

I hope this email finds you well and you've had a great 2011/12 school year. I took Advanced Psych from you last summer and the journal keeping that you had us do has stayed with me all year. In fact, if you came to my school (Alder) you would see about 15 teachers carrying around the laboratory notebooks; complete with numbered pages and table of contents. I have also adopted the journal organization into my classroom. I meet with 10 groups a day and all students have had a composition book all year. As we get closer to June, it's awesome to be able to look back and see what we've done!