Biography jack mezirow

Jack Mezirow was Emeritus Professor of Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, Former Chairman, Department of Higher and Adult Education, and Director for Adult Education.

Before coming to Teachers College, Professor Mezirow was Associate Dean for Statewide Programs, University of California Extension and Director, Division of Human Resource Development, Latin American Bureau, Agency for International Development.

At Columbia University he established and directed a pioneering doctoral program in transformative learning, Adult Education Guided Independent Study (AEGIS). He passed away in New York on September 24, 2014. Until his death he was engaged in research, consultation and writing.

Professor Mezirow's research interests were in adult learning and education.

He worked over the past two decades on an evolving Transformation Theory that attempts to delineate generic dimensions and processes of learning and its implications for ed