Dina Hartzell

Assistant Professor

B.A. in French Literature, Portland State University
B.A. in English Literature, Portland State University
M.A., Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with emphasis in Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute

Subjects / Courses

Graduate level
Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Nature: Relational Worldviews
Ecopsychology
Community: Theory and Practice
Myth and Meaning
Joseph Campbell in Context
Depth Psychology and Soul in the World

Undergraduate level
Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Relationship with the Environment
Classical Mythology
Alternative Philosophies of Education

Professional Activities

Faculty Development Committee, Marylhurst University, 2003-present.
Accreditation Self-Study Committee, Marylhurst University, 2005-2006.
Sustainability Advisory Group, Marylhurst University, 2009-present.

Presentations & Lectures

Now That We Are Modern, Where Is Myth? SW Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2009.

Violations and Restorations of Myth and Place. Integrative Thinking for Complex Futures: Creating Resiliency in Human-Nature Systems, XVI International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology. Huxley college of the Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 2008.

Native Hearing, Native Speech: Sounding the Stolen Voices of Place. Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2008.

Echo's Logos: Nature, Myths, and the Cultural Psychology of Belonging. Psychology-Ecology-Sustainability Conference, NWEI & Lewis and Clark College, 2007.

Prolegomena for an Eco-Mythology. Nature and Human Nature Conference, Foundation for Mythological Studies, 2007.

Psychology and Mythology of Courtly Love. Lecture. French Literature in Translation course. Professor Klaus Engelhardt. Lewis and Clark College, 2002 & 2004; Portland State University, 2006 & 2007.

A Moving Experience: On the Relationship between Immanence and Motion. Lecture. Theosophical Society, Portland, OR, 1999.

Occitan Culture, Music and Dance. Lecture. Ethnic Minorities in France course. Professor Klaus Engelhardt, Lewis and Clark College, 1981 & 1982.

Professional Associations

Association for Integrative Studies
Society for Human Ecology