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Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman Ph.D.

About

Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the New Directions writing program at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. She wrote and illustrated her first book, "Follow Your Dreams," which won the Santos Dumont Medal from the Brazilian government. Her second book is "Women, Their Names, and the Stories They Tell."

Books by Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Guns and Cognitive Dissonance in America
Why is it so hard to get facts about guns statistics? How many Americans are killed, how many injured, how many suicide? How much do gun deaths and injuries cost us every year?
Our Evolving Black American Naming Traditions

Understanding the meaning and origin of names provides important social clues, spiritual insight, and understanding.

Understanding the meaning and origin of names provides important social clues, spiritual insight, and understanding.

The Multifaceted Native American Naming Tradition

Native Americans have a multifaceted and evolving naming tradition that can revive and inspire our own sense of identity.

Native Americans have a multifaceted and evolving naming tradition that can revive and inspire our own sense of identity.

Our Ever-Evolving Language for and Sense of Shared Identity

Our changing vocabulary for shared identity indicates that our sense of self is becoming more and more complex with links not only to other humans but also to nature, art, and intelligence. No matter how the terminology changes, the essence—empathy—remains the same and holds the key not only for our survival, but also for that of our world.

Our changing vocabulary for shared identity indicates that our sense of self is becoming more and more complex with links not only to other humans but also to nature, art, and intelligence. No matter how the terminology changes, the essence—empathy—remains the same and holds the key not only for our survival, but also for that of our world.