Joi Carr is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at Pepperdine University, Seaver College, and serves as the Director of Film Studies and the Director of the Multicultural Theatre Project. She received her PhD in English and film from Claremont Graduate University.

Contents: Encountering Self - Encountering Texts: Rationale and Method - The University: Work Toward Wholeness? (In)Beyond the Classroom: Transformative Learning - Hans-Georg Gadamer's Hermeneutics as Framework - «Minority» Literature as Decentering Frame - Praxis Matters: Embodying Texts. Theatre as Method for Encounter - Project Description and Overview - MTP Praxis: Medium for Encounter - Developing Story, Developing Students as Texts - Developing Story: Sample Playwriting - Arts-Based Critical Pedagogy: Strategies for the Classroom - Discovering Through Assessment.