2025-2026 Big Thought Series

Speaker

Dr. Dianna Terrell
Saint Anselm College, Education Department

Public Education in the Old Northwest: "Necessary to Good Government and the Happiness of Mankind"
Carl F. Kaestle
Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 84, No. 1, The Northwest Ordinance (March 1988), pp. 60-74
Education, Happiness and Wellbeing
Alex C. Michalos
Social Indicators Research, Vol. 87, No. 3 (Jul., 2008), pp. 347-366
Education and the Pursuit of Happiness: John Dewey's Sympathetic Character
Sam Stack
Journal of Thought, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Summer 1996), pp. 25-35
Education and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis
Robert A. Witter, Morris A. Okun, William A. Stock, Marilyn J. Haring
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1984), pp. 165-173
Spreading Happiness: A Preschool Classroom in Washington, DC, Investigates Citizenship and Makes a Statement—“Be Happy!”
Georgina Ardalan
YC Young Children, Vol. 72, No. 2 (May 2017), pp. 64-71
Does Higher Education Increase Hedonic and Eudaimonic Happiness?
Nikolaev, B. (2018). Does Higher Education Increase Hedonic and Eudaimonic Happiness? Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(2), 483-504.