Parallel Lives: A Novel Way to Learn Thinking and Writing

by James Wallace

Written for a core course on critical thinking, this novel. deals with realistic issues of college life. The fictional. characters engage in critical thinking--making sound judge-. ments about events occurring on the college campus. An. extensive list of questions at the end of the book invites. students to think about the various issues that arise in. the novel.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

James I. Wallace, Ph.D., has spent his career practicing as a clinical psychologist, educational psychologist, and sport psychologist. He has practiced golf a lot, too, with little success. He has earned his knowledge of aikido by serving as the chief instructor (Sensei) of two dojos in Southern California and one in Ithaca, NY, before running the Colgate University Aikido Club in Hamilton, NY, the past quarter of a century. He lives there with his wife, Colgate University Professor Ann Jane Tierney, and he teaches P.E. courses in wellness, as well. They have two young adult daughters, Jasmine and Gemma, striving to live well in Virginia and Colorado, respectively.

In addition to his more recent book, Holy Rollers, Dr. Wallace is the author of a nonfiction book about the physical and mental aspects of athletics, [Book:On Target: Comparative Challenges of Sports & Games|31917960], along with several magazine articles about aikido.