Donald Elmer Polkinghorne (November 8, 1936–January 17, 2018)^[1] was an American scholar and psychotherapist known for his contributions tonarrative inquiry. He was anemeritus professor and Chair of Counseling Psychology at theUSC Rossier School of Education, at theUniversity of Southern California.

In 1975, Polkinghorne became the academic dean for The Saybrook Institute. He became the institute's president the following year and remained in the position for a decade.^[1]

Polkinghorne taught counseling atCalifornia State University, Fullerton for three years before transferring to theUniversity of Southern California, where he taught until his retirement in 2005. Three years later, he began teaching in the media psychology program atFielding Graduate University, holding a faculty position until his death in 2018.^[1]

• Polkinghorne, Donald (1983).Methodology for the Human Sciences: Systems of Inquiry. Albany:State University of New York Press.ISBN 978-0-87395-663-5.^[2]
• Polkinghorne, Donald E. (1988).Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences. Albany:State University of New York Press.ISBN 978-0-88706-623-8.^[3][4][5]
• Polkinghorne, Donald (2004).Practice and the Human Sciences: The Case for a Judgment-Based Practice of Care. Albany:State University of New York Press.ISBN 978-0-7914-6199-0.^[6][7][8]

• 1936 births
• 2018 deaths
• California State University, Fullerton faculty
• Fielding Graduate University faculty
• Qualitative research
• University of Southern California faculty

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