[Xmca-l] Re: Vera John-Steiner has passed away

[Natalia Gajdamaschko]

Vera's passing profoundly saddens me. My deepest sympathy for Vera's family, her daughter, and her grandchildren.  
But also deepest condolences to all of us, her colleagues, her students and her friends.  She will be fondly remembered by lots of us. 
Natalia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike cole" <mcole@ucsd.edu>
To: "Andy Blunden" <ablunden@mira.net>, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:09:46 PM
Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Vera John-Steiner has passed away

Vera has been a special person in my life for more than
40 years. She was one of the first colleagues to seek to educate me in
Vygotsky's ideas and a constant source of inspiration in my teaching. I
fear I never met up to her standards as a pupil, but I am certain that not
only I, but many many others, benefited from her tireless efforts.

She remains a standard to try to live up to. And, lucky for us,
her legacy survives in the work of her colleagues, students, and the many
outstanding publications she has bequeathed us.

:..-((

mike



On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> I am sad to hear of Vera's passing as well. I never met her
> personally, but I was privileged to collaborate with Vera in
> the exploration of collaboration, an aspect of human life
> which Vera championed and for which she will be forever
> remembered.
>
> Andy
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Andy Blunden
> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
> On 8/12/2017 10:11 AM, Kris Gutierrez wrote:
> > My heart is heavy.  With love, appreciation, admiration, and respect,
> for a giant in our field, who was as generous, inclusive, and kind, as she
> was brilliant.  So grateful to have had the opportunity to know and learn
> from her across various spaces.   Selfishly, I was sad I didn’t get a
> response to my recent message to her.  Of course, the point was to let her
> know again how we all felt about her and her contribution.  Love and
> strength to her family and loved ones. May our community continue to learn
> from her humanity.   Kris
> >
> > (excuse typos)
> >
> > Kris D. Gutiérrez
> > Carol Liu Professor
> > Graduate School of Education
> > Prolepsis Design Collaborative
> > Member, National Academy of Education
> > University of California, Berkeley
> > 5629 Tolman Hall
> > Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
> > gutierrkd@berkeley.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 7, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear XMCA Family,
> >>
> >> Our beloved Vera John-Steiner died last night very shortly after she
> >> experienced a stroke.
> >> She had posted to this site on 11/25/17.  We will send more information
> and
> >> an obituary as
> >> it becomes available.  Attached is the last "letter" from
> >> *Constructing a Community of Thought:Letters on the Scholarship,
> Teaching,
> >> and Mentoring of Vera John-Steiner *(2013).
> >> In this piece, we sought to synthesize all the wonderful contributions
> >> from so many of her friends, collaborators and students from the book
> >> mentioned above.
> >>
> >> Warmest condolences to her family and to all her knew and loved her.
> >> *Robert Lake*
> >> <Constructing a Community of Thought Last Letter.pdf>
> >
> >
>
>


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