The interplay of personal, professional and field development: a dialogue with K. Peter Kuchinke

Abstract

This article contains a conversation with K. Peter Kuchinke, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The aim is to reflect upon factors that influenced his professional and personal development and his life experiences as lens to understand his contributions and the field. For the past 30 years, his career has focused on HRD research and scholarly practice. He has published over 150 refereed articles and book chapters, and lectures widely on issues of HRD, leadership and career studies in the United States and abroad. He served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of HRD as VP of Research from 2000 to 2004, was Proceedings Editor for the US conference in 1997–2000 and served for HRDI as Associate Editor, General Editor and Editor-in-Chief from 2002 to 2009. Currently, he is the President-Elected of the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education (UCWHRE) and one of 25 North American PromoDoc Ambassadors for the European Commission Education and Training, Erasmus Mundus Program. The conversation considers the influence of his life experiences in Germany and the United States on his professional career, and his reflections about the trade-offs, meanings and dynamics between life and work in the context of HRD research and practice.

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