Diane Larsen-Freeman: Seven Personal Vignettes of the Person and the Scholar

Abstract

This personal account narrates seven instances in which the author encountered Diane Larsen-Freeman as a person and scholar, and how those two identities are integrated in her work. As in many scholarly lives, these meetings were virtual (through the medium of print), vicarious (observations from a distance during conferences and summer institutes), and face-to-face. The common thread running through all these experiences has been Diane's generosity, wisdom, and positive power as a human being, and how her scholarship has been permeated by that humanity.