Home Economics Leadership and Philosophy
Select from this list of the research papers Dr. McGregor has worked on in this field.
NOTE: Your computer should have a .pdf reader, such as Adobe Acrobat to view or download the files.
Please consult the Keynote section for additional papers on home economics philosophy.
2023- The philosophy of integration: Historical heritage, compromised ideal
2023 - Professional Accountability
2022 - Justifying home economics: Fight the right war
2022 - Principle-based practice
2022 - Where visions meet: Ellen Swallow Richards and Maria Montessori (with Gail Longo)
2022 - Women’s role in nation building: Socialising Saudi female preservice teachers to leadership roles
2022 - Undergraduate Students’ Research Identity and Research Culture: Professional Commentary
2022 - How educational philosophies shape family and consumer sciences and home economics education: A commentary
2022 - Curriculum as a home economics construct
2022 - Decolonizing home economists’ minds: A commentary
2022 - Sustaining homes and families for the good of humanity: A commentary
2022 - How educational philosophies shape family and consumer sciences and home economics education: A commentary
2021 - Existential family well-being
2021 - A caring professional continuum: Home economics working through families
2021 - Meme Uptake Strategy for Re-invigorating Home Economics: HEcMeme
2021 - Rhetorical literacy: Strengthening our voice for families
2020 - Enticing young professionals to sustain the profession: The role of professional associations
2020 - Wellness and well-being: Decade review of AAFCS’ journals (2009-2019) (2020 penultimate version)
2020 - Home ecology to home economics and beyond: Ellen Swallow Richards’ disciplinary contributions
2020 - Engaging home economics through philosophical ideas
2019 - The power of a home economics professional identity and professionalism
2019 - Home Economics Contributions to National Development
2019 - Valuing the holistic approach
2019 - Paradigms and normativity
2019 - Conceptual change during the professional socialization process
2018 - Home economics baby boomer professors in retirement: An inaugural study
2016 - Exploring modality in home economics discourse
2016 - Conceptualizing home and household
2016 - Transformative Table Talk
2015 - Complexity thinking, integral thinking, and the human condition
2015 - Existentialism and home economics In Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
Existentialism and home economics
2014 - Resistance to Philosophy (IFHE 2014)
2014 - Resistance to Philosophy (IFHE 2014) - SLIDE DECK
2014 - A look inside the new book Creating Home Economics Futures
2014 - Abductive Reasoning at Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
2014 - Marjorie Brown's Philosophical Legacy at Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
2012 - Everyday life: A home economics concept
2012 - with Vija Dislere (Latvia), Home economics philosophy in Latvia
2012 - The role of philosophy in home economics
Intellectual Showcasing: Articulating the Thinking Behind our Practice
Critical discourse analysis: A primer Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, 15(1)
Spiritual well-being
Human, family and social development (ECO) article
Home Economists Perceptions of International Development
Home Economic Paradigms
Understanding Home Economics Lingo
Home economics Leadership (Stephen Covey's model)
2012 - Home Economics Holomovement, Docent Lecture, University of Helsinki
2011 - Home economics as an integrated, holistic system: Revisiting Bubolz and Sontag's 1988 human ecology approach.
2011 - The Wilberian Integral Approach (KON Working Paper)
2011 - Home economics in higher education: Pre-professional socialization
2010 - Integral leadership and practice: Beyond holistic integration
2010 - Name changes and future-proofing the profession
2010 - Defogging the professional, philosophical mirror (International Journal of Home Economics)
2009 - International Conceptualizations of a 21st Century Vision for the Profession
International Conceptualizations of a 21st Century Vision for the Profession (2009)
2009 - Becoming family literate: A new construct and platform for practice (2009)
2009 - Historical presence of home economics in IJCS
2009 - Preserving Integrity during university program changes
International Journal of Home Economics, 2(1) 15-29
2009 - Meta-review of Home Ec. book reviews in the IJCS
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 33(4), 515-520
2009 - A millennial recruitment and retention blueprint for home economics professional associations
Posted with permission of the International Journal of Home Economics, IFHE
2009 - Integral Metatheory for Home Economics (FCS) Practice
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 38(2), 142-157
2008 - Choosing our future: Ideologies matter in the home economics profession
2007 - Professional Competency Domains for Home Economics
2004 Self-identifying as a home economist: Typology of home economics styles 2004 Self-identifying as a home economist
2004 - A Satire: Confessions of recovering home economists
This paper was co-written by me and 10 authors from around the world. It is radical and we welcome the dialogue that will stem from this!
2004 - Philosophical Well-being
Next practice innovations in family and consumer sciences
Re-envisioning basic human needs in the AAFCS Body of Knowledge
Postmodernism and home economics
The promise of integral-informed FCS practice
Quality of Living, Standard of Living and Well-being
NOTE: Your computer should have a .pdf reader, such as Adobe Acrobat to view or download the files.
Please consult the Keynote section for additional papers on home economics philosophy.
2025 Understanding ignorance as it informs family and consumer sciences’ future
2024 - Home economics 5.0: In readiness for Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0
2023 - Nonviolent approach to justifying home economics
2023 - Family financial literacy and national development: A family social institution perspective
2023 - Further thoughts on FCS and Montessori collaboration (with Gail Longo)
2023 - Ethical considerations in research about organizations: Compendium of strategies
2023- The philosophy of integration: Historical heritage, compromised ideal
2023 - Professional Accountability
2022 - Justifying home economics: Fight the right war
2022 - Principle-based practice
2022 - Where visions meet: Ellen Swallow Richards and Maria Montessori (with Gail Longo)
2022 - Women’s role in nation building: Socialising Saudi female preservice teachers to leadership roles
2022 - Undergraduate Students’ Research Identity and Research Culture: Professional Commentary
2022 - How educational philosophies shape family and consumer sciences and home economics education: A commentary
2022 - Curriculum as a home economics construct
2022 - Decolonizing home economists’ minds: A commentary
2022 - Sustaining homes and families for the good of humanity: A commentary
2022 - How educational philosophies shape family and consumer sciences and home economics education: A commentary
2021 - Existential family well-being
2021 - A caring professional continuum: Home economics working through families
2021 - Meme Uptake Strategy for Re-invigorating Home Economics: HEcMeme
2021 - Rhetorical literacy: Strengthening our voice for families
2020 - Enticing young professionals to sustain the profession: The role of professional associations
2020 - Wellness and well-being: Decade review of AAFCS’ journals (2009-2019) (2020 penultimate version)
2020 - Home ecology to home economics and beyond: Ellen Swallow Richards’ disciplinary contributions
2020 - Engaging home economics through philosophical ideas
2019 - The power of a home economics professional identity and professionalism
2019 - Home Economics Contributions to National Development
2019 - Valuing the holistic approach
2019 - Paradigms and normativity
2019 - Conceptual change during the professional socialization process
2018 - Home economics baby boomer professors in retirement: An inaugural study
2016 - Exploring modality in home economics discourse
2016 - Conceptualizing home and household
2016 - Transformative Table Talk
2015 - Complexity thinking, integral thinking, and the human condition
2015 - Existentialism and home economics In Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
Existentialism and home economics
2014 - Resistance to Philosophy (IFHE 2014)
2014 - Resistance to Philosophy (IFHE 2014) - SLIDE DECK
2014 - A look inside the new book Creating Home Economics Futures
2014 - Abductive Reasoning at Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
2014 - Marjorie Brown's Philosophical Legacy at Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM
2012 - Everyday life: A home economics concept
2012 - with Vija Dislere (Latvia), Home economics philosophy in Latvia
2012 - The role of philosophy in home economics
Intellectual Showcasing: Articulating the Thinking Behind our Practice
Critical discourse analysis: A primer Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, 15(1)
Spiritual well-being
Human, family and social development (ECO) article
Home Economists Perceptions of International Development
Home Economic Paradigms
Understanding Home Economics Lingo
Home economics Leadership (Stephen Covey's model)
2012 - Home Economics Holomovement, Docent Lecture, University of Helsinki
2011 - Home economics as an integrated, holistic system: Revisiting Bubolz and Sontag's 1988 human ecology approach.
2011 - The Wilberian Integral Approach (KON Working Paper)
2011 - Home economics in higher education: Pre-professional socialization
2010 - Integral leadership and practice: Beyond holistic integration
2010 - Name changes and future-proofing the profession
2010 - Defogging the professional, philosophical mirror (International Journal of Home Economics)
2009 - International Conceptualizations of a 21st Century Vision for the Profession
International Conceptualizations of a 21st Century Vision for the Profession (2009)
2009 - Becoming family literate: A new construct and platform for practice (2009)
2009 - Historical presence of home economics in IJCS
2009 - Preserving Integrity during university program changes
International Journal of Home Economics, 2(1) 15-29
2009 - Meta-review of Home Ec. book reviews in the IJCS
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 33(4), 515-520
2009 - A millennial recruitment and retention blueprint for home economics professional associations
Posted with permission of the International Journal of Home Economics, IFHE
2009 - Integral Metatheory for Home Economics (FCS) Practice
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 38(2), 142-157
2008 - Choosing our future: Ideologies matter in the home economics profession
2007 - Professional Competency Domains for Home Economics
2004 Self-identifying as a home economist: Typology of home economics styles 2004 Self-identifying as a home economist
2004 - A Satire: Confessions of recovering home economists
This paper was co-written by me and 10 authors from around the world. It is radical and we welcome the dialogue that will stem from this!
2004 - Philosophical Well-being
Next practice innovations in family and consumer sciences
Re-envisioning basic human needs in the AAFCS Body of Knowledge
Postmodernism and home economics
The promise of integral-informed FCS practice
Quality of Living, Standard of Living and Well-being