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Darcia Narvaez
Professor of Psychology Emerita, University of Notre Dame
President, Kindred World
Host of EvolvedNest.org
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University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN 46637
Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Phone: 574-243-7874
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Websites: http://www.nd.edu/~dnarvaez/ ; www.DarciaNarvaez.com H-index: 60+2 (GoogleScholar)
EDUCATION
University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado): B.A. cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honors; Majors: Music and Spanish; Minor: Psychology
Luther Northwestern Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota): Master of Divinity, 1984
University of Minnesota (MPLS, MN), Educational Psychology: Foundations; Minor: Cognitive Science; Ph.D., 1993
PRIMARY POSITIONS
Primary and Secondary Teacher (music), Brent School, Baguio City, Philippines
Primary and Secondary Teacher (music), Roseville, Minnesota
Organist, Peace Lutheran Church, Lauderdale, Minnesota
Business Owner and Teacher, E-Span Language Services, St. Paul, Minnesota
Human Resource Developer, Minnesota Migrant Council, St. Paul, Minnesota
Program Coordinator, Hispanic Motivation Program,
Hispanic Women’s Development Corporation
(in cooperation with the College of St. Catherine), St. Paul, Minnesota
Secondary Teacher (Spanish), The Blake School, Hopkins, Minnesota
Center for the Study of Ethical Development, University of Minnesota: Research Assistant; Research Associate; Executive Associate; Executive Director
University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development: Assistant Professor (non-regular); Assistant Professor of Teacher Education & Multicultural Education; Associate Professor, Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Psychology
University of Notre Dame
Associate Professor, Psychology
Executive Fellow, College of Arts and Letters
Executive Director, Center for Ethical Education; Executive Director, Collaborative for Ethical Education
Professor, Psychology
Senior Assistant Provost for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Psychology Emerita: 2020-present
DISTINCTIONS, HONORS, AWARDS SINCE 2000
Identified in top 2% of scientists worldwide in a recent analysis of 8 million scientists around the world
2017 Expanded Reason Award for book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality University Francisco de Vitoria & Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 1: General; 15: Educational Psychology, 3: Experimental
Fellow, American Educational Research Association
Book Award for Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality American Educational Research Association, Moral Development and Education
2015 William James Book Award for Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality
Book Awards for Personality, Character and Identity: Explorations in Moral Psychology, Handbook of Moral and Character Education, Moral Development, Self and Identity from American Educational Research Association, Moral Development and Education
Tied for 11th place ranking for most productive educational psychologist in field from 1997-2001(according to alternative assessment in Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 29)
Ranked 13th most productive educational psychologist in field from 1997-2001 (according to assessment in Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 28)
Book Awards for Postconventional Moral Thinking: American Educational Research Association, Moral Development and Education; American Educational Research Association, Division I
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Narvaez, D., & Bradshaw, G.A. (2023). The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way Of Raising Children And Creating Connected Communities. North Atlantic Books.
Tope, W., & Narvaez, D. (2022). Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Re-balancing Life on Planet Earth. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.
Snow, N., & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (2019). Self, motivation and virtue: Interdisciplinary perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Deane-Drummond, C., Stapleford, T.A., & Narvaez, D. (2019). Practicing science: Virtues, values, and the good life. Notre Dame, IN: Center for Theology, Science and Human Flourishing. Available at https://virtueandthepracticeofscience.pressbooks.com/
Narvaez, D., Four Arrows, Halton, E., Collier, B., Enderle, G. (Eds.) (2019). Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-how for Global Flourishing. New York: Peter Lang.
Narvaez, D. (Ed.) (2018). Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Narvaez, D. (2016). Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination. New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Narvaez, D., Braungart-Rieker, J., Miller, L., Gettler, L., & Hastings, P. (Eds.). (2016). Contexts for young child flourishing: Evolution, family and society. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Annas, J., Narvaez, D., & Snow, N. (Eds.). (2016). Developing the virtues: Integrating perspectives. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2014). Neurobiology and the development of human morality: Evolution, culture and wisdom. New York, NY: W.W. Norton.
Narvaez, D., Valentino, K., McKenna, J., Fuentes, A., & Gray, P. (Eds.) (2014). Ancestral landscapes in human evolution: Culture, childrearing and social wellbeing. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Nucci, L., Narvaez, D., & Krettenauer, T. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook of moral and character education (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Narvaez, D., Panksepp, J., Schore, A., & Gleason, T. (Eds.) (2013). Evolution, early experience and human development: From research to practice and policy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (Eds.) (2009). Personality, identity, and character: Explorations in moral psychology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 4: Ethical Action. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.
Narvaez, D. & Bock, T. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 2: Ethical Judgment. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.
Narvaez, D., & Endicott, L. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 1: Ethical Sensitivity. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.
Narvaez, D. & Lies, J. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 3: Ethical Motivation. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.
Nucci, L. P., & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of moral and character education. New York, NY: Routledge.
Power, F. C., Nuzzi, R. J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D. K., & Hunt, T. C. (Eds.). (2008). Moral education: A Handbook (Vols. 1-2). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Lapsley, D.K., & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (2004). Moral development, self and identity: Essays in honor of Augusto Blasi. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Rest, J. R., Narvaez, D., Bebeau, M., & Thoma, S. (1999). Postconventional moral thinking: A neo-Kohlbergian approach. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Rest, J.R. & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (1994). Moral development in the professions: Psychology and applied ethics. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS (reverse chronology; articles listed first, then chapters)
2024
Narvaez, D. (2024). Returning to evolved nestedness, wellbeing, and mature human nature, an ecological imperative. Review of General Psychology, 28(2), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268023122403
2023
Tarsha, M., & Narvaez, D. (2023). The Evolved Nest, oxytocin functioning and prosocial development. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1113944. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1113944
Devonshire, J.M., & Narvaez, D. (2023). Childhood and adulthood predictors of critical consciousness. Social Justice Review, 36, 160–191.
*Tarsha, M.S., & Narvaez, D. (2023). The developmental neurobiology of moral mindsets: Basic needs and childhood experience. In M. Berg & E. Chang (Eds.), Motivation & morality: A biopsychosocial approach (pp. 187–204). APA Books.
*Narvaez, D. (2023). Wellness-Informed Classrooms with Sustaining Climates Foster Compassionate Morality. In T. Lovat (Ed.), International handbook of values education and student wellbeing, 2nd ed. (pp. 129-146). Routledge.
2022
Tarsha, M. S., & Narvaez, D. (2022). Effects of adverse childhood experience on physiological regulation are moderated by evolved developmental niche history. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 35(4):488-500. DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2021.1989419
Narvaez, D. (2022). Human morality: Love or fear, partnership or domination. Journal of Partnership Studies, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v9i2.5014
Narvaez, D. (2022). First friendships: Foundations for peace. Peace Review Special Issue on Friendship, Peace and Social Justice, 34(3), 377-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2022.2092398
Narvaez, D., Moore, D.S., Witherington, D.C., Vandiver, T.I., & Lickliter, R. (2022). Evolving evolutionary psychology. American Psychologist, 77(3), 424–438. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000849
Narvaez, D. (2022). Beyond trauma-informed: Returning to indigenous, wellness-informed practices. International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology, 11(1). Available at: https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol11-no1/beyond-trauma-informed-returning-to-indigenous-wellness-informed-practices/ https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol11-no1/beyond-trauma-informed-returning-to-indigenous-wellness-informed-practices/
Tarsha, M., & Narvaez, D. (2022). The Evolved Developmental Niche and the neurobiology of spiritual development. In A. Kuusisto (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of the place of religion in early childhood education (136-148). Routledge.
Narvaez, D. (2022). The moral education needed today: Decolonizing childhood and reconnecting children. In R. S. Webster, T. Airaksinen, P. Batra, & M. Kozhevnikova (Eds.), Humanizing education in the 3rd millennium (pp. 95-104). Singapore: Springer Nature.
2021
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Tarsha, M., Woodbury, R., Cheng, A., Wang, L. (2021). Sociomoral temperament: A mediator between wellbeing and social outcomes in young children. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5111. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.742199
Tarsha, M., & Narvaez, D. (2021). Effects of adverse childhood experience on physiological regulation are moderated by evolved developmental niche history. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2021.1989419
Gleason, T., Tarsha, M.S., Narvaez, D., Kurth, A. (2021). Opportunities for free play and young children’s autonomic regulation. Developmental Psychobiology. Online July 1, 2021: https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22134
Christen, M., Narvaez, D., Zenk, J.D., Villano, V., Crowell, C.R., & Moore, D.R. (2021). Trolley dilemma in the sky: Context matters when civilians and cadets make remotely piloted aircraft decisions. PLoS ONE, 16(3), e0247273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247273
Kurth, A., Kohn, R., Bae, A., & Narvaez, D. (2021). Non-Indigenous need to relearn their ancestral knowledge of ecological attachment. Ecopsychology, 13(1), 68–69. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2020.0067
Narvaez, D. (2021). Species-typical phronesis for a living planet. In M. De Caro & M.S. Vaccarezza (Eds.), Practical Wisdom: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives (pp. 160-180). London: Routledge.
Narvaez, D., & Tarsha, M. (2021). The missing mind: Contrasting civilization with non-civilization development and functioning. In T. Henley & M. Rossano (Eds.), Psychology and cognitive archaeology: An Interdisciplinary approach to the study of the human mind (pp. 55-69). London: Routledge.
Narvaez, D. (2021). The Evolved Nest, virtue and vice. In E. Harcourt (Ed.) Attachment and Character Attachment Theory, Ethics, and the Developmental Psychology of Vice and Virtue (pp. 87-104). London: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Bock, T., de Souza, L.K., dos Santos Martínez, S.B. (2021). Promoção do Caráter Moral e da Expertise Ética: O Modelo RAVES [Promoting moral character and ethical expertise though the RAVES model]. In Reppold, C. T., & Hutz, C. S. (Eds.), Intervenções em Psicologia Positiva na área da Educação [Positive Psychology Interventions in Education]. São Paulo: Editora Vetor.
Narvaez, D. (2021). Growing, Living and Being Rightly In R. Tweedy (Ed.), The divided therapist: Hemispheric difference and contemporary psychotherapy (pp. 228-236). London: Karnac Books.
Narvaez, D. (2021). Foreword: Embracing Mother. In I. Gucciardi, The new return to the Great Mother.
2020
Narvaez, D. (2020). Moral education in a time of human ecological devastation. Journal of Moral Education,50(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2020.1781067
Narvaez, D. (2020). Ecocentrism: Resetting baselines for virtue development. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 23, 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-020-10091-2
Kurth, A., Kohn, R., Bae, A., & Narvaez, D. (2020). Kurth et al 2020 Indigenous Nature Connection pub, Ecopsychology, 12(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2019.0038
Narvaez, D., & Duckett, L. (2020). Ethics in early life care and lactation practice. Journal of Human Lactation. 36, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890334419888454
- Special Issue editor: Narvaez, D., & Duckett, L. (Eds., 2020). Journal of Human Lactation, 36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890334419888454
Narvaez, D., Kurth, A., & Tarsha, M. (2020). The centrality of mothering for human flourishing. In E. Shadmi & K. Kailo (Eds.), Matriarchal values, free maternal gift-giving and child-rearing. Essays in honor of Genevieve Vaughan (161-171). Finland: Kaarina Kailo.
Tarsha, M.S., & Narvaez, D. (2020). Raising Virtuous Children: Children’s basic needs and the evolved nest. In G. Popcak (Ed.), Renewing Catholic Family Life (pp. 235-268). Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
Lapsley, D., Reilly, T., & Narvaez, D. (2020). Children’s moral development. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Moral Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2020). Foreword. In Four Arrows, The Red Road: Linking diversity and inclusion initiatives to Indigenous worldview. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Kurth, A., Narvaez, D., & Tarsha, M. (2020). Meeting basic needs and getting kinds on track to fulfill their potential. In T. Tsyrlina-Spady & P. Renn (Eds.), Nurture, care, respect, and trust transformative pedagogy inspired by Janusz Korczak (pp. 115-126). Gorham, ME: Myers Education Press.
Bock, T., Narvaez, D., Singh, R., & Tarsha, M. (2020). Guiding children for virtue. In T. Tsyrlina-Spady & P. Renn (Eds.), Nurture, care, respect, and trust transformative pedagogy inspired by Janusz Korczak (pp. 247-260). Gorham, ME: Myers Education Press.
Mrkva, K., & Narvaez, D. (2020). Moral psychology and the cultural outgroup. In B. Zizek & H.N. Piepenbring (Eds.), Formen der aneignung des Fremden [Ways of approaching the strange] (pp. 97-112). Heidelberg Germany: Universitatsverlag.
2019
Special Issue editor: Narvaez, D., & Snow, N. (Eds.). (2019). Self, motivation and virtue. Journal of Moral Education (48)1.
Narvaez, D., & Snow, N. (Eds.). (2019). Self, motivation and virtue: An introduction. Journal of Moral Education, 48(1), 1-6.
Gleason, T., & Narvaez, D. (2019). Beyond resilience to thriving: Optimizing child wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(4), 60-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v9i4.987
Tarsha, M. S., & Narvaez, D. (2019). The Evolved Nest and self-regulation: Linking free play with vagal tone in young children. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology 52nd Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Tarsha, M., & Narvaez, D. (2019). The Evolved Nest: A partnership system that fosters child wellbeing. International Journal of Partnership Studies, 6(3). Open access: doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v6i3.2244
Narvaez, D. (2019). Baselines for human morality should include species typicality, inheritances, culture, practice and ecological attachment (Commentary on J. May book, Regard for reason in the moral mind). Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 42, e163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002625
Narvaez, D., Wang, L., Cheng, A., Gleason, T., Woodbury, R., Kurth, A., & Lefever, J.B. (2019). The importance of early life touch for psychosocial and moral development. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 32:16 (open access). doi.org/10.1186/s41155-019-0129-0
Tarsha, M., & Narvaez, D. (2019). Early life experience and aggression. Peace Studies Review, 32)1), 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2019.1613591
Narvaez, D., Woodbury, R., Gleason, T., Kurth, A., Cheng, A., Wang, L., Deng, L., Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, E., Christen, M., & Näpflin, C. (2019). Evolved Development Niche Provision: Moral socialization, social maladaptation and social thriving in three countries. Sage Open, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019840123
Reilly, T., & Narvaez, D. (2019). Virtue and the scientific researcher: Morality, wisdom and climate. In C. Deane-Drummond, T. Stapleford & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Practicing science: Virtues, values, and the good life. Pressbooks.
Narvaez, D. (2019). Reclaiming awe for the right things. In C. Deane-Drummond, T. Stapleford, & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Practicing science: Virtues, values, and the good life (pp. 142-149). Notre Dame, IN: Center for Theology, Science and Human Flourishing. Available at https://virtueandthepracticeofscience.pressbooks.com/
*Narvaez, D. (2019). Moral development and moral values: Evolutionary and neurobiological influences. I. In D. P. McAdams, R. L. Shiner, & J. L. Tackett (Eds.), Handbook of personality (pp. 345-363). New York, NY: Guilford. LINK
*Narvaez, D. (2019). In search of baselines: Why psychology needs cognitive archaeology. In T. Henley, M. Rossano & E. Kardas (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology: A Psychological Framework. London: Routledge. LINK
Narvaez, D. (2019). Evolution, childhood and the moral self. In R. Gipps & M. Lacewing (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy and psychoanalysis (pp. 637-659). London: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198789703.013.39
Narvaez, D., Four Arrows, Halton, E., Collier, B., Enderle, G., & Nozick, R. (2019). People and planet in need of sustainable wisdom. In Narvaez, D., Four Arrows, Halton, E., Collier, B., Enderle, G. (Eds.), Indigenous sustainable wisdom: First Nation knowhow for global flourishing (pp. 1-24). New York: Peter Lang.
Narvaez, D. (2019). Original practices for becoming and being human. In Narvaez, D., Four Arrows, Halton, E., Collier, B., Enderle, G. (Eds.), Indigenous sustainable wisdom: First Nation knowhow for global flourishing (pp. 90-110). New York: Peter Lang.
2018
Narvaez, D., & Witherington, D. (2018). Getting to baselines for human nature, development and wellbeing. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 6 (1), 205-213. OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.1037/arc0000053
Witherington, D., Overton, W., Lickliter, R., Marshall, P., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Metatheories and conceptual confusions in developmental science.. Human Development, 61:181–198. DOI:10.1159/000490160
Reilly, T., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Character, virtue and science: Linking psychological and philosophical views. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 5, 51-79. https://doi.org/10.1628/ptsc-2018-0005
Narvaez, D. (2018). The neurobiological bases of human moralities: Civilization’s misguided moral development. In C. Harding (Ed.), Dissecting the Superego: Moralities Under the Psychoanalytic Microscope (pp. 60-75). London: Routledge.
Kurth, A., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Children’s developing morality. In J. Delafield-Butt, A-W. Dunlop & C. Trevarthen (Eds.), The Child’s Curriculum: Working with the natural values of young children (pp. 104-125). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2018). The Developmental Niche for Peace. In P. Verbeek & B. Peters (Eds.), Peace ethology, behavioral processes and systems of peace (pp. 95-112). Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell. LINK
Narvaez, D. (2018). Ethogenesis: Evolution, early experience and moral becoming. In J. Graham & K. Gray (Eds.), The Atlas of Moral Psychology (pp. 451-464). New York, NY: Guilford Press. LINK
Narvaez, D. (2018). Social development. In T. Shackleford & V. Weekes-Shackleford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (online source). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2394-1
Stotz, K., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Niche. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (online source). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1554-1
Narvaez, D., & Noble, R. (2018). The notion of basic needs. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 1-15). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Noble, R., Kurth, A., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Measuring basic needs satisfaction and its relation to health and wellbeing. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 17-49). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Noble, R., Kurth, A., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Basic needs satisfaction and its relation to childhood experience. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 51-89). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Kurth, A., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Basic needs satisfaction and its relation to socio-morality capacities and behavior. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 91-133). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Narvaez, D. (2018). Basic needs and fulfilling human potential. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 135-161). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Narvaez, D. (2018). Epilogue: The future of basic needs fulfillment. In D. Narvaez (Ed.), Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (pp. 163-166). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
2017
Christen, M., Narvaez, D., & Gutzwiller, E. (2017). Comparing and integrating biological and cultural moral progress. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 20: 55. https://doi:10.1007/s10677-016-9773-y LINK
Thandeka, & Narvaez, D. (2017). Neurobiology, emotions and faith. Ethics: Contemporary Perspectives, 4, 19-46.
Narvaez, D. (2017). Getting back on track to being human. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 4(1), March 2, 2017. OPEN ACCESS DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v4i1.151
Narvaez, D. (2017). The ontogenesis of human moral becoming. In A. Fuentes & A. Visala (Eds.), Verbs, bones and brains: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Nature (pp. 114-121). Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
*Narvaez, D. (2017). Are we losing it? Darwin’s moral sense and the importance of early experience. In. R. Joyce (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy (pp. 322-332). London: Routledge. LINK
Narvaez, D. (2017). Evolution, childrearing and compassionate morality. In Paul Gilbert (Ed.), Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (pp. 78-186). London: Routledge. LINK
Narvaez, D. (2017). Educación ética integrativa: los componentes del conocimiento experto, la comunidad y las virtudes [Integrative Ethical Education: The components of expert knowledge, community and virtue]. In B. Garcia Cabrero & J. B. Barba Casillas (Eds.), Construcción de la educación ciudadana: Miradas contemporáneas y retos futuros [Constructing citizenship education: Contemporary views and future challenges] (pp. 209-222). Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico.
*Junkins, T., & Narvaez, D. (2017). The development of virtuous habits. In G. Peterson & J. van Slyke (Ed.), Habits in Mind: Integrating theology, philosophy, and the cognitive science of virtue, emotion, and character formation (pp. 91-116) Leiden: Brill Publishing.
2016
Narvaez, D., Wang, L, & Cheng, A. (2016). Evolved Developmental Niche History: Relation to adult psychopathology and morality. Applied Developmental Science, 20(4), 294-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2015.1128835
Thoma, S.J., Bebeau, M.J., & Narvaez, D. (2016). How not to evaluate a psychological measure: Rebuttal to criticism of the Defining Issus Test of moral judgment development by Curzer and colleagues. Theory and Research in Education, 14(2), 241 – 249. Published online before print March 1, 2016, https://dx.doi:10.1177/1477878516635365
Christen, M., Tanner, C., Narvaez, D., & Ott, T. (2016). Using Thesaurus-based value maps to reveal semantic structures of cultural moral differences. Cognitive Systems Research, 40, 59–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003
Balakrishnan, V., & Narvaez, D. (2016). A reconceptualization of Vygotsky’s ZPD into ZCD in teaching moral education in secondary schools using real-life dilemmas. Cogent Education, 3(1), 1142925. http://cogentoa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1142925
Narvaez, D. (2016). Kohlberg Memorial Lecture 2015: Revitalizing human virtue by restoring organic morality. Journal of Moral Education, 45(3), 223-238. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03057240.2016.1167029 LINK
Narvaez, D. (2016). Reply: Returning to humanity’s moral heritages. Journal of Moral Education, 45(3), 256-260. http://dx.doi.org.proxy.library.nd.edu/10.1080/03057240.2016.1167030
Narvaez, D. (2016). Goodness, survival and flourishing. Philosophical News, 12, 56-64.
Narvaez, D. (2016). Baselines for Virtue. In J. Annas, D. Narvaez, & N. Snow (Eds.), Developing the virtues: Integrating perspectives (pp. 14-33). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. LINK
Snow, N., Narvaez, D., & Annas, J. (2016). Introduction. In J. Annas, D. Narvaez, & N. Snow (Eds.), Developing the virtues: Integrating perspectives (pp. 1-13) New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Four Arrows, & Narvaez, D. (2016). Reclaiming our indigenous worldview: A more authentic baseline for social/ecological justice work in education. In N. McCrary & W. Ross (Eds.), Working for social justice inside and outside the classroom: A community of teachers, researchers, and activists (pp. 93-112). In series, Social justice across contexts in education (S.J. Miller & L.D. Burns, Eds.). New York, NY: Peter Lang. LINK
Gleason, T., Narvaez, D., Cheng, A., Wang, L., & Brooks, J. (2016). Wellbeing and sociomoral development in preschoolers: The role of maternal parenting attitudes consistent with the Evolved Developmental Niche. In D. Narvaez, J. Braungart-Rieker, L. Miller, L. Gettler, & P. Hastings (Eds.), Contexts for young child flourishing: Evolution, family and society (166-184). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Gettler, L., Braungart-Rieker, J., Miller-Graff, L., & Hastings, P. (2016). The flourishing of young Children: Evolutionary baselines. In Narvaez, D., Braungart-Rieker, J., Miller, L., Gettler, L., & Harris, P. (Eds.), Contexts for young child flourishing: Evolution, family and society (pp. 3-27). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Hastings, P., Braungart-Rieker, J., Miller-Graff, L., & Gettler, L. (2016). Young child flourishing as an aim for society. In Narvaez, D., Braungart-Rieker, J., Miller, L., Gettler, L., & Hastings, P. (Eds.), Contexts for young child flourishing: Evolution, family and society (pp. 347-359). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., & Hardy, S. (2016). Measuring triune ethics orientations. In D. Narvaez, Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination (pp. 47-72). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Lefever, J.B., Wang, L., & Cheng, A. (2016). Early experience and ethical orientation. In D. Narvaez, Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination (pp. 73-98). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Narvaez, D., Thiel, A., Kurth, A., & Renfus, K. (2016). Past moral action and ethical orientation. In D. Narvaez, Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination (pp. 99-118). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Narvaez, D. (2016). Broadening the scope of moral developmental theory. In D. Narvaez, Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination (pp. 47-72). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Narvaez, D. (2016). Triune Ethics Meta-Theory and embodied moral development. In D. Narvaez, Embodied morality: Protectionism, engagement and imagination (pp. 47-72). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
2015
Narvaez, D. (2015). Editorial: Torture, evil and moral development. Journal of Moral Education, 44(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2015.1012834
Narvaez, D. (2015). Understanding flourishing: Evolutionary baselines and morality. Journal of Moral Education, 44(3), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2015.1054619
Narvaez, D. (2015). The neurobiology of moral sensitivity: Evolution, epigenetics and early experience. In D. Mowrer & P. Vandenberg (Eds.), The art of morality: Developing moral sensitivity across the curriculum (pp. 19-42). New York, NY: Routledge.
Narvaez, D. (2015). The co-construction of virtue: Epigenetics, neurobiology and development. In N. E. Snow (Ed.), Cultivating Virtue (pp. 251-277). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
2014
Narvaez, D. & Endicott, L.G. (2014). Promoviendo la sensibilidad ética mediante la amistad [Promoting Ethical Sensitivity through Friendship]. Postconvencionales: Ética, Universidad, Democracia, 234-239.
Lapsley, D., & Narvaez, D. (2014). The having, doing and being of moral personality. In N. Snow and Franco V. Trivigno (Eds.), The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness (pp. 133-144). New York, NY: Routledge.
Narvaez, D., & Bock, T. (2014). Developing ethical expertise and moral personalities. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (2nd ed.) (pp. 140-158). New York, NY: Routledge.
Narvaez, D. & Mrkva, K. (2014). The development of creative moral imagination. In S. Moran, D. H. Cropley & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), The Ethics of Creativity (pp. 25-45). New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D. (2014). Becoming moral: Development of moral agents through social interaction. In. M. Christen, J. Fischer, M. Huppenbauer, C. Tanner, & C. van Schaik (Eds.), Empirically Informed Ethics. Morality between Facts and Norms. 227 Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy 32, [Springer Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy]. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. http://dx.DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-01369-5_1
Gleason, T., & Narvaez, D. (2014). Child environments and flourishing. In D. Narvaez, K. Valentino, A., Fuentes, J., McKenna, & P. Gray (Eds.), Ancestral Landscapes in Human Evolution: Culture, Childrearing and Social Wellbeing (pp. 335-348). New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Gray, P., McKenna, J., Fuentes, A., & Valentino, K. (2014). Children’s development in light of evolution and culture. In D. Narvaez, K. Valentino, A., Fuentes, J., McKenna, & P. Gray (Eds.), Ancestral Landscapes in Human Evolution: Culture, Childrearing and Social Wellbeing (pp. 3-17). New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2014). Natural Morality, Moral Natures and Human Flourishing. In B. Musschenga & A. van Harskamp (Eds.), Why be moral? On the capacities and conditions for being moral (pp. 239-254). [Springer Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy] Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Narvaez, D. (2014). Character development. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy (pp. 116-117). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2013
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Wang, L., Brooks, J., Lefever, J., Cheng, A., & Centers for the Prevention of Child Neglect (2013). The Evolved Development Niche: Longitudinal effects of caregiving practices on early childhood psychosocial development. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28 (4), 759–773. http://dx.Doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.07.003
Narvaez, D., Wang, L., Gleason, T., Cheng, A., Lefever, J., & Deng, L. (2013). The Evolved Developmental Niche and sociomoral outcomes in Chinese three-year-olds. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10(2), 106-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2012.761606
*Narvaez, D. (2013). Welcoming babies: Seeking an alternative baseline for birth. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Fall, 282-283.
Brooks, J., Bock, T., & Narvaez, D. (2013). Moral motivation, moral judgment and anti-social behavior. Journal of Research in Character Education, 9(2), 149–165.
Maxwell, B., & Narvaez, D. (2013). Moral Foundations Theory and Moral Development and Education: Introduction. Journal of Moral Education, 42(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2013.825582
Narvaez, D. (2013). The future of research in moral development and education. Journal of Moral Education, 42(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2012.757102
*Narvaez, D. (2013). Wisdom as mature moral functioning: Insights from developmental psychology and neurobiology. In M. Jones, P. Lewis, & K. Reffitt (Eds.), Character, Practical Wisdom and Professional Formation across the Disciplines (pp. 24-40). Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.
*Narvaez, D. (2013). Neurobiology and moral mindsets. In K. Heinrichs & F. Oser (Eds.), Moral and Immoral Behavior: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Moral Motivation (pp. 289-307). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
*Narvaez, D. (2013). The 99%–Development and socialization within an evolutionary context: Growing up to become “A good and useful human being.” In D. Fry (Ed.), War, Peace and Human Nature: The convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views (pp. 643-672). New York: Oxford University Press.
*Narvaez, D. (2013). The individual, relational and social neurobiological development of morality. In M. Riemslagh, R. Burggraeve, J. Corveleyn & A. Liégeois (Eds.), After You. The ethics of the pastoral counselling process (pp. 109-135). Leuven, Belgium: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium.
Narvaez, D., & Gleason, T. (2013). Developmental optimization. In D. Narvaez, J., Panksepp, A. Schore, & T. Gleason (Eds.), Evolution, Early Experience and Human Development: From Research to Practice and Policy (pp. 307-325). New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Panksepp, J., Schore, A., & Gleason, T. (2013). The value of using an evolutionary framework for gauging children’s well-being. Evolution, Early Experience and Human Development: From Research to Practice and Policy (pp. 3-30). New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D., Panksepp, J., Schore, A., & Gleason, T. (2013). The Future of human nature: Implications for research, policy, and ethics. In D. Narvaez, J., Panksepp, A. Schore, & T. Gleason (Eds.), Evolution, Early Experience and Human Development: From Research to Practice and Policy (pp. 455-468). New York: Oxford University Press.
Narvaez, D. (2013). The ethics of early life care: The harms of sleep training. Clinical Lactation, 4(2), 66-70. Reprinted in W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.), The science of mother-infant sleep (pp. 59-72). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
*Lapsley, D., Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (2013). Teaching for Character: Three Strategies for Teacher Education. In M. Sanger & R. Osgulthorpe (Eds.), The Moral Work of Teaching: Preparing and Supporting Practitioners (pp. 115-128). New York: Teachers College Press.
*Narvaez, D. (2013). Moral Development: Changing Theories and Evidence. In S. Hitlin & J. E. Stets (Eds.), ASA/NSF Report from the 2009 Workshop on the Science of Morality: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches Now and in the Future (113-119). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
*Ockwell-Smith, S., Middlemiss, W., Cassels, T., Stevens, H., & Narvaez, D. (2013). SIDS: Risks and realities: A response to recent findings on bedsharing and SIDS risk. In W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.), The science of mother-infant sleep (pp. 59-72). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
*Cassels, T., Ockwell,Smith, S., Middlemiss, W., Kendall-Tackett, K., Stevens, H., & Narvaez, D. (2013). Is your baby’s sleep a problem? Or is it just normal? In W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.), The science of mother-infant sleep (pp. 169-190). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
*Ockwell-Smith, S., Narvaez, D., Middlemiss, W., Stevens, H., Kendall-Tackett, K., Cassels, T. (2013). Simple ways to calm a crying baby” And have a more peaceful night’s sleep. In W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.), The science of mother-infant sleep (pp. 205-218). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
Ockwell-Smith, S., Hoffman, D., Narvaez, D., Middlemiss, W., Stevens, H., Kendall-Tackett, K., Cassels, T. (2013). Most infants wake at night and expect comfort from their parents. In W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.), The science of mother-infant sleep. Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
*Narvaez, D. (2013). Values education: Science confirms tradition. Proceedings of the Antalya International Symposium of Values Education (pp. 38-42). Antalya, Turkey: Akdeniz Universitesi.
2012
*Narvaez, D. (2012). Moral neuroeducation from early life through the lifespan. Neuroethics, 5(2), 145-157. doi:10.1007/s12152-011-9117-5
*Narvaez, D. (2012). Moral rationality. Tradition and Discovery, XXXVIII (2), 25-33.
*Narvaez, D. (2012). Restoring personal knowledge and virtue: Response to commentary. Tradition and Discovery, XXXVIII (2), 44-47.
*Narvaez, D. (2012). Dangers of “Crying it out.” Clinical Lactation 3(1), 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1891/215805312807010827
Reprinted in W. Middlemiss & K. Kendall-Tackett (Eds.) (2013). The science of mother-infant sleep (pp. 133-146). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press.
Christen, M., & Narvaez, D. (2012). Moral development in early childhood is key for moral enhancement (commentary). American Journal of Bioethics—Neuroscience, 3(4), 25-26.
*Narvaez, D. (2012). Mothers, dialogues, and support. In M-C Bertau, M. Gonçalves & P. Raggatt (Eds.), Dialogic Formations: Investigations into the Origins and the Development of the Dialogical Self, for series Advances in Cultural Psychology, J. Valsiner, Series Ed.) (pp. 197-202). Charlotte, SC: Information Age Publishing.
*Junkins, T., & Narvaez, D. (2012). An educational model for teaching a nonkilling ethic. In. D.J. Christie & J. Pim (Eds.), Nonkilling Psychology (pp. 295-319). Honolulu: Center for Global Non-Killing. Available online: http://www.nonkilling.org/node/458
2011
*Lapsley, D., & Narvaez, D. (2011). Moral criteria and character education: A reply to Welch. Journal of Moral Education, 40 (4):527-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2011.618780
*Narvaez, D. (2011). De neurobiology van ons morel functioneren [The neurobiology of moral formation and moral functioning]. Pastorale perspectieven, 153(4), 10-18.
Narvaez, D. (2011). The world looks small when you only look through a telescope: The need for a developmental expertise view of reasoning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34(2), 83-84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10002918
*Narvaez, D. (2011). The ethics of neurobiological narratives. Poetics Today, 32(1): 81-106. https://doi.org/10.1215/03335372-1188194
Junkins, T., & Narvaez, D. (2011). Habitat for Humanity and the support of civic participation. In Factis Pax. 5(1), 66-79.
Narvaez, D., Radvansky, G.A., Lynchard, N., & Copeland, D. (2011). Are older adults more attuned to morally-charged information? Experimental Aging Research, 37, 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2011.590756
*Narvaez, D. (2011). Neurobiology, moral education and moral self-authorship. In. D. de Ruyter & S. Miedema (Eds.), Moral education and development: A lifetime commitment (pp. 31-44). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Narvaez, D. (2011). Guía para el uso de la Escala de Cohesión Comunitaria: Midiendo un factor protector ante conductas y actitudes riesgosas [Guide for the use of the Community Bonding Scale: A protective factor against risky behaviors and attitudes]. Postconvencionales, 3, 198-201.
*Narvaez, D. (2011). Dualistisches Denken als Barriere der gestigen Entwicklung [Instruction for embodied knowledge development: Overcoming a dualistic mindset]. In P. Aerni & F. Oser (Eds.), Forschung verändert Schule. Erkenntnisse aus den empirischen Wissenschaften für Didaktik, Erziehung und Politik [Research changes schools]. Zürich: Seismo Verlag.
*Narvaez, D. & Vaydich, J. (2011). Fear, love and moral functioning. In Aerni, P., & Grün, K-J. (Eds.), Moral und Angst. Erkenntnisse aus der Moralpsychologie und der Politischen Theologie [Morality and Fear] (pp. 131-144). Göttingen: Germany: Vandehoeck & Ruprecht.
2010
Narvaez, D. (2010). Moral complexity: The fatal attraction of truthiness and the importance of mature moral functioning. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(2), 163-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691610362351
Narvaez, D. (2010). The embodied dynamism of moral becoming. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(2), 185-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691610362353
*Narvaez, D. (2010). The emotional foundations of high moral intelligence. In B. Latzko & T. Malti (Eds.). Children’s Moral Emotions and Moral Cognition: Developmental and Educational Perspectives, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 129, 77-94. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.276
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., & Mitchell, C. (2010). Moral virtue and practical wisdom: Theme comprehension in children, youth and adults. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171(4), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2010.503253
Narvaez, D. & Hill, P.L. (2010). The relation of multicultural experiences to moral judgment and mindsets. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 3(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018780
Narvaez, D. (2010). Del pensamiento postconvencional [On postconventional thinking]. Postconvencionales, 1, 4-7.
Narvaez, D. (2010). La teoría de la ética triuna: premisas básicas e implicaciones [Triune ethics theory: Basic premises and implications]. Postconvencionales, 2, 74-96.
*Narvaez, D. (2010). Building a sustaining classroom climate for purposeful ethical citizenship. In T. Lovat and R. Toomey (Eds.), International Research Handbook of Values Education and Student Wellbeing (pp. 659-674). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
*Narvaez, D., Holter, A., Vaydich, J.L. (2010). Moral development. In A.S. Davis (Ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology (pp. 79-87). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
2009
*Narvaez, D. (2009). Building and sustaining knowledge by overcoming the dualistic mindset in education. African Technology Development Forum, Vol. 5 (1-2), 16-25.
Thoma, S.J., Derryberry, W.P., & Narvaez, D. (2009). The distinction between moral judgment development and verbal ability: Some relevant data using socio-political outcome variables. High Ability Studies, 20(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598130903358535
Narvaez, D. (2009). Triune Ethics Theory and moral personality. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, Identity and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology (pp. 136-158). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D. K. (2009a). Introduction. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, Identity and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology (pp. 1-10). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (2009b). Moral personality: Themes, questions, futures. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, Identity and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology (pp. 441-448). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (2009). Moral identity, moral functioning and the development of moral character. In D. Medin, L. Skitka, D. Bartels, & C. Bauman (Eds.), Moral cognition and decision making, Vol. 50 of the Psychology of Learning and Motivation series (pp. 237-274). Elsevier.
*Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (2009). Moral education. In E. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of Classroom Learning: An Encyclopedia. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.
*Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (2009). Moral development and education. In D. Carr, R. Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, & A. Pienta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (pp. 312-316). Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Learning.
2008
Narvaez, D. (2008). Triune ethics: The neurobiological roots of our multiple moralities. New Ideas in Psychology, 26, 95-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2007.07.008
*Narvaez, D. & Lapsley, D. K. (2008). Teaching moral character: Two alternatives for teacher educators. Teacher Educator, 43(2), 156-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730701838983
Narvaez, D., Mattan, B., MacMichael, C., & Squillace, M. (2008). Kill bandits, collect gold or save the dying: the effects of playing a prosocial video game. Media Psychology Review. 1 (1). http://mprcenter.org/review/narvaez-prosocial-video-game/
*Narvaez, D. & Vaydich, J. (2008). Moral development and behaviour under the spotlight of the neurobiological sciences. Journal of Moral Education, 37(3), 289-313.
Narvaez, D., Kmehlkov, V., Vaydich, J., & Turner, J. (2008). Measuring teacher moral self efficacy. Journal of Research in Character Education, 6(2), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240802227478
*Lapsley, D.K., & Narvaez, D. (2008). “Psychologized morality” and ethical theory, or, Do fences make good neighbors? In F. Oser & W. Veugelers, Getting involved: Global citizenship development and sources of moral values (pp. 279-291). Rotterdam: Sensepublishers.
*Narvaez, D. (2008). The Social-Intuitionist Model: Some counter-intuitions. In W. A. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.), Moral Psychology, Vol. 2, The Cognitive science of morality: Intuition and diversity (pp. 233-240). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Human flourishing and moral development: Cognitive science and neurobiological perspectives on virtue development. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 310-327). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Nucci, L., & Narvaez, D. (2008). Overview. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 1-7). New York: Routledge.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Four Component Model. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 184-186). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Implementation. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 222-223). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Integrative Ethical Education. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 229-231). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Multicultural education. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 306-307). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Positive Psychology. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 346-348). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Schemas. In F.C. Power, R.J. Nuzzi, D, Narvaez, D.K. Lapsley, & T.C. Hunt (Eds.). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2, pp. 396-398). Westport, CT: Praeger.
2007
Narvaez, D., & Gleason, T. (2007). The relation of moral judgment development and moral experience on comprehension of moral narratives and expository texts. The Journal of Genetic Psychology,168(3), 251–276. https://doi.org/10.3200/GNTP.168.3.251-276
*Narvaez, D. (2007). How cognitive and neurobiological sciences inform values education for creatures like us. In D. Aspin & J. Chapman (Eds.), Values Education and Lifelong Learning: Philosophy, Policy, Practices (pp. 127-159). Springer Press International.
2006
Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D. K., Hagele, S., & Lasky, B. (2006). Moral chronicity and social information processing: Tests of a social cognitive approach to the moral personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 966–985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2005.10.003
*Lapsley, D. K. & Narvaez, D. (2006). Character education. In Vol. 4 (A. Renninger & I. Siegel, volume Eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology (W. Damon & R. Lerner, Series Eds.) (pp. 248-296). New York: Wiley.
*Narvaez, D. (2006). Integrative ethical education. In M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.), Handbook of Moral Development (pp. 703-733). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Translated into Estonian in M. Poder, M. Sutrop, P. Valk (Eds.), Väärtused, iseloom ja kool: väärtuskasvatuse lugemik. Tartu: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus.
2005
*Narvaez, D. (2005). The Neo-Kohlbergian tradition and beyond: schemas, expertise and character. In G. Carlo & C. Pope-Edwards (Eds.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Vol. 51: Moral Motivation through the Lifespan (pp. 119-163). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (2005). The psychological foundations of everyday morality and moral expertise. In D.K. Lapsley & Power, C. (Eds.), Character Psychology and Character Education (pp. 140-165). Notre Dame: IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
Lapsley, D.K., & Narvaez, D. (2005). Moral psychology at the crossroads. In D.K.Lapsley & Power, C. (Eds.), Character Psychology and Character Education (pp. 18-35). University of Notre Dame Press.
Translated and published in Postconvencionales, 1, enero 2010, 98-115.
2004
Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota’s Community Voices and Character Education Project. Journal of Research in Character Education, 2, 89-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-1767(03)00030-0
*Narvaez, D. (2004). Educación y desarollo moral [Moral education and development]. Republicana, 2, 39-50.
Lapsley, D. K., & Narvaez, D. (2004). A social-cognitive view of moral character. In D. K. Lapsley & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Moral development: Self and identity (pp. 189-212). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Crowell, C., Narvaez, D., & Gomberg, A. (2004). Information ethics from a developmental perspective. In L. A. Freeman & A. G. Peace (Eds.), Information Ethics: Privacy and Intellectual Property (pp. 19-37). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing.
2003
Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Narvaez, D. (2003). Moral reasoning, intercultural development, and multicultural experiences: Relations and cognitive underpinnings. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27, 403-419.
*Narvaez, D., Herbst, R., Hagele, S. & Gomberg, A. (2003). Nurturing peaceful character. Journal of Research in Education, 13, 41-50.
*Narvaez, D., Bock, T., & Endicott, L. (2003). Who should I become? Citizenship, goodness, human flourishing, and ethical expertise. In W. Veugelers & F. K. Oser (Eds.), Teaching in Moral and Democratic Education (pp. 43-63). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishers.
2002
*Narvaez, D. (2002). Does reading moral stories build character? Educational Psychology Review 14(2), 155-171. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014674621501
Narvaez, D. (2002). The expertise of moral character. Education Matters, 8(6), 1-6.
*Narvaez, D. & Bock, T. (2002). Moral schemas and tacit judgement or how the Defining Issues Test is supported by cognitive science. Journal of Moral Education, 31 (3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305724022000008124
Reprinted in Mason, M. (2004). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Cognitive Science. McGraw-Hill.
*Narvaez, D. (2002b). Individual differences that influence reading comprehension. In M. Pressley & C. C. Block (Eds.), Reading Comprehension Instruction (pp. 158-175). New York: Guilford.
2001
Narvaez, D. (2001). Moral text comprehension: Implications for education and research. Journal of Moral Education, 30 (1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240120033802
2000
Rest, J. R., Narvaez, D., Bebeau, M., & Thoma, S. (2000). A neo-Kohlbergian approach to morality research. Journal of Moral Education, 29 (4), 381-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/713679390
Reprinted in Mason, M. (2004). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Cognitive Science. McGraw-Hill.
1999
Narvaez, D. (1999). Using discourse processing methods to study moral thinking. Educational Psychology Review, 11 (4), 377-394. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022061417089
Narvaez, D., Getz, I., Rest, J. R., & Thoma, S. (1999). Individual moral judgment and cultural ideologies. Developmental Psychology, 35, 478-488. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.35.2.478
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Mitchell, C. & Bentley, J. (1999). Moral theme comprehension in children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), 477-487. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.91.3.477
Reprinted in D. Boyd & G. Stevens (Ed.), Current Readings in Lifespan Development (pp. 73-87). Allyn & Bacon.
Narvaez, D., van den Broek, P., & Ruiz, A. (1999). Reading purpose, type of text and their influence on think-aloud and comprehension measures. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), 488-496. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.91.3.488
Rest, J., Narvaez, D., Thoma, S. J., & Bebeau, M. J. (1999). DIT2: Devising and testing a new instrument of moral judgment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91 (4), 644-659. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.91.4.644
Rest, J., Narvaez, D., Bebeau, M., & Thoma, S. (1999). A neo-Kohlbergian approach to moral judgment: An overview of Defining Issues Test research. Educational Psychology Review, 11(4), 291-324. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022053215271
Thoma, S., Barnett, R., Rest, J., & Narvaez, D. (1999). What does the DIT measure? British Journal of Social Psychology, 38(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466699164068
Thoma, S. J., Narvaez, D., Rest, J. R., & Derryberry, P. (1999). Does moral judgment reduce to political attitude or verbal ability? Educational Psychology Review, 11(4), 324-342. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022005332110
Bebeau, M., Rest, J. R. & Narvaez, D. (1999). Beyond the promise: A framework for research in moral education. Educational Researcher, 28 (4), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X028004018
*Narvaez, D., & Mitchell, C. (1999). Schemas, culture, and moral texts. (In M. Leicester, C. Modgil, & S. Modgil, Eds.), Education, Culture and Values (Vol. IV of Moral Education and Pluralism) (pp. 149-157). London: Falmer Press.
1998
Narvaez, D. (1998). The effects of moral schemas on the reconstruction of moral narratives in 8th grade and college students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.90.1.13
Narvaez, D., Bentley, J., Gleason, T., Samuels, J. (1998). Moral theme comprehension in third grade, fifth grade and college students. Reading Psychology, 19(2), 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/0270271980190203
1997
Rest, J., Thoma, S., Narvaez, D. & Bebeau, M. (1997). Alchemy and beyond: Indexing the Defining Issues Test. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89 (3), 498-507. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.89.3.498
*Narvaez, D. (1997). Moralens betydning og plass i laererutdanningen (The importance of morality in teacher education). In A. Mosevoll (Ed.), Tradisjon, reform og strategi. Bergen, Norway: Norwegian Teacher’s Academy.
1996
*van den Broek, P., Rohleder, L. & Narvaez, D. (1996). Causal inferences in the comprehension of literary texts. In R. Kreuz & M. S. MacNealy (Eds.), Empirical Approaches to Discourse: Perspectives from the Third IGEL Conference (pp.179-200). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
1995
*Narvaez, D. & Rest, J. (1995). The four components of acting morally. In W. Kurtines & J. Gewirtz (Eds.), Moral behavior and moral development: An introduction (pp. 385-400). New York: McGraw-Hill.
1994
Narvaez, D. (1994). Opening a new window into the moral mind: Recall for moral stories. Moral Education Forum,19 (3), 1-13.
*van den Broek, P., Rohleder, L. & Narvaez, D. (1994). Cognitive processes in the comprehension of literary texts. In H. van Oostendorp & R. Zwaan (Eds.), Naturalistic Text Comprehension, Vol. LIII, Advances in Discourse Processes (pp. 229-246). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Rest, J. R. & Narvaez, D. (1994). Summary–what’s possible? In J. R. Rest & D. Narváez (Eds.), Moral Development in the professions: Psychology and applied ethics (pp. 213-224). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
1993
Narvaez, D. (1993). High achieving students and moral judgment. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 16 (3), 268-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/016235329301600304
1991
Narvaez, D. (1991). Counseling for morality: The four component model. Journal for Psychology and Christianity, 10 (4), 358-365.
*Rest, J. & Narvaez, D. (1991). The college experience and moral development. In W. Kurtines and J. Gewirtz (Eds.), Handbook of moral behavior and development, Vol. 2 (pp. 229-245). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
1990
*Narvaez, D. & Rest, J. (1990). Morality: A common concern. Counseling and Human Development, 22 (8), 1-12.
*Rest, J. & Narvaez, D. (1990). The college experience and moral development. In Korean Studies: Its cross-cultural perspective (pp. 648-661). Seoul, Korea: The Academy of Korean Studies.
Teaching Materials, Test Manuals and Guides, Technical Reports
Narvaez, D., Endicott, L., & Hill, P. (2017). Multicultural Experiences Questionnaire(MEQ). University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. & Bock, T. (2014). The Classroom and Therapeutic RAVES DEEP Model for Moral Character and Wellbeing_Guidebook. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. (2014). Checklist for an Ethical and Achieving Classroom (CEAC) Guidebook. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D., Sieswerda, S., Ledden, E., Warkentin, A., Denkhaus, K. (2012). Facts about feeding babies: For medical personnel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Breastfeeding Education Project. LINK References
Narvaez, D., Sieswerda, S., Ledden, E., Warkentin, A., Denkhaus, K. (2012). Feeding Your Baby: What you and your family need to know. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Breastfeeding Education Project. (email for copy)
Narvaez, D. (2010). Rating Ethical Content System (RECS) for children’s media. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. (2010). Tuning into Ethical Behavior Guide: Story Discussion Guide for Parents, Teachers and Students. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. (2009). AssessingEthicalSkills. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. (2008). Citizenship Scale Guide for Use with Primary and Secondary School Students. Laboratory for Ethical Development and Education, University of Notre Dame
Narvaez, D., Bock, T., & Vaydich, J.L. (2008). Commitment to Ethical Goodness Guide For Use with Primary and Secondary School Students. Laboratory for Ethical Development and Education, University of Notre Dame.
Holter, A., Narvaez, D. & Vaydich, J.L. (2008). Catholic After School Leadership Project (CLASP) Curriculum. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Center for Ethical Education.
Narvaez, D. (2006). Positivity Scale Guide. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.
Narvaez, D. (2006). Community Bonding Scale Guide for Use with Primary and Secondary Students. University of Notre Dame: Center for Ethical Education
Narvaez, D., Thoma, S., & Getz, I. (2006). Guide for using the Attitudes Towards Human Rights Inventory (ATHRI). University of Notre Dame: Center for Ethical Education
Narvaez, D. (2006). Positivity Scale Guide. University of Notre Dame: Center for Ethical Education.
Ziemba, C., Yep, G., Westerink, D., Power, A., & Narvaez, D. (2005). Character in Community: A homeroom curriculum. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Center for Ethical Education.
Anderson, C., Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota Community Voices and Character Education: (CVCE) FINAL REPORT AND EVALUATION. Roseville, MN: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Contributing writer-editor (2003). U.S. Department of Education parent brochure, How to Raise a Responsible Citizen.
Community Voices and Character Education (2001). Introduction to the Project and Framework . St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Narvaez, D. with Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Ethical Action: Nurturing character in the middle school classroom. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Narvaez, D. & Bock, T., with Endicott, L., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Ethical Judgment: Nurturing character in the middle school classroom. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Narvaez, D., & Endicott, L., with Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Ethical Sensitivity: Nurturing character in the middle school classroom. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning.
Narvaez, D. & Lies, J. with Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Ethical Motivation: Nurturing character in the middle school classroom. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Narvaez, D., & Bock, T. (2001). Guide for the Moral Theme Inventory (MTI). South Bend, IN: Notre Dame University.
Perry, C.L., Komro, K., Veblen-Mortenson, S., Richardson, S., Lytle, L., Narvaez, D., Stigler, M., Manning, B., Goeden, V., Quist, G., Gonzalez, D. (1999). On the Verge: Teacher’s guide, Minnesota Dare-Plus project. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
Narvaez, D., Mitchell, C., Endicott, L. & Bock, T. (1999). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: A guidebook for teachers. St. Paul: MN Department of Children, Families & Learning.
Narvaez, D., & Bents, M. (1999). Changing an educational institution for diversity. Technical Report # 5. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development Committee on Diversity.
Rest, J. R., Narvaez, D., Mitchell, C., & Thoma, S. J. (1999). Exploring Moral Judgment: A technical manual for the Defining Issues Test. Minneapolis; Center for the study of Ethical Development.
Narvaez, D., & Mooney-McCloone, A. (1998). Faculty Diversity Toolkit. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development Committee on Diversity, on website.
Rest, J. R., & Narvaez, D. (1998). Guide for Defining Issues Test-2. University of Minnesota: Center for the study of Ethical Development.
Rest, J. R., & Narvaez, D. (1998). Supplementary Guide for Defining Issues Test-2. University of Minnesota: Center for the study of Ethical Development.
Rest, J. R., & Narvaez, D. (1997). Ideas for research with the Defining Issues Test. Minneapolis; Center for the study of Ethical Development.
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Mitchell, C., & Thoma, S. (1997). A new method for measuring moral cognition in children. Report to the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement.
Narvaez, D., Stone, I., Golez, F., Garfield, J., & Lund, J. (1997). Faculty Instruction Survey (Technical Report No. 3). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development Committee on Diversity.
Narvaez, D., McCarthy-Veach, P., Chatham, T., McHenry, A. (1994). Guidelines for modifying an existing course towards diversity (Technical Report No. 1). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, College of Education Committee on Diversity.
Narvaez, D. (1985). El viaje inolvidable [The unforgettable journey] (musical play for Spanish language learning). St. Paul, MN: E-SPAN.
Gudeman, R. & Narvaez, D. (1981). Dual Heritage: Latin America. Cultural resource book. St. Paul, MN: Children’s Home Society of Minnesota.
Gudeman, R. & Narvaez, D. (1981). Dual Heritage: Korea. Cultural resource book. St. Paul, MN: Children’s Home Society of Minnesota.
Narvaez, E. & Narvaez, D. (1979). Español a tres niveles. Moorhead, MN: Concordia College.
Narvaez, E. & Narvaez, D. (1978). El Lago del Bosque: A handbook of dialogues and grammar for Spanish Language Camp teachers. Moorhead, MN: Concordia College.
Book Reviews and Contributions to Newsletters, Magazines
Narvaez, D. (2018). Review of Breastfeeding: New anthropological approaches. Journal of Human Lactation, 34(4), 835-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890334418794359
Narvaez, D. (June 2017). Unnested humans, unhuman nature? Center for Humans and Nature: https://www.humansandnature.org/unnested-humans-unhuman-nature
Narvaez, D. (April, 2017). Slipping expectations for child outcomes. Oxford University Press Blog. https://blog.oup.com/2017/04/slipping-expectations-child-outcomes/
Narvaez, D. (March 2017). Seeds for Morality Must be Planted Rightly. Blog for the Association for Moral Education’s website.
Narvaez, D. (June 10, 2016). Baselines for human development and human becoming. Communitarian Network’s Communitarian Observer (Newsletter). https://communitariannetwork.org/communitarian-observer
Narvaez, D. (October, 2016). Doing science with three sisters. http://blogs.nd.edu/origins-natures-futures/2016/10/27/doing-science-with-three-sisters/
Narvaez, D. (October, 2016). Developing the virtues. http://blog.oup.com/2016/10/parenting-philosophy-virtues/
Narvaez, D. (2015). How modern societies violate human development . Pathways to Family Wellness, 48. Can be downloaded from: http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/New-Edge-Science/how-modern-societies-violate-human-development.html
Narvaez, D. (2014). Where are the happy babies? Pathways to Family Wellness, 44. Can be downloaded from: http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Sustainable-Community/where-are-the-happy-babies.html
Narvaez, D. (2010). Cooperation: The New Human Nature. Journal of Moral Education, 39(1), 113-117.
Vaydich, J.L., & Narvaez, D. (2009). Child honoring. Journal of Moral Education, 38 (3), 377-380.
Narvaez , D. (2008). Cultivating morality: Review of three books. Journal of Moral Education, 37(4), 539-542.
Narvaez, D. (2006). Eighteen: the age of enlistment. Sign of Peace, 5 (2), 20-22.
Narvaez, D. (2006). Book Reviews: Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the new brain science reveals about how we become who we are and The Science of Good and Evil: Why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule. 35 (3), 407–427.
Bock, T., & Narvaez, D. (2002). Review of Moral questions in the classroom. Journal of Moral Education
Narvaez, D (July/August 2002). The expertise of moral character. Education Matters, VIII (6), 1, 6.
Narvaez, D., & Mitchell, C. (1999). Parenting good children: Book reviews. Journal of Moral Education, 28 (3), 387-394.
Translations into Spanish
Narvaez, D. (1985). Lessons from the Master (curriculum for adults). Mpls: Augsburg Publishing.
Narvaez, D. (1984). Impact statement: Violence against women. Minnesota Council of Churches.
Poems
Narvaez, D. (1984). The ark. The Concord, St. Paul, MN.
Narvaez, D. (1982). Sonnet for a death. The Concord, St. Paul, MN.
Narvaez, D. (1982). Fall with the Creator. The Concord, St. Paul, MN.
Narvaez, D. (1981). Meditation. The Concord, St. Paul, MN.
Narvaez, D. (1980). You are the morning. ARC Newsletter, Cambridge, MN.
Narvaez, D. (1977). Dryer. The Third Eye, New York, NY.
Narvaez, D. (1976). One poem. Colorado North Review, Greeley, CO.
Song: “Un primer paso” (1985). Theme song for the Hispanic Motivation Program, College of St. Catherine’s, St. Paul, MN
