How the Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM) Is Used On University and College Campuses.

This page is a collection of webpages that illustrates how the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is used on our University and College Campuses. The following ~130 webpages were found by a Google Advanced Searched for target = [ University Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance].The search was restricted to only those sites having [ edu ] in the web address (= URL) .

We expect and do find ZMM applied in the university academic areas of Philosophy, Writing/Composition, English Novels, The Nature of the University, Engineering, and various areas of Science and Technology. It is interesting that many of these areas are found at MIT sites!

But there are big surprises: We find ZMM also applied in Law, Dance Performance, Music Performance, Photography, Sociology, Anthropology, Business Management, Health Care, Journalism, Statistics, Geography, Geology, and Religion!! WOW!!

Notes:
A) Google returned 9,630 hits of which I examined only about 220. Although time did not permit further study, I estimate that a complete study would easily reveal 2000 more illustrations of University use of ZMM.

B) Omitted from this listing are websites which:
1) Advertise ZMM for sale,
2) The many, many, personal & professional webpages that give testimonials, some quite positive and glowing, re ZMM.
3) The many, many, personal & professional webpages that give lists of recommended books that include ZMM.
4) Miscellaneous pages which give minimal (or incomplete) information re ZMM.

C) This list of webpages could be sorted into the above mentioned academic areas. Please email me if you think I should do this. These listing could be further sorted into vertical columns as to, school name, location, academic discipline etc. Please email me if you think I should do this or have other comments or suggestions.

D)Because it has been several years since this search was conducted, the results have been divided into those with active links (first) and those whose weblinks are no longer active in a second section.

A Recent Book Review Says of ZMM.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance might be one of the most impressive books published in the 20th century: courageous and profound, it’s a working paper of humanism, Eastern and Western philosophy; a philosophical odyssey into the fundamental question of how to live, into the choices we make, and thus into ethics. The book is classified as a novel, although it doesn’t seem like a novel, aesthetically speaking. For the most part it reads like a work of dramatic nonfiction. It doesn’t matter. The humanistic energy suffusing the narrative is extraordinary, the intelligence luminous. This book should be required reading for every college freshman. The question, then: Why isn’t it?

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My Collection of Internet Webpages That Have Significant Mention of ZMM.

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) The Dilemmas Facing Our Modern Universities Are Illustrated By Long Passage From Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

William R. Brody, president of The Johns Hopkins University, reflects upon the “all-encompassing dimensions of the modern dilemmas facing our modern universities.” He quotes a long passage from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to illustrate what these dilemmas are. His complete article is at:
http://www.jhu.edu/gazette/2004/07sep04/07brody.html

) Practical Applications of a Philosophical Novel: How Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Impacts the Teaching of College Writing. By Phyllis Bergiel, Purdue University, PhD Thesis Defended Spring 2005

"The purpose of this thesis is to examine the state of postsecondary pedagogy as practiced in the composition classroom which is composed of students who are increasingly influenced by the trend toward a non-literate culture in the 21st century. In addition, much of the current pedagogical literature stops far short of metaphysical analysis, assuming either traditional or postmodern forms of Subject-Object metaphysics (SOM). There has been no resolution to this now entrenched debate over the status of these two opposing sides of SOM within the discipline of philosophy where it originated; thus its derivative ramifications in pedagogy are problematic and incoherent. A third alternative, the metaphysics of quality (MOQ), developed by Robert M. Pirsig, and explicated in his novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila is analyzed as a coherent option, positing as its conclusion that the MOQ alternative is a superior synthesis of the two competing SOM theories, since it allows for inclusion and validation of subjective preferences, as well as, rigorous objective standards. This inclusiveness means that an instructor can articulate authentic standards of evaluation of student writing which in turn will drive a more effective curriculum and pedagogy in which students are empowered as capable judges and thus writers through experiential “quality events” in the classroom."
http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/engphil/recenttheses.html
(Archived: link no longer active; however, ZMMQ has a copy of the website: the above abstract for all intents and purposes is all the ZMM related content.)

) Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Professor Jeremiah Lewis's Thoughtful Paper, "A Reconciliation of Opposites," Supports and Extends ZMM.

The differences in Western and Eastern philosophy are marked. Eastern thinking has slowly become “discovered” by the West; meanwhile, the development of Western thought and philosophy has come under close scrutiny by modern and postmodern philosophers and thinkers as being flawed at its core. The German philosopher Martin Heidegger came to the conclusion that “Western philosophy is a great error”. The manner in which Western thought was founded, the course of its development, and its incursion into every facet of life in the Western world has been and is now being questioned on all fronts by leading critics and thinkers.
Robert Pirsig, in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, describes in detail the development of the Western philosophical tradition, and how it has shaped Western society. In doing so, he offers a critique of certain aspects of Western thought that resulted from a momentous battle for the “mind of man” (Pirsig 381).
A Reconciliation of Opposites Is Here.

) London, England, Middlesex University, Professor of Dance, Rosemary Lee Essay Relates To ZMM.

Professor Lee’s essay “The Velvet Stream” [is] an investigation of the muse is an attempt to grapple with the notion of what it feels like to be in the moment of creating."
http://www.rescen.net/Rosemary_Lee/rlwritings1.html

) Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma, School of Music Professor Quotes Passage From ZMM In Explaining How To Practice Music.

“I understood immediately that the hurrying mind, rushed in its thinking, is the bane of practicing - and of performing as well. When the mind is hurried it does not have time to notice what is really happening. It does not focus well and many of the details of the music go by unnoticed. One has only the feeling, "I got it," but the experience of the music is shallow.” Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. Robert Pirsig
http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/keyboard/PPF/1.2/1.2.PPFp.html

) Jacksonville, AL, Jacksonville State University, College of Arts and Sciences, English Dept. Course EH 101 Composition Requires ZMM Among Sixteen Books.

http://stars.troy.edu/stars/CRSLISTS/JSU/EH-101.pdf

) Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ZMM Is Required Text In STS-015 Psychology and Technology.

http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/www/STS-015.html

) Kennesaw, GA, Kennesaw State University, English Department Course Composition I, Spring, 2005 Uses Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance As Required Text.

http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/syllabi/betz_1101_05.doc

) San Antonio, TX, Trinity University, In Their General Education Requirements: 1300 First Year Seminar “Big Books, Big Ideas” Requires Three Books 1) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 2) The Time of Our Singing, & 3) Gödel, Escher,

http://www.trinity.edu/sbachrac/fys2004/

) Glassboro, NJ. Rowan University, College of Engineering, Requires ZMM Book In a Course Called Sophomore Engineering Clinic I.

http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese/sophclinic1/zen.html

Tarleton State Writing Program: Robert Pirsig Resources Project

For a good example of ZMM in a writing program, check out the Robert Pirsig Resources Project at Tarleton State University. There are many (old?) links to additional ZMM resources here. Click here for an archived webpage from Tarleton State University. http://web.archive.org/web/19981206060153/gopher.tarleton.edu/academics/depts/english/pirsig.htm

) Manhattan, KS, Kansas State University, English 287: Great Books Study Guides Lists ZMM Among Eight References.

English 287 Home Page:
https://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english287/03f-287index2.htm

http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english287/287-sg0.htm

Also has an excellent links page:
http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english287/Links-Pirsig_ZAMM.htm

) Orange, CA, Chapman University, Humanities and Social Sciences, Honors 302, In Search of Self Shows ZMM As One of Some 26 books In Their Bibliography.

http://www1.chapman.edu/syllabi/Honors/HON302.doc

) Lafayette, IN, Purdue University, Krannert School, Professor Steve Green’s Reading List Includes ZMM as one of Six Books.

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/books/recommenders/green.htm

) College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland, Department of Mathematics, Dr. Niranjan Ramachandran Lists ZMM As One of Five Texts In, Honor 229P, Mathematics and Art.

http://www.honors.umd.edu/COURSES/0308/229P0308.htm

) Orlando, FL, University of Central Florida, Department of Philosophy Lists ZMM among Some Thirteen Resources for Introduction to Philosophy 2010H.

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/courses/phi2010/

) Hempstead, NY, Hofstra University, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Requires ZMM Book Reading in Course The Quest for Sagehood:

"[ZMM is used] as a tool for softening up some of the ontological and cosmological assumptions that my students carry into the course."
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/the_quest_for_sagehood-frisina.html

) Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, Geography 498 Course Activities Description Starts With a ZMM Passage On The Nature of the University.

http://faculty.washington.edu/~krumme/498/themes498.html

) Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University Law School, Course Lawyers and Literature Professor Jelkins Quotes Long Passages from ZMM.

A Long Essay Titled “Kafka's "Before the Law" quotes a long passage from ZMM on the words "Edify" & "Purpose of a Chautauqua". He concludes “…. left to my own whims, ZMM would be required reading in law school.”
http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lawyerslit/exercises/kafka.htm

) Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University, Law School, The Web and Legal Education Includes ZMM:

James R. Jelkins, discusses how the Internet may be incorporated into law education. After a long passage from ZMM on “seeing different realities,” he concludes: “We may have something of a similar [to ZMM] revelation of divergent pedagogical world-views in the emerging Web/non-Web camps in legal education.”
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lessons/lesjan99.htm

) Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Kayla Jacobs, Starts Her Essay On “Classifying the Classicality of Classical Physics” with a Passage From ZMM.

http://web.mit.edu/kayla/www/writings/ClassifyingtheClassicalityofClassicalPhysics.pdf

) Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon University, Course 48305 Enclosure and Construction Course, Lists ZMM Among Many Books In Bibliography.

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/48-305/books.html

) London, England, The Pathways to Philosophy Distance Learning Programs Run By The International Society for Philosophers In Partnership With the Philosophical Society of England Includes ZMM Passage “What Is A University” In Its Explanation For Seeking Accreditation.

http://www.philosophypathways.com/programs/n005.html

) Ogden, Utah, Weber State University Include ZMM Among 100 Books In Its Weber State University 100 Greatest Literary Works of All-Time As Chosen By WSU faculty.

http://departments.weber.edu/mediarelations/fulltext.asp?id=158

) Tallahassee, FL, Florida State University, PHI 3882: Philosophy In Literature, Includes ZMM Among Three Course Texts.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bmurphy/spring05preview.html

) Davidson, NC, Davidson College, Course ENGLISH 101W-C: Love, Art, and Death Course-Description Includes Passage From ZMM Concerning Writing.

http://www.davidson.edu/academic/english/faculty/zk_home/101s96.htm

) Kent, OH, Kent State University, English 49091 Includes ZMM As One of Five Texts In Capstone Course, Senior Seminar: Writing in Communities .

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~chaas/49091.html

) Los Angeles, CA, University of Southern California, David W. Stewart, Professor of Marketing, Lists ZMM Second in His Ten Book Recommendations.

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/apr2003/bs20030415_2025_bs027.htm

) Pomona, CA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Professor of Physics, A. John Mallinckrodt, Includes An Approximately 6 Page ZMM Excerpt On “The Grade-less College” In His Instructions To Students, .

http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm/materials/zenexcerpt.html

) River Forest, IL, Dominican University, Includes ZMM In Its Faculty Reading Recommendations for Graduating Seniors.

http://domweb.dom.edu/library/Crown/facread.htm

) Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Community College, Philosophy 100 "Introduction to Philosophy" Includes ZMM As One of Two Required Texts.

http://www.tacomacc.edu/home/scochrane/100syllf04.pdf

) Alfred, NY, Alfred University, Editor of Professional Journal For Chemists Delivered Fifth Annual Scholars Lecture Which Emphasize ZMM.

Madeleine Jacobs, editor-in-chief of Chemical and Engineering News …… delivered speech entitled, “The Two Cultures, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. ” Jacobs [drew] together themes from two apparently disparate books, C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures and the 1974 cult book by Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The two works have “more than meets the eye” in common, according to Jacobs, who weaves the two together in what has been called a “philosophical, thought-provoking and sometimes humorous talk” in which she will explain “why it is imperative that scientists and humanists alike work together to close the chasm between the two cultures.” (News release paraphrased by HSG)
http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=1567

) University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, Includes Chapter 9 of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceAmong Two Reserve Room Readings. These readings are also in the book Science and Its Ways of Knowing, edited by Hatton and Plouffe.

http://eqseis.geosc.psu.edu/~cammon/HTML/Classes/IntroQuakes/Reserve.html

) Whitewater, WI, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Literature Professor In His Course World of Ideas Used ZMM As Principle Text.

“In this course we will use Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila as focal points for our examination of what constitutes ‘the Good Life.’”
http://facstaff.uww.edu/lenchom/390S06.mht

) Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, ZMM Is Listed Among Thirteen Books In Recommended Readings For All Philosophy Courses and Disciplines. Zen and the Art of Archery is also listed.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~detrie/pages/reading/pages/philosophy.reading.html

) Austin, TX, The University of Texas at Austin Includes Reference to ZMM In Online Journal Article By Jerome Bump.

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/currents/fall99/bump.html

) Oxford, OH, Miami University, Summer Reading Program Lists ZMM Among 24 Books.

Participation In This Program Is the Student’s First Assignment At Miami U.
http://www.units.muohio.edu/srp/aboutsrp.html

) Waco, TX, Baylor University, Law School, With a Quote From ZMM Starts Speech To Approximately 100 Baylor Law Students .

http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=14683

) Madison WI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of International Studies, Sponsors Campus Visit and Speech Ambassador John B. Richardson, Who Has “Been Marked For Life By Reading ZMM.”

http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/mti/richardsonbio.htm

) Monroe, LA, The University of Louisiana Monroe, Weekly Chautauqua Nexus and Origins Series of Lectures Includes “Lessons from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its Relevance to Academics.”

http://www.ulm.edu/universityrelations/news/feb05/zen.html

) Athens, GA, The University of Georgia, Department of Geology, GEOL 1122 Shows Reading On "What is, and isn't, Science" Includes Passage From ZMM.

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/1122sciencedefns.html

) Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania, English Dept & School Engineering and Applied Science, Used ZMM In Writing Across the Curriculum Cooperative Effort.

They ”used Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as the foundation reading for the instructions assignment, along with Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol.” Five other books were primary Texts.
http://wac.colostate.edu/books/mcleod_soven/chapter9.pdf

) Albany, NY, University at Albany, State University of New York , Course Soc 115 Includes ZMM Among 25 Books In Book-Report Reading List.

http://www.albany.edu/~ach13/soc115/index.html

) Riverside, CA, California Baptist University, Philosophy Dept. Course PHI 213 Introduction to Philosophy, Lists ZMM As One of Two Books For a Required Book Report.

http://www.calbaptist.edu/dskubik/syl_phi213_fa02.htm

) Seattle, WA, University of Washington, Dept Philosophy, General Studies Course 197c: Freshman Seminar In Philosophy: What is Philosophy? Final Session Is Devoted To ZMM, pp. 194-201, Should Grades Be Abolished?

http://faculty.washington.edu/wtalbott/genst197/197syl.htm

) Bolder, CO, Regis University, Faculty and Staff: Faculty Resources Webpage Quotes ZMM In Section Titled "What is Real and what is not Real? Is there any difference?"

http://www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=facst&p1=res&p2=spsg&p3=assign

) Ames, IA, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Honors Composition Website Has Writing on Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values

This Is An Essay On The Crisis Of Reason & A New Paradigm Of Rationality.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~consigny/pirsig.html

) Toronto Canada, University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science, Course Process Improvement, Lecture 21, Shows ZMM Among Two References.

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/CSC444F/slides/L21-ProcessImprovement.pdf

) Toronto Canada, University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science, Course Software Design Quality, Lecture 12, Shows ZMM Among Five References.

Course Text “Software Engineering: Principles and Practice” By H. van Vliet, also Gives a nice summary of quality, quoting appropriately from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”.
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~ppacheco/course/444/Lect12%20-%20software%20quality.ppt#266,1,Lecture 12: Software Design Quality

) Washington University in St. Louis, MO, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Center for Engineering Computation Course CSE 432S: Pattern Oriented Software Design and Development, Lists ZMM Among Thirty Three Books in Its "Useful Additions To Your Programming Library."

http://classes.cec.wustl.edu/~cse432/

) Glassboro, NJ, Rowan University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore Engineering Clinic II, Has Long Quote From ZMM On Nature Of Quality.

http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese/sophclinic2-00/guitar/guitar.html

) Mankato, MN, Minnesota State University, The Mc Gill University Health Center, Lists ZMM Among Seventy Eight Books In Their FLUENCY REFERENCE LIST.

This bibliography was a hand-out at the NSA Convention in Chicago, June 2000. It was composed by the director of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the Montreal General Hospital http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/fluencybib.html

) Bethlehem, PA, Moravian College, Course: CH 220.2 Methods in Chemical Research, Includes Analyzing Passage From ZMM In Their Writing Journal Requirement.

http://www.cs.moravian.edu/~csalter/ch201syl.html

) Greenwood, SC, Lander University, Philosophy, Readings in Eastern Philosophy: Includes Nature of Buddha Passage From ZMM. Also ZMM Listed Among Six Books In Open Source Text Reference.

http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/reader/reader/x2836.html

) Socorro, NM, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Technical Communication Program, Paper quotes from ZMM in explaining the Writing process.

Paper title: Ethos: Character And Ethics In Technical Writing: The Spectator Attitude In Technical Writing.
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~cpc/ethos.html

) East Lansing, MI, Michigan State University, National Center for Community Policing Includes ZMM Among Two References In Speech On Basic Issues In [Police] Training.

http://www.cj.msu.edu/~people/cp/basic.html

) Nacogdoches, TX, Stephen F. Austin State University Shows Several Student Summer Discussion Sections that use ZMM.

http://hubel.sfasu.edu/otherendev/tc/sept00sum.html if not available, use Google catche = Google Catche: Sections Use ZMM

) World Wide, Philosophos Website Essay "What is a University?" Ends With a Long ZMM Passage From Pirsig’s Church of Reason Lecture.

http://www.philosophos.com/knowledge_base/archives_16/philosophy_questions_1622.html

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) Boston, MA, Northeastern University, Department of Philosophy & Religion, PHL U145 Course, Technology and Human Values Uses ZMM As One of Two Main Texts.

This course: “Examines the changing values of the modern, technologically advanced world. Attempts to increase our understanding of the supposed breach between the literary and scientific cultures, the diverse approaches towards their reconciliation, and the human dimensions of science and technology. Considers other relevant topics such as the neutrality of technology with respect to good or evil uses, technology as an instrument for human liberation, and the issue of proper and effective modes of controlling technology in today's world. Studies Pirsig's widely read paperback, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well as Lynn White's Dynamo and Virgin Reconsidered. Also considers other important writers, including Kurt Baler, Jacob Bronowski, Barry Commoner, Erich Fromm, Karl Marx, and C.P. Snow.”
INACTIVE LINK: www.philosophy.neu.edu/courses_2.shtml

)Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky Lexington, Course PS 441G-001, Early\\ Political Theory Shows ZMM As One of Four Primary Texts.

ZMM As One of Four Primary Texts

) School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at The University Of Adelaide, Australia Reviews and Recommends ZMM Among Twelve Books.

INACTIVE LINK: www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/phillips/readinglist.html

) University of Virginia, Richmond, Course ENAM 483, Introduction to American Studies Lists ZMM As One of Eight Texts.

INACTIVE LINK:
ZMM As One of Eight Texts

) University of Virginia, Richmond, Course ENAM 803, Introduction to American Studies Lists ZMM As One of Ten Texts.

INACTIVE LINK:
ZMM As One of Ten Texts

) Brooklyn, NY, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Resource Guide Lists ZMM As Reference Book In Scientific Method, For Scientific Writing and Writing in Other Disciplines.

INACTIVE LINK: www.brooklyn.liu.edu/fw/portfolio_resource_guide/d1c.htm

) Cookeville, TN, Tennessee Technological University, Philosophy, 1030(Honors), Lists ZMM Among Five Required Texts In Introduction To Philosophy.

INACTIVE LINK: www.tntech.edu/sociology/faculty/syllabus/PH1030H_F05.HTM

) Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, An Interview with Professor Doug Lynch, Mentions He Uses ZMM In His Teaching.

His Interview is about “How Corporations and Higher Education Can Work Together for the Greater Good.”
INACTIVE LINK: community.capgemini.com/focus/fcd/Perspectives20/en_index3.jsp

) Seven Cities In Maine, The University of Maine, Honors College List ZMM Book and Zen in the Art of Archery Among Their ~180 Selections For 12 Different Academic Majors.

INACTIVE LINK: www.umehon.maine.edu/thesis/reading.htm

) Waltham, MA, Brandeis University, Russian Language and Literature, The Art of Living Course, Incorporates ZMM Teachings.

"The course was all about the meaning of life, so we read the Bible and the Iliad, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lao Tzu, and Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky.”
INACTIVE LINK: my.brandeis.edu/profiles/one-profile?profile_id=238

) St. Lawrence University, Course, Introduction to Philosophy 100C Uses ZMM in illustrating modern trends in Philosophy.

INACTIVE LINK: it.stlawu.edu/~kpphilc/intro/intro.html

) Standish, MA , Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, Summer Programs Shows ZMM as One of Three Texts.

INACTIVE LINK: www.calhsta.org/library/zen.pdf

) Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University, Law School, Professor Jelkins Quotes Long Passages from ZMM.

In A Long Essay Titled “Lawyers and Pilots: Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers,” Jelkins says, “When I began law teaching, I also happened to be reading Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (1974). [This is] a book which I have sometimes used in law school courses and strongly recommend to those who have set out to be lawyers. His essay is about lateral thinking and education for surprise.
INACTIVE LINK: www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/imagine/pilot1.html

) Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University, College of Law, Course Lawyers and Literature Course Readings Uses Passage From ZMM To Illustrate How Students As Lawyers May Have Been “Conned” Into Not Seeing Their Own Relationship To Their Larger Society.

INACTIVE LINK: myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lawyerslit/basics/course1.htm

) Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University, College of Law, Professor of Law,

Course In Ethics: Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers Course Readings Includes ZMM In Three Primary Readings.
INACTIVE LINK: www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/imagine/failure5.html

NOTE: You will find a Larger View of Professor Jelkins Courses (above) At
INACTIVE LINK: www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/imagine/

) Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon University, Lists ZMM Among 59 Books in Its Carpentry Institute Bibliography.

INACTIVE LINK: www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/48-215/books.html

) Montclair, NJ, Montclair State University, Rainforest Study & Research Program, Quotes a Very Long ZMM Passage On A Scientific Writing, Reading & Communicating Webpage,

ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED http://rainforest.montclair.edu/panama/video/media.htm

) Palo Alto, CA, Stanford University Official Newspaper, Extensively Quotes ZMM In Article Challenging Professors and Students to Raise To a Higher Level of Quality.

Article urges "Please read this book if you haven’t."
INACTIVE LINK: daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=10552&repository=0001_article

) Sherman, TX, Austin College Library Summer Reading Recommendations Include ZMM Among 26 Books.

INACTIVE LINK: abell.austincollege.edu/Abell/Srvpoco/summerread01.html

) London, England, London Metropolitan University Course FA1009C Workshop Module Printmaking Include ZMM Among 6 s In It’s Bibliography.

INACTIVE LINK: www.londonmet.ac.uk/module-catalogue/1/fa/fa1009.cfm

) Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Valley State College, Ethics Center Events Fall 2000, Includes ZMM In Faculty Bookgroup Discussion.

INACTIVE LINK: www.uvsc.edu/ethics/events/fall2000.html

) Wilmington, NC, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, HON 110 Freshman Honors Seminar, Includes ZMM Among ~50 Books In Its Bibliography.

INACTIVE LINK: people.uncw.edu/myersj/bibliography_for_reading_lis.htm

) Glasgow, Scotland, University of Glasgow, General Practice & Primary Care Includes ZMM Among Its Suggested Reading.

ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED: http://www.gla.ac.uk/generalpractice/mpcreading_change.htm

) Rochester, NY, Rochester Institute of Technology, PHOTO ONE Course Shows ZMM Among Its 33 Books On Photography and Visual Thinking.

INACTIVE LINK: www.rit.edu/~lgfpph/photo1public/bibliography_photo_one.pdf

) Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia State University, Instructional Technology Research Online Division, Includes ZMM Among Three Course Texts In Its Essay Concerning “Education Of the Future.”

INACTIVE LINK: www2.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/docs/reading/

) Peoria, IL, Bradley University, Honors Program Seminar Mentions Studying ZMM Among Three Books.

INACTIVE LINK: www.bradley.edu/hilltopics/04summer/featurezarvell.shtm

) University of Texas at Tyler, TX, Course UNIV 1300.001 Freshman Seminar, The History and Philosophy of Science Includes ZMM As One of Two Required Texts.

INACTIVE LINK: www.uttyl.edu/cas/seminars.htm

) Jackson, MI, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing, Course PHN 706 ,History and Philosophy of Science Includes ZMM As One of Three Required Texts.

INACTIVE LINK: son.umc.edu/students/documents/PHN706Fall2005_001.doc

) The University of Texas at Dallas, TX, Course ARTS 1301

Exploration Of The Arts Includes ZMM As One of Two Suggested Readings.
INACTIVE LINK: www.utdallas.edu/syllabus/syllabi/arts1301nelsen.pdf

) Washington, DC, Georgetown University, School of Continuing Studies Offers Study of ZMM

Page says “Like Melville’s classic tale of the great White Whale, Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is essentially an exploration of Western philosophical problems disguised as a novel.”
INACTIVE LINK: www12.georgetown.edu/scs/contedu/litfilm.html

) Amherst, MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst., The Above Mentioned Lecture Was Also Given At the U Mass Chemistry Department's annual William E. Mahoney Seminar.

INACTIVE LINK: www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/24004.php

) Hamilton, NY, Colgate University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Professor Lists ZMM Among Some 43 References in Bibliography For His Courses in Frontiers & Borders, Colonialism and Development, North American Indians, and Globalization, Culture, and Everyday Life.

INACTIVE LINK: people.colgate.edu/tdhall/Occonor05BIB.htm

) Greencastle, IN, De Pauw University, Seminar East Meets West Mentions ZMM Among Five Books.

INACTIVE LINK: www.depauw.edu/2009/academics/fysView.asp?ID=211

) Urbana-Champaign, IL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Philosophy Dept. Course Communications 490

A Philosophy of Technology, Lists ZMM Among 26 Texts For
Reading and Research Paper.
INACTIVE LINK: www2.uiuc.edu/unit/STIM/chriscourse.html

) Springfield, MO, Drury University, Drury's General Education Program, Global Perspectives for the 21st Century, Introduction to Alpha Seminar and Interdisciplinary Inquiry Includes ZMM Among Ten Books In Reading List "Individual and the Community."

INACTIVE LINK: www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=1531&NLID=53

) Memphis, TN, University of Memphis, Journalism Dept Course JOUR 7100 Journalism Administration Requires ZMM As One Of Two Texts.

INACTIVE LINK: www.people.memphis.edu/~jourlib/jour7100001f03.htm

) Daytona Beach, FL, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Department of Distance Learning, Course ASCI 604 Human Factors in Aviation/Aerospace Systems Includes ZMM In List of Nineteen Literature Sources.

INACTIVE LINK: www.erau.edu/ec/courses/asci604.html

) Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Senior Class Officers Include ZMM In "100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU GRADUATE"

Item 83 Is Read Five Named Books Including ZMM.
ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED: http://classof04.alumni.cornell.edu/100%20Things.

) Fairfield, CN, Fairfield University, Professor of Psychology, Founding Director of University Writing Center, Includes ZMM Among Twenty Two Recommended References.

In Course Teaching & Training Methods PSY648: Critical Thinking III,
INACTIVE LINK: www.faculty.fairfield.edu/rtorosyan/CT_Training_Methods_Syll.doc

) Dubuque, Iowa, Loras College, Biology Department Professor Develops MOI Class Featuring ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK: depts.loras.edu/bio/bionewsv1.html

) Silver City, NM, Western New Mexico University, English Dept, Advanced Creative Writing Includes Quote From ZMM In Instructions to Students.

INACTIVE LINK: www.wnmu.edu/Syllabi/Summer04/Hum/ENGL410.pdf

) Wilmington, NC, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Department of Biological Sciences, HON 110-300 Bibliography Includes ZMM Among Thirty Seven Books.

) Wilmington, NC, The University of North Carolina Wilmington, HON 110-304:

Honors Freshman Seminar: The University Experience and the Life of the Mind, Section Theme: Living in an Information Society Bibliography Lists ZMM Among twenty Five Books.
INACTIVE LINK: library.uncwil.edu/faculty/codys/HON110/Honors110-05Bibliography.htm

) East Lansing MI, Michigan State University, College of Education, Learning, Technology & Culture Program Course CEP917 Knowledge Media Design Recommends ZMM Among Many Other Texts.

INACTIVE LINK: punya.educ.msu.edu/punyaweb/courses/SPRING04/CEP917/readings.html

) Ames, Iowa, University of Iowa Libraries, Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI) Includes ZMM Among twenty Eight References in Essay “Explications of Rhetorical Performance”

INACTIVE LINK: inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/poroi/essaystrategy.html

) Syracuse, NY, Le Moyne College, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Has Essay That Includes ZMM Among Six References On Becoming a Teacher.

Essay Discusses “Working at Defining Myself as a Teacher” & “The Examined Life of a Teacher”.
INACTIVE LINK: teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachpsych/tia/rtf/14.rtf

) Denver, CO, University of Denver, Philosophy Course Descriptions, Includes ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK:
Philosophy Course Reads ZMM

) Houston, TX , Rice University, Chaired Professor Lists ZMM Among Four Books and Many Articles In His Useful Tips On How To Succeed In Graduate School And Your Subsequent Research Career .

ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED: http://www-ece.rice.edu/~richb/resources.html

) Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School Of Government, Course STM-301 Operations Management Requires Reading From ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK: www.ksg.harvard.edu/gstuart/OpManage%20Syllabus%202004.htm

) Newark, DE, University of Delaware Hosts The American Philosophical Association Web Site Shows ZMM.

Course Uses ZMM To Introduce Reflections About the Nature of "Quality." This Outstanding Online Course Award Recipient, Taming the Electronic Frontier www.virtualschool.edu/98al, Is Remarkable as an Exemplar Of Qualities For An On-Line Course.
INACTIVE LINK: www.apa.udel.edu/apa/archive/newsletters/v98n1/computers/judge.asp

) Ames, IA, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Statistics 104 Course, Section C, Has An Essay on Scientific Method Which Extensively Quotes ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK:
Iowa State~stugard/Homepage/ZMM

) New Haven, CT, Southern Connecticut State University, The Research Center on Computing & Society, Lists ZMM Among Eighteen References.

In Course Non-Apologetic Computer Ethics Education: A Strategy for Integrating Social Impact and Ethics into the Computer Science Curriculum
INACTIVE LINK:
rccs/resources/teaching/.... /readings

) Cincinnati, Ohio, Xavier University, The Learning

Assistance Center, Lists ZMM Among Two Books In Its "Resources On And Off The Internet That We Have Found Helpful."
INACTIVE LINK: www.xu.edu/lac/Study_Skills_Links.htm

) Atlanta, GA, Mercer University, Mercer Law Review Web Publication Shows ZMM Among Two References.

INACTIVE LINK: review.law.mercer.edu/old/20209ft.htm

) Saratoga Springs, NY, Skidmore College, Psychology Department Webpage On Should I go to graduate school? Recommends Reading ZMM To Get Help In Planning for Grad School.

INACTIVE LINK: psych.skidmore.edu/grad.htm

) Gary, IN, Indiana University-Northwest, Philosophy Dept, F200 Examining Self as Teacher,

Includes ZMM Among Nine Books in Its Literature Circle Recommended Books.
INACTIVE LINK: www.iun.edu/~edujal/f200/textmaterials.html

) Genesco, NY, State University of New York at Geneseo, English Dept, INTD 105: Critical Writing And Reading, Writing Seminars Includes ZMM.

The Art of Experience Course is an attempt to gain a greater appreciation for the aesthetic potential of the everyday. We will read, discuss, and write about the aesthetics of pragmatist philosopher John Dewey as well as Robert Pirsig's autobiographical novel "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. "
ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED: http://www.geneseo.edu/~doc/?pg=intd105/intd105s06.html

) Abilene, TX, Abilene Christian University, English Dept, Professor’s Professional Paper Includes ZMM Among 41 Authors.

Given at the Windhover/New Texas Writers' Festival, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
INACTIVE LINK: faculty.acu.edu/~willerto/UMHB01.htm

) Winchester, VA, Shenandoah University, Wilkins Wellness Center, Student Hand Out On Perfectionism Includes Long Passage From ZMM re the "South Indian Monkey Trap."

INACTIVE LINK: www.su.edu/studaffs/wellness/counseling%20handouts/Perfectionism.doc

) Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Management of Technology Program, mt322, Quality Management Course Handout Includes ZMM Among Many References On Quality.

In an introductory course on Quality.
INACTIVE LINK: mot.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/mt322/Whatis.htm

) Chicago, IL, Illinois Institute of Technology, Armour College, Lewis Department of Humanities, Course English 532: Rhetoric of Technology Course Lists ZMM As One of Five Required Books.

INACTIVE LINK: www.iit.edu/~coogan/english532.html

) University Park, PA, Penn State University, Religious Studies 001 Resource Site Lists ZMM As One Of Many Books Recommended To Students In World Religions Courses.

INACTIVE LINK: jbe.la.psu.edu/courses/worldreligions/reference%20texts.htm

) British Columbia, Canada, The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia, Canada, Quotes the ZMM Book In Its Explanation of “What Is A University.”

INACTIVE LINK:
cufabc.harbour.sfu.ca/display.php?title=Why+Universities?&artname=whyuniv.html&subm=about

) Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto Research Center, John Seely Brown, Steve Denning, Katalina Groh, Larry Prusak:

Four of the world's leading thinkers explore the role of storytelling in the world. Some of the books that we like to read, or that have influenced us, include: ZMM among 30 Books.
INACTIVE LINK: www2.parc.com/ops/members/brown/storytelling/Bibliography.html

) Evansville, IN, University of Southern Indiana, Communications Dept, ZMM Appears Number Two Among Twenty Books In List of Books That Journalists Ought to Read.

INACTIVE LINK: www.usi.edu/libarts/comm/Rroat/great97.asp

) Irvine, CA, University of California, Irvine, Department of English and Comparative Literature Writing 139: Foundations of Science & Writing: Absolute and Relative Science Analyzed Includes ZMM Among Three required Books.

INACTIVE LINK: www.ags.uci.edu/~klching/portfolio.html

) Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Presentation Includes Quote From ZMM.

Gary R. Hooper, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Gives ZMM Oriented Class Presentation: "Technical Writing Class Ethics and the Nature of Research."
INACTIVE LINK: athena.english.vt.edu/~hagedorn/TechnicalWriting/gary.html

) Atlanta, GA, Georgia Institute of Technology, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Presentation of Vice Chairman Chrysler Corporation Closes Speech With Quote From ZMM.

"The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission [or, I might add, in the recesses of that piece of mechanical art called the automobile] as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha - which is to demean oneself."
INACTIVE LINK: www.me.gatech.edu/me/publicat/trans98.html

) Albany, NY, State University of New York at Albany, The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement, Mention ZMM In Their Characteristics Of Student Performance As Factors In Portfolio Assessment .

INACTIVE LINK: cela.albany.edu/reports/portass/portass.html

) Ithaca, NY, Cornell University, Psychology Research Paper Literature Reference # 18 Lists ZMM Among Five Non-Art History Books As Having Discussions Re The Perception of Quality in Art.

INACTIVE LINK: www2.psych.cornell.edu/cutting/pub/brzyski.pdf

) Athens, OH, Ohio University, Department of English, English 308J, Writing & Research Will Work With ZMM Among Three Texts.

ACTIVE LINK, CONTENT MOVED: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~hartleyg/308J/308Jsyl.html

) Cedar Falls, Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, A speech delivered at the Summer Commencement ceremonies Quotes ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK: marvin.ibest.uidaho.edu/~heckendo/romance.html

) Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ZMM Is Single Required Text In Course 9-68 Brain and-Cognitive-Sciences.

An extensive course outline, lecture plan, schedule of reading, notes, and assignments is given.
INACTIVE LINK: ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-68Spring-2005/Readings/

) Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,MIT Open Course Ware » Brain and Cognitive Sciences » Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings, Spring 2005 Readings Required ZMM.

Also given are related resources which include some interesting information on Pirsig and the Chautauqua movement. Also Mentions the useful Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
INACTIVE LINK: ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-68Spring-2005/Readings/index.htm

)Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Used ZMM In Graduate School.

Zen and the Art of Graduate School by Susan K. Gardner, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Higher Education. This Is a good essay By PhD Graduate Student (ABD), which tells about her severe trials in graduate school research. ZMM helped her in her trials and ZMM Topics are included through her essay. She discusses such ZMM concepts as; 1) “the zero moment of consciousness”, 2) “Gumption Traps”, 3) and “gumption -- the psychic gasoline that keeps you going”.
INACTIVE LINK: asstudents.unco.edu/students/AE-Extra/2005/11/Art-2.html

) Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan, Course CIS551 Computer and Information Science, Extensive Book Report, Highly Recommends Reading ZMM Several Times, Especially For Under Graduates and Graduate Students.

The Report was written by Jill Katic, who graduated from Michigan State Engineering School.
INACTIVE LINK: www-personal.umich.edu/~jkatic/bookreport.html

) Orem, UT, Utah Valley State College, Center for the Study of Ethics Faculty Bookgroup, Studies Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

INACTIVE LINK: www.uvsc.edu/ethics/newsletter/Thinker10-2000.pdf

) Greensborough, NC, Gillford College, Academic Skills Center Posts Zen And The Art of Academia Which Quotes Extensively From ZMM.

Article discusses how "Writing needs a seed crystal."
LINK ACTIVE, CONTENT MOVED: http://www.guilford.edu/services/index.cfm?ID=700002640

) Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, STAT 104 Course, Section C, Has An Essay on Scientific Method Which Extensively Quotes ZMM.

INACTIVE LINK: Essay Scientific Method

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