Chapter 3: The Class at Allen Siegel’s Home

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A final note: We as professors get to hear all about this in our own private conversations with students. We watch them grow, deepen and change as they tumble through the ideas and presences of these remarkably intelligent and caring analysts—there is an exciting turbulence throughout the class that we thrive on and try to contain.

In sum, this course stands out for us and for the students as the “best” course we have ever taken at Colorado College.

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Notes on contributors

Marcia D-S. Dobson

Marcia D-S. Dobson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Classics and the Chair of the Psychoanalysis Minor at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is the author of a number of articles and book chapters in psychoanalysis and the Classics. She is a member of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and a co-chair of APsaA’s Committee on Psychoanalysis and Undergraduate Education.

John H. Riker

John H. Riker, Ph.D., is a professor of Philosophy at Colorado College. He is the author of four books interrelating psychoanalysis and philosophy, especially ethics. He is a member of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and a co-chair of APsaA’s Committee on Psychoanalysis and Undergraduate Education.