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Reaching Boys/Teaching Boys
Strategies That Work and Why
(Wiley/Jossey Bass, 2010)

Co-authored with Michael Reichert, Ph.D.

An analysis, featuring hundreds of examples, of teaching practices, including complete lessons, proven to work with boys. The data was collected from schools worldwide, and the findings include comments from the boys themselves as to what and why they found specific teaching and teachers effective. Michael Thompson, psychologist and leading writer on the plight of contemporary boys (Raising Cain) commented that Reaching Boys/Teaching Boys "is the best, most practical book about teaching boys that I have ever read."

Teaching Boys
A Global Study of Effective Practices
(International Boys' School Coalition, 2009)

Co-authored with Michael Reichert, Ph.D.

The findings and analysis of what teachers of boys and boys themselves reported as their most effective lessons in the course of their schooling. Faculties and boys from eighteen schools from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand participated in this study. The extent and substance of what teachers report here combine to cast important new light on what many see as an educational crisis in educating contemporary boys.

Twenty-One Visits to a Darkly
Sun-Tanned Angel
(Dog Ear Press, 2009)

A connected cycle of poems exploring an extended encounter with an actual angel, in the course of which the angelic condition, human mortality, the nature of sex, and questions of ultimate meaning are explored in both playful an intensely serious ways.

Beyond the Icarus Factor
Releasing the Free Spirit of Boys
(Park Street Press, 2008)

An extended reflection on the perilous condition of contemporary boys, including the considered opinion that today's boys are pressed by a number of cultural factors into a spirit-crippling "imposture" which deadens their experience as it diminishes their potential contributions to the world.

Icarus in our Midst:
A Reflection on Boys at Risk
(University School Press, 2004)

A consideration of how contemporary nurturing and schooling unintentionally lead boys to sacrifice their deepest inclinations, resulting in personal unhappiness and social trouble. Monograph.

Paul and Juliana
(Bancroft Press, 2003)

A short novel charting the course of a consuming love affair between two contemporary high school students who seek guidance and friendship from an eccentric school psychologist.

The Headmaster's Poems
(Eriksson, 2002)

A selection of Richard Hawley’s poems from 1970 through 2000.

Hard Lessons
and Other Talks to the School
(University School Press, 2002)

A collection of the headmaster’s talks to the assembled school on topical and ethical issues.

The Headmaster's Wife
(Eriksson, 2000)

A novel recounting the last six months of the life of Margaret Greeve, whose cancer diagnosis stimulates her to probe deeply into the meaning of her contribution to the world.

Papers from the Headmaster
(Paul S. Erikkson, 1996)

Subtitled “Reflections on a World Fit for Children,” this collection of essays discusses topical social issues—political correctness, drugs, commercial excesses, and other aspects of popular culture—as they bear on schooling and children.

The Romance of Boys Schools
(University School Press, 1994)

A consideration of the historical impact of all-boys schools and their place in contemporary culture. Monograph.

Hail University!
A Century of University School life
(University School Press, 1990)

The centennial history of Cleveland’s University School, an independent school for boys founded by Newton Anderson in 1890.

In Praise of the Teaching Life
(University School Press, 1998)

Three extended essays on teaching, including considerations of failure, endurance, and the comic dimension of scholastic life.

The Big Issues
In The Adolescent Journey
(Walker, 1988)

A consideration of the central challenges facing adolescents, including sexuality, friendship, achievement, mortality, and finding meaning.

St. Julian
(Bits Press)

An operetta libretto recounting the life of the medieval saint Julian the Hospitaler, with a general introduction and stage notes. 1987

Seeing Things: A Chronicle of Surprises
(Walker, 1987)

A spiritual memoir of growing up in the Midwest.

Building Drug Free Schools
(with Robert Peterson and Margaret Mason)
(The American Council for Drug Education, 1986)

A review of research bearing on the effects of illegal drugs on learning and behavior, with suggestions for how schools might be better structured to help students to avoid harmful substances.

The Headmaster's Papers
(Paul Eriksson, Bantam, 1984)

A novel about a harrowing year in the life of a boarding school headmaster beset by a series of professional and personal challenges.

The Purposes of Pleasure
(Independent School Press, 1983)

An inquiry into the role of pleasurable reward in the shaping of human behavior, with specific focus on the effects of psychoactive drugs on learning and development.

With Love to My Survivors
(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1982)

A selection of topical and lyrical poems. Monograph.

Coming Through School
(Independent School Press/Wiley, 1982)

An anthology of coming of age stories set in 19th and 20th century schools. Sequenced chronologically, these excerpts from notable school fiction begin with chapters from TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS and JANE EYRE and continue through the likes of TEA AND SYMPATHY and SEPARATE PEACE. Richard Hawley introduces the collection with an extended introductory essay, and shorter commentaries precede each selection.

Aspects of Vision

(Robert Moore, 1976)

A selection of lyric poems. Monograph.

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