Books
Dr. Goler’s books help readers understand how history, social conditions, and family life shape who we become, how we age, and how we care for ourselves and one another.
Available now
A guide to the conditions that shape identity, the stories people internalize, and the work of conscious reconstruction.
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Forthcoming
A Guide to Family, Faith, Advocacy, and Rebuilding the Circle of Care
An affirming, practical guide for Black families caring for aging parents, grounded in family, faith, advocacy, and the work of rebuilding the circle of care.
Explore aging and caregivingCaregiving While Black
The guide brings sociological research, practical preparation, and the lived realities of Black family caregiving together. It follows the caregiving journey from its earliest changes through the questions of grief, legacy, and closure.
The emotional realities of caregiving and changing family roles.
Support systems, sibling dynamics, and rebuilding the circle of care.
Medical advocacy, financial planning, and resource navigation.
Caregiver well-being, hospice, grief, legacy, and letting go.
The book is written for Black caregivers and is also a resource for helping professionals, faith leaders, and community leaders working alongside families.
It provides educational information and does not replace medical, legal, financial, or mental health advice.
Browse the work
Browse verified public essays, scholarly articles, book chapters, and policy work in one place.
OpenWatch the City Club Liberated Mind conversation and follow its public record.
OpenExplore Bonsai Theory, Reconstructed Self Theory, and the Goler Method.
OpenFor media, interviews, and speaking inquiries, begin with the engagement page.
OpenArticle and academic work archive
Browse Dr. Goler’s verified public essays and scholarly work in one place. Every record opens at its original publisher, journal, DOI, archive, or source profile.
40 verified records
Collections are color-coded and records are ordered by publication date within each collection.
Public writing · The People’s Scholar
February 23, 2026
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
February 10, 2026
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
January 18, 2026
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
December 28, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
December 14, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
November 30, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
November 16, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
November 2, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
October 19, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
October 5, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
September 21, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
September 7, 2025
The Real Deal Press · The People’s Scholar
Public writing · Newsletter
August 28, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · A theory of psychology as sociology internalized, and why the wound rarely originates where we find it.
June 19, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · The Sociology of Liminality
June 12, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · At the core of who we are is love.
May 28, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · What if the greatest threat to human freedom is control over human attention?
May 5, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · On the VRA ruling, quiet disengagement, and what Black leadership must reckon with before November.
April 13, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · Introducing Bonsai Theory.
April 3, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · A conversation worth having.
March 13, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · One of the most overlooked facts in American higher education.
February 27, 2026
The Liberated Mind · Substack · On systems, teaching, and the ways power shapes how we see ourselves.
Public writing · Magazine
August 12, 2026
Code M Magazine · Timothy D. Goler, Ph.D. · Politics
April 8, 2026
Coded M Magazine
Academic work · Journals and scholarly records
2024
Innovation in Aging · Article
2023
Innovation in Aging · Conference abstract
2022
Innovation in Aging · Conference abstract
2022
Journal of Women & Aging · Article
2021
Innovation in Aging · Article
2021
Innovation in Aging · Conference abstract
2021
Journal of Elder Policy · Article
2021
PubMed record · Scholarly record
2020
Innovation in Aging · Article
2019
Innovation in Aging · Conference abstract
2018
Innovation in Aging · Conference abstract
2018
Innovation in Aging · Article
2015
Journal of Intergenerational Relationships · Article
Academic work · Chapters and policy
2019
Scholarly book chapter · Book chapter
2015
Scholarly book chapter · Book chapter
2015
Academia.edu profile · Academic book chapter record
2007
PolicyBridge · Policy report
