Concurrent Sessions 2
Monday, September 13, 2:15–3:15 p.m. (ET)
Student-Centered Pathways to Student Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: A panel of Penn State faculty and administrators discuss unique approaches to student engagement as part of their pedagogy to enhance student learning.
Presenters: Haley Sankey, Tara Wyckoff, Frans Padt, Ilona Ballreich, Vippy Yee
Amplifying First-Person Immigrant Narratives Through Win-Win Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Panel
Abstract: Green Card Voices collaborates with various academic institutions to publish first-person stories of immigrants and refugees. We have produced ten books in this manner in five states. In this presentation, we will share the challenges, as well as immense gains the students receive from engaging in this type of work.
Presenters: Tea Rozman, Aaliyah Hannah
Exploring the Challenges and Barriers for Black Men Along the Educational Trajectory
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Panel
Abstract: The purpose of this network is to formulate a tier support group that focuses on assisting Black Men in Doctoral Programs at U of L and surrounding universities to successful completion and beyond. Build a linkage of brothers from all levels that can positively impact areas of teaching, research and service.
Presenters: Douglas Craddock, Jerron Jones, Devont'e Carson, Malcolm Muhammad
Family Engagement and Identity Development in STEM: Lessons from a Home Engineering Project
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: In this presentation, we will describe a collaborative community research project centered around the development, implementation, and evaluation of a program aimed at integrating engineering design practices into home environments. Goals of this project were to learn how the program might support participation and implementation of engineering design practices in the home environments of populations living in under-resourced communities and how that might impact youth engineering identity. Further exploration looked at changes in caregivers’ views of engineering, as well as how caregivers and their child(ren) interacted with one another through the engineering design process, from ideation to final solution.
Presenters: Peter Knox, Amber Simpson, Adam Maltese, Jing Yang
Using Digital Scholarship to Engage Social Work Policy Students
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Using Paulo Freire’s anti-oppressive educational theory, Social Work policy courses are able to expand students’ ability to engage with technological literacy. This presentation demonstrates how students created web-based digital scholarship while addressing technological literacy, advocacy, ethics of online engagement, and critical thinking of research/dissemination.
Presenters: Pilar Horner
Virtual Robotics Competitions - Seven Years of Reflection
Presentation Track: Technologies of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: The Virtual GEAR robotics competition started as a face-to-face event, and evolved to virtual to learners over three continents, using a range of technologies for engagement. This reflection presents the need for adaptation to reach a wider engaged community and for increased effective impact.
Presenters: Patricia Gouws, Tanja Karp
Ethical Considerations for Community-Engaged Learning with PA Farmworkers
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: What do students learn from engaging in English language tutoring with transnational dairy farmworkers in Pennsylvania? This interactive presentation explores our process of creating a community-engaged learning program with Spanish-speaking dairy farmworkers and the ethical dilemmas encountered along the way. We also share qualitative research findings indicating transformational learning outcomes.
Presenters: Kathleen Sexsmith, Melanie Miller Foster, Noel Habashy, Laura Cruz
Transforming the Linguistic Landscape for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Symposium proposes an ecological approach for the advanced mixed second language and heritage language learner classroom through a capstone service-learning course for a professional Spanish major aimed at engaging students and community partners in the transformation of the community’s linguistic landscape to advocate for a more equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist environment.
Presenters: Lourdes Sánchez-López
Connecting Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Life to the Lives of Contemporary Women Through Dance
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: An oral history project that connected the lives of contemporary Black women in Delaware and in Canada to the legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary was presented virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation will include a discussion about choreography as a viable dissemination format for oral history research.
Presenters: Lynnette Overby, Dianna Ruberto, A.T. Moffett, Rosalyn Green
Equitable Engagement: A Model of the Cooperative Local Economy
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Specific to neighborhoods of disinvestment the model of reinvestment has proven sustainable, equitable, inclusive and affirmative to excluded groups. It departs from the conventional rules of investment by creating a series of public markets, cooperative corporations, and a proven reinvestment strategy to turn economic deserts into a viable cooperative, wealth-sharing economy.
Presenters: Bruce Frankel, Jeffrey Tompkins, Will Snyder, Dylan Gehring
Bottom-Up Culture Beyond Metropolis as a New Way of Connecting Central and Peripheral Areas
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: A presentation will show a new way of changing post-industrial towns in Central and Eastern Europe used by activists organizing cultural events in public spaces. They build new connections between peripheral and central areas, using culture capital.
Presenters: Justyna Marcinkowska
Broader Impact Professional Competencies for Successful Leadership
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Since 1997, National Science Foundation has used broader community impact as a review criteria. Consequently, Broader Impact (BI) professionals have emerged as important campus leaders, connecting scientists with communities, in similar and sometimes different ways than traditional outreach and engagement leaders. Come learn about BI professional competencies that lead to success.
Presenters: Diane Doberneck, Miles McNall, Janice McDonnell, Megan Heitmann
Building a Culture of Engagement Through Data: Planning for Success
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This presentation will share how 40+ institutions are actively working to build a culture of engagement through the strategic collection and use of community engagement and public service data on their campuses.
Presenters: Lauren Wendling, Kristin Medlin
Integrating Volunteer Risk Management into All Aspects of Youth-Serving Organizations
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: With child abuse in youth serving organizations so often in the media, we must work to keep our children safe. This workshop will explain the importance of volunteers and the need for risk management policies and procedures. Volunteer recruitment, utilization, retainment, screening, training, and disciplinary processes will be discussed.
Presenters: Al Parker, Keri Hobbs
Innovations in Engaging Students as Online Mentors for Youth
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Campus Connections is an innovative program integrating mentoring, therapy and a framework of social justice to serve vulnerable youth. Due to Covid, we moved online using a creative model that reached youth in remote locations with transportation barriers or unstable living situations. We are excited to share this online model.
Presenters: Jennifer Krafchick, Shelley Haddock, Lindsey Weiler
Understanding the Bigger Picture: Mapping the Student Engagement Journey
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: While providing robust student engagement experiences is an institutional priority, we don't always know how our students navigate these experiences, what motivates them, and how they make meaning of participation. A research project will present findings that attempt to answer these questions and learn more about student engagement journeys.
Presenters: Hailley Marie Fargo
Combatting Summer Melt – A College Access Guide and Mentoring program
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: ‘Summer melt’ is the phenomenon of a “college-intending” student (one who has completed high school and been accepted to a college or university) who doesn’t show up for or enroll in college in the fall term after high school graduation. This problem could be quite pervasive; it is estimated that between 10-40% of “college-intending” students don’t enroll for fall term after graduating (Harvard University, 2013).
Presenters: Jennifer Oppenlander
The Moral Risks of Simulated Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: We criticize the assumptions underlying simulation (e.g., Oxfam Hunger Banquet) as a valuable civic learning practice. Based on our analysis, we distinguish two types of simulation: identity-based and system-based simulation. Identity-based simulation does not survive our moral critique, but we wonder if system-based simulation may still have value.
Presenters: Amy McKiernan, Gary Kirk
Examining Ethical Knowledge Production: CBPR and the Crisis Consensus
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop puts critical university studies in conversation with community-based participatory research to analyze the limits and possibilities of producing ethical research in and through academia. This article analyzes three ethical dilemmas: Creating Non-Hierarchical Research Relationships, Researcher Positionality, and Research for the Benefit and Empowerment of Oppressed Communities.
Presenters: Joanne Tien
Improving Developmental Learning Outcomes Through Service-Learning
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop will focus on a discussion related to the benefits of and strategies for implementing service-learning pedagogy in developmental education. The audience will engage in a conversation about practical steps for implementation, implications for future research and institutional practices, and opportunities for collaboration. Additional author, Jonathan Turk, American Council on Education
Presenters: Andrew Pearl
Going Beyond Your Building: How-To Build Successful, Interdisciplinary, Faculty Collaborations
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Interdisciplinary faculty collaborations are critical in the context of service-learning and community engagement. This action-oriented workshop will enable participants to learn the nuts and bolts of forming successful interdisciplinary faculty partnerships, explore innovative program designs, and strategize ways of creating interdisciplinary partnerships at their own institutions.
Presenters: Dale Hartz, Katsiaryna Matusevich