2:00 p.m.

Conference Registration Opens

Stop by the registration desk to pick up your nametag and materials and then head to the EESW room. We'll start promptly at 2:30 p.m.

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop Welcome

Jenn Purcell, Ed.D, Kennesaw State University

• Welcoming comments
• Introductions of all participants and mentors
• Brief overview of history and purpose of EESW
• Importance of early career support and identity formation

Readings:

Allen, A.., & Moore, T. (2010). Developing Emerging Engagement Scholars in Higher Education. In H.E. Fitzgerald et al. (Eds.) Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: Contemporary Landscapes, Future Directions: Volume 2: Community-Campus Partnerships (pp. 447-458). Michigan State University Press.

Kniffen, L.E., Van Schyndl, T. L., Fornaro, E. G., Purcell, J., & Muse, S. (2021). Next generation practitioner-scholars navigating community engagement professional development: A collaborative auto-ethnography. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education 13(1), 57-77.

Cutforth, N. (2013). The journey of a community-engaged scholar: An autoethnography. Quest 65(1), 14-30.

3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Community Engagement Master Class

Foundations and History of Engaged Scholarship

Lorilee R. Sandmann, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Jenn Purcell, Ed.D., Kennesaw State University

6:00 p.m.
Magnolia Room
Georgia Center

Welcome Dinner and Networking Time

Diane Doberneck, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Welcome, introductions of speakers, goals for evening

Special Guests
Tiffany R. Washington, Ph.D. University of Georgia
Community partner TBA

Note: Sit in mentor groups, with guests at each table

• Understand community engagement from a faculty member and community partner perspective
• Meet some of the ESC leadership and learn more about ESC as an organization
• Continue networking with ESSW peers and mentors

8:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

Diane Doberneck, Ph.D., Michigan State University

• Reminder of start time in morning, come with 5-7-minute "elevator speech" about your own work

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Day Two Welcome and Overview

Jenn Purcell, Ed.D., Kennesaw State University

• Reflections from day 1, overview of day 2, questions so far
• Pass out evaluation, due at end of day

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Mentor Session 1

Focus on Your Community-Engaged Scholarship

• Introduce participants and mentors
• Share your research project with group (7 mins)
• Ask for input on a challenge you're experiencing (5 mins)
• Provide ideas and feedback to one another

9:40 a.m. - Share out to larger group

Readings:

Blanchard, L., & Furco, A. (2021). Faculty Engaged Scholarship: Setting Standards and Building Conceptual Clarity. East Lansing, MI: The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship.

Driscoll, A., & Sandmann, L. R. (2001). From Maverick to Mainstream: The Scholarship of Engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 6(2), 9-19.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Bruns, K., Sonka, S. T., Furco, A., & Swanson, L. (2012). The Centrality of Engagement in Higher Education. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 16(3), 7-27.

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 - 11:50 a.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Master Class 2

Clarifying Your Variation in Community-Engaged Scholarship

Diane M. Doberneck, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Readings:

Key Concepts Handout
Doberneck, D.M., Glass, C.R., & Schweitzer, J.H. (2010). From rhetoric to reality: A typology of publicly engaged scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 14(4), 5-35.

Variations Handout

Doberneck, D.M., & Dann, S.L. (2019) The degree of collaboration abacus tool. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 23(9), 93-107.

IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation

Foundational Scholarship Handout
Creswell, J.W., & Poth, C.N. (2018). Philosophical assumptions and interpretive frameworks. [Chpt. 2, pp. 15-40.] Qualitative Inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Sage Publications.

Vaughn, L., & Jacques, F. (2020). Participatory research methods: Choice points in the research process. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 1-14. Doberneck, D.M., & Dann, S.L. (2019) The degree of collaboration abacus tool. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 23(9), 93-107.

Theoretical Frameworks for Engaged Teaching and Learning

Brown and Lambert Handout

Chevalier & Buckles Handout
Chevalier, J.M., & Buckles, D.J. (2013). Handbook for participatory action research, planning, and evaluation. SAS2 Dialogue: Ottawa, Canada.

Sarkissian Handout

Why Am I Always Being Researched?
A guidebook for community organizations, researchers, and funders to help us get from insufficient understanding to more authentic truth

• Identify your type(s) of community-engaged scholarship
• Understand importance of foundational scholarship
• Identify the community/ies that you engage and consider intersectionality of identity and community
• Consider a range of participation and involvement and how to represent that range clearly (e.g., abacus tool)
• Think through the contemporary implications of historical legacy of participation
• Consider who participates and who does not in your own scholarship and learn about three tools to improve diversity and inclusivity in your own work

11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Break

12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch and Career Path Panel

Diane Doberneck, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Grab your lunch from the buffet and head back to our room for a full group conversation starting at 12:15, We will discuss:

• What support is available to you for community engagement on your campus?
• What type of career planning support would be helpful?
• What support would you from us after this conference?

Readings:

Kuban, A. J., Purcell, J. W., & Jones, B. (2020). Leveraging Reflective Practice to Advance the Field and Enhance Impact: Learning From Failure and Missteps in Community-Engaged Scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 24(3), 125-142.

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Master Class 3

Community-Engaged Scholarship in Performance Reviews and Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure

Diane M. Doberneck, Michigan State University

Learning Objectives

• Understand the fundamentals of reappointment, promotion, and tenure review processes
• Document excellence in community engagement to support RTP and other professional reviews
• Become familiar with criteria for excellence in outreach and engagement
• Consider how to talk about yourself and your work as community-engaged scholarship

Readings:

Preparing for Performance Review

Franz, N. (2011). Tips for constructing a promotion and tenure dossier that documents engaged scholarship endeavors. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 15(3), 15-29.

RPT worksheet identity worksheet

Scholarly academic and public products worksheets

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.

Mentor Session 2

Career Pathways and Success Strategies

Learning Objectives

• Share anticipated and/or actual community engagement career pathways
• Work on crafting a community engagement identity statement (worksheet)—optional
• Consider ways to document excellence in your own work
• Think through strategies for participating in the ESC conference that will help you with your career path

2:45 p.m. - Report out to the larger group

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Room F/G Georgia Center

Master Class 4

Strategies for Publishing Your Community Engaged Scholarship

Diane M. Doberneck, Ph.D., Michigan State University

• Understand importance of publishing as a career success strategy in all career pathways
• Learn about unique aspects of publishing community-engaged scholarship (vs. traditional scholarship)
• Understand how to unfurl a single community engagement project into multiple scholarly products
• Become familiar with interdisciplinary community engagement journals

Readings:

Doberneck, D. M., & Carmichael, C. (2020). Unfurling Your Community-Engaged Work Into Multiple Scholarly Products. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 12(3), 5-19.

Unfurling worksheet

Franz, N. K. (2011). Tips for Constructing a Promotion and Tenure Dossier that Documents Engaged Scholarship Endeavors. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 15(3), 15.

Franz Example—How Farmers Learn, Scholarly Products for Academic & Public Audiences Worksheet, Diane Doberneck, 2021

Christine Carmichael Example—Trouble with the Trees, Scholarly Products for Academic & Public Audiences Worksheet, Christine Carmichael, 2021

Scholarly Products for Academic & Public Audiences Worksheet (Blank)

Annotated Journal List of Interdisciplinary CES Journals

Journal Section Comparison Table

Dancing with [Writing] Resistance by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, 2018

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

Large Group Discussion:

Jenn Purcell, Ed.D., Kennesaw State University

Opportunities for more professional development, conferences and programs

Handout: Get Connected to the National Conversation about Community-Engaged Scholarship

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Room F/G
Georgia Center

EESW Closing Comments, Wrap Up, Evaluation

Jenn Purcell, Ed.D., Kennesaw State University

• What are your takeaways from EESW?
• Collect evaluations

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

ESC Newcomers and First time Attendee Orientation and Reception

Highly recommended

6:00 p.m.

Dinner on Your Own

Sign up for dine-arounds on the app. If you want to informally sign-up as a group, please do so.