Concurrent Sessions 1

Monday, September 13, 1:00–2:00 p.m. (ET)

A Collaborative, Cross-Campus “CURE” for Faculty, Student, and Community Connection

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Panel

Abstract: This panel considers the evaluation of a multi-class, cross-campus course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Beyond presenting data concerning the CURE’s impact on students’ research confidence, knowledge, and interest, panelists will discuss the experience of CURE delivery and participation from the perspective of enrolled students, student research partners, and faculty.

Presenters: Katherine Mclean, David Bish, Nathan Kruis, Samantha Penascino, Jazzmine McCauley, Kerian Martinez Pitre

Student Publishing Partnerships for Engaged Scholarship

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Panel

Abstract: Learn new approaches to student publishing partnerships as this panel shares perspectives from a student, student intern, instructor, and support staff. We will share examples from a community that encourages democratization of knowledge by creating a culture that values student publishing partnerships and emphasizes opportunities to share these creations more broadly and openly.

Presenters: Amanda McAndrew, Beth Osnes, Elise Rosado, Megan McHugh

Promoting Engaged Scholarship Through Seed Grants: University of Delaware’s Partnership for Public Education Fellowship Program

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Panel

Abstract: The University of Delaware's Partnership for Public Education has provided seed funding to support emerging partnerships with public education partners. In this session, we describe the fellowship program design and purpose, and hear from three fellows about how this program supports engaged research and benefits the broader education community.

Presenters: Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Roderick Carey, Katrina Morrison, Elizabeth Soslau

Unpacking and Assessing the Tenets of Critical Service Learning

Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement

Format: Panel

Abstract: The focus of this panel is to examine and discuss the theoretical, application, and assessment of Mitchell’s (2008, 2014) original three tenets of Critical Service Learning (CSL)—authentic relationships, a social change orientation, and redistribution of power—as well as the recently added fourth tenet, futurity (Mitchell & Latta, 2020).

Presenters: Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Jessica Lee, Laura Waver, Susan Crisafulli, Adam Kuban

Collaboration for Policy Impact

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Panel

Abstract: This panel will discuss the Nebraska Education Policy Research Lab which is a recently developed collaboration between the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and researchers at the University of Nebraska to conduct rigorous research for the purpose of informing policy solutions that can be shared and applied widely.

Presenters: Tami Williams, David Hefley, Josie Gatti Schafer, Hongwook Suh

Going Greene: Collaboration to  Improve Learning & Increase Outdoor Recreation

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: Working together, members of a rural, low-income community and faculty from two universities and three disciplines (exercise, psychology, special education) created a program to increase graduate rates of at-risk students by having service-learning tutors provide exposure to outdoor learning experiences. Particularly for minority and low-income students, graduation rates dramatically increased.

Presenters: Jeannie Golden, Tamlyn Shields, Tosha Owens, Sarah Hayes

Collective Greens

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: The South Jackson Community Garden occupies a formal vacant lot in Lima, Ohio. The garden is an ongoing 3-year project between a collective of 12 organizations joined together to cultivate and encourage food security, wellness, and education by planting, maintaining, and harvesting 12 raised garden beds, and providing open-space programming.

Presenters: Tameka Sims

“Cracks Between Worlds Serve as Gateways”: Reconsidering Insider-outsider Boundaries

Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Format: Symposium

Abstract: The proposed talk addresses interrelated issues of outsiders and insiders, allies and accomplices, and communities and community membership by analyzing a collaborative storytelling project between six undergraduates and several Latinx community leaders. Permeating the project were questions about who may claim the city in the collective “ours.” Provisionally embracing the notion that Latinx activist scholar Gloria Anzaldúan’s theories are “borderless,” I, a white scholar, ask symposium participants to collaboratively generate pragmatic strategies to help engaged scholars, students, and our community partners cross identity and community borders to “make possible new forms of community and new types of social action.”

Presenters: Laurie Grobman

Engaging Families in STEM Learning: Leveraging Stories, Discourse, and Community Assets

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: This presentation focuses on a community engagement project that explores family learning supported through University faculty and graduate students. The project involved families in learning about coding through the cultural practice of storytelling. The presentation will share the perspectives of the participants through their reflections and comments during the learning sessions in addition to exploring the critical practices that supported family learning.

Presenters: Lynn Hodge, Rebecca Layton, Elizabeth Lindquist

Storytelling as Engagement: Community Natural Resource Management in Nigeria

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: Relying entirely on qualitative methods including a storytelling activity that the author designed, this presentation demonstrates the importance of utilizing story as empirical data. The presentation also shows how story in research that draws on literary conventions makes it more palatable for non-academic audiences thus promoting resource management and engagement.

Presenters: Talitha Pam

Toward a Better Understanding of Effective Student Preparation Practices

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: Student preparation for off-campus work is a critical, yet often underdeveloped element of successful community-university partnerships. I therefore conducted a series of interviews with members of community organizations about their practices and preferences related to student preparation. I conclude with an original, theoretically grounded framework to guide student preparation efforts.

Presenters: David Lassen

Trust Me: Developing Engaged Scholars in a CEnR Methods Course

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Symposium

Abstract: The importance of building trust with communities is paramount in engagement scholarship. But how do we teach trust-building in a semester? This session highlights teaching strategies used in a graduate course on CEnR methods to enact principles of engagement and allow students to envision and trust themselves as engaged scholars.

Presenters: Brandy Walker, Barbara Worley, Portia Latrice Johnson

Evaluating Long-Term Community Engagement

Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: Through the placement of a faculty member in the community, the Archway Partnership model provides the foundation for sustained relationships between Georgia communities and higher education resources in promoting community and economic development. This workshop will showcase several tools used by the Archway Partnership to evaluate long-term collaboration and engagement.

Presenters: Sam Perren, Rosanna Cruz-Bibb

Latin@ Stories Across Ohio: Performance and Oral History

Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Format: Workshop

Abstract: What difference does it make to Latina/o/x students if their classes or extra-curriculum activities reflect the history, experiences and knowledge of their communities and families? This presentation focuses on community building in the classroom as a model for engagement outside the university as we come together to learn about our lived experiences.

Presenters: Elena Foulis, Heder Ubaldo, Lidia Garcia Berrelleza, Manuel Bautista, Stefania Torres-Grisales

Providing Business Workshops and Assistance to LatinX Entrepreneurs

Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Format: Workshop

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of an outreach program designed to provide business acumen and assistance to LatinX entrepreneurs and share lessons learned from the implementation of the program.

Presenters: Rachel Lundbohm, James Leiman

Using SIM City to Enhance Community Engagement

Presentation Track: Technologies of Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: Justice in Our Community is a foundational course and introduces students to the complexity of crime, health of a community and agents of justice. Students engage in the course content in a community-based hybrid format which, requires each student to spend half of the credit hours working with our community partners at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. Each course unit students see the application of the content via traditional readings but, also must apply the information during their community engagement and by using SIM City, a virtual urban planning game.

Presenters: Cyndi Rickards

Prison Higher Education: Shrinking the Prison to School Pipeline

Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Format: Workshop

Abstract: As both formerly incarcerated individuals and college graduates, those who graduate from Prison Higher education programs harbor two distinctly separate perspectives. Their mentorship could provide the bridge necessary to engage at risk youth and underserved communities with education more effectively.

Presenters: Shaelyn Smith, Timothy Standfield, Keith Rogers, Christopher Dalton, Christopher McCray

Leveling Up - Through First Year Engagement

Presentation Track: Engagement in a Time of Crisis

Format: Workshop

Abstract: An approach to encouraging involvement with first year students lead to the development of a tiered system of measuring varying levels of student engagement. Findings to share also include insights from students about engagement during a pandemic and perceived skills attained through their involvement.

Presenters: Marly Doty, Anna Raffeinner

Reimagining the First-Year Service Requirement as an Orientation to Responsible Community Engagement

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: The First-Year Community Engaged Learning graduation requirement at The College of New Jersey includes service, education and reflection. With the support and feedback from partners on and off-campus, this requirement was reimagined into a two-week orientation, including a “1-Pager” used to facilitate reflection. We will introduce the model and reflection method, and review its development. Participants will be encouraged to consider how this could translate to their home institution and practice the 1-Pager reflection.

Presenters: Megan Teitelbaum, Brittany Aydelotte

Using Journaling as an Assessment Tool for Student Engagement Experiences

Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: Join us to learn how to develop a series of narrative prompts and rubrics that will guide students through the inquiry cycle and effectively reflect on their learning. Participants will leave with a copy of a workbook and strategies for assessing engagement experiences.

Presenters: Haley Jean Sankey, Jane Sutterlin, Maria Scalzi Wherely

Engaging Science: Student Stories of Experiences in Science

Presentation Track: Technologies of Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: Curriculum connecting content to students’ experiences has been lacking in content areas, especially science. The methods discussed here, in contrast, help build lasting memories and meaningful connections while building student reflective capabilities on content examined in Zoom-based oral journals. Students engage in scientific research through Course-Based Undergraduate Experiences utilizing crowdsourcing.

Presenters: Mary Ann Smith

Leveraging Community Partnerships and Curricular/Co-curricular Experiences Through Integrated University Programming

Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: Effective strategies for incorporating curricular and co-curricular experiences through integrated programming will be presented by Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) of Penn State University. With a unique portfolio of services, PACE incorporates community-based, experiential learning experiences with demonstrated reciprocity and sustained impact.

Presenters: Richard Edward Smith Jr., Pamela Driftmier

A Community-Engaged Collective Impact Approach to Grand Challenges: What We've Learned

Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement

Format: Workshop

Abstract: In 2018, the University of Denver launched four collective impact cohorts, which were charged with developing community-engaged action plans to address grand challenges. In this workshop, we offer reflections and lessons learned as well as tools and recommendations for institutions considering similar efforts.

Presenters: Katie Kleinhesselink, Cara DiEnno

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