Concurrent Sessions 3
Tuesday, September 14, 11:00 a.m.–noon (ET)
An Engaged Studio Retrospective
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: The Pittsburgh Studio has been a studio-based engaged learning prototype since 2008. Winner of a 2011 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award and cited as a Campus Compact (2016) exemplar, the Studio has built a portfolio of collaborative work in Pittsburgh and has positively impacted sustainability and place-based quality of life in 18 underserved neighborhoods.
Of the Studio's 137 matriculated students, most have embarked on urban and community design careers. ESC 2020 provides an occasion to convene a retrospective/reflexive alumnae panel to explore whether Studio ideals of community-based reciprocal learning and co-design have weathered the realities of working life.
Presenters: Ken Tamminga, David Himes, Tori Frydrych, Katie Kovalchik, Jeffrey Holzer
Knowledge Based Partnerships at the University of Delaware
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: The Knowledge Based Partnerships at the University of Delaware are an integral part of the Community Engagement Initiative (CEI). Each partnership collaborates with community partners to develop and implement mutually beneficial projects designed to address societal issues. The panelists are representatives from the Partnership for Arts & Culture (PAC), the Partnership for Healthy Communities (PHC), the Partnership for Public Education (PPE), the Wilmington Partnership and the Newark Partnership. Each panelist will describe successes and challenges in supporting sustainable collaborations and meeting societal needs.
Presenters: Lynnette Overby, Rita Landgraf, Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Gregory Shelnutt
Community Engagement Journal Book Review Editors Panel
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Do you like free books?! Book reviews are vessels for intellectual debate, knowledge transfer, scholarly expression, and field building. This session will explore the reasons why individuals at all stages of their academic careers should review books for journals, and the professional benefits of these scholarly contributions will be discussed.
Presenters: Katherine Adams, Burton Bargerstock, Suchitra Gururaj
University-School Partnerships: Future Teachers Reflections on Early Field Experiences
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: An interactive presentation of how one teacher preparation program is expanding partnership opportunities with culturally and linguistically diverse schools. Reflective journals written by future teachers during early field experiences, prior to and during COVID-19, document students’ developing professional identities and an appreciation of partnerships as mutually beneficial.
Presenters: Deborah Romero, Aldo M. Romero del la Torre
Engaging Congregations for Trustworthy Health Connections and Advocacy
Presentation Track: Engagement in a Time of Crisis
Format: Panel
Abstract: Leveraging cultural intuition, community assets, and congregational stories, a team of university scholars and community experts developed a learning community to build greater understanding in addressing racial health disparities during times of crisis. Learning Community panelists will share strategies learned for enacting systematic health improvements at a grass-roots community level.
Presenters: David Craig, Shonda Nicole Gladden, Beverly Rogers, Aaron Hobbs
Internationalism and Cultural Competency in Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Utilizing internationalism as its basis, this symposium highlights the establishment of sustainable, international (and domestic) partnerships at PSU Berks. It will discuss research findings, community impact, and lessons learned from select projects. It will also discuss the role of cultural competency as a pathway to future engaged scholarship.
Presenters: Donna Chambers, Belén Rodriguez Mourelo, Maria Fellie, Arizona Shreck
Empowerment of Small-holder Women Farmers in East Africa using Poultry Production
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Although women (and children) in East Africa are involved in smallholder poultry production, they don’t own nor control proceeds. This project aimed to empower women through poultry production and utilized Feed the Future Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) to measure impact; results, discussion and recommendations will be presented.
Presenters: Margaret Khaitsa, Naomi Lumutenga, Caroline Kobia, Herbert Mukiibi
New Sites for the Leadership of Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Since 2018, 16 Canadian and 10 Australian universities have been adopting and adapting the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. This presentation profiles the actors leading this movement in these countries, and through interview data builds upon the US focused scholarship of ‘community engagement professionals’ (Dostillo, 2017) in higher education.
Presenters: David Peacock, Katy Campbell
Mitigating Structural Violence for Descendants of Loved Ones Buried at Three Historic Cemeteries in Louisville, KY
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: The University of Louisville's Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage curates burial records and maps for three severely mismanaged historic cemeteries. To mitigate the structural violence of overbuiral practices, we perform 400 annual records search requests for descendants. We evaluate the success of this project and future needs.
Presenters: Thomas Jennings, Codi N. Goodwyn
Metropolitan Meanderings: Serving the City of Omaha
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Our service learning partnership of University and high school students persisted despite the pandemic and produced books for businesses at the neighborhood’s center. Students’ archival research led to furthering the community’s understanding of the neighborhood’s growth and development as well as providing residents with history of their own locations.
Presenters: Lucy Morrison, Andrea Hartman
Campus-Community Engagement & Collaborations
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This Symposium unites projects from 3 geographically diverse institutions committed to Engaged Scholarship and campus-community collaborations. Faculty and student representatives for Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC), the University of San Diego's Tijuana Hub, and Swarthmore College's Chester Semester program will discuss the ways in which their respective institutions are working closely with community partners to co-create knowledge, apply that knowledge in ways that are informed and shaped by those closest to the situations and problems in question, and that produce outcomes of mutual benefit.
Presenters: Benjamin Berger, Jacen Greene, Maria Silva, Ashley Henry, Hanif Parker
Training the Tutors: Holistic Approaches to Real-World Issues
Presentation Track: Engagement in a Time of Crisis
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Tutoring in local school settings is often a way to engage undergraduates in service learning experiences within their community. While such tutoring is often reserved for academic content, one university centered on social and emotional learning during the time of Covid-19 and embedded such components into the reading tutoring conducted.
Presenters: Vicki Luther
Development of an Intercultural Competence Model for Extension Engagement: Implications for Creating Connections and Expanding Possibilities
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This presentation shares findings from a recent Delphi study, which aimed to systematically develop a cultural competency model for the extension engagement context by achieving consensus among a panel of 35 diversity, equity, and inclusion experts from across the U.S. The model includes 54 core competencies organized by career phase.
Presenters: Cody Gusto, John Diaz
Activating Design Methods for Social Change
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This presentation engages scholars, students and community members in design for social change. The presentation highlights design methods and pedagogical framework that promotes equity, social justice and transformative learning. Two case studies illustrate the social design methods, creative tools and framework used for social impact in local and international settings.
Presenters: Susan Melsop, Juliana Bertolini
Diverse Perspectives and Techniques for Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Community engagement an essential topic in Community Development. This symposium convenes academics currently teaching community engagement in a range of courses including methods, seminar, case study, and practicum. The discussion will incorporate approaches employed to teach engagement techniques and to develop students’ capacity to effectively mobilize and engage community stakeholders.
Presenters: Lynn Mandarano, Bryan Hains, Kristina Hains
Community Partner Evaluations of Technical Student Deliverables
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: What does it mean for university actors effectively communicate technical community-engaged work in accessible ways? This study considers how community partners evaluate student work in a community-engaged learning course. We explore the kinds of deliverables that appeal to community members and the student attitudes associated with community-preferred work.
Presenters: Paulette Hebert
Community-Engaged Pedagogy & Intergenerational Encounter
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: In this talk I discuss the value and prospect of ‘intergenerational philosophy’ as a form of community engagement. I introduce two concrete use cases of philosophy engagement efforts at UNC-Chapel Hill that promote intergenerational dialogue and understanding, and reflect on their theoretical foundations, implementation, and posterity.
Presenters: Michael Vazquez
Expanding Access to Medical School for Pre-Collegiate, Rural Youth
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Medically underserved areas subsist across Georgia. UGA Extension and Mercer University School of Medicine co-created programming to expand the pipeline of medical students from rural areas. Facilitators will share practices between a public, flagship university partnering with a private medical school to decrease the physician shortage in rural Georgia.
Presenters: Abby Smith, Lee Anna Deal, Casey Mull
TAP SwiftStart Workforce Development Program: Overview and Assessment Findings
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Total Action for Progress (TAP) program leadership and Virginia Tech researchers present the findings from a program assessment of the innovative workforce development program, SwiftStart. The mixed methods program evaluation utilized administrative data analysis, surveys, interviews, and photovoice to identify and represent key factors leading to participant success.
Presenters: Mary Beth Dunkenberger, Lara Nagle, David Moore, Charysse Hairston
Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Presentation Track: Engagement in a Time of Crisis
Format: Workshop
Abstract: In this interactive, engaging webinar session, participants will review and apply a wide range of empirically-based trauma-informed teaching and learning practices to their individual educational setting. These strategies provide both structure and support for all students, particularly students exposed to or impacted by crises or trauma.
Presenters: Deb Wingert
Follow the Nudge: Using Mobile Technology to Transform Education into Action
Presentation Track: Technologies of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This presentation will detail how mobile technology can be used to transform education into action by providing an overview of Follow the Nudge, a web/mobile application that guides people on how to support a grieving person, and offers practical guidance on mobile integration into outreach and education initiatives.
Presenters: Lindsey Whissel Fenton, Kristin Bittner, Steve Nelson, Tyler Wilkinson
Community Engagement Becomes Curricular Policy: Creating a General Education Requirement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: In May 2018, small, rural, now-Carnegie-classified Juniata College voted in a “local engagement” (LE) requirement as the final piece of our new general education curriculum, making community-engaged learning a method of engagement for all Juniata students. The presenters, who co-chair the LE learning community, will detail the context, strategies, and process by which this requirement has come into being, implementation specifics, successes, challenges, and tips for surviving the process. Important example collaborations will be highlighted. Attendees will be encouraged to share their experiences with or hopes for implementing a community-engagement requirement as well as concerns about doing so.
Presenters: Sarah Worley, Deb Roney
Exploration of Conceptual Frameworks for University Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: At ESC 2019, Pruitt, McLean, and Susnara presented a conceptual framework for community-engaged scholarship. This presentation builds on that framework by looking at methods of implementation of community engagement by higher education based on the author’s scholarship around engagement of Cooperative Extension, with implications for other university outreach organizations.
Presenters: Karen Vines
Faculty Engaged Scholarship: Setting Standards and Building Conceptual Clarity
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Acceptance of engaged scholarship in higher education is growing, but challenges persist. This workshop will explore a model of disciplinary framing of pathways to help build understanding and conceptual clarity of engaged scholarship. Participants will have an opportunity to share and discuss how this model might inform their campus efforts.
Presenters: Lynn Blanchard, Andy Furco
Imagining and Creating More Just Futures through Radically Inclusive Assessment
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: What does assessment mean to you? How does it appear in your work ? How might we craft assessment that can challenge systems of injustice, reclaim power, and transform communities? In this session, we will explore these questions together while highlighting stories of counternormative, transformative, and radically inclusive assessment work.
Presenters: Sarah Stanlick, Julia Metzker, Patti Clayton, Joe Bandy, Mary Price
Engaged Scholarship, Racial Equity and Social Justice, and the Arts
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This interactive workshop will encourage discussion of an innovative approach to promoting racial equity in higher education and society by developing the next generation of leaders as agents of social change. The approach involves creating transformative engaged scholarship experiences for undergraduate students by leveraging the arts in a virtual course.
Presenters: Dr. Tom C. Hogan, Amy Dupain Vashaw, Anne Lai