Concurrent Sessions 4
Tuesday, September 14, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
The Future of the Engagement Academy at Penn State
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Approximately 5 years ago Penn State initiated an "Engagement Academy" to support the University's mission to be a national leader in engaged scholarship. In spirit of continual improvement, panelists discuss the origins, recent changes to, and the future of the Engagement Academy at Penn State.
Presenters: Nicholas J. Rowland, Alan Rieck, Hailley Fargo, Shivaani Selvaraj
Indigenizing Community Engaged-Learning and Research: Lessons in Justice and Sustainability
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Panel
Abstract: This presentation reviews approaches toward a future of engaged scholarship and collaborative engagement in learning and research with Indigenous peoples. It draws from experiences of a university-based social justice program giving undergraduate students a cross-cultural opportunity to engage with Indigenous communities, centered on relational accountability, mindful reciprocity and cultural humility.
Presenters: Barrett Brenton, Preety Gadhoke, Pablo Sanchez, Carline Bennett, Arutam Atunish
Empowering Youth to Find Meaningful Career Pathways: The Virginia Tech - Urban Alliance Partnership
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Panel
Abstract: Virginia Tech (VT) and Urban Alliance (UA) have a 7 year-long partnership enabling UA interns - high school and college students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds - to have paid, academic year-long internships in labs and offices at VT's Northern Virginia locations. This panel discusses the partnership from multiple stakeholder perspectives.
Presenters: Afroze Mohammed, Jim Egenrieder, Chrissy McCurdy, Alasia Washington
Graduate Community Engagement Certificate: Lessons for Empowering the Engaged Student
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: A panel consisting of Master's and Ph.D. students from the Graduate Community Engagement Certificate at UD will share their experiences as Graduate Community Engagement Scholars. The panelists will reflect on their motivations for pursuing the certificate, how their graduate curriculum was scaffolded with engagement opportunities, and supports and barriers.
Presenters: Kalyn McDonough, Dianna Ruberto, Devon Tapp, Jennifer Daniels
More Than a Logo: Enhancing Economic Development Through Collaboration
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Creating connections and expanding possibilities for rural community growth is creatively accomplished through local leadership and higher education resource partnerships within the University of Georgia's public service units. Learn how community vision and leadership, paired with faculty and student engagement, expands economic development through community branding.
Presenters: Conni Fennell-Burley, Kaitlin Messich, Jayson Johnston, Katie Moncus, Keith Lindsey
Community Engagement in the Control of Zoonotic Brucellosis Among Pastoralists of East Africa
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Pastoralists are marginalized livestock farmers that are vulnerable to zoonoses due to their cultural practices and poor health services. This project aimed at building capacity and resilience of pastoralists in East Africa to control brucellosis, a zoonotic disease of high priority; Objectives, methods, results, discussion and recommendations are presented.
Presenters: Samuel Majalija, Gabriel Tumwine, Margaret Khaitsa
Arrivals: What’s Left Behind, What Lies Ahead
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: ARRIVALS is a collaborative multidisciplinary project that will share accounts from refugees and immigrants to Idaho, from over 80 countries, who arrived over the last 40 years; and Native Americans that are now living in Idaho.
Presenters: Jon Cox, Andrew Bale
Community Engaged Scholarship as a Discourse Community
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Deploying a narrative inquiry method, we conducted interviews with over 80 international engagement “actors” (e.g. scholars, community members), on 20 campuses, in 4 countries. This presentation reports on perceptions of these individuals on the institutionalization of CES through shared discursive communities that speak to local socio-cultural and economic conditions.
Presenters: Katy Campbell, David Peacock
Community Engagement to Boost Virtual Professional Development
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: As many community-based programs transitioned swiftly to virtual and hybrid approaches, leaders discovered unexpected and innovative ways to execute programs beyond in-person programming. This presentation will explore one community-based professional development program for school teachers and families, the program’s transition to virtual implementation, and the impact of virtual programming.
Presenters: Daniela Susnara, Andrea Ziegler, Blake Berryhill
The Pandemic Pivot: Effective Service-Learning in the Age of COVID-19
Presentation Track: Engagement in a Time of Crisis
Format: Symposium
Abstract: While there is no possible long-term data due to the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic, this presentation reflects on a significant pivot in the types of service-learning activities possible. It appears that environmental awareness and its subsequent application in activism reflect changes in students’ environmental behavior and greater understanding of community environmental issues.
Presenters: Monique Mironesco
Opioid User Recruitment during COVID-19: A Community Engaged Approach
Presentation Track: Leadership and Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This symposium addresses recruiting rural leadership for community engagement for scholarly research during the COVID-19 pandemic (Haffajee, 2020). Emphasis will be placed on the research methods and approach to partner with community leaders to recruit underrepresented rural Alabama research study participants for an IRB project during COVID-19.
Presenters: NeCall Wilson, Chippewa Thomas, Cheryl Seals
Engaging the Business Community for Student Learning and Campus Benefit
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Integrating community-based learning into a business school with for-profit companies is discussed. We detail guidelines to establish partnerships benefiting student learning, skill development, and job prospects and employer branding and recruiting. We highlight a project benefiting students, business partners, and the campus through a sales commission donation structure.
Presenters: Shannon Cummins, Anne Herman, Olivia DeGeorge
Distance-Delivered Social Skills Program to Enhance Service Outreach for Adults with Williams Syndrome
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the community-engaged development and implementation of an online social skills training program for adults with Williams syndrome. There are two phases of the project: 1) development process including stakeholder involvement; 2) information on training materials and assessments. Experiences and outcomes of the program will be provided.
Presenters: Rebecca Kammes, Kristin Houck, Meaghan Olger, Rhonda Black
Alvernia University – Partnering with Reading community for a better tomorrow
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: Alvernia University is a key leader in reviving engagement and strategic partnerships in Reading. Its newest initiative is CollegeTowne, a strategy and model for championing economic redevelopment. Through the O’Pake Institute for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship and the Holleran Center for Community and Global Engagement, we continue to expand opportunity through collegial partnership
Presenters: Jodi Radosh, Dr. Rudy Ruth, Michelle Lehman, Dr. Glynis Fitzgerald, Dr. Rodney Ridley
Engaging Diverse Communities: Building Foundational Knowledge
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Alvernia University is a key leader in reviving engagement and strategic partnerships in Reading. Its newest initiative is CollegeTowne, a strategy and model for championing economic redevelopment. Through the O’Pake Institute for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship and the Holleran Center for Community and Global Engagement, we continue to expand opportunity through collegial partnership
Presenters: Jodi Radosh, Dr. Rudy Ruth, Michelle Lehman, Dr. Glynis Fitzgerald, Dr. Rodney Ridley
Humanizing Community, Engagement, and Scholarship Through Narrative Inquiry
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop, presented by a consultative community organization, will demonstrate a unique, facilitated, participatory process recommending Narrative Inquiry as a means for being human together, for finding and building common ground, and for collaboratively charting a course forward in engaged scholarship while living admittedly complex, complicated, and often disconnected lives.
Presenters: Katherine Davis, C. Aiden Downey
Service Learning Strategies for Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop presents the authors' experience in developing a service learning section of a course that is a pre-requisite for students in Human Development and Family Sciences before they undertake a required 90-150 hour community practicum. The course is designed to guide students in applying HDFS theories to the role of community and public policy in supporting children and families. We will share how students are challenged through service learning to think critically about how societal norms and structures impact children, families, and communities. Attendees will be actively engaged to consider how a similar strategy may work for their learners.
Presenters: Sara Dodd, Gloria Gonzales, Linn Walker
Cooperative Extension Community Collaborator to Create a Culture of Health
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This session will focus on lessons learned as Cooperative Extension embarked on a system-wide effort to create a Culture of Health through collaborations with community coalitions. Participants will discuss experiences and acquire a set of best practices that engage community members to successful community led action plans and collective results.
Presenters: Michelle Rodgers, Gina Crist
Moving the Inequity Needle: Harnessing Academic Medical Center Collaborative Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop examines community engagement within an academic medical center as a method to address health inequities. Featuring health professions faculty and premiere student service-learning groups as examples of a successful framework, participants will critique the construction, management, and operationalization of these, to include mission alignment, support, and impact analysis.
Presenters: Heidi Keeler, H. Dele Davies, Brooke Fitzpatrick, Laura Vinson, Lam Le
Performance as Community Engagement
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theatre (SOL) is a company under the University of Delaware’s Community Engagement Initiative that prepares and performs research-based productions inspired by the arts. Dr. Lynnette Young Overby, the Artistic Director of SOL, has cultivated a dedicated group of students, collaborators, supporters, and community partners to empower people through the legacies of Black individuals who have paved the way before us.
Presenters: Lynnette Overby
Lessons Learned from 5 Years of VTDITC
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Workshop
Abstract: For more than 5 years, numerous organizations have collaborated to create a series of programs that celebrate creativity. Rooted in hip hop pedagogy, we center community voices while including academic perspectives. This workshop will expand on our 2019 ESC presentation and focus on the experiences of our Community Engagement Fellows.
Presenters: Craig Arthur, Jasmine Weiss, Jon Kabongo
Advancing Partnership Research: A Scoping Review of Community Engagement Partnerships
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: Our scoping review examined 141 partnership-focused articles across seven community engagement journals according to eight characteristics. Learn what a scoping review is, learn about our dataset of partnership articles, identify new research questions, and contribute to improving the scholarship of engagement as it relates to partnerships.
Presenters: Emily Janke, Santos Flores, Kathleen Edwards
Research-informed Insights and Tools for Multi-stakeholder Collaborations
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop will introduce a reflection tool for interorganizational collaboration and discuss some of the lessons learned from a collaboration between K-12 school systems, engineering industry and a university. Participants will reflect on and discuss their own experiences with collaboration.
Presenters: Malle Schilling, Jacob Grohs, Gary Kirk, Jordan Laney