Concurrent Sessions 8
Wednesday, September 15, 2:15–3:15 p.m. (ET)
Well-being, Community Engagement and Military/Veteran Scholarship: Expanding Participation
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Panel
Abstract: This panel highlights use of a journal special issue with a multi-media component to promote the voices of military-connected scholar-practitioners and engage more Military Service Members, Veterans, Dependents and Survivors (SMVDS) in research on their wellbeing. Discussion explores innovation to amplify lived experience in this arena.
Presenters: Barton Buechner, Karl Hamner, Andrew Pearl, Christopher Gill, Sierra Farris-Rodgers
Curricular Engagement Towards Sustainability: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches for All Students
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Based on Penn State’s Sustainable Communities Collaborative, the panel will explore how to provide curricular student engagement and experiences across diverse disciplines and student expertise in partnership with communities who wish to address sustainability challenges.
Presenters: Ilona Ballreich, Tara Wyckoff, Frans Padt, Megan Marshall, Alec Spangler
Structure and Process Matter in Forming and Maintaining Community Partnerships
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Creating partnerships requires interactions to clarify purpose, identify interests, and enable atmospheres that promote team building. Sound group process principles and imaginative methods can address traditional dysfunctions detrimental to partnership development and maintenance. Five different partnering interactions will be presented to demonstrate how structure and process models promoted team development. The examples will illustrate a rationale for adopting a locality development philosophy to organizing, particularly with underserved communities and organizations which serve them.
Presenters: Bruce Behringer
Communities and Scholar-Practitioners Collaborating to Make Cities Livable for All
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: At the turn of the 21st century, Pittsburgh was named one of America’s “most livable cities.” However, prevailing racial disparities and social inequities paint a very different picture. This panel features community engagement scholar-practitioners that work with marginalized communities and grassroots leaders committed to economic and educational equity.
Presenters: Aliya D. Durham; Kendra J. Ross, PhD; Danielle R. Davis, PhD
Community Boundary Spanners: Engaged Employees
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Through a mutual research partnership, a faculty researcher and community development member of a State-wide organization developed and conducted a shared research project. This session will illustrate the strengths and challenges of community boundary spanners working within engaged partnerships and how professional training can impact navigating multiple partnerships and develop community leadership.
Presenters: Katherine Adams, Carrie Barnes, Ashlee Pollard
Collaborative Engagement for Wisconsin Entrepreneurs of Color Through Extension
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Panel
Abstract: Join our panel of Extension educators, community members and our graduate program coordinator, where we engage you in our experiences building our program and consultancy using inclusive, participatory research and community engaged scholarship methods. Together, we’ll explore expanding possibilities and hopes we have for the upcoming year for our program.
Presenters: Angie Allen, Diana Hammer, Rajon Hall, Mia Ljung, Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Engaging Mothers and Children in Shelter about Health and Nutrition
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This project focused on making homeless mothers and children be aware of health and nutrition. Information on health and nutrition, preparing quick and healthy meals, how to bond with their child, time management, and budgeting were some of the ways mothers were involved in the project.
Presenters: Smita Guha
Food Insecurity Among Black College Students: Prevalence & Consequences
Presentation Track: Engagement for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This study examines prevalence and impacts of food insecurity among Black college students. While Black students are at higher risk of food insecurity than their White peers, they do not face the same negative consequences. Black food insecure students’ higher utilization of campus resources as a protective factor is explored.
Presenters: Caroline Macke, Kendra Massey, Jessica Averitt Taylor
Phenomenological Assessment of Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics Tools (PPA) and Integrative Medicine (IM)
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: U.S. patients who want healthcare alternatives seek individualized care through integrative medicine (IM) which focuses on wellness and healing. IM also emphasizes the centrality of the patient-physician relationship. This research used a qualitative, phenomenological approach to assess the utility of predictive and prescriptive analytics (PPA) tools to support integrative medicine.
Presenters: Osie Gaines
Partnership Impacts on Health Care Shortage Areas: Community Member Perceptions
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: This on-going study examines community partner perspectives as they collaborate to increase access to health care in a “health care shortage area”. The study highlights community partner perspectives prior and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Institutional assessment is utilized examine the desired broader impacts, illuminate progress, and identify needs for improvement.
Presenters: Valerie Paton, Christiane Herber-Valdez, Julie Blow, Oliana Alikaj-Fierro, E. Lee Rosenthal
Understanding Partnership and Capacity Building within a Community-based Sports Medicine Team: An Ecological Framework
Presentation Track: Assessment of Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: After many years of engagement in a community-university partnership established to promote student-athlete safety, we sought to better understand the relationships among individuals within a sports medicine team. We applied the ecological systems theory and developed a corresponding framework that may prove useful to secondary schools collaborating with community medical providers.
Presenters: Sharon Moore, Katie Flanagan
Lessons Learned: Engaging Community Partners in an Innovative Approach to Address Sexual Health in High-Risk Youth
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: The Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at JMU engaged 27 community partners across Virginia to implement “Vision of You”, a gamified, online sexuality education program serving 785 high-risk youth. This presentation will discuss how these partnerships were developed and maintained, the challenges and successes, and lessons learned.
Presenters: Kim Hartzler-Weakley, Kayla McKean
Community Health Collaborations: Benefits for Individuals, Organizations, and Communities
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Symposium
Abstract: In an effort to solve community health problems, community collaborations are sometimes formed to address specific needs. In arguing for the necessity of collaboration, many proponents within the literature and in communities tout the virtues of partnerships. Some of these merits are obvious, while others are less so. This session will review the results of an academic study which sought to determine to what extent participants report benefits at the community, organizational, and individual level when participating in a collaboration focusing on community health.
Presenters: Laurie Murrah-Hanson
Transforming Urban Engagement: The Collaborative Possibilities of Participatory Action Research
Presentation Track: Collaborative Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: The evolution of a multi-year participatory action research collective that supported Philadelphia-based community leadership development illuminates process, ripple effects, and outcomes from intentionally choosing partners as the starting point for transformative engagement possibilities. During our presentation, we prompt participants to re-consider approach, design, measurement, and dissemination of their community-based work.
Presenters: Shivaani Selvaraj, Kristen Goessling
Harnessing the Engagement Power of Undergraduates Through the Environment Corps
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: The Environment Corps is a program that engages communities in a new way by combining classroom instruction, service learning, and Extension outreach. Environmental challenges like climate adaptation, brownfields redevelopment, and stormwater management are examined from the local (municipal) perspective, and become the focus for semester-long student projects in the community.
Presenters: Chester Arnold, Maria Chrysochoou, Juliana Barrett, Todd Campell
Aligning Community Engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals
Presentation Track: Methods for Engagement
Format: Workshop
Abstract: This workshop will introduce a framework for aligning community engagement efforts with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Higher education is uniquely positioned to respond to the SDGs, particularly through the work faculty, staff, and students conduct alongside community partners to address pressing needs and respond to evolving challenges.
Presenters: Jessica Givens, Kristin Medlin