Books and Titles in the Field

Book Series

Advances in Service-Learning Research SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Information Age Publishing)

Community Engagement in Higher Education SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Palgrave Macmillan)

Engaged Research and Practice for Social Justice in Education SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Stylus Publishing)

Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) Higher Education in the World SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (GUNi and Palgrave Macmillan)

Humanities and Public Life SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Univesity of Iowa Press)

Indiana University Pudue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Series on Service-Learning ResearchExternal link - opens in new window (IUPUI and Stylus Publishing)

The New Public Scholarship SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (University of Michigan Press)

Service Learning for Civic Engagement SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Stylus Publishing)

Service Learning in the Disciplines SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Stylus Publishing)

Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement SeriesExternal link - opens in new window (Michigan State University Press)

Specific Titles in the Field

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx Health Link, & Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. (2012). Community IRBs and research review boards: Shaping the future of community-engaged research. Retrieved November 15, 2012, from http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/Shaping_the_Future_of_CEnR.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Baillie, C., Pawley, A., & Riley, D. (Eds.). (2012). Engineering and social justice: In the university and beyond. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

Barreno L., Elliott P.W., Madueke I., & Sarny D (2013). Rewarding Community Engaged Scholarship: Transforming University Policies and Practices.

Benneworth, P. (Ed.). (2012). University engagement with socially excluded communities. Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag.

Bouillon, V., & Chingee, K. (2012, April). Canadian community-based research centres. University of Northern British Columbia, Community Development Institute. Prince George, BC, Canada. Retrieved July 18, 2013, from http://www.unbc.ca/sites/default/files/assets/community_development_institute/
research/community_based_research_centres_in_canada_april_11_2012.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Boyer, E. L. (1990). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Brukardt, M. J., Holland, B., Percy, S. L., & Zimpher, N. (2004). Calling the question: Is higher education ready to commit to community engagement? Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/215/calling_the_question.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Butin, D. W., & Seider, S. (Eds.). (2012). The engaged campus: Certificates, minors, and majors as the new community engagement. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Campus Engage. (2017). Engaged research: Society and higher education addresssing grand societal challenges together. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Research Council. Retrieved January 26, 2017, from http://www.campusengage.ie/sites/default/files/FINAL%20JAN%2016_ER%20Report%202016%20Jan%20v2.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Center for Engaged Democracy Core Competencies Committee. (2012). Core competencies in civic engagement: A working paper in the Center for Engaged Democracy Policy Papers Series. Merrimack College, Center for Engaged Democracy. Retrieved November 13, 2012, from http://www.merrimack.edu/live/files/160-core-competencies-in-civic-engagementExternal link - opens in new window

Chari, R, Matthews, L. J., Blumenthal, M. S., Edelman, A. F., & Jones, T. (2017). The Promise of Community Citizen Science. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved October 12, 2017, from https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE256.htmlExternal link - opens in new window

Community Research Collaborative. (2021). In it together: Community-based research guidelines for communities and higher education. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah. Retrieved May 25, 2021, from https://d2vxd53ymoe6ju.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/05/12143439/CRC-Guidelines-May-12-2021.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Cooper, D. (2011). The university in development: Case studies of use-oriented research. Capetown, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council.

Debad, S. (2024) Building Institutional Capacity for engaged research: Proceedings of a workshop, The National Academies Press. Retried January 15, 2025 from https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/28337/building-institutional-capacity-for-engaged-research-proceedings-of-a-workshop

Dolgon, C., Mitchell, T. D., & Eatman, T. K. (Eds.). (2017). The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Duckworth, C. L., & Kelley, C. D. (Eds.). (2012). Conflict resolution and the scholarship of engagement. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Evans, R., Kurantowicz, E., Lucio-Villegas, E. (Eds.). (2015). Researching and Transforming Adult Learning and Communities The Local/Global Context. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers. Retrieved November 23, 2015 from https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/research-on-the-education-and-learning-of-adults/researching-and-transforming-adult-learning-and-communities/External link - opens in new window

Evans, S. Y., Taylor, C. M., Dunlap, M. R., & Miller, D. S. (Eds.). (2009). African Americans and community engagement in higher education: Community service, service-learning, and community-based research. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Fear, F. A., & Miller, P. P. (2006). Coming to critical engagement: An autoethnographic exploration. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Fisher, D. (n.d.). A typology of the publicly engaged humanities. Washington, DC: National Humanities Alliance. Retrieved July 31, 2020 from https://humanitiesforall.org/features/five-types-of-publicly-engaged-humanities-work-in-u-s-higher-educationExternal link - opens in new window

Fitzgerald, H. E., Burack, C., & Seifer, S. D. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of engaged scholarship: Contemporary landscapes, future directions, Volume 1: Institutional Change. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Burack, C., & Seifer, S. D. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of engaged scholarship: Contemporary landscapes, future directions, Volume 2: Community-campus partnerships. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.

Fitzgerald, H. E., & Primavera, J. (Eds.). (2013). Going public: Civic and community engagement. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.

Fogel, D. M., & Malson-Huddle, E. (Eds.). (2012). Precipice or crossroads? Where America’s great public universities stand and where they are going midway through their second century. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Gastil, J. (2012). Democracy in motion: Evaluating the practice and impact of deliberative civic engagement. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gibson, C. M. (2006). New times demand new scholarship: Research universities and civic engagement: A leadership agenda. Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://www.compact.org/wp-content/uploads/initiatives/research_universities/conference_report.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Hale, C. R. (2008). Engaging contradictions: Theory, politics, and methods of activist scholarship. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Hall, B. L., Tandon, R., & Tremblay, C. (Eds.). (2015). Strengthening community university research partnerships: global perspectives. Victoria, BC, Canada: University of Victoria and PRIA. Retrieved January 6, 2016, from http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/unesco/pdf/UNESCO%20Book%20Web_with%20BookCovers_Aug202015_FINAL.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Harkavy, I., & Hodges, R. A. (2012, October). Democratic devolution: How America’s colleges and universities can strengthen their communities. PPI Policy memo. Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved November 20, 2012, from http://www.progressivepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/10.2012_Harkavy-Hodges_Democratic-Devolution.pdfExternal link - opens in new window.

Hodges, R. A., & Dubb, S. (2012). The road half traveled: University engagement at a crossroads. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Holliman, R., Adams, A., Blackman, T., Collins, T., Davies, G., Dibb, S., Grand, A., Holti, R., McKerlie, F., Mahony, N., & Wissenburg, A. (Eds). (2015). An open research university. Milton Keynes: The Open University. Retrieved February 17, 2016, from http://oro.open.ac.uk/44255/1/OpenResearch-web_hires.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Holman, P. (2010 ). Engaging emergence: Turning upheaval into opportunity. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Hora, M. T., & Millar, S. B. (2011). A guide to building education partnerships: Navigating diverse cultural contexts to turn challenge into promise (1st ed.). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Hoyt, L. (2012). Transforming cities and minds through the scholarship of engagement: Economy, equity, and environment. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.

Jamison, A., Jayne, T., Minde, I., Mkandawire, R., & Monson, J. (Eds.). (2017). Rethinking African partnerships for global solutions. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. Retrieved August 3, 2017, from http://aap.isp.msu.edu/files/4915/0169/5733/AAP_Thought_Piece_Web.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land Grant Universities. (1999). Returning to our roots: The engaged institution. Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=183External link - opens in new window

Kezar, A. J., Chambers, A. C., & Burkhardt, J. (2005). Higher education for the public good: Emerging voices from a national movement (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

London, S. (2002). The civic mission of higher education: From outreach to engagement (Report No. 9990). Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation.

McIlrath, L., Lyons, A., & Munck, R. (Eds.). (2012). Higher education and civic engagement: Comparative perspectives. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Mehta. K. (2013). The Kochia chronicles: Systemic challenges and the foundations of social innovation. University Park, PA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Misztal, B. A. (2007). Intellectuals and the public good: Creativity and civil courage. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Mitchell, K. (Ed.). (2008). Practising public scholarship: Experiences and possibilities beyond the academy. Malden, MA; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Nabatchi, T., Gastil, J., Weiksner, G. M., & Leighninger, M. (Eds.). (2012). Democracy in motion: Evaluating the practice and impact of deliberative civic engagement. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Communicating science effectively: A research agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23674. Retrieved December 19, 2017, from https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23674/communicating-science-effectively-a-research-agendaExternal link - opens in new window

National Conference on Citizenship. (2012, September). Civic health and unemployment II: The case builds. Washington DC. Retrieved November 13, 2012, from http://ncoc.net/unemployment2External link - opens in new window

National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center, & Montana State University Center for Native Health Partnerships. (2012). ‘Walk softly and listen carefully’: Building research relationships with Tribal communities.Washington, DC, and Bozeman, MT: Authors.  

National Science Foundation. (2014). Perspectives on Boarder Impacts. Retrieved November 13, 2014 from: http://www.nsf.gov/od/iia/publications/Broader_Impacts.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Neal, C., Neal, R., & Wold, C. (2011). The art of convening authentic engagement in meetings, gatherings, and conversations. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Olson, G. A., & Worsham, L. (Eds.). (2012). Education as civic engagement: Toward a more democratic society. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Paradis, E., & Mosher, J. (2012). “Take the story, take the needs, and do something”: Grassroots women’s priorities for community-based participatory research and action on homelessness. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Homelessness Research Network. Retrieved November 13, 2012, from linkExternal link - opens in new window.

Percy, S. L., Zimpher, N. L., & Brukardt, M. J. (2006). Creating a new kind of university: Institutionalizing community-university engagement. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

Peters, S. J., Alter, T. R., & Schwartzbach, N. (2010). Democracy and higher education: Traditions and stories of civic engagement. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Preece, J., Osborne, M., Modise, O. M., & Ntseane, P. G. (Eds.). (2012). Community engagement in African universities: Perspectives, prospects and challenges. Leicester, UK: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education.

Reason, P., & Bradbury, H. (2008). The Sage handbook of action research: Participative inquiry and practice (2nd ed.). Los Angeles; London: Sage.

Reid, R. S., Skelander, K., Huayhuaca, C., Lackett, J., Flynn, P., & Lynn, S. (March 22-24, 2012). Innovation in natural resources engagement at land-grant universities: A view from the Center for Collaborative Conservation. Paper presented at the University Education in Natural Resources 9th Biennial Conference, Fort Collins, CO.

Riccio, R., Berkey, B., & Mecangi, G. (2021). Principles of Anti-Oppressive Community Engagement for University Educators and Researchers. Boston, MA: Northeastern University. Retrieved February 24, 2022, from https://cssh.northeastern.edu/impactlab/sil-principles-for-ethical-community-engaged-teaching-researchExternal link - opens in new window

Saltmarsh, J., & Hartley, M. (Eds.). (2011). "To serve a larger purpose": Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Sandmann, L. R., Thornton, C. H., Jaeger, A. J., & Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Eds.). (2009). Institutionalizing community engagement in higher education: The first wave of Carnegie classified institutions. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Sass, M. (2013). International service learning reflection journal. Purdue University learning and service engagement series.West Lafayette, IN: Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University. Retrieved March 4, 2013, from http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315022External link - opens in new window

Sass, M. (2013). Service learning reflection journal. Purdue University learning and service engagement series.West Lafayette, IN: Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University. Retrieved March 4, 2013, from http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315021External link - opens in new window

Schnirer, L., & Stack-Cutler, H. (2012). Recruitment and engagement of low-income populations service provider and researcher perspectives [electronic book]. Edmonton, Canada: Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families.

Seldon, W., Jolin, M., & Schmitz, P. (2012). Needle-moving community collaboratives: A promising approach to addressing America’s biggest challenges. The Bridgespan Group.   Retrieved November 15, 2012, from http://www.bridgespan.org/Publications-and-Tools/Revitalizing-Communities/Community-Collaboratives/Needle-Moving-Community-Collaborative-s-A-Promisin.aspx#.UKVgNWcYtjYExternal link - opens in new window

Snyder-Hall, C. (2015). Civic Aspirations: Why Some Higher Education Faculty Are Reconnecting Their Professional and Public Lives. Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation. Retrieved January 20, 2016, from https://www.kettering.org/sites/default/files/product-downloads/Civic%20Aspirations.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

The Pitzer College 50th Anniversary Engaged Faculty Collection: Community Engagement and Activist Scholarship. Retrieved October 21, 2014 from http://www.pitzer.edu/anthology/FacultyAnthology_v2.pdfExternal link - opens in new window  

Torney-Purta, J et. al., (2015). Assessing Civic Competency and Engagement in Higher Education: Research Background, Frameworks, and Directions for Next-Generation Assessment. Wiley Online Library

Tremblay, C., Hall B., & Tandon, R. (2014). Global Trends in Support Structures for Community University Research Partnerships. UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. Retrieved September 8, 2014 from http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/unesco/pdf/IDRC_Survey_Results_2014.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Van de Ven, A. H. (2007). Engaged scholarship: A guide for organizational and social research. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

Watson, D., Hollister, R., Stroud, S. E., & Babcock, E. (2011). The engaged university: International perspectives on civic engagement. New York, NY: Routledge.

Wittman, A., & Crews, T. (2012). Engaged learning economies: Aligning civic engagement and economic development in community-campus partnerships. Boston: Campus Compact.   Retrieved November 12, 2012, from http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/Engaged-Learning-Economies-White-Paper-2012%20FINAL.pdfExternal link - opens in new window

Zuber-Skerritt, O. (2012). Action research for sustainable development in a turbulent world. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.