Appraising Community in Engaged Scholarship

Colloquium | November 6 | 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | Barrows Hall, Lipman Room

Sponsors: Cal Corps Public Service Center, American Cultures Center, UC Berkeley's Engaged Scholarship Initiative (BESI), Division of Student Affairs, California Campus Compact, The Corporation for National & Community Service, Learn and Serve America

The University of California, Berkeley and California Campus Compact will host a one-day colloquium to examine the meaning of community in engaged scholarship. Specific attention will be given to: community-based participatory research (CBPR) models; how alternate spaces within and outside of the university connect to the intellectual focus of the university; and examples of best practices that promote the bridging of university civic engagement and outreach practices with research. Colloquium speakers, panelists and participants will discuss interdisciplinary work, tenure and promotion, faculty as community members, measuring our impact, engaging undergraduates, and how CBPR strengthens scholarship. Confirmed speakers include:
Nick Cutforth, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver
Meredith Minkler, Professor of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, UC, Berkeley
Tania D. Mitchell, Ed.D., Director of Undergraduate Program in Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Service Learning, Stanford University
Marshall Welch, Ph.D., Director of Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action, St. Mary’s College

Event Contact: americancultures@berkeley.edu, 510-642-2264