Full Name
Emily M. Janke
Job Title
Professor and Director
Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Speaker Bio
Emily M. Janke, Ph.D. is the inaugural director of the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement and professor of the Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.The Institute provides support for community-engaged scholars university-wide from within the Division from Research and Engagement. Emily’s scholarship addresses multiple aspects of community engagement focused on community-university partnerships, institutional culture and change strategies, and restorative listening.
As director of the Institute, Emily led the creation of Collaboratory® (with Barbara Holland and Kristin Medlin), a publicly searchable, online database designed to organize, track, and report comprehensive data on institutional partnerships. She was inducted as a fellow in the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship in 2021. She has long served the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Elective Classification as a National Advisory Committee member, and more recently, she co-designed the revision of the 2026 application and training of over 130 peer reviewers. She serves on editorial boards for the Michigan Journal for Community Service Learning, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, and Metropolitan University Journal.
Emily earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education with a concentration in Organization and Management from The Pennsylvania State University and her B.A. from Colgate University. She attended Bradford University (England) and Wollongong University (Australia), each for semester-long programs in Peace Studies and Environmental Sciences, respectively.
As director of the Institute, Emily led the creation of Collaboratory® (with Barbara Holland and Kristin Medlin), a publicly searchable, online database designed to organize, track, and report comprehensive data on institutional partnerships. She was inducted as a fellow in the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship in 2021. She has long served the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Elective Classification as a National Advisory Committee member, and more recently, she co-designed the revision of the 2026 application and training of over 130 peer reviewers. She serves on editorial boards for the Michigan Journal for Community Service Learning, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, and Metropolitan University Journal.
Emily earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education with a concentration in Organization and Management from The Pennsylvania State University and her B.A. from Colgate University. She attended Bradford University (England) and Wollongong University (Australia), each for semester-long programs in Peace Studies and Environmental Sciences, respectively.
