About this event

Campus Compact and the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) are partnering to host a virtual discussion with the authors published in past two issues (30.2 and 31.1). Participants will engage with authors directly to gain more insight into the findings of each article and the methods and processes behind the findings. Come learn from the authors and bring your questions!

Who should attend?

This event is free and open to members and non-members. Community-engaged faculty, staff, and practitioners are encouraged to attend.

Meet The Authors: 

Mathew H. Gendle

Professor of Psychology
Elon University
Co-Author of The Community Engagement and Partnership Inventory (CEPI): An aspirational open-source instrument to assess community-based global learning programs

Mathew and Amanda will present assessment strategies that apply the principles of critical global inquiry to provide a systematic evaluation of global learning programs.​​​​​​

Amanda Tapler 

Senior Lecturer in Public Health Studies
Elon University
Co-Author of The Community Engagement and Partnership Inventory (CEPI): An aspirational open-source instrument to assess community-based global learning programs

Mathew and Amanda will present assessment strategies that apply the principles of critical global inquiry to provide a systematic evaluation of global learning programs.​​​​​​

Tyler Derreth

Assistant Teaching Professor of Health, Behavior and Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Author of Human-Centered Community Engagement in Online Education: Developing a Critical Online Service-Learning Pedagogy

Tyler will discuss their exploration of a critical online service-learning (COSL) pedagogy that expands opportunities for access and solidarity through humanity-centered methods of instruction. 

Jennifer Lucko

Professor and Co-Chair of Education Department
Dominican University of California 
Author of Centering Community Voice and Knowledge through Participatory Action Research

Jennifer will expand on their analysis of a Participatory Action Research (PAR) Project focused on improving public safety and explore residents’ motivations for their sustained participation.

Mary Price

Community Engagement Scholar
Not yet published

Mary Price, representing the group of authors of An Inquiry into the Program Planning Orientations of Community Engagement Administrators in Community-Academic Partnerships, will introduce the concept of planning orientations and discuss the results of a pilot study of service-learning and community engagement administrators.

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning or MJCSL is an open-access journal focusing on research, theory, pedagogy, and other matters related to academic service-learning, campus-community partnerships, and engaged/public scholarship in higher education.

Questions? Get in touch with Nicole Springer at nspringer@compact.org