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A Macro Heart for Micro Enterprise: Enriching Microenterprise Communities Through Student Consultancy

Microenterprise Consulting (MEC), a Loyola University Chicago course, enables students to develop business plans for economically-disadvantaged clients. Students and clients, as co-educators, form trust-based consultancies that realize clients' dreams. This mixed methods case study aims to show how business can achieve a more just world for MEC clients.

Lead Author

Stacy Neier

Senior Lecturer, Loyola Quinlan School of Business

Dr. Neier Beran began teaching in the Department of Marketing for Quinlan School of Business in 2008. Her professional background includes roles in marketing research and consumer insights for Gap Inc. and Euromonitor International. Accordingly, her classes focus on Marketing Research... Read More →

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Adaptive Braid Model as a Community-Engaged Research Framework to Strategically Incorporate Inclusivity and Intersectionality in Institutionalization.

A qualitative single-case study found an “adaptive braid model” as one way to conceptualize strategically advancing institutionalization of community engagement into higher education institutions. This model can be a tool to foster inclusivity and explore intersectionality.

Lead Author

Kristi Farner

Extension Program and Staff Development Specialist, University of Georgia

Kristi Farner, Ph.D. Program and Staff Development Specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of Georgia Kristi is currently working on projects related to onboarding new employees, redefining the agent mentor system, and co-chairing an internal Extension Conference. This fall... Read More →

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Assessing Community Engagement Courses: Are We Doing What We Think We're Doing?

The purpose of this study was to assess the experience of community engagement (CE) courses and to determine if CE courses have fulfilled the Core Curriculum learning outcomes. In two years, 1,326 students completed CE course evaluations. The students had meaningful service experiences and the courses fulfilled College learning outcomes.

Lead Author

Sarah Beth Dempsey

Assistant Director, Saint Mary's College of California

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Border Thinking: A Theoretical Framework for the Service-Learning Experience

During this presentation, we argue that we need to teach students applicable theoretical frameworks prior to the international service-learning experience. We propose Walter Mignolo’s theory of border thinking as a productive pre SL experience framework that facilitates student perception of community partners as equal actors in knowledge production.

Lead Author

Marie-Eve Monette

The University of Alabama

Speakers

Barbara Minter

The University of Alabama

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Rural Mississippi: An Exploration of Student Leadership Identity Development

In the summers of 2016 and 2017, seven students at the University of Mississippi collaborated to create entrepreneurial learning programs for African-American and Hispanic students in three rural communities. This study explores how the co-creation of community-based projects with diverse community partners impacts the leadership identity development of college students.

Lead Author

JR Love

University of Mississippi

Speakers

Laura Martin

Associate Director, McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement

Albert Nylander

Professor of Sociology and Director, McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement, University of Mississippi

Janae Owens

University of Mississippi

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Community Partnership Initiative - Connecting Partnership Efforts in a Decentralized Campus

The Community Partnership Initiative at the University of Nebraska at Omaha aims at designing a comprehensive framework to capture community partnerships and communicate impact. This initiative has allowed diverse stakeholders at a decentralized campus to unite efforts in engagement reporting, including the development of a partnership map and common/inclusive language.

Lead Author

Keristiena S. Dodge

Project Specialist, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Speakers

Wendy Kaiser

Program Assessment & Evaluation Coordinator, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Hello! I am new to Service Learning, but have worked in welfare and non-profit positions for nearly 10 years, ranging in experience from direct care and case management to executive leadership. I love data, research, and anything where strategic thinking is involved! I'm excited to... Read More →

Anthony Starke

Doctoral Candidate, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Cultivate Writing Habit for Reflective and Active Learner in Service-Learning Curriculum: Presenting Prompts and 3 Principles.

To encourage reflective learning, we introduced the guide for taking notes to follow three principles: Make a note anyway, Immediately note a fact and feeling, and Continue taking notes. Using action research, we could observe that student brought their notes to the classroom to share experiences in the field.

Lead Author

Hironori Yamaguchi

Ritsumeikan Univeresity

Speakers

Megumi Akiyoshi

Ritsumeikan University

Toru Kawai

Ritsumeikan University

Mitsuru Kimura

Ritsumeikan University

Seishi Miyashita

Ritsumeikan University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Development of Service-learning in Japan: Through Analysis of 236 Studies from 2010 to 2017

This study analyzed 236 research papers of service-learning in Japan spanning from 2010 to 2017. The study clarified how practice and research of service-learning in Japan has been developing by creating a combined "hierarchical structure" and "flowchart".

Lead Author

Takeshi Miyazaki

Soka University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Engaged Graduate Education and the Research University: A Learning Community-Approach to Campus-Wide Change

While the impacts of service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) on undergraduate curricula are well-documented, far less attention has been paid to the integration of SLCE in graduate education. This poster describes a collaborative, qualitative research project exploring engaged graduate education at USC and other institutions of higher education.

Lead Author

Susan C. Harris

Executive Director, USC Joint Educational Project

Speakers

Samantha Bernstein-Sierra

Assist. Dir. of Research and Academic Affairs, USC Joint Educational Project

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Engaged Scholars: A Social Justice Self Study of a Multi-year Arts and Humanities Partnership

The Center for Social Concern at Johns Hopkins University is conducting a self-study examining shifting our community-based learning model to explicitly center social justice. We use social justice already, but how do we achieve partner, staff, and faculty buy-in using intersectionality to surface potential issues of marginalization within engagement?

Lead Author

Gia Grier McGinns

Johns Hopkins University

Speakers

Patrice Hutton

Writers in Baltimore Schools

Dora Malech

Johns Hopkins University

Shawntay Stocks

Johns Hopkins University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Engaging an Activist Ecology: Eco-pedagogy, Inclusive Space, and the Posthuman

This poster explores an ecology of community involvement through a case study of the Boulder Writers Warehouse (BWW) and its offerings. This research posits the critical lens of posthuman theory coupled with theories and practices found in eco-pedagogy to explore relationships between organizations which empower a diverse group of writers.

Lead Author

Emily Marie Passos Duffy

Naropa University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Equity from the Starting Point: Planning for Social Equity in West Panama through Inclusive Research Methods

Research on disparities in Western Panama triggered by unfair capitalist practices shines a light on social inequities among Latinos and Ngabe-Bugle indigenous of this region. This study explores methods to address equity in Western Panama early in the research process and speculates about participatory research methods for equitable plan implementation.

Lead Author

Hatvany Cristel Gomez Concepcion

Iowa State University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Exploring Artistic Innovations and Traditions through Service Learning: Bridging North Carolina Visual Arts and Korean Cultural Heritage

This poster presentation examines research outcomes based on Artistic Innovation and Cultural Exploration, a three-month service learning pilot project in which pre-service art teachers instruct Korean-American students in grades K-5 at a Korean Language School about the cultural connections between North Carolina’s rich artistic tradition and Korea’s cultural heritage.

Lead Author

Borim Song

East Carolina university, College of Fine Arts and Communication, School of Art and Design

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Faculty Emotions in Service-Learning

The purpose of this study was to examine faculty emotions in service-learning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 service-learning faculty. Faculty reported experiencing emotions in response to four specific contexts: Interactions with the community, negative student performance, positive student performance, and the beginning of the semester.

Lead Author

Alexa Darby

Rutgers University Camden

Speakers

Morgan Oldham

Elon University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Feedback Between Solidarity Service and Academic Learning from the Perspective of the Students

The work aims to identify factors that enhance the feedback between solidarity service and academic learning from the perspective of the students. The study was based on a survey of 518 students who participated in service-learning projects developed in the framework of CLAYSS Support Programs in Argentina and Uruguay.

Lead Author

Martin Ierullo

Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Impact of Science and Service Learning on Middle School Students’ Resilience

This study examined the influence of an innovative science and service-learning (SL) instructional program on resilience of students at-risk. Students incorporated STEM and Creative Problem Solving to solve real problems in schools/communities. Results for exemplary SL projects suggest a small to moderate relationship between quality/standards-based SL experiences and student resilience.

Lead Author

Jane Lumpkin Newman

The University of Alabama

Speakers

Junelle Christian

The University of Alabama

Kimberly Stephenson

The University of Alabama

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Integrating Civic Engagement in Online E-Service-Learning Courses: Research and Practice

Online-learning enrollments in US higher education have grown annually by more than 20% in the last decade. Despite increasing trends, growth of e-service-learning has not kept pace with demand. This case study of an online Masters of Human Resources course identifies and describes transferable associated with successful e-service-learning environments.

Lead Author

Marie-Line Germain

Western Carolina University

Speakers

Lane Graves Perry

Western Carolina University

Beth Wall-Bassett

Western Carolina University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Learning Beyond the Classroom: Minority-Language Community Involvement and ESL Teacher Training

This poster presents initial results and an overview of an ongoing university-community partnership: French-speaking students in a Teaching English as a Second Language program contribute their developing language and teaching skills in English minority language community organizations, in French-speaking Quebec. Effects on attitudes, motivation and language use confidence are examined.

Lead Author

Kirsten Hummel

Laval University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Measuring Impact of a Transformational Framework for Post-Traditional Health Professions Service-Learning Education

Health professions education includes required service-learning components for increasing awareness of social justice issues and skills development to act with justice. Students’ learning outcomes are assessed. The study purpose determines the impact of service-learning curriculum and the Service-Learning Framework. Results inform curricular and programmatic improvements.

Lead Author

Cheryl Schwartz

Regis University

Speakers

Tristen Amador

Regis University

Susan Scherer

Regis University

Carmen Stagg

Regis University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Medical College of Wisconsin Community Engagement Survey

Since 2014, the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has administered a community engagement (CE) survey, focusing on CE-related activities, including: research, clinical care, policy and advocacy, publications, coursework, events, awards, and outreach & service. This furthers the conversation regarding the understanding of CE within the MCW community.

Lead Author

Syed Ahmed

Medical College of Wisconsin

Speakers

Mia DeFino

DeFino Consulting, LLC

Sharon Neu Young

Medical College of Wisconsin

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Mentoring in community engagement: Developing the next leaders of community engaged research

The purpose of this study was to provide mentoring for CEnR as a method for developing the next leaders of CE. Mentors and mentees tracked progress over the course of a year. Mentees in this program identified needs in developing research skills and soft skills.

Lead Author

Jessica De Santis

Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Anesthesiology

Speakers

Zeno Franco

Medical College of Wisconsin

David A Nelson

Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin

Dr. Nelson has a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, an MA in Agency Counseling from the University of Colorado and an MS in Epidemiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Nelson's research interests involve working with community partners to... Read More →

Sarah O'Connor

Program Manager, Medical College of Wisconsin

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Mid-career Professional Development Needs of Academic Service-Learning Faculty

The purpose of this study was to examine the professional development needs of experienced academic service-learning faculty. Ten faculty members participated in individual interviews lasting approximately 30 minutes. Participants identified resources that were important to supporting their early careers and described different forms of support needed for their later careers.

Lead Author

Alexa Darby

Rutgers University Camden

Speakers

Tammy Cobb

Elon University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Preliminary Results from a Mixed Methods Study Examining the Utility of a Bilingual Virtual Community for Community Health Workers

This community engaged research examines the social impact of community health workers (CHWs) in reducing health disparities in vulnerable communities. Key findings from three focus groups (2 English, 1 Spanish), a national online survey (n=947) and pilot test results of an open access community of practice tool will be presented.

Lead Author

Melissa Hawkins

American University

Speakers

Laurel Booth

American University

Carla Briceno

Bixal

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Research Examining a Culture of Critical Consciousness Through International Service-Learning

This research focuses on an international service-learning project in the Dominican Republic and the impact of a short-term literacy training camp on cognitive and literacy skills, psychological factors, as well as the impact on the university students engaged in the service-learning, teaching, and assessment explored through arts-based inquiry.

Lead Author

Tonya Huber

Texas A&M International University

Speakers

Lorena P. Cestou

Texas A&M International University

Analie Costilla

Texas A&M International University

Martha Lozano

Graduate Student, Texas A&M International University

Elizabeth San Miguel

Texas A&M International University

Clarissa Murillo

Graduate Student, Texas A&M International University

Vanessa M. Palumbo

Graduate Student, Texas A&M International University

Alexandra Reyes

Graduate Student, Texas A&M International University

Priscilla Salazar

Texas A&M International University

Sherline Salazar

Texas A&M International University

Nancy Salazar

Texas A&M International University

Rosa Salinas

Texas A&M International University

Valerie Vasquez

Texas A&M International University

Erika Vela

Texas A&M International University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Service-Learning and Future Community Health Service

This research explores the extent to which a service-learning experience that take place during a community health course for community/public health majors is related to specific civic outcomes, and the influence of service-learning on students’ knowledge and dispositions toward future service in the field of public health.

Lead Author

Charity Bishop

Indiana University-Indianapolis

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Ile De France Pre-Funtion/Bridge

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Service-Learning Program: Project SERVE (Students Empowered to Restore Values and Ethics)

This study assesses the impact of the Service-Learning Program of Mambugan National High School. It is based on a triangulation technique which refers to the use of multiple methods or data sources in qualitative research to develop a comprehensive understanding of phenomena (Patton 1999).

Lead Author

Rosa Tapar Tayamora

Mambugan National High School

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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The Conundrum of Service-Learning for Nontraditional Students

As service-learning expands into more college campuses, practitioners need to consider practices that make service-learning inclusive for all college students in order to build civic capacity. The purpose of this round table is to discuss the conundrum that service-learning poses as it is integrated in the curriculum for non-traditional students.

Lead Author

Marcela Uribe

Texas A&M International University

Speakers

Cihtlalli G. Perez

Outreach Coordinator, Texas A&M International University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Ile De France Pre-Funtion/Bridge

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The Impact of Peer Team-leader Behaviors, Gender, and Race on College Students Appraisal of Service-Learning Experiences

The diversity of service team-leaders may have a positive impact both on participant perception of their leader’s strengths and of their service as worthwhile. In addition to diversity in the community populations they serve, college students may benefit from increased exposure to peer-leaders who have different identities from their own.

Lead Author

John Ray Roberts

The Citadel

Speakers

Marshall Haas

The citadel

Conway F Saylor

The Citadel

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Towards a Practical Model for Community Engagement: Advancing the Art and Science in Academic Health Centers

We propose a comprehensive Community Engagement (CE) Components Practical Model for CE practitioners to view the broader spectrum of CE activities, including five components: Community Outreach & Service, Education, Clinical Care, Research, and Policy & Advocacy. The components are supported by foundational elements within administrative functions and infrastructure.

Lead Author

Syed Ahmed

Medical College of Wisconsin

Speakers

Mia DeFino

DeFino Consulting, LLC

Zeno Franco

Medical College of Wisconsin

David A Nelson

Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin

Dr. Nelson has a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, an MA in Agency Counseling from the University of Colorado and an MS in Epidemiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Nelson's research interests involve working with community partners to... Read More →

Sharon Neu Young

Medical College of Wisconsin

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Unity Through Music - Encouraging Transformative Engagement Through Music-Infused Service-Learning -A Mixed Methods Study

This presentation study conducted at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, between students at a Canadian elementary school in Mission, British Columbia, and the Sobral School of Music in Sobral, Brazil, to address the question, Can Music-Infused Service-Learning reduce the power inequity inherent in typical service-learning projects?

Lead Author

Sharon Widdows

Simon Fraser University

Speakers

Susan O'Neill

Simon Fraser University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Walking in their Shoes: How an International Teaching Experience in a Rural Mexican School Impacts the Empathy of Pre-Service Teachers

Using an action research approach, this paper reports exploratory research on 24 pre-service teachers’ empathy quotient in relation to the impact of an international teaching experience in a rural school in Mexico. The survey and reflection data were analyzed and yielded four critical themes. Finally, conclusions and implications are drawn.

Lead Author

Valerie Hill-Jackson

Texas A&M University

Speakers

Lobat Asadi

Texas A&M University

Vicki Mokuria

Texas A&M University

Monica Neshyba

Texas A&M University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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What Components of a Curriculum Lead to Authentic Youth Community Engagement?

A mixed methods approach is utilized to assess if the knowledge and skills acquired in a new 4-H experientially-based science curriculum will help provide youth with the information and means to develop and implement authentic community engagement projects related to the curriculum’s subject matter of predator depredation.

Lead Author

Colette Ankenman

University of California Davis

Speakers

Hilvy Cheung

University of California, Davis

Patsy Eubanks Owens

University of California, Davis

Patricia N.E. Roberson

University of California, Davis

Martin Smith

Specialist in Cooperative Extension, University of California

Steven M. Worker

University of California Cooperative Extension serving Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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Where Do They Go? Roll-off Effects & Program Cap Effects

What happens to students who don't make the cut after applying to a program? Why do some students return for more programming while others disappear? For schools with co-curricular service-learning and community engagement programs it is important to know how program characteristics might be influencing student engagement.

Lead Author

Alan Steinberg

Associate Director, Center for Civic Leadership at Rice University

Alan Steinberg is an Associate Director of Houston Programs and Partnerships at Rice University's Center for Civic Leadership (CCL). He leads the Houston Action Research Teams (HART) program where interdisciplinary groups of Rice University undergraduates work on evidence based research... Read More →

Speakers

Shanna Florence

Rice University

Thursday July 19, 2018 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
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