scholarly journals A Model of Community-Engaged Scholarship Across “Institutional Borders” to Assess the Role of Rural Libraries in Community Engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Mehra ◽  
Vandana Singh ◽  
Everette Scott Sikes
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
University Of Tennessee ◽  
Central Appalachia ◽  
Rural Libraries ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The University

The paper explores a model of community-engaged scholarship developed in a planning grant entitled “Assessment of Rural Library Professionals’ Role in Community Engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region: Mobilization from Change Agents to Community Anchors (CA2CA@SCA-RL)” awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the University of Tennessee, recently sub-contracted to the University of Alabama (July 2017 – June 2019). It provides insights bridging “institutional borders” at multiple levels to spotlight “invisible voices” of rural librarians and glimpses best practices in community engagement that might be relevant to other rural areas historically facing similarly challenging socio-cultural/socio-economic circumstances.

scholarly journals Scenarios of Health Engagement Experiences and Health Justice in Rural Libraries

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Mehra ◽  
Everette Scott Sikes ◽  
Vandana Singh
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
News Media ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Of Tennessee ◽  
Rural Libraries ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The University ◽  
Health Justice

This article documents scenarios or narratives of health engagement experiences in rural libraries based on qualitative analysis of feedback collected from 15 rural librarians in the Southern and Central Appalachian (SCA) region during semi-structured interviews conducted in 2017-2018. The article focuses on respondents’ perspectives of the “aboutness” of their health-related engagement, collaborating partners, encountered challenges, and resulting outcomes. Scenarios were documented in broader interviews that focused on specific health activities and community engagement in 11 domains, including agriculture, diversity, economy, education, environment, government, health, law, manufacturing, social welfare, and other. The research forms part of a planning grant entitled “Assessment of Rural Library Professionals’ Role in Community Engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region: Mobilization from Change Agents to Community Anchors (CA2CA@SCA-RL)” awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the University of Tennessee, sub-contracted to the University of Alabama this year (July 2017 – June 2019). Scenarios provide a taxonomic classification of health-related programs relevant to the region and a framework of practice related to their implementation. As a health justice tool, they also challenge the hegemonic imagination of mainstream American society, news media, and popular culture that has only presented the SCA rural belt in deficit light. The article becomes a counter-point to these past unfair and marginalizing representations in its constructive asset recognition of the SCA rural librarians’ positive examples of health-related experiences. It spotlights the “invisible” of SCA librarians’ individual/community empowerment as change agents making an impact on the lives of their rural residents.

scholarly journals Conversation with Darrell McLaughlin, St. Thomas More College

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen ◽  
Darrell McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Thomas More ◽  
Associate Dean ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The University

In the Exchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. In this issue, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen talks with Darrell McLaughlin of St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan. Darrell McLaughlin (PhD) is an Associate Dean at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan.

scholarly journals A Change of Leadership for the Engaged Scholar Journal

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Penelope C Sanz ◽  
Lori Bradford ◽  
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Community Based ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Current State ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The University

   In the Exchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. In this section, we invite our readers to offer their thoughts and ideas on the meanings and understandings of engaged scholarship, as practiced in local or faraway communities, diverse cultural settings, and in various disciplinary contexts. We especially welcome community-based scholars’ views and opinions on their collaborations with university-based partners in particular and engaged scholarship in general.  In this issue, we discuss the recent changeover of leadership at The Engaged Scholar Journal with Dr. Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, who has recently left the University of Saskatchewan to assume new posts at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Lori Bradford. Managing Editor Dr. Penelope (Penny) Sanz takes both through a conversation about the inception, current state, and future goals of the journal, and their reflections on engaged scholarship as a career. 

scholarly journals 3133 Building Capacity for Community Engaged Research: Penn State University’s Faculty Fellowship Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 84-85
Author(s):  
Martha Ellen Wadsworth ◽  
Jennifer L. Kraschnewski ◽  
Gina M. Brelsford ◽  
Deepa L. Sekhar
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Translational Research ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: To build capacity for community engaged, translational research in faculty across the university. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Each year, the Community Engagement Research Core (CERC) of the Penn State CTSI invites applications for one to two Community Engagement Faculty Fellowships. Applicant teams are comprised of a junior or mid-level investigator seeking to expand their work into the CEnR arena under the mentorship of a senior investigator with expertise in community engaged scholarship. The fellow must develop a plan for the mentoring year, including a timeline, activities to be undertaken together, knowledge to be acquired, deliverables, and a budget. The funding supports two course releases or the clinical equivalent for the fellow, and a small budget to support the mentor’s research program. Proposals are evaluated using NIH scientific merit criteria. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We are in our second year of the fellowship program. Two highly qualified fellows are currently working with established community-based mentors. The 2017-2018 fellowship team showcases how an effective mentor-fellow partnership can help move a fellow’s work along the translational spectrum. By working with her mentor, our first fellow’s research has expanded from basic discovery science in a university hospital to development of a neonatal intensive care unit intervention to be employed with parents in the community. The 2018-2019 scholar, who utilized the community engagement research core (CERC) of the PSU CTSI in preparation of a PCORI grant, has since received the PCORI award and is working with her mentor to bring her innovative mental health screenings to the public schools. We are currently evaluating applications for the third year of the program, and please to have engaged applicants from across several Penn State campuses and disciplines. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The fellowship is enjoying early success in terms of fellow productivity, expanding translational research expertise, and fueling interest across the Penn State campuses in community engagement research. Future work will focus on sustainability planning for this type of program, metrics for tracking success, and plans for integrating fellows into a growing community of engaged scholars at the university.

scholarly journals Rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship: A State University System Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Saltmarsh ◽  
John Wooding
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
State University ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
State University System ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Core Mission ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Policies

The need for new and revised structures to reward new forms of scholarship is being examined nationally and globally. It is also being examined on campuses that make up the University of Massachusetts system, all which are classified by the Carnegie Foundation for Community Engagement. This paper reports on the collective exploration by the five campuses of the University of Massachusetts to understand whether the existing academic policies sufficiently and appropriately rewarding community engagement and publically engaged scholarship enact the core mission of the University of Massachusetts to effectively generate knowledge, address social issues, and fulfill its academic and civic purposes.

scholarly journals Intense, Pervasive and Shared Faculty Dialogue: Generating Understanding and Identifying “Hotspots” in Five Days

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Emily Janke ◽  
Barbara Holland ◽  
Kristin Medlin
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Faculty Support ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The University

Once an institution has chosen to recognize and reward community-engaged scholarship in its university-wide promotion and tenure policy, what are some strategies for aligning unit and department policies as well? This chapter describes the path followed at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro to align policies across all units and departments. Discussed are core strategies used to generate faculty support for community-engaged scholarship in promotion and tenure policy and practice, the themes revealed as a result of a weeklong dialogue initiative, and recommendations for continued improvement.

scholarly journals Emergent model for community engagement: Developing courses and programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Barbara S. Spector ◽  
Cyndy Leard
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Informal Science Education ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Informal Science ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
The University

This retrospective emergent design qualitative evaluation study documents the development of a unique model for community engagement and engaged scholarship in higher education. The primary novel aspect of the model is participatory involvement of both the target audience for the program and representatives of various stakeholder groups who initiated, conceptualized, tested, assessed, and evaluated the courses and program with the professor. Members of the target audience and stakeholder groups also recruited participants, contributed to refining the courses and program to meet the needs of the stakeholder groups, and contributed to redesigning courses for online learning. The model emerged while developing and evaluating the Informal Science Institutions Environmental Education Graduate Certificate Program (ISI Program) at the University of South Florida. Garnering the resources of a previously untapped audience, the informal science education (ISE) community, presented the university with a way to increase enrollment. Also reported are sample benefits accrued to learners in the program, to the ISI community, to the community at large, and additional benefits to the University.

scholarly journals Conversation with Maria Power, University of Liverpool

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Christopher Hrynkow ◽  
Maria Power
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Irish Studies ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In the Exchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. In this issue Christopher Hrynkow talks to Maria C. Power about her community-based research and her vision for engaged scholarship as undertaken by religious historians. Dr. Maria Power, PhD (History, Royal Holloway), is a lecturer in Religion and Peace Building at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the relationship of faith to politics, especially in areas of conflict, and the role that religious organisations play in peacebuilding

scholarly journals Institutionalizing Community Engagement: The College Within a University as a Missing Organizational Link

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
College Level ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Core Value ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Assessment Rubric

This article examines organizational change that can be implemented at the level of a college in a university in order to institutionalize community-engaged scholarship as a core value of the college. Through the development and implementation of an assessment rubric, the authors argue that college-level institutionalization of community-engaged scholarship can be evaluated as a complement to department- and institution-level efforts. Attention to college-level engagement offers new possibilities for deeper institutionalization of community-engaged scholarship.

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