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Heather K. Evans is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University. Her research interests include political engagement, elections, public opinion, and political communication.
Acknowledgements
Introduction- Heather K. Evans
Chapter 1: Planning Academic Community Engagement Courses- Sanjay Mehta and Irfan Ahmed
Chapter 2: Community Engagement in Honors First Year Experience: How to ACE the A’s- Maria Alexander Holmes and Glenn M. Sanford
Chapter 3: Academic Community Engagement Strategies in Homeland Security and Emergency Management Programs at a Texas University- Magdalena Denham
Chapter 4: The Bilingual Workplace Writing Classroom: Meeting Community Literacy Needs- Isabel Baca
Chapter 5: Teaching Research for a Greater Purpose: Incorporating Community Engagement into a Graduate Qualitative Research Methods Course- Sarah Upton and Brenda Luna Bravo
Chapter 6: Connecting with Art: Building and Enhancing Culture through Academic Community Engagement- Michael Henderson
Chapter 7: Beyond Geographic Space: Online Learning and Community Engagement Initiatives- Ricardo Montelongo and Paul William Eaton
Chapter 8: Preparing Undergraduates for Public Service in Local Government- Michael T. Peddle and Eric S. Zeemering
Chapter 9: Civic Engagement as Public Sociology: Considerations for Pedagogy and Practice- Laura O-Toole
Chapter 10: Seeing Community Needs through a Statistical Lens: Undergraduate and graduate Level Consulting with Community Organizations in the El Paso Border Region- Amy Wagler, Craig Field, and Erik Baray
Chapter 11: Project-Based Learning: A Structure to Facilitate Service Learning in an Online, Interdisciplinary Project- Li-Jen Shannon and Marilyn Rice
Appendix A: Honors FYE ACE Course Calendar
Appendix B: Excerpts from Course Syllabus
Appendix C: Agency Profile of Literacy Needs
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Content to Community Needs is a wonderful resource that assists instructors in both planning and implementation of community engagement projects in the classroom. This book provides several practical examples of community engagement in a variety of online and face-to-face environments across many disciplines.
— Jami Warren, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Sciences, Education, & Research, University of Kentucky
For faculty taking on the risks and responsibilities of bringing students and the community into learning relationships, this book provides valuable models and resources from a variety of fields.
— Peter J. Taylor, director of critical and creative thinking graduate program, University of Massachusetts, Boston
The contributors to this instructive volume provide a range of practical examples of how to integrate community engagement activities with academic coursework to enrich and deepen student learning.
— George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Indiana University