Academics in Action!: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service
Sandra L. Barnes, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Bernadette Doykos, Nina C. Martin, and Alison McGuire
Abstract
The edited volume describes a multi-disciplinary model where students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and contribute the fruits of theory and research to solving community problems. It is a model where theory and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and small group to organizations and social structures. The communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and schools to national policy and international development. These forms of engagement require carefully crafted institutional structures to support them. This volume offers examples of communi ... More
The edited volume describes a multi-disciplinary model where students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and contribute the fruits of theory and research to solving community problems. It is a model where theory and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and small group to organizations and social structures. The communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and schools to national policy and international development. These forms of engagement require carefully crafted institutional structures to support them. This volume offers examples of community-engaged theory, scholarship, and action, and the structures that foster them within a research university. The examples are drawn from the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, whose programs, from undergraduate service learning and internships to doctoral training in community research and action, embody the vision of The Academy in Action! The chapters document how authentic partnerships between the academy and the community result in meaningful research and praxis.
Keywords:
applied research,
community engagement,
John Dewey,
HOD,
interdisciplinarity/multidisciplinary,
social justice
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780823268795 |
| Published to Fordham Scholarship Online: May 2016 |
DOI:10.5422/fordham/9780823268795.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Sandra L. Barnes, editor
Vanderbilt University
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, editor
Vanderbilt University
Bernadette Doykos, editor
Vanderbilt University
Nina C. Martin, editor
Vanderbilt University
Alison McGuire, editor
Vanderbilt University
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