Community of Practice Forums

The Forums provide opportunities for faculty who utilize, or are interested in utilizing, service-learning to come together, share best practices, discuss challenges, and hear about resources available throughout the year from the Center as well as local and national practitioners.

Topics will be chosen throughout the year to reflect the groups' interests, and on occasion, guests with expertise in pertinent areas will be invited to share their insight.

Past Forums include:

DWIGHT GILES

Co-Author of Where's the learning in service-learning?

Co-hosted by the Service-Learning Program of the Center of Community Service and the Office of the Provost

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
3:00-4:30pm in Raytheon Amphitheater

Dwight is a Professor of Higher Education Administration, and Senior Associate at the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) in the Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston. His interests include scholarship of engagement, community-campus partnerships, internships and service-learning; much of his work has focused on linking service-learning practice with research and scholarship. He has co-authored numerous books and articles on service-learning research including Where's the Learning in Service-Learning? with Janet Eyler, and Service-Learning: A Movement's Pioneers Reflect on Its Origins, Practice, and Future with Tim Stanton and Nadinne Cruz. He has recently coauthored a study of community-campus partnerships. He is a member of the National Peer Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement and of the working group for "Creating an Academic Home for the Next Generation of Engaged Scholars." With John Saltmarsh, he is currently conducting a study of reward structures for community engaged scholarship at Carnegie-designated community engaged campuses. He holds a Ph.D. in Community Development from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He is the co-recipient, with Janet Eyler, of Campus Compact's 2003 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Service-Learning Award.

Biography from the Campus Compact Website