IARSLCE Hears

Announcements

The 27th International Service-Learning Conference is organised by CLAYSS, the Latin American Center for Service-Learning, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), with the support of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) and will be held on 29th and 30th August 2024. The submission deadline is 17th May. Those selected initiatives will be announced on 3rd June.

The most recent issue of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, the premier journal of the Society of Experiential Education (SEE) is now live. It includes many articles exploring the definition of experiential education in addition to the featured interview by Dr. Patrick Green of Alice and David Kolb (experiential learning theory) alongside George Kuh (High Impact Practices) that explores the past, present, and future of experiential learning.

Opportunity to Participant in Anti-Racist Community Engagement Research: White faculty members who seek to implement anti-racist community engagement (ARCE) in their service-learning and community engagement courses are invited to participate in a doctoral research study. Participants will be asked to 1) share course materials that demonstrate how ARCE is integrated into the course, and 2) participate in a 2-hour virtual interview ($20 incentive to participate). All participants will be invited to engage in an optional virtual focus group during which initial findings will be shared ($25 incentive to participate). Anyone interested should complete this screening questionnaire.

The latest issue of Metropolitan Universities journal (MUJ), Vol. 35 No. 1 (2024): Productive Tensions and Uncomfortable Conversations is now available online. Discussing tension-filled topics through the lens of epistemic justice and in collaboration with members of the Place-Based Justice Network (PBJN), this issue was guest edited by Matthew S. Durington, Towson University; Jennifer L. Britton, Drexel University; and Katherine A. Feely, John Carroll University.

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice by Chad Raphael and Martha Matsuoka (editor) is the first book devoted entirely to summarizing the body of community-engaged research on environmental justice, how we can conduct more of it, and how we can do it better. It shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing actionable data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

The Ateneo Development Field School (ADFS) scheduled from June 17 to July 19, 2024 is a cornerstone of our Development Studies Program, uniquely blending academic study with immersive community fieldwork and immersion. The ADFS offers students an extraordinary opportunity to engage deeply with issues of rural sustainable development, social justice, and empowerment within the Philippine context, facilitated through a mix of classroom learning, Service-Learning, and Community Engagement.

Job Opportunities

The Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame seeks three faculty members at the rank of Assistant Professor of the Practice, Associate Professor of the Practice, or Professor of the Practice to join this dynamic, interdisciplinary institute dedicated to justice education and research for the common good with communities near and far.

The Staley School of Leadership (SSL), an interdisciplinary School focused on leadership learning, development, and practice at Kansas State University (KSU), invites applications for a full-time 9-month tenure-track faculty position of Leadership & Community-Engaged Learning and to direct community-engaged learning at Kansas State University, beginning fall semester 2024.

The College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) at Binghamton University–SUNY seeks applicants for a full-time, ten-month Full Professor position in Measurement & Evaluation with expertise and/or interest in assessing outcomes of K-12 schools, especially in the area of community schools. 

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Vice Provost for Public Engagement (VPPE), University of Minnesota. As the senior engagement officer for the University of Minnesota system, the VPPE leads the institutionalization of public engagement across five campuses and manages the systemwide Office for Public Engagement.