Feminist Community Engagement Disrupted: Writing Our Scholarship Stories

We co-design research with partners as an ideal plan; but, in reality, numerous changes impact implementation. Our learning community discusses disruptions external to the community (e.g., changes in federal funding, political or community/campus violence), or internal to the community (e.g., partners leaving their roles for new jobs, caregiving responsibilities), or within individuals in the community (e.g., illness, stressors). New and expansive disruptions are facing our academic and community partners internationally, nationally, and on our campus. This requires thinking about responding, adapting, and overcoming challenges in fundamental ways that reach far beyond pivoting scholarly work. This learning community will write and discuss feminist approaches to community engagement and will include scholar-educators from diverse disciplines who are innovating in their community-engaged practices.

Co-Facilitators

• Chelsea Wentworth, Office of Medical Education Research and Development 
• Jessica Barnes-Najor, University Outreach and Engagement
• Diane Doberneck, University Outreach and Engagement 

Questions?

Contact: Diane Doberneck, Director for Faculty and Professional Development, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship, University Outreach and Engagement 

Sponsored by: University Outreach and Engagement and Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation