Deepening Community-Campus Partnerships Through Critical Reflection on Partnership Dynamics
Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D., Phil.D., is currently Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Philanthropic Studies and Senior Scholar with the Indiana University Indianapolis Center for Service and Learning (CSL). He served as Executive Director of CSL from 1994–2012. Bringle was awarded the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, the IUPUI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Legacy of Service Award from Indiana Campus Compact, and the Distinguished Research Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. The University of the Free State, South Africa, awarded him an honorary doctorate for his scholarly work on civic engagement and service learning.
Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija, Ph.D., is a senior researcher with the Education Policy Initiative at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In this role, she facilitates research-practitioner partnerships that design, implement, and test college access, success strategies, and support programs. She is also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University, where she teaches graduate-level educational leadership courses, including courses focused on community engagement in higher education and K-12 settings. Prior to her current role, she was the program coordinator with the Department of Diversity and Community Involvement at Eastern Michigan University, where she supported student-led community engagement and service-learning efforts. Camo-Biogradlija holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University.
Patti H. Clayton, Ph.D., is an independent consultant with 25 years of experience as a practitioner-scholar and educational developer in service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) and in experiential education. She serves as a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement at UNC Greensboro and as Practitioner-Scholar-in-Residence with NC Campus Engagement. Clayton co-authored the Democratic Civic Engagement White Paper and the Democratically Engaged Assessment White Paper and served as lead co-editor of Volume II of the IUPUI Research on Service Learning series. She also co-developed the DEAL model for critical reflection, the SOFAR partnership model, the TRES and Reflection Framework for assessing and deepening partnership quality, and the DPI model for institutional transformation. She earned her doctorate from the Curriculum in Ecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lori E. Kniffin, Ph.D., currently serves as an assistant professor of leadership and is the incoming director of Civic Learning and Engagement at Fort Hays State University. Her teaching and scholarly interests include collective leadership, civic leadership, service-learning and community engagement, and partnership assessment and development. Prior to her time at FHSU, Lori served as a community engagement professional at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and was named the 2019 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year by NC Campus Engagement (formerly North Carolina Campus Compact). Kniffin earned her doctorate in educational studies with a concentration in cultural foundations from UNC Greensboro.
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Haden M. Botkin, M.S., is a doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He previously received an M.S. in counseling and student development and a B.S. in education, with a minor in leadership studies, from Kansas State University. His research and teaching interests address what is required to advance sustainable change in communities, organizations, and systems, with a particular focus on collective leadership and engaged partnerships. He teaches undergraduate leadership development and service-learning courses and has previously taught graduate courses in program evaluation and qualitative methods.
Mary F. Price, Ph.D., is practitioner-scholar and thought partner. She currently serves as the founding director for teaching and learning at The Forum on Education Abroad. Previously, she led faculty professional development initiatives at the Center for Service and Learning at Indiana University Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI). Her practice and scholarly interests focus on professional development in service-learning and community engagement, coaching frameworks that support publicly engaged faculty as part of student success initiatives and broader impact agendas, and improving departmental and institutional climates for ethical community engagement in both local and global contexts. Price co-developed the SOFAR Partnership Model, the TRES and Reflection Framework, the Democratically Engaged Assessment Framework as well as Mentored Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts (MUR-GC). Currently, she serves as a Campus Compact Fellow, advising on the redesign of the Community Engagement Professional Credential Program. Mary earned her doctorate in anthropology from Binghamton University, SUNY.
