The terms “civic engagement” and “community engagement” have various definitions, but they are united by the sense that individuals who are civically engaged not only are concerned about the quality of life in their communities but also take action to improve conditions for the common good. In the United States, to be civically engaged means to actively participate in a civil democratic society. Going Public examines programs related to civic engagement and the ways in which faculty and students participate in communities in order to improve them. Engagement scholarship is a scholarship of action, a scholarship of practice that takes place both in and with the community. Within the framework of this new scholarship, the mission of the academy does not begin and end with intellectual discovery and fact-finding. Rather, the academy joins forces with the community, and together they use their knowledge and resources to address pressing social, civic, economic, and moral problems. Each chapter in this book tells a unique story of community engagement and the scholarship of practice in a diverse range of settings, documenting successes and failures, the unintended consequences, and the questions yet to be answered.
ContentsPart 1. Scholarship-Focused Civic Engagement and Service LearningIntroduction - Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Judy PrimaveraThe Challenges of Scholarship - Cynthia Jackson-ElmooreUndergraduate Research: Blending the Scholarship of Discovery, Teaching, Application, and Integration - Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Katy Luchini Colbry, and Juliette C. DanielsFrom Passive Transfer of Knowledge to Active Engaged Learning: A Reflection and Commentary - Cyrus Stewart and Karen McKnight CaseyIntersecting Civic Engagement with Distance Education - Derryl Block and Linda LindekeCan Civic Engagement Rescue the Humanities? - David D. CooperService Learning through Public Work and Public Deliberation - David D. Cooper and Eric FretzService Learning and Civic Engagement as Preparation for a Life Committed to Working for the Common Good: The Michigan State University/Rust College Student Tutorial Education Project, 1965–1968 - John S. Duley and Nicole C. SpringerPart 2. Community Engagement and the Scholarship of PracticeIntroduction - Judy Primavera and Hiram E. FitzgeraldWiba Anung: Co-creating a Sustainable Partnership with Michigan’s American Indian Head Start Programs - Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Patricia Farrell (Taos Pueblo), Jessica V. Barnes, Ann Belleau (Ojibwe), Hope K. Gerde, Nicole L. Thompson (Menominee/Mohican), KyCross-Cultural Community Engagement, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s Model of Death and Dying, and Racial Identity Development - Michelle R. DunlapHard Time: What We Can Learn from Long-Range Community Involvement in Prisons and Jails - Patricia E. O’ConnorIlluminating the Terrain of Community Engagement in Landscape Architecture Education - Pat Crawford, Warren Rauhe, and Patricia MachemerBeyond Tomorrow: Charting a Long-Term Course toward Community Impact in Local Public Education - Mary Beckman and Joyce F. LongSteppin’ Up: The Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth, Grassroots Democracy, and the Battle for Public Space - Katherine O’DonnellThe Ocmulgee River Initiative: Engaging the Community in Aquatic Research - Brian E. RoodGoing Public through International Museum Partnerships - C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowellPoco a Poco: Weaving Transnational Solidarity with Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan Women’s Weaving Cooperative, Chiapas, Mexico - Katherine O’DonnellWhen University and Community Partner: Community Engagement and Transformative Systems-Level Change - Judy Primavera and Andrew MartinezContributors
