Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction and Theory
1. Introduction to Community Engagement
2. Theoretical Background of Student Preparation
Part II. Essential Concepts of Community Engagement Preparation
3. Motivations for Community Engagement
4. Building Student Self-Awareness—Identity and Socialization
Contribution: Student Leader Perspective on Community-Based Learning / Bertha A. Gonzalez
5. Institutional Power Dynamics
Contributions: Listening to the Community / Kathy Cramer
The Threat of School Closure and Staying Community Engaged through ABCD / John W. Zeigler Jr.
6. Student Skills for Community Engagement
Contribution: Edgewood College Bonner Project and Community-Engaged Learning Initiatives / Virginia Lee
7. Cultural and Intellectual Humility
Contribution: Re: Self-Awareness, Humility, and Empathy: Interview with Student from UC San Diego
Part III. Additional Skills, Contexts, and Considerations
8. Building a Critical Classroom
Contributions: Ethnographic Sensibilities in Community-Engaged Learning / Ruth Kassel
University of Connecticut—Student Training for Husky Sport / Justin Evanovich, Sandeep Dutta, Jamie Morales, Jennifer McGarry, and Kolin Ebron
9. Relationship-Centered Systems
Contributions: Seeds Planted Will Grow / Makeda Zulu and James DeSota
We’re in This Together: Willing Your Own Engagement Coalition Ecosystem to Fruition / Jamilah Ducar
UW South Madison Partnership / Merry Farrier-Babanovski
Planning and Landscape Architecture’s Earth Partnership: Connecting Students with Tribes and Other Community Partners Using Land-Based Learning for Reciprocal Community Relationships / Maria Moreno and Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong
10. Context Matters: Reflections from HBCUs and MSIs and Working beyond the United States
Contributions: Community Engagement Challenges and Opportunities at an Urban Community College / Lena Jones
Why Didn’t It Work? When Preparation and Practice Do Not Lead to Success / Del M. N. Bharath
Hispanic Servingness and Community Engagement / Azuri Gonzalez
Advising Underrepresented Students Who Participate in a Community College Mentoring Program / Amelia Ortiz
Rise-Up: A Mentorship Program to Help Enable Institutions to Support Minority Students / Aaron Posey
International Community-Engaged Scholarship / Laura Livingston
11. Final Thoughts
Appendixes
References
Contributors
Index