Community Engaged Scholar Emebte Atanaw works with our CBPR FLC and offers our first spotlight on FLCs with this blog post:
A group of faculty from different schools within the George Washington University community gather together once a month to discuss their interest in CBPR (community based participatory research) and provide each other assistance and advice on research projects. This group is part of the Faculty Learning Communities at the Nashman Center.
CBPR members include Erin Athney (School of Nursing), Lottie Baker (Graduate School of Education & Human Development), Mayri Leslie (School of Nursing), Uriyoán Colón Ramos (Milliken: Global Health), and Maranda Ward (Milliken: Clinical Research and Leadership).
Faculty discuss their research, obstacles they face, share ideas to improve projects. The group is interdisciplinary which allows them to connect with professors across schools at GW. Professors in the group are interested in community engaged scholarship courses, and learn how they can gain course designation if they haven’t already. The group ranges from new faculty to veterans which adds to the diversity in the group.
Want to get involved with Community-Engaged Scholarship at GW? We would love to meet you! Come to our next breakfast conversation on April 19, 2018 from 9:45-10:45 a.m. in the Churchill Center at the Gelman Library to find out a little bit more about the Nashman Center.
Want to start an FLC next year or join one in progress this year? Check out the offerings here: https://www.gwnashmancenter.org/flcs-1
