Check out two recent and important pieces of public writing from GW’s Sociology Department.
While finishing up his Criminology MA program, Evan Douglas wrote an op-ed titled, “D.C. can pioneer a new way forward in drug policy” for the Washington Post.
Professors Daina Eglitis and Michelle Kelso wrote an article titled, “A Fearsome Precedent” about risks to girls and women in Ukraine for the online European magazine, Transitions.
Join CUMU for the first time in two years for their 27th Annual Conference: The Essential Role of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. The Conference will take place in San Diego, California from October 23th-26th and will explore how the urban mission can be fully integrated into operations, structure, partnerships, and academic objectives. ...continue reading "Save the Date: 2022 CUMU Annual Conference"
This year’s IARSLCE Publication of the Year Award highlighted the book Rewriting Partnerships: Community Perspectives on Community-Based Learning. ...continue reading "Good Reads: Rewriting Partnerships: Community Perspectives on Community-Based Learning"
On Thursday, April 28 from 12pm-1pm ET, Lina Dostilio, Ed.D, will share how place-based engagements provide a powerful lens through which we see the role of community engagement professionals. ...continue reading "Register Today: CUMU Upcoming Webinar"
AAC&U’s 2022 Institute on Engaged and Integrative Learning is accepting applications through May 10th, 2022. The Virtual Learning Experience will take place from July 18-22 and will provide participants with the time, resources, and support needed to develop and plan efforts to integrate engaged learning across curricular and co-curricular initiatives. APPLY HERE. ...continue reading "Apply Today: 2022 Institute on Engaged and Integrative Learning "
Join the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) and LEAD California (formerly California Campus Compact) for The Dissertation Dish on April 27th, 2022 at 12 pm PST. ...continue reading "Register Now: Dissertation Dish "
The upcoming Worldwide Climate Justice Teach-In: DC event on March 30th is a great learning opportunity for students to engage in climate discussions with their peers, experts, and members of other university communities across the D.C. area and learn how to take action on climate change, on campus and beyond. ...continue reading "Save the Date: Worldwide Climate Justice Teach-In: DC"
In an article recommended by Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair from the Milken Institute of Public Health, researchers discuss faculty perceptions of “practice” activities in contrast to research and teaching as priorities in the academic space.
The article published from PLOS Global Public Health explores the “perceptions of faculty and government decision makers on the roles, responsibilities, and restrictions of an academic to proactively engage in efforts that can be interpreted as activism, advocacy and/or lobbying in the quest to contribute to the policy decision making process.”
To read the full article, click here.
The Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center will host their annual continuing education event on April 8th 2022. ...continue reading "Register Now: Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center Event "
Check out this article recommended by the Global Women’s Institute titled, “Engaging refugee women and girls as experts: co-creating evidence on sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian crises using creative, participatory methods.” ...continue reading "Good Reads: Engaging refugee women and girls as experts"
The George Washington University, in partnership with the League of Women Voters DC, will host two public candidate forums featuring candidates for the upcoming 2022 Washington, D.C. Attorney General and Mayoral elections. ...continue reading "GW News: GW & League of Women Voters DC to Host DC Mayoral and Attorney General"
Congratulations to long-time community partner, Life Pieces to Masterpieces (LPTM), on receiving the Citizen Diplomat Award from Global Ties, U.S.. ...continue reading "Nashman Community Partner News: Life Pieces to Masterpieces Gains International Recognition"
From March 25-26, the Urban Transformation Symposium will take place centered around the theme, “Sustaining a Chocolate City Without All Its Blues.”
The virtual symposium, which has taken place since 2009, will foster conversations between anthropologists, sociologists, criminologists, legal scholars, African American Studies scholars, retired Black male and female police officers, and other community experts on the processes of gentrification, urban design, rights to the city, and racialized police violence.
A full itinerary will be sent to those that register. Register for the symposium here.
The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL), in partnership with the Haas Center for Public Service and UC-Berkeley Public Service Center, invites proposals for a special section that explores the impact of postsecondary efforts that involve students in public service and civic engagement on the development of healthy civic identities. The section will be included in the Summer 2023 issue of MJCSL. ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning"
Join Author Mark Warren for the first installment of the Cross-Disciplinary Research Team's Education and Inequality Research Colloquium Series. ...continue reading "Save the Date: The Move to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline "
