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Published on Leave a comment on Participatory Action Research through Arts-based Research Methods

Congratulations to Nashman Affiliate Faculty, Dr. Maranda Ward, who recently published a a research article on youth identity formation through participatory action research. To read the full article, click here.  

Dr. Ward used Promising Futures, the arts-based peer education program she developed, as her study site in conducting this research. Dr. Ward sought to understand how the identities of urban youth labeled as ‘at-risk’ was affected by their role as peer mentors for students traditionally labeled as ‘at-risk’ by academic standards.   

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Published on Leave a comment on First Place Nashman Prize Award Winners Discuss Informal Roads in Siberia

Jacob Tafrate and his group member Elizabeth Szafranski were the first place Nashman Prize winners at the Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.

Their project for the Geography department was titled Geographic Analysis of Informal Road Networks in Siberia. Tafrate explained that their project was “taking an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how informal road networks influence the Ivank people.” They focused on different road transfer networks and how they have changed and evolved over time, various hazards, and analyzing how it influenced the people in the area.

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Published on Leave a comment on Virtual Spring Symposium 2020 in Review

 The Nashman Center Spring 2020 Symposium was a success! The first ever "virtual" Symposium featured 26 presentations. Thank you to the 59 students who prepared video presentations about their community engaged scholarship projects this semester. Work from across the institution was represented, including the Biology, Geography and Sociology Departments, as well as the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The School of Nursing, the School of Public Health.

Congratulations to the award winners, announced below.

Click here to view all submitted presentations. If you are seeking a particular presentation or course, note the search box on the right side of the screen.

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Published on Leave a comment on Winners Announced for the 2020 Nashman Prize for CBPR

The Nashman Prize for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is awarded annually at the GW Research Showcase. CBPR is an approach to research that involves community organizations and/or residents in the research process, with the aim of making a positive, sustainable  contribution to the community. We are happy to announce the winners for 2020.

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Published on Leave a comment on 2020 Virtual Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship: Welcome

Welcome to the final day of our first-ever "Virtual Symposium." At this point, nearly 200 people have voted for the Audience Choice Award. 

Many thanks to the student presenters and their faculty for sharing their community engagement projects here. Thanks also to the community organizations who partnered with GW students and faculty this year.

In the posts that follow this message, we encourage you to view the student presentations and leave a comment. The Nashman Affiliate Faculty will be reviewing student presentations to select Community Engaged Scholarship Exemplars, as well as recipients of the Nashman Prize for Community Based Participatory Research.

YOU are needed to help select the Symposium Audience Choice Award. Click on this link to cast your vote for best Symposium presentation. Be sure to encourage your friends and colleagues to submit their choice as well.

Note: This blog has a variety of content, so if you have navigated to this post rather than linking to it, you may need to click here to filter all subsequent posts as Symposium presentations.

Published on Leave a comment on Webinar on the Arts and Social/Civic Innovation

Got extra free time on your hands and interested in learning more about the relationship of place-based art and civic-engagement?  

The Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that runs national service programs such as AmeriCorps, produces a regular webinar series from the Office of Research and Evaluation.  

One recent webinar featured four panelists from the National Endowment for the Arts who shared how their research sought to measure and understand the interactions between place-based art, civic-engagement, social cohesion, and other community-level outcomes.  

Check out the webinar here. Be sure to keep up with future webinars in the series by checking out this link. 

If you are interested in finding others who also focus on community-engagement and the arts, find out how to get involved in the Faculty Learning Community on the topic.  

Published on Leave a comment on Community Engaged Faculty, Amanda Northcross

Dr. Amanda Northcross, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, uses her “background in environmental chemistry and engineering” to study and specialize in “the chemical constituents of airborne pollutants and monitory human exposures to air pollution.” Areas of Dr. Northcross’ expertise include but are not limited to Environmental and Occupational Health and Global Environmental Health.  ...continue reading "Community Engaged Faculty, Amanda Northcross"

Published on Leave a comment on Community Engaged Faculty, Erin Wentzell

Erin Wentzell, assistant clinical professor in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has conducted community engaged research throughout her career. Recently, she has found a way to incorporate service-learning into the coursework she teaches as well, through teaching PT 8481: Interprofessional Community Practicum. We are so proud of the community engaged scholarship of Dr. Wentzell. Check out more of their work at this link. Learn more about how Nashman supports community engaged faculty here. Want more information on getting your Community Engaged Scholarship course designated click here. Click here for more information on the work of PT 8481 

Published on Leave a comment on Summer Course in Community Based Participatory Research

Students who are registering for online summer courses and are interested in Community Based Participatory Research should click here to learn more about Dr. Taggart’s course.   ...continue reading "Summer Course in Community Based Participatory Research"

Published on Leave a comment on Community Engaged Faculty: Hiromi Ishizawa

Hiromi Ishizawa, assistant professor of Sociology in the Columbian College of Arts and Science has continuously engaged with the community in her work. Recently, she published her work, “Civic Particiaption through Volunteerism among Youth across Immigrant Generations,” which analyzes trends in volunteering among different generations and ethnicities. We are so proud of the community engaged scholarship of Dr. Ishizawa. Learn more about how Nashman supports community engaged faculty here. Want more information on getting your Community Engaged Scholarship course designated click here. 

Published on Leave a comment on Yesenia Grajeda Yepez, 2019-2020 Knapp Fellow, Discusses Familia United

Yesenia’s project focuses on developing and implementing an app, Familia United, which assists Central American immigrant families in Yuma County, Arizona with family tracing and reunification. Recently, Yesenia discussed her Knapp Fellowship with a Community Engaged Scholar. For more information about Yesenia’s Fellowship, please click here to read her previous interview.  ...continue reading "Yesenia Grajeda Yepez, 2019-2020 Knapp Fellow, Discusses Familia United"

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Dr. Manuel Cuellar, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature, researches Mexican literary and cultural studies with an emphasis on race, gender, and sexuality. Recently, Dr. Cuellar and other scholars published La escenificación de lo mexicano y la interpelación de un público nacional: la Noche Mexicana de 1921 in the journal of Mexican Transnational Cinema and Literature.

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Published on Leave a comment on Faculty Guide to GWServes

GWServes is our online platform for reporting campus-community partnerships and community engagement interests. It is proving to be a useful tool that fosters networking and collaboration among faculty, students, and community partners. These connections help us engage in mutually beneficial partnerships to influence more positive change in our city.

To encourage faculty to connect via this platform, we are providing an introductory, Faculty Guide to GWServes.

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Published on Leave a comment on Free Access to Johns Hopkins University Press Journals and Books

Share with community partners: Johns Hopkins University Press has announced it will provide free access to its journals and books via Project Muse during the COVIDE-19 crisis.

1,400 books and 97 journals will be accessible for free for the remainder of the spring semester, ensuring access for university students completing course work at home
In response to the unprecedented challenges created by the COVID-19 global public health crisis, Johns Hopkins University Press is providing free access to its collection of books and journals currently on Project MUSE, a massive online collection of humanities and social science research.

Published on Leave a comment on Join us for the Spring 2020 Virtual Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship!

 Join us for GW's Spring 2020 Virtual Symposium!

The Symposium invites students to share their experiences with community engaged scholarship, disseminate findings, and learn about other campus/community initiatives.  

The Virtual Community Engaged Scholarship Symposium will take place Tuesday, April 28th to Thursday, April 30th. 

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