Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship by Marissa L. Diener, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

The essays in this volume are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditionalscholarly treatises. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describesour individual journeys as each of us found our way to civically engaged scholarshipand came to see it as critical to our academic endeavors and identity. This sectionalso highlights the interdisciplinary nature of our work as we discuss ourjourneys through our own disciplinary lenses. The second part presents detailedexamples of our civic engagement, including service-learning classes, communitybasedresearch projects, and creation of community service-learning spaces. Thesechapters provide a varied picture of the available avenues for civic engagement forstudents and faculty in a higher education setting. We provide sufficient details of our projects and classes toenable replication. The book concludes with a discussion of civic engagement as it is defined in the literature. The conclusion also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as theimportance of community involvement in service learning. Five common themes that emerged across the chaptersare described. These themes include the use of service learning and civic engagement as an effective pedagogy, the relationship between civic engagement and political activism, the importance of partnership andcollaboration, the meaning found in civic engagement, and the challenges of civically engaged work. | Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship by Marissa L. Diener, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters