Concurrent Session #1

Concurrent Session #1- Thursday Morning

Concurrent Sessions Preliminary Schedule! Sessions are subject to be moved around according to the schedule, more details about the presentations will be posted at a later date

25 Minute Presentations

Malaika Saleem and Dr. Jesse Chanin

Tulane University

Title of Presentation: “It was honestly like magic”: Youth Participatory Action Research as an Intervention in Traditional Service Learning Programs

 

Thematic Focus: Listening Closely: assessing community needs and composing informed research practices

Jennie Popp and Louise Hancox

University of Arkansas

Title of Presentation: Developing Collaborative and Impactful Service-Learning Projects Across Colleges and Universities within a State

Thematic Focus: Surprising Collaborations: unlikely partnership that build bridges,Learning the Chords: equipping students for lifelong learning and engagement,Listening Closely: assessing community needs and composing informed research practices

Laura Gray, Laura Hansen, and Beatrice Nkunga

University of Arkansas

Title of Presentation: Deepening Engagement in a Bare-Minimum World

Thematic Focus: Dissonance & Resilience: navigating tension and cultivating resilience

60 Minute Presentations

Cody Coochi

Georgia Institute of Technology

Title of Presentation: Fostering Innovation and Social Mobility through Statewide University-Based Socioeconomic Development: A Case Study of Georgia Tech’s Partnership Inclusive Innovation

Thematic Focus: Playing Around: the value of creativity and improvisation in innovation,Learning the Chords: equipping students for lifelong learning and engagement,Listening Closely: assessing community needs and composing informed research practices

Andie Day

Belmont University

Title of Presentation: Designed to Serve: Service-Learning Collaborations with Belmont’s O’More College of Architecture and Design

Thematic Focus: Resonance: stories of connection, care, and community healing,Playing Around: the value of creativity and improvisation in innovation,Listening Closely: assessing community needs and composing informed research practices

Michael Rahimzadeh, Madison Woods

Vanderbilt University

Title of Presentation: “No one wants to work anymore”: Strategies to engage today’s students in service-learning

Thematic Focus: Playing Around: the value of creativity and improvisation in innovation,Dissonance & Resilience: navigating tension and cultivating resilience

Teairra Z Evans, Ally Tindell, Niya Mogheeth, Senora Rodgers, Kayla Diaz, Talyn Thomas

Louisiana State University

Title of Presentation: The Evans Lab on the Geaux: Student Perspectives on Community Engaged Research and Collaboration

Thematic Focus: Learning the Chords: equipping students for lifelong learning and engagement,Listening Closely: assessing community needs and composing informed research practices