Steering Committee Member, Educators for Community Engagement
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1994 - present
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A national organization of faculty members from all disciplines who are working to connect their teaching and scholarship with community needs.
Member and Chair of the Advisory Committee, Bertram and Corella Bonner Foundation (Princeton, NJ)
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2003 - 2005
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To help guide and monitor the Foundation’s FIPSE funded Civic Engagement Certificate Program.
Member of the leadership team for a community-based learning and action iniative, the Jane Addams School for Democracy
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1996 - present
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Neighborhood residents, many of whom are recent immigrants, work with college students and professors on projects that they have designed and chosen together.
Member of the coordinating group for Hopework Folk School
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1999 - present
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A project that brings together for reflection, story-telling and discussion people of all ages who are working to build stronger communities and who want to learn from each other.
Member of the editorial board, Michigan Journal of Service-Learning
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1997 - present
Educators for Community Engagement
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Founding member; ongoing leadership role
Jane Addams School
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Founding member; ongoing leadership role
Hopework Folk School
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Founding member; ongoing leadership role
My research explores how philosophy can contribute to grass-roots social change in the direction of a decent and self-understanding society.
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Awards
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Awards
The University of Minnesota 2000 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award
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The Campus Compact 2000 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning
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The Minnesota Campus Compact 2000 Sister Pat Kowalski Leadership Award
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Courses Taught
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Courses Taught
Phil 4324 - Ethics and Education
Phil 4325 - Education and Social Change
Phil 3307 - Social Justice and Community Service
Phil 4326 - Lives Worth Living: Questions of Self, Vocation, and Community