Conference Sessions
Exiting our Silos: A Cross Campus Collaboration Between Civic Engagement and Gender Resource and Advocacy for Increased Inclusivity and Access in Service-Learning Experiences
Civic engagement as a pedagogy has largely been touted as providing [mostly positive] transformational learning opportunities for students. Recent, and much needed critique of the pedagogy as a reinforcement of Racial Capitalism (Irwin & Foste, 2021) has led to further questions of additionally overlooked and unintended outcomes for students, community partners, and community members as it pertains to non-normative gender identities and sexualities. While outcomes differ across the gamut, this session will explore forthcoming principles and pilot practices for enacting one institution’s expressed commitment to inclusion but as learners leave campus and work directly with community partner organizations.
Presenters
Tommy Van Cleave, Ed.D. (he/him/his) is the Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement at Willamette University. He earned his doctorate in Postsecondary Educational Leadership from Portland State University where he coordinated a graduate degree in international civic engagement and taught graduate courses on curriculum development and community engagement. He has facilitated immersive and international civic engagement courses and programs throughout the United States and abroad for nearly two decades. Dr. Van Cleave's scholarship focuses on community engagement, intercultural development, and pedagogical design. His work has been published in the Cambridge Handbook of Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Democratic Dilemmas of Teaching Service-Learning, Learning Through Service, and The Faculty Service-Learning Guidebook: Enacting Equity-Centered Teaching, Partnerships, and Scholarship. Originally from the Midwest, Tommy, his husband, and their dog Carl now call Salem home.
Tommy Van Cleave
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Lisa (they/them) was a non-traditional, first generation college student and McNair Scholar during undergrad in Washington at Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University (EWU), where they received a BA in Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Communications. Lisa attended graduate school at Indiana University and followed a mentor to University of Arizona where they received a M.A. in Gender and Women’s Studies. Their research was focused on representations of bisexuality and parenthood in film and technologies of childbirth. After graduate school, Lisa worked in communications, development, and community education for environmental, anti-racist, and anti-violence nonprofit organizations. After nearly seven years managing the Women's and Gender Education Center at Eastern Washington University, Lisa is now the Gender Resource and Advocacy Center Director and Confidential Advocate at Willamette University. Lisa maintains a steadfast focus on wellness and community care in their work with students. Lisa is also a huge fan of the PNW outdoors.
Lisa Logan
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