Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines

Heather K. Evans is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University. Her research interests include political engagement, elections, public opinion, and political communication.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction- Heather K. EvansChapter 1: Planning Academic Community Engagement Courses- Sanjay Mehta and Irfan AhmedChapter 2: Community Engagement in Honors First Year Experience: How to ACE the A’s- Maria Alexander Holmes and Glenn M. SanfordChapter 3: Academic Community Engagement Strategies in Homeland Security and Emergency Management Programs at a Texas University- Magdalena DenhamChapter 4: The Bilingual Workplace Writing Classroom: Meeting Community Literacy Needs- Isabel BacaChapter 5: Teaching Research for a Greater Purpose: Incorporating Community Engagement into a Graduate Qualitative Research Methods Course- Sarah Upton and Brenda Luna BravoChapter 6: Connecting with Art: Building and Enhancing Culture through Academic Community Engagement- Michael HendersonChapter 7: Beyond Geographic Space: Online Learning and Community Engagement Initiatives- Ricardo Montelongo and Paul William EatonChapter 8: Preparing Undergraduates for Public Service in Local Government- Michael T. Peddle and Eric S. ZeemeringChapter 9: Civic Engagement as Public Sociology: Considerations for Pedagogy and Practice- Laura O-TooleChapter 10: Seeing Community Needs through a Statistical Lens: Undergraduate and graduate Level Consulting with Community Organizations in the El Paso Border Region- Amy Wagler, Craig Field, and Erik BarayChapter 11: Project-Based Learning: A Structure to Facilitate Service Learning in an Online, Interdisciplinary Project- Li-Jen Shannon and Marilyn RiceAppendix A: Honors FYE ACE Course CalendarAppendix B: Excerpts from Course SyllabusAppendix C: Agency Profile of Literacy NeedsAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Content to Community Needs is a wonderful resource that assists instructors in both planning and implementation of community engagement projects in the classroom. This book provides several practical examples of community engagement in a variety of online and face-to-face environments across many disciplines.