Professor Heidi Vollmer-Snarr’s students in CHEM 100R: Experimental Chemistry and Chemical Biology headed to Washington D.C. to take science advocacy from theory to practice. Learn more about this cohort’s research and their experience with engaged scholarship!…Continue Reading Course Spotlight: Experimental Chemistry and Chemical Biology
A Harvard Engaged Scholarship Project at the Jewish Community for the Elderly In the fall semester of 2017, Harvard students of Professor Stephanie Sandler’s “Slavic 189: The Other Russia: Twenty-First Century Films, Fictions, States of Mind” visited the Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly at the Ulin House campus in Brighton, MA. There were a total…Continue Reading Course Spotlight: The Other Russia
This online Scalar book “Students in Service and Leadership at Harvard” features a collection of student multimedia essays developed in the course SOCIOL1130 Student Leadership and Service in Higher Education offered at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. The book contains six volumes from six generations of students who have taken…Continue Reading Course Spotlight: Students in Service and Leadership at Harvard
The members of Expos 20: Ecological Crisis – all first-years at Harvard – chose to enroll in an Engaged Scholarship course. That means they volunteered for the extra workload of a course oriented toward the community, including a final capstone project on climate justice in Boston, to be presented to our partners in 350 Massachusetts….Continue Reading Course Spotlight: Ecological Crisis: Witnessing and Planning in the Age of Climate Change
How does being a woman affect our behavior, our evaluations of ourselves, and our interactions with others? This course examines psychological science on women and girls in western industrialized societies, addressing such topics as gender stereotypes, girlhood, women and work, relationships, pregnancy and motherhood, mental health, violence against women, and women in later adulthood. We…Continue Reading Course Spotlight: The Psychology of Women
Dr. María Luisa Parra is a Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures and teaches MPES engaged scholarship courses including “Spanish 59: Spanish and the Community” and “Spanish 59H: Spanish for Latino Students II: Connecting with Communities,” in which students work directly with Latinx communities and organizations in the Boston area. She was voted one…Continue Reading Faculty Spotlight: María Luisa Parra
Dr. Manja Klemenčič is an Associate Senior Lecturer on Sociology. She teaches the MPES engaged scholarship course “Sociology 1130: Student Leadership and Service in Higher Education.” Dr. Klemenčič has received numerous teaching and advising awards. “In the classroom and in her many written works, Klemenčič continues to argue for the large role that students play…Continue Reading Faculty Spotlight: Manja Klemenčič
Dr. Walter Johnson is the Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He teaches MPES engaged scholarship courses including “History 13C: St. Louis from Lewis and Clark to Michael Brown.” He is a founding member of the Commonwealth Project, which brings together academics, artists, and activists in an effort to…Continue Reading Faculty Spotlight: Walter Johnson
To start each Justice in Housing class meeting, two students shared a reflection paper about their service related to people experiencing housing insecurity. Some students wrestled with how to implement just policies at Harvard Square’s student-run homeless shelters. Others examined the “Not In My Backyard” attitudes in their hometowns regarding affordable housing and homeless services….Continue Reading Natalie Swartz ’20
Implementing an Engaged Scholarship approach to teaching proved to be a profoundly fruitful and transformational experience, opening up new possibilities for inquiry and holistic learning. Students enrolled in Music 176r (Music and Disability) invested a significant amount of time participating in various service organizations providing inclusive music programs for individuals with disabilities. Rather than performing…Continue Reading Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities, Sr. Lecturer in Music
