Publicly Engaged Scholar-in-Residence with Dr. Tania Mitchell

Publicly Engaged Scholar-in-Residence Discussion Series with Dr. Tania D. Mitchell, Hosted by Northeastern University, Held February 17 & 18, 2022

Event Overview:

This 2-day discussion series, hosted by Community-Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) at Northeastern in partnership with other campus partners took place on February 17th and 18th. Throughout these two days community partners and members, faculty members, staff and administrators, and student leaders came together, in person and virtually, to discuss topics around ethical community engagement - what is it, how we do it, and how we hold ourselves accountable to it. This event featured discussion-based sessions led by campus and community partners, workshops about anti-racist community engagement, and an opportunity to connect and co-create around principles of ethical community engagement - materials and resources from all are available (linked on the schedule), on this Fourwaves Site.

In order to continue these conversations and offer the opportunity for stakeholders to add to their "toolbox", we are hosting a follow up (fully virtual) series: Leveraging Campus Tools to Enhance your CETR. You can register for these sessions at this link.

Follow-up Series (multiple dates)

This series takes place AFTER our two-day series on February 17th and 18th. You can register for the virtual series by using this form (same as above).

• March 23rd 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Digital Technologies to Enhance your CETR (with the Digital Integration & Technology Initiative, DITI)
• April 13th: 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Public Data to Enhance your CETR (with the Boston Area Research Initiative, BARI)
• May 5th, 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging the University Archives to Enhance your CETR (With University Archives at the NU Library)
• May 18th, 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Media Technologies to Enhance your CETR (with the Media Studios Organization, MSO)

About our Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Tania D. Mitchell:

Tania D. Mitchell is an associate professor of higher education in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. Her teaching interests include social justice theory, civic discourse, public service, leadership, college student development, action research methods, and the pedagogy, philosophy and practice of service-learning and community engagement in higher education. Much of her research focuses on service-learning as a critical pedagogy to explore civic identity, social justice, student learning and development, race and racism, and community practice. With professional experience in admissions, student activities, residential life, and academic affairs, Dr. Mitchell is a scholar-practitioner who has taught both undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University, Mills College, California State University Monterey Bay, and the University of Massachusetts.

An internationally recognized scholar in service learning and community engagement, Dr. Mitchell was recognized with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award (2019) and the Early Career Research Award (2011) by the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement and is also a recipient of the American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. The University of Minnesota also included Dr. Mitchell in the first class of McKnight Presidential Fellows (2017-2020). She is frequently invited to lecture at conferences, universities, and community organizations. Her scholarship has been published in numerous books and journals, and she is an editor of four books: Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities: Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice, Social Change, and Responsible Citizenship (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Practices for Community Engagement at Research Universities (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018), and Black Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons (SUNY Press, 2019).

Schedule-at-a-Glance

Thursday, 2/17

• 10:00-11:00am, opening session, virtual, Introducing Principles of Community-Engaged Teaching and Research, led by CETR and the Social Impact Lab
• 2:00-3:30pm, World Café style discussion, in-person and virtual option, Exploring Key Questions In Community Engaged Teaching and Research, led by campus and community partners
• 3:45-4:45pm, interactive transportation option to site: South End community walk (leaving from Boston campus and arriving at location of reception)
• 5:00-5:45pm, Reception, in-person only
• 5:45-6:30pm, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tania D. Mitchell, in-person and livestream available
• 6:30-7:00pm, Reflection with discussion and dessert, in-person only.

Friday, 2/18

• 10:00-11:30am, workshop, in-person only, Race and Racism in Community Engagement, led by Dr. Tania D. Mitchell
• 11:45-1:15pm, Interactive transportation option to site: Roxbury community walk (leaving Boston campus and arriving at location of co-creation session).
• 1:30-3:30pm, co-creation session, in-person only, Manifesting the CETR Principles in Context

Follow-up Series (multiple dates)

This series takes place AFTER our two-day series on February 17th and 18th. You can register for the virtual series by using this form.

• March 23rd 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Digital Technologies to Enhance your CETR (with the Digital Integration & Technology Initiative, DITI)
• April 13th: 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Public Data to Enhance your CETR (with the Boston Area Research Initiative, BARI)
• May 5th, 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging the University Archives to Enhance your CETR (With University Archives at the NU Library)
• May 18th, 3:00-4:15 EST, Leveraging Media Technologies to Enhance your CETR (with the Media Studios Organization, MSO)

This event is hosted by Community-Engaged Teaching and Research at Northeastern University, with support from multiple sponsors, including: The Social Impact Lab, Boston Area Research Initiative, the Human Services Program, ADVANCE, the Writing Program, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research, and The Education Innovation team under the Office of the Chancellor.