Service-Learning is a method of teaching and learning that integrates community service activities into academic curricula and expands the learning of students from the classroom to the community.

Research Opportunities

There are numerous opportunities for research in the area of service-learning. To learn more about research opportunities, conferences, or journals in the area of service-learning contact Jill Arensdorf at 785-628-5562.

Here is research that FHSU faculty members have done in the area of service-learning:

Brungardt, C.J., and Stafford, Jill. (2005). Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Engagement. In J. Perry (Ed.), Quick Hits for Civic Engagement.

Brungardt, C., Brungardt, C.J., & Stafford, J. (2003). Integrating Service-Learning into Leadership Education. Paper presented at the Association of Leadership Educators Conference, Anchorage, AK.

Chretien, J., Howell, R. (2004). Service-Learning Projects for Technology Curriculums. Presented at the Four States Conference.

Gleichsner, J. (2004). Service-Learning and Agriculture: A Good Fit. Presented at the North American Colleges of Teachers of Agriculture Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Gleichsner, J. (2003). Service-Learning and National Youth Service Day. Presented at the North American Colleges of Teachers of Agriculture Conference, Gainesville, FL.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (forthcoming textbook in 2006). A Student Guide to Service-Learning.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2004). Service-Learning Discourse and Student Identities. Presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2003). The Expressive, Academic, and Real-World Faces of Service-Learning Writing. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2003). Tapping the Potential of Service-Learning: Guiding Principles of Redesigning Our Composition Course. Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy, 3.1, (1-13).

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2002) Expressive, Academic, and Community-Based Writing: Necessary Sites for Emerging Identities. Presented at Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2002) Service-Learning in Composition, Communication, Journalism. Presented at the Service-Learning Summer Institute, Manhattan, KS.

Hofstetter-Duffy, C. (2002). Service-Learning to Connect Internatioanl and Native Students. Presented at the American Association for Higher Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Martin, M. & Stark, J. (2005). Service-Learning in the Marketing Curriculum: Practical, Theoretical and Institutional Perspectives. Presented at the Regional Campus Compact Conference, Tulsa, OK.

Mercer, D., Stafford, J., & Kuhlmann, K. (2005). Institutionalizing Service-Learning: Administration, Faculty, and Students. Presented at the Regional Campus Compact Conference, Tulsa, OK.

Mercer, D. (2002). Involving Interns in Literacy Learning. Presented at the High Plains Reading Council Meeting, Hays, KS.

Mercer, D. (2002). Integrating Technology into Teacher Education and Reading/Language Arts. Presented at the Fall Retreat of the Kansas Reading Professionals in Higher Education, Lindsborg, KS.

Mercer, D. (2001). Home-School Connections. Presented at the Fall Retreat of the Kansas Reading Professionals in Higher Education, Council Grove, KS.

Stafford, J., Boyd, B.L., & Lindner, J.R. (2003). The Effects of Service-Learning on Leadership Life Skills of Texas 4-H Members. Journal of Agricultural Education, 43 (1).

Stafford, J., Boyd, B.L., & Lindner, J.R. (2002). The Effects of Youth Service-Learning on Leadership Life Skills of Texas 4-H Members. Proceedings of the Southern Agricultural Education Research Meeting, 52. Orlando, FL.

Stafford, J., Boyd, B.L., & Lindner, J.R. (2002). The Effects of Service-Learning of Leadership Life Skills of Texas 4-H Members. Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Education Research Conference, Orlando, FL.