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Scholarship of Teaching	Special Topics Courses Developed for IUSB	Independent Studies	Graduate Courses Developed for IUSB
Undergraduate Courses Developed for IUSB	Workshops	Guest Lectures

SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING

e National Campus Compact (2006).

The Compact is a consortium of universities drawn together because of their emphasis on service-learning, linking classroom education and civic engagement. The National Campus Compact sought nominations for papers to invite to its 20th annual meeting. The Indiana Campus Compact put my name forward; I was selected to present a paper entitled, The Everyone, Everywhere: Global Dimensions to Citizenship. The paper explores the nature of knowledge, especially in terms of who gets to decide when something we know is legitimate.

e Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellow (AY03-04).

Faculty Fellows are expected to collaborate on a group project which will strengthen scholarship in the field. My class wrote a review paper of the service-learning field. The paper, entitled A Logic Model of Service-Learning: Tensions and Issues for Further Consideration presents a logic diagram to explicate its dimensions and a discussion exploring points of tension. The paper was published by the Michigan Journal of Service-Learning, Spring 2006, pp. 47-60.

e Leadership Team, Institutional Transformation Initiative (1999 to present).

Indiana University and Purdue University have embarked on an initiative to transform the curriculum, pedagogy, and institution regarding diversity. This will involve faculty, staff, and administration. The leadership team designs the interventions and sets the pace, allowing campus teams to plan specific strategies for their transformation efforts. The initiative includes the Summer Institute (held in Indianapolis, Indiana the first 10 days of summer session) which draws participants from all campuses in the system. The Summer Institute, held annually, is the companion piece to the Enhancing Minority Attainment Conference (see Service, Systemwide ).

e Teaching Circle (2003 to 2004)

A teaching circle is a small group of faculty members committed to working together over a period of at least a semester to enhance some aspect of their teaching skills. The circle I developed and facilitate addresses issues of social justice and accountability in social science research. The purpose is to examine how "research" -- its philosophies and methodologies -- is value-laden and how faculty must check our own scholarship for inclusion of indigenous ways of knowing and being. The book used in the teaching circle is entitled, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. The teaching circle is conducted through the University Center for Excellence in Teaching. Faculty who attend are interdisciplinary, though predominantly from social sciences, education, and continuing education.

Special Topics Courses Developed

e September 11 Terrorist Attack

With department support, collected printed materials on the occasion of the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. These materials were selected as primary sources for a comprehensive examination of the terrorist attacks. They are consciously drawn from publications intended for a wide range of audiences, popular and professional. Periodicals from international sources have also been included to provide a global perspective on the attacks and their aftermath. The materials were used to develop undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as being incorporated into presentations for community-based audiences.

e Art, Film, & Social Change

This class explores the ways art and film have been tools for social justice and social change. One objective is to examine our personal attitudes and perspectives on critical issues in society today. Just as importantly, the course is about learning to examine how something we tend to believe is apolitical does, indeed, shape the social mythology about groups of people . Students will critically analyze art and films, in the context of social events occurring at the time, to determine the influence of the artist’s perspectives on the product. We will also examine what artistic works caught the public’s attention by looking at which did not. We will ask ourselves why by tracing the ebb and flow of social consciousness regarding race, gender, and class. This course will be taught in collaboration with Elonda Wilder-Hamilton, Office of Campus Diversity.

Supervision of Independent Studies

e Supervised Research: Social Action Project (SOCACT)

Students received practical training to conduct applied research, actively participating in the design and implementation of their own community-based study. I guide them through literature review, methodological design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of the findings, and dissemination. Students then present their work at the appropriate regional, national, and/or international professional conferences. Students co-author professional articles or book chapters regarding their work as part of the overall Social Action Project.

Student Work Made Public:

Shaffer, R. (2005). Breaking Silence – An Interactive Website to Support Victims of Intimate Violence within the LGBT Community. Paper submitted to the Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University, Indianapolis, 15 Apr 05.

Shaffer, R. (2004). Breaking Silence: Intimate violence in lesbian and gay couples. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. 2 April.

Curtis, S. & Wiegel, S. (2003). You call yourself Black? Conversations on Race, Indiana University South Bend, 14 November.

SOCACT Team. (2003). Change is a people matter. Meeting with the American Association of University Women, South Bend Chapter, South Bend, IN, 23 October.

Curtis, S. (2003). Efficacy and standpoint theory: Verbal communication in Art Explore. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, 11 April 2003, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

Curtis, S. & Wiegel, S. (2002). Definitions of "want": The US and South Africa. Workshop presented at the IUSB Conversations on Race, South Bend, Indiana.

Stoner, C., Spigel, J., & Wiegle, S. (2001). Project updates. [Seminar series for Social Action Project]. Indiana University South Bend.

Stoner, C., Wiegle, S. (2001). Art Explore: From South Bend to Durban. [Regarding the arts education project being conducted in collaboration with Very Special Arts of KwaZulu-Natal]. St. Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, IN.

Bhavsar, B. (1999). Sense of community among women at a day center. Paper presented to the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Stoner, C. (1998). Homosexuality and alienation: A closer look. Workshop presented at the IUSB Conversations on Race, South Bend, Indiana.

Hanis, J. & Stoner, C. (1996). Special needs, special measures: Working with homeless youth. Paper presented at Undergraduate Research Conference, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN.

Hanis, J., Smith, R., & Stoner, C. (1996). Overcoming challenges: The problems and challenges of field research. Paper presented at Undergraduate Research Conference, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN.

Ortega, D., & Stoner, C. (1995). The effect of altering self-esteem in children using drama. Paper presented at Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

Hill, J. (1994). Cross-cultural complications of researcher-practitioner partnerships in community change. Paper presented at annual meeting of African Studies Association, Toronto, Ontario; 3-6 November 1994. Other students on research team also attended to network with students and faculty at the conference.

Micola, J. & Elliott, S. (1994). BUOY: An intergenerational program. Paper presented to the Undergraduate Research conference, 15 April 1994, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana.

SOCACT Research Team. (1994). Lessons, reflections, and international research. Report on research and development activities presented by each team member. SOCACT Seminar Series, 18 February 1994, IUSB.

SOCACT Research Team. (1993). Local caretakers in the global village. Explaining the work and its expansion into Nigeria. SOCACT Seminar Series, IUSB, 31 October 1993.

Charles, K. (1992). Barriers to education: Welfare recipients. Paper presented at "Bridges Across Activism and the Academy", Women in Development and the African Diaspora, Nsukka, Nigeria; July 1992.

Turner, D. (1992). Network team approach: A field experience. Paper presented at "Bridges Across Activism and the Academy," Women in Development and the African Diaspora, Nsukka, Nigeria, July 1992.

Charles K. (1990). Barriers to education: A preliminary analysis. Midwest Community Psychology Conference, Dowagiac, MI, 5-7 October, 1990.

International Student Organization. (1991). A day-long workshop between students and residents to explore differences in culture and to find common racial and national interests. Task Force for Racial Understanding, Benton Harbor, MI, 16 November 1991.

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Grants supervised for students:

Source: International Programs/Chancellor’s Grant (2002)

Recipient:: Sherrie Wiegel

Project: Art Explore II

Recipient: Juanetta Hill

Source: Undergraduate Research Fund, IUSB (1994)

Project: "Education 2000: A Library and a Model School"

Recipient: Sharon Walbert

Source: Undergraduate Research Fund, IUSB (1993)

Project: "Reach Out for Children: Community Theater"

Recipient: Sandra Collins

Source: Undergraduate Research Fund, IUSB (1992)

Project: "Community Change through Community Theater"

Recipients: Karen Charles and Dawn Turner

Source: Undergraduate Research Fund, IUSB (1992)

Purpose: Presented paper at Nigeria conference

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e Master's Theses

Sherrie Wiegel, Art Explore: An Intervention in Community Psychology. – Chair (2002 to 2004), Master of Liberal Studies.

Ann Richards, Biracial Individuals: Ethnic Identification in Relationship to Self-Esteem. -- Chair (2000 to present), Psychology Applied Master's.

Lee Sones, Family Support Services Program Evaluation. -- Chair (2000 to present), Psychology Applied Master's.

Marianne Ritter, specific title TBA -- member (2000 to present), Psychology Applied Master's.

Susan Everston, The Spirit Will Not Descend Without Song: Blues Women and Men in Toni Morrison's Fiction -- member (1996-1997), Master of Liberal Studies.

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Graduate Courses Developed for IUSB

Practicum in Applied Psychology: a two-semester community practicum with structured classroom component. Students do advanced work in community settings on tasks such as entry into the system, organizational analysis and development, program development and evaluation, needs assessment and dissemination of information within settings. The practicum provides students with closely monitored "hands-on" experience. Served as the inaugural practicum co-ordinator from 1997-1999.

Community Intervention: To develop critical thought about society's major institutions, physical and social, asking, How does change take place? Students explore the social philosophy, social change theory, intervention techniques, prevention, research methodologies, program development and evaluation. Students will learn the process of going from theory into action using assigned weekly readings and issue binders. Each issue binder contains printed material about a current or historical event, audio, and video recording of relevant news broadcasts.

Proseminar: To examine our accountability as social scientists and practitioners in the field of psychology. Students look at the impact of systems -- economic, political, social -- on dynamics between individuals and groups. This includes social service delivery, participation and empowerment, and community change. The course looks at power and the responsible use of power, systematically questioning the "truths" that supposedly we all know.

Undergraduate Courses Developed

Nonexperimental Research Methods: to provide an overview of basic survey methods, interview techniques, correlational research, qualitative methods, observational studies and sociometric techniques, needs assessment and program evaluation, case studies.

Supervised Research: Social Action Project (SOCACT): Students received practical training to conduct applied research, actively participating in the design and implementation of their own community-based study. They are guided through literature review, methodological design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of the findings, and dissemination. Students present their findings at regional, national, and international professional conferences.

Community Psychology Advanced Laboratory: Capstone course providing in-depth experience with the scientific method, including the development, implementation and final write-up of a study. Students learn to use non-experimental methodologies to conduct field research.

Community Psychology: a survey course covering basic theory, techniques, prevention, research methodologies, program development and evaluation.

Psychology of Gender and Ethnicity: to study personality development complicated by race, gender, and class. The course deals with identity formation, sexuality, spirituality, death and dying, assessment, and psychological services. Course materials include print and audio-visual items about current events regarding gender and race.

Workshops

The Impact of Poverty on Physical and Mental Health. Workshop presented for Goodwill Industries of Michiana, G.A.P.S. Program, 8 May 2003, Century Center, South Bend, IN.

Art and Social Change. Workshop conducted for the Center for Women’s Cross-Cultural Leadership, 20 Jul 02, St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN.

Exploring Race in Old and in New Democracies, 16 November 2001. In collaboration with Sherrie Wiegle and Charles Stoner. Workshop presented at the IUSB Conversations on Race, South Bend, IN.

Trustee Reception, 30 March 2000. Exhibit of Social Action Project to showcase student excellence. Included three student members of the research team who fielded questions for the two hour duration.

Finding Grants, 5 October 2000. Workshops presented for the University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET) on the mechanics of finding potential sources and submitting grants. The workshop was to fulfill the requirement to do a public presentation in return for funding received to attend fundraising conference (see Conferences Attended, below).

Exploring the Key Issues in Transforming Academic Institutions, Enhancing Minority Attainment Conference, 2 Nov 00, Indiana University Leadership Institute, IU-Kokomo. Presented the rationale for systematic evaluation to participants in an interactive session (see Conferences Attended, below).

Diversity in the Workplace. Designed and facilitated an all-day workshop presented with Department of Continuing Education, IUSB. The session generated strategies to be used by the supervisors who attended so they could be more inclusive of underrepresented groups in their company. May 1995.

The Global Community. Facilitated a session in the workshop presented for the South Bend School Corporation. Sponsored by Social Work Department, IUSB. The session explored the interrelatedness of cultures around the globe. November 1994.

Guest Lectures

"In the still & the quiet." Keynote address, Women of Color Conference, 29 Mar 03, Indiana University South Bend.

"Psychology of minority women." Proseminar, Dr. Patricia McNeal, 25 Feb 03, Women’s Studies, Indiana University South Bend.

"Cross-cultural communication and community development." Dr. Kimiko Akita, 13 Sep 02, Center for Women’s Cross-Cultural Leadership, St. Mary’s College.

"The Laramie Project." South Bend Civic Theater, 29 Aug 02, South Bend, IN.

"Sister, I’m sorry." Office of Campus Diversity, 12 Feb 02, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN.

"Social Action Project." Nonexperimental Methods, Dr. Catherine Borshuk, 15 October 01, Indiana University South Bend.

"Creating ecologically valid research". Proseminar, Dr. Patricia McNeal, 15 Feb 00, Indiana University South Bend.

"Social Action Project as applied psychology". Psychology Graduate Research Colloquium, Dr. Frank Fujita, 5 Sept 2000, IUSB, Psychology Department.

"Racism is so daily". Undergraduate Political Science, Dr. Kevin Smant, 17 Nov 00, Indiana University South Bend.

"The 21st century is here: Where are you?" Keynote address, Minority Achievement Awards, Indiana University South Bend, 30 March 1995.

"Community psychology: Vision and reality." Women's Studies Public Series, 11 March 1993, Indiana University South Bend.

"Sexism, racism, and economic deprivation: Understanding a theory of Black Women." 4 March 1993, Goshen College, Goshen, IN.

"The Brain and Psychotherapy." 17 February 1993, Washington High School.

"Communication in the black community." Guest lecture on relationships between black men and women and the status of the black family. 31 March 1992, Communications Department, Indiana University South Bend.

"Race relations and social action: The Benton Harbor case." Guest lecture on the impact of race on community development. 1 April 1992, Sociology Department, Indiana University South Bend.

"Defining a psychology of black women." Invited lecture on the significance of racial issues in the debate on the nature of contemporary feminism. 9 November 1992, Women's Studies, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana.