Scholarship of Engagement Professional Development Series Features Garry Hesser, Ph.D.

“Scholarship of Engagement: connecting the rich resources of the university

              to our most pressing social, civic, and ethical problems, to our children,

             to our schools, to our teachers, and to our cities."  -Ernest L. Boyer

Garry Hesser is the Sabo Professor of Citizenship & Learning, and a Professor of Sociology at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he chairs the Metro-Urban Studies program.  He also currently serves as a Visiting Professor in Planning and Public Policy, at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute. He is past president of the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) and the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA).  As a member of the Campus Compact-AAHE Consulting Corps, he has led workshops on service-learning and experiential education at over fifty universities and professional meetings, including AAHE, AC&U, CIC, Campus Compact, and American Sociological Association.  He is the author of Experiential Education as a Liberating Art;  "Principles of Good Practice in Service-Learning;” "Examining Communities and Urban Change;" “Benefits and Educational Outcomes of Internships;” "Faculty Assessment of Student Learning: Outcomes Attributed to Service-Learning;” co-editor of Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology and over 30 other publications which include research in the area of housing, community building, planning, and neighborhood revitalization.  He serves on the Editorial Board of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning and currently chairs the Augsburg Experience Dr. Hesser has received numerous prestigious awards including the Thomas Ehrlich Award from Campus Compact, the Pioneer in Experiential Award from the National Society for Experiential Education, and the Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie-Council for Advancement and Support for Education. 

The Scholarship of Engagement Professional Development Series presents national speakers to provide best practices, tools, and models of engaged scholarship.  As faculty and staff at institutions of higher education develop programs and curricula based on community-engaged learning (service-learning, community-based research, service internships, etc.), it is essential to articulate how faculty may utilize engaged scholarship to develop their teaching, research and service in the academy.  In the series, you will be able to connect with faculty from institutions around the state of Illinois, to see demonstrated models of engaged scholarship, and to develop your engaged scholarship.

Future Scholarship of Engagement Professional Development Series events in Fall 2009:

November 20, 2009 10:00 am – 2:00 pm  Dr. Jennifer Fish, Old Dominion University

Transformational Learning and Study Abroad: South Africa

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