By: Sarah Hart Micke and Angela Sowa, Teaching Associate Professors, University Writing Program We chose to write this reflection collaboratively because collaboration, dialogue, and listening were the most meaningful aspects of the CCESL Faculty Fellows experience for both of us--albeit in different ways, and for different reasons. We both teach first-year writing in DU’s Writing … Continue reading Collaboration and Listening: Lifelines for Teaching Writing in a Pandemic
Community-Engaged Teaching
Burnout and Turnout in the Time of Covid
By Heather Martin, Teaching Professor, University Writing Program The term burnout was coined in 1973 by American psychologist, Herbert Freudenberger, when he noticed changes in “mood, attitude, motivation, and personality” among healthcare workers at the busy healthcare clinic where he worked. The concept resonated and exploded into common parlance, quickly coming to “convey a great … Continue reading Burnout and Turnout in the Time of Covid
Engaged Students, Course Design, and Child Welfare as Course Topic: Reflections from a Community Partner, University Professor, and Communication Studies Undergraduate Students
By: Elizabeth Suter, Professor, Communication Studies & Lauren Dartt, Tennyson Center for Children Across the 2020-2021 academic year, we, Lauren Dartt and Eliza(beth) Suter, collaboratively developed a community-engaged project. Lauren is Director of Marketing & Communications for Tennyson Center for Children, a non-profit serving children and families in Colorado impacted by trauma from child neglect and abuse. Beth is a Professor in the … Continue reading Engaged Students, Course Design, and Child Welfare as Course Topic: Reflections from a Community Partner, University Professor, and Communication Studies Undergraduate Students
Three Take-Aways From My Year as a Community-Engaged Teaching Fellow During COVID
By: Nadia Kaneva, Associate Professor, Media, Film and Journalism Studies In early October 2020, as I stumbled through a second quarter of teaching remotely from my kitchen table and living in near total isolation, an email from DU’s Center for Community Engagement to advance Scholarship and Learning (CCESL) delivered a spark of hope to my inbox. “Apply to … Continue reading Three Take-Aways From My Year as a Community-Engaged Teaching Fellow During COVID
Public Good Impact 