In this essay, the author, a scholar of American religious life who has extensively studied ex-gay ministries, reflects on her response to being asked...
This paper reports the results of the faculty development program of the Faculty for Engaged Campus Initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH). The...
In this paper, the author reflects on her experience of being an academic and activist simultaneously, and offers recommendations to those experiencing that same...
This issue of Metropolitan Universities includes papers emanating from the work of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative, a three-year (2004-2007) initiative designed to...
This study evaluated the Prevention Programs that Work training curriculum, which teaches practitioners from community-based organizations to locate, choose, adopt or adapt, and evaluate...
This study investigated the CBPR training needs of researchers interested in CBPR to inform efforts to build infrastructure for conducting community-engaged research. A survey...
Three community partners, experienced with and engaged in partnerships between universities and communities with varying challenges of success and failure, examine the specific challenge...
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-based training program that empowers promotores (community health workers) to identify the health needs...
This study evaluated an initiative designed to increase community-based organizations’ data and research capacity through a 3-day train-the-trainer course on community health assessments. The...
This article explores how social media have been used to enhance the teaching and learning of action research. The authors discuss their experience with...
This article describes UNC Chapel Hill’s community-engaged scholarship faculty development activities and the impact of the activities on promotion and tenure initiatives and the...
In this article, the author shares lessons learned from personal experience engaging students in community research. The lessons are based on the author’s experiences...