African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education

Stephanie Y. Evans is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Florida and the author of Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850–1954: An Intellectual History. Colette M. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Texas Tech University. Michelle R. Dunlap is Professor and Chair of Human Development at Connecticut College and the author of Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community Service. DeMond S. Miller is Professor of Sociology at Rowan University and the coauthor (with Jason David Rivera) of Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of Landscape.

"[African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education's] balance of theory and practice, as well as historical and contemporary contexts, can provide tools for achieving cultural competency in community service in any discipline, through informing the transition from 'doing' to 'being' community service." — Teaching Theology and Religion"This book validates the African proverb 'it takes a village to raise a child.' The topics are right on the mark and highlight the benefits of service-learning as an instrument of individual and community involvement and empowerment." — Festus E. Obiakor, coeditor of Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction

• List of TablesPreface: Using History, Experience, and Theory to Balance Relationships in Community EngagementStephanie Y. EvansAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Characteristics of Engagement: CommunicatedExperiences of Race, Universities, and CommunitiesColette M. TaylorPart 1. Community Service, Volunteerism, and Engagement Stephanie Y. Evans, Colette M. Taylor, Michelle R. Dunlap, and DeMond S. Miller1. The Community Folk Art Center: A University and Community Creative CollaborationKheli R. Willetts2. An African American Health Care Experience: An Academic Medical Center and Its Interdisciplinary PracticeKendall M. Campbell3. African American College Students and Volunteerism: Attitudes toward Mentoring at a Title I SchoolJoi Nathan4. Prejudice, Pitfalls, and Promise: Experiences in Community Service in a Historically Black UniversityJeff BrooksPart 2. Community Service-Learning Michelle R. Dunlap5. Can the Village Educate the Prospective Teacher?: Reflections on Multicultural Service-Learning in African American CommunitiesLucy Mule6. Sowing Seeds of Success: Gardening as a Method of Increasing Academic Self-Efficacy and Retention among African American Students August Hoffman, Julie Wallach, Eduardo Sanchez, and Richard Carifo7. A Service or a Commitment?: A Black Man Teaching Service-Learning at a Predominantly White InstitutionTroy Harden8. Racial Identity and the Ethics of Service-Learning as PedagogyAnnemarie Vaccaro9. "We'll Understand It Better By and By": A Three-Dimensional Approach to Teaching Race through Community EngagementMeta Mendel-Reyes and Dwayne A. MackPart 3. Community-Based Research DeMond S. Miller10. Black Like Me: Navigating Race, Gender, Research, and CommunityFleda Mask Jackson11. A Partnership with the African American Church: IMPPACT and S.P.I.C.E.S. For LifeMicah McCreary, Monica Jones, Raymond Tademy, and John Fife12. "I Have Three Strikes Against Me": Narratives of Plight and Efficacy among Older African American Homeless Women and Their Implications for Engaged InquiryOlivia G. M. Washington and David P. Moxley13. A Culturally Competent Community-Based Research Approach with African American Neighborhoods: Critical Components and ExamplesRichard Briscoe, Harold R. Keller, Gwen McClain, Evangeline R. Best, and Jessica Mazza14. Community Engagement and Collaborations in Community-Based Research: The Road to Project ButterflyGiShawn Mance, Bernadette Sánchez, and Niambi Jaha-EcholsFinal Word: African Americans and Community Engagement: A Challenge and Opportunity for Higher EducationDonald F. BlakeList of ContributorsIndex