Research & Publications
Professional Engagement
Bruess, Carol. “Reaching the Community: Service-Learning Nuts and Bolts.” Panel presentation at the National Communication Association Conference, Miami, FL. November 2003.
__________ and Daughters, K. “Beyond service-learning basics: Two models for building sustainable campus-community partnerships.” Presentation at the meeting of the National Society for Experiential Education, Minneapolis, MN. September 2003.
__________. “Experience and Action: Service-Learning Nuts and Bolts.” Panel presentation at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. November 2002.
__________. “Family Communication Courses and Service-Learning in Action: Is Service-Learning Right for your Family Course?” Panel presentation at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. November 2002.
__________. “Institutionalizing Service-Learning: The Service-Learning Advisory Board on Campus.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA. November 2001.
__________. “Radicals at work and Play: Service-Learning nuts and bolts.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA. November 2001.
__________ and Conville, R. “Using Service-Learning in the Interpersonal and Family Communication Courses.” Presentation at the national Service-Learning in Communication Conference, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus, March 2001.
__________ and Conville, R. “Course Revision: A How-To Session on Revising a Course to Include Service-Learning.” Presentation at the national Service-Learning in Communication Conference, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus. March 2001.
__________. “Engaging the Community through the Service-Learning Pedagogy.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA. November 2000.
__________. “Service-Learning: Engagement in the ommunication Classroom.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA. November 2000.
__________. “Engaging Students through Experiential Learning Activities in the Communication Classroom: Activities for the Family Communication Course.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA. November 2000.
__________. “Experiential Learning in Family and Intercultural Communication.” Presentation at the annual conference of the Communication and Theater of Association of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. September 2000.
__________. “Challenging Boundaries by redefining the traditional communication classroom.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. November 1999.
__________, Karmon, K., Lowery-Hart, R., Byers, L, & Shue, L. “Short Course Instructor: Beyond the University, Into the Community: Service-Learning in the Communication Course.”
Co-taught short course at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. November 1999.
__________. “Extending Our Creative Boundaries: Integrating Service-Learning in Communication Courses - A Discussion Circles Approach.” Panel participant at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. November 1999.
__________. “Service Learning in the Communication Course: Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, New York, NY. November 1998.
__________. “Experiential Learning Activities for Classes in Gender/Interpersonal Communication.” Poster presentation at the Annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New York, NY. November 1998.
__________. “Service Learning in Communication Courses.” Presentation at the Annual conference of the Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota, Brooklyn Center, MN. September 1998.
__________. “Service Learning in the Intercultural Communication Classroom.” Paper presented on the panel, Powerful Examples of the Service-Learning Pedagogy: An interactive Discussion for transforming your own courses” at the annual conference of the National Communication Association (formerly Speech Communication Association), Chicago, IL. October 1997.
__________. “Service-Learning Pedagogy: Experiential Learning in the Gender and Communication Classroom.” Panel presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. October 1997.
Kennedy, Ellen. “The Changing Faces of Minnesota: Working with Immigrants and Refugees.” National Society for Experiential Education. October 2, 2004.
__________. Received the Higher Education Leader of the Year award at the annual meeting of the National Society for Experiential Education in Miami, October 2004. The award recognizes an NSEE member “who has demonstrated innovative uses of experiential learning in their institution.” That includes “leadership in design, development, and implementation of experiential education programs connecting the classroom, curriculum and campus/community-based organizations” as well as leadership and participation in national conferences and publications that contribute to experiential education.
__________. “Faculty in Service-Learning: A Typology,” in NSEE Quarterly, Spring 2003, 28:3, 2003, 5-10.
__________. “The Ascension Parish Project: A Case Study in Action Research,” Midwest Sociological Society, April 2003.
__________. “The Ascension Parish Project: Interdisciplinary Community-Based Learning,” with Dr. Richard Raschio, International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 2003.
__________. “Service-Learning 101: Nuts and Bolts,” National Society for Experiential Education, October 2002.
__________. “Service-Learning, Transformation, and Continuity,” National Society for Experiential Education, October 2002.
__________. “Assessment of Service-Learning: Evaluating Students, Faculty, Community Partners, and Institutions,” National Society for Experiential Education, October 2001.
__________. “Using Service-Learning to Enhance our Campus Community,” Minnesota College Personnel Association, October 2001.
__________. “Faculty in Service-Learning: A Typology,” National Society for Experiential Education, October 25, 2000.
__________. “The Changing Faces of Minnesota,” at the International Partnership for Service-Learning Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 6, 2004.
__________. “Faculty Development in Service-Learning at the University of St. Thomas,” Exploring Service-Learning, Campus-Community Collaboration and Institutional Renewal: A National Colloquium for Academic Deans, Provosts, and Vice Presidents, October 9, 1999.
Raschio, Richard. “Tutoring/Mentoring At The Adams Immersion School In Saint Paul: The Service Learning Component In One Spanish Course At The University Of Saint Thomas,” MLR, Summer, 2002.
__________. “Engaged Learning Across The Disciplines: The Ascension Parish Report.” Proceedings of the Hawaiian International Conference of the Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii. January 2003.
__________. “Engaged Learning Across The Disciplines: The Ascension Parish Report.” Hawaiian International Conference of the Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii. January 2003.
__________. “Adams Spanish Immersion and The Ascension Parish Project: Two Service Learning Projects, Two Levels of Success.” Hispania Journal 87: 122-127.
__________. “Adams Spanish Immersion and The Ascension Parish Project: Two Service-Learning Projects, Two Levels of Success.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
__________. “Issues in the Implementation of Service-Learning in the Language Curriculum”, round table discussant at the annual conference of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
__________. Service-Learning video: Panel discussion of current and past experiences with Service-Learning used in seminars in India, Costa Rica and England this summer and later in UST seminars to train faculty in how to implement Service-Learning in their courses
__________. American Association of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese: Annual conference, July 2004 in Acapulco, Mexico.
__________. Workshop developer and presenter: “Service Learning: Taking Language Learning Into The Real World.”
__________. Article accepted for the March 2005 issue of Hispania Journal dealing with the topics of the above workshop and conference sessions.
Scully, Tim. Lessons from the Heart (documentary), Producer/Director, 26:20 documentary produced with six students in Advanced Video Production about a mission to Nairobi, Kenya by a Children’s HeartLink medical team. Broadcast on KTCI-TV (Twin Cities Public Television) February 8, 2004. Lessons from the Heart was nominated for a regional Emmy award.
__________. Lessons from the Heart (promotion), Producer/Director, 7:26 promotional video for Children’s HearLink produced with six students in Advanced Video Production about amission to Nairobi, Kenya by a Children’s HeartLink medical team. 5:00 version played on all KLM World Flights October through December 2003.
__________. “Lessons from the Heart in Nairobi,” St. Thomas Magazine, Summer 2003.
__________. “Shoot globally, plan locally: successful international service-learning production experiences,” Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Convention, April 2004.
__________. “Bringing home the beacon: documentary in international service learning,”
Undergraduate Communication Research Conference, April 2004.
__________. “Service-learning goes to Africa: healing hearts and spreading the news,” Undergraduate Communication Research Conference, April 2003.
Shams, Ashley and George, Camille. “Measuring the Effects of a Short-Term International Service-Learning Project on Intercultural Awareness,” at Theory to Practice: Advancing Research to Improve Service-Learning Outcomes, Poster presented at the fourth annual International Conference on Service-Learning Research, Clemson University, Greenville, S.C. Oct. 10-12, 2004.
__________. “Design of a Breadfruit Shredder and Dehydrator: A Collaborative Project.” Presented at the second annual Engineers for a Sustainable World Conference: Solutions for a Shrinking Planet, at Stanford University Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2004.
Waldner, Lisa K. “Teaching About Family Issues Through Service Learning in a Research Methods Course.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO. April 15-18, 2004.
__________. “Teaching Survey Research Methods Using Service-Learning with a Family Service Agency.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Sociologists of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. October 9-10, 2003.
