Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice

Introduction by Emily Schnee, Alison Better and Martha Clark Cummings.- Part I: Social Structures and Student Agency.- Introduction to Part I by Alison Better.- Community College as a Site for Community Organizing: A Model for Facilitating Social Justice Engagement by Stuart Parker.- Disrupting the Dream: Teaching Civil Rights History at a 21st Century Community College by Debra Schultz.- The Political is Personal: Public Sociology and Social Change through Community Engagement by Alison Better.- Supporting Critical Civic Learning with Interactive Technology by Jason Leggett.- Part II: Civic Engagement within the Disciplines.- Introduction to Part II by Emily Schnee.- What Does this Have to Do with Psychology?: Challenges and Possibilities of Civic Engagement in Introduction to Psychology by Jason VanOra.- Incorporating Civic Engagement in the Human Anatomy and Physiology Course by Anna Rozenboym.- Creating Civically Engaged Writing in a Cross-Cultural Teacher Education Class: Challenges and Possibilities by Laura Kates.- Personal Connection and Formal Research: Community College Students Develop Multicultural Counseling Competency by Michelle Billies and Catheleen Heyliger.- Addressing Civic Issues in Biology Lab through Citizen Science by Christina Colón.- Undocumented Immigrants and Myself: Building Bridges through Research in a First Year English Course by Tisha Ulmer.- Part III: College as Community.- Introduction to Part III by Martha Clark Cummings.- Learning about Community in a First Semester Learning Community: How Community Based Projects Strengthen Student Engagement by George Hill.- Engaging Students in the Community of College by Emily Schnee.- From Discontent to Civic Engagement in an ESL Learning Community by Martha Clark Cummings.- Developing Effective Service Learning Campus - Community Partnerships by Peter Fiume.