Conferences and Publication Opportunities for Engaged Scholarship

Summer 2017 - Spring 2018 Conference Opportunities

• January 2018

  2018 AAC&U Annual Meeting: Can Higher Education Recapture the Elusive American Dream?

  Event Date: January 24-27, 2018

  Event Location: Washington, D.C.

  Proposal Deadline: July 21, 2017

  https://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/am18

   

• March 2018

  29th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Justice in Action

  Event Date: March 11-13, 2018

  Event Location: St. Paul, MN

  https://nylc.org/conference/
    

  Eastern Region Campus Compact

  Event Date: March 25-28, 2018

  Event Location: Indianapolis, IN

  http://ercc.compact.org/upcoming-conferences/

   

   

• April 2018

  Gulf South Summit "Changing the Narrative: Storytelling as Social Action" 

  Event Date: April 4-6, 2018

  Event Location: Birmingham, AL

  http://www.gulfsouthsummit.org/

   

   

• September 2017

  International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community-Engagement (IARSLCE)

  Host: National University of Ireland

  Event Date: September 14-16, 2017

  Event Location: Galway, Ireland

  Proposal Due Date: March 24, 2017

  http://www.researchslce.org/conferences/

  
  

  National Society for Experiential Education - From Principles to Practice: Experiential Education Innovation in a Changing World

  Event Date: September 24-27, 2017

  Event Location: St. Petersburg, FL 

  Proposal Due Date: January 27, 2017

  http://www.nsee.org/conference-landing-page

   

  18th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium - This is Engagement: Best Practices in Community-Engaged Scholarships

  Host: Auburn University

  Event Date: September 26-27, 2017

  Event Location: Birmingham, AL

  Proposal Due Date: March 15, 2017

  https://engagementscholarship.org/conference/esc-2017-meeting

   

• October 2017

  Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities Annual Conference

  Event Date: October 8-11, 2017

  Event Location: Denver, CO

  http://www.cumuonline.org/?page=annualconference

   

   

• November 2017

  2017 Florida Campus Compact Professional Development Conference

  Event Date: November 15-17, 2017

  Event Location: Orlando, FL

  http://www.floridacompact.org/annual-conference/

   

Publication Opportunities

• Family & Community Health

  Published by Wolters Kluwer Health.

   

  This Journal is a practical quarterly which presents creative, multidisciplinary perspectives and approaches for effective public and community health programs. Each issue focuses on a single timely topic and addresses issues of concern to a wide variety of population groups with diverse ethnic backgrounds, including children and the elderly, men and women, and rural and urban communities. http://journals.lww.com/familyandcommunityhealth

• Gateways: International Journal of Community Research & Engagement

  Jointly edited and managed by the UTS Shopfront at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and the Centre for Urban Research and Learning.

   

  Gateways is an online electronic journal concerned with the practice and processes of community engagement. It provides a forum for academics, practitioners and community representatives to pursue issues and reflect on practices related to interactions between tertiary institutions and community organisations; academic interventions in community; community-based projects with links to the tertiary sector and community initiatives. The journal publishes evaluative case studies of community engagement initiatives, analyses of the policy environment and theoretical reflections that contribute to the scholarship of engagement. http://www.luc.edu/curl2/uts/

• Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
  This is an e-journal for practitioners of community psychology and community improvement around the globe. We look forward to working with practitioners and applied researchers to share quality work and to foster a learning community that will contribute to ongoing advances in the broad field of Community Practice, both in psychology and related disciplines. It is published quarterly on-line. http://www.gjcpp.org/
• International Journal for Service-Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship
  The primary purpose of the Journal is to foster inquiry into rigorous engineering design and research and direct those efforts toward solving problems of marginalized communities. The examination of cultural appropriateness is emphasized along with the application of appropriate technologies and entrepreneurial application of sustainable solutions. Focus is also placed on associated pedagogy and the dissemination of project results as the Journal seeks to nurture service learning in engineering as a distinct body of knowledge. http://www.ijsle.org 
• International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement

  This journal is a brand-new peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the publication of high quality research focused on service-learning, campus-community engagement, and the promotion of active and effective citizenship through education. The sponsoring agency in the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE). http://journals.sfu.ca/iarslce/index.php/journal

   

• International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

  Published by the International Society for Teaching and Learning and the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research at Virginia Tech

   

  "The IJTLHE provides a forum for higher education faculty, staff, administrators, researchers and students who are interested in improving post-secondary instruction. It provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise. The specific emphasis of IJTLHE is the dissemination of knowledge for improving higher education pedagogy. Peer reviewed, with both hard copy and electronic distribution to maximize global availability." More information can be found on their website: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe

   

• Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education

  Published by Indiana State University

   

  An on-line journal (peer-reviewed). The journal examines perspectives, research and practices of community engagement and community-based learning in higher education. http://www.indstate.edu/jcehe/

• Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship

  Published by the University of Alabama

   

  JCES is a peer-reviewed, international journal that's aimed at both academic and non-academic audiences. Faculty, staff, students and community partners are able to submit articles. "JCES integrates teaching, research, and community engagement in all disciplines, addressing critical problems identified through a community-participatory process."  http://www.jces.ua.edu/

• Journal of Community Practice

  Sponsored by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA), a membership organization of faculty and practitioners committed to the revitalization of community practice.

   

  The Journal is an interdisciplinary journal grounded in social work. It is designed to provide a forum for community practice, including community organizing, planning, social administration, organizational development, community development, and social change. The journal contributes to the advancement of knowledge related to numerous disciplines, including social work and the social sciences, urban planning, social and economic development, community organizing, policy analysis, urban and rural sociology, community health, public administration, and nonprofit management. As a forum for authors and a resource for readers, this journal makes an invaluable contribution to the community—its conceptualization, applications, and practice. https://www.acosa.org/joomla

• Journal of Higher Education

  Published by the Ohio State University Press

   

  The leading scholarly journal on the institution of higher education. More information can be found at: http://www.ohiostatepress.org/Journals/JHE/jhemain.htm

• Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

  Published by the University of Georgia

   

  "The mission of the JHEOE is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities. This includes highlighting innovative endeavors; critically examining emerging issues, trends, challenges, and opportunities; and reporting on studies of impact in the areas of public service, outreach, engagement, extension, engaged research, community-based research, community-based participatory research, action research, public scholarship, service-learning, and community-service." http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/index

• Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education

  Published by Missouri Campus Compact and Missouri State University

   

  This journal features academic inquiry that forms community partnerships to address shared problems, issues and opportunities.  This cross-disciplinary journal provides a forum for scholars to share examples of academic service-learning projects that demonstrate a high level of engagement and reciprocity with the community at the same time as they demonstrate scholarly inquiry.  More information can be found at: http://ncsue.msu.edu/
  

• Metropolitan Universities Journal

  Metropolitan Universities Journal is published by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on behalf of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. Each issue focuses on a specific topic in the world of education. Recent themes include:

  -distribution learning

  -K-16 collaborations

  -assessment

  -service learning

  -campus-community partnerships

  http://www.cumuonline.org/

• Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

  Published by the University of Michigan

   

   "The MJCSL is a national, peer-reviewed journal for college and university faculty and administrators, with an editorial board of faculty from many academic disciplines and professional fields at the University of Michigan and other US higher education institutions.  Since 1994, the Michigan Journal has endeavored to publish the highest quality research, theory, and pedagogy articles related to higher education academic service-learning." http://ginsberg.umich.edu/mjcsl/

• National Civic Review
  This Journal is one of the oldest civic affairs journals in the United States and is a quarterly publication of the National Civic League. The journal publishs thoughtful essays on a variety of topics of importance to state and local government officials, community leaders, and civic activists. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1542-7811/
• Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement

  Published by North Carolina Campus Compact

   

  "Partnerships recognizes that successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines and more. The articles in this peer-reviewed journal focus on how theories and practices can inform and improve such partnerships, connections and collaborations. Studies co-authored by faculty, students and/or community partners; or examining practices across disciplines or campuses; or exploring international networks are encouraged."

  www.partnershipsjournal.org 

• PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement
  Published by Eastern Kentucky University

  
  

  "PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement is an exciting, relatively new, journal devoted to promoting a culture of engagement between the university and region through the creation, application, and integration of knowledge. PRISM is multi-disciplinary, publishing quality, peer-reviewed research articles, case studies and applied research articles, and reflections across the full range of disciplinary perspectives. Similarly, PRISM welcomes all forms of analysis and methodologies."

  http://encompass.eku.edu/prism

   

• Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action

  Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

   

  This Journal is a national, peer-reviewed journal whose mission is to identify and publicize model programs that use community partnerships to improve public health, promote progress in the methods of research and education involving community health partnerships, and stimulate action that will improve the health of people and communities. The first scholarly journal dedicated to Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)is a must for public health professionals and the libraries that serve them. https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships/

• Reflections: Journal of Writing, Service-Learning and Community Literacy
  This peer reviewed journal, provides a forum for scholarship on public rhetoric, civic writing, service-learning, and community literacy. Originally founded as a venue for teachers, researchers, students and community partners to share research and discuss the theoretical, political and ethical implications of community-based writing and writing instruction, the journal publishes a lively collection of scholarship on public rhetoric and civic writing, occasional essays and stories both from and about community writing and literacy projects, interviews with leading workers in the field, and reviews of current scholarship touching on these issues and topics. http://reflectionsjournal.net/