Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
Spring 2017
Publisher
New City Community Press
Source Publication
Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning
Source ISSN
1541-2075
Abstract
This article describes the value of cross-campus collaborations for community-based learning. We argue that community-based learning both provides unique opportunities for breaking academic silos and invites campus partnerships to make ambitious projects possible. To illustrate, we describe a course "Writing for Social Justice" that involved created videos for our local YWCA's Racial Justice Program. We begin by discussing the shared value of collaboration across writing studies and librarianship (our disciplinary orientations). We identify four forms of cross-campus collaboration, which engaged us in working with each other, with our community partner, and with other partners across campus. From there, we visualize a timeline, turning from the why of cross-campus collaborations to the how. Finally, we underscore the need to name and claim--to value and cultivate--cross-campus collaborations for community-based learning.
Recommended Citation
Godbee, Beth and Gibes, Elizabeth Andrejasich, "Name It and Claim It: Cross-Campus Collaborations for Community-Based Learning" (2017). English Faculty Research and Publications. 385.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/385
Comments
Published version. Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 2017): 69-95. Publisher link. © New City Community Press 2017. Used with permission.