Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
Regis University
Source Publication
Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal
Source ISSN
2164-7666
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.53309/2164-7666.1455
Abstract
Drawing on the work of Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J., this article examines the contribution that “possibility thinking” makes to community-engaged learning at three Jesuit universities. The article considers ways in which possibility thinking intersects both Jesuit and secular perspectives on hope and imagination, and their relationship to anti-racist praxis. We then describe three institutional contexts at different stages of enacting community-engaged learning in introductory and upper-level English classes. The article concludes by offering three praxis-oriented directions for community-engaged learning educators to take up in their own institutional contexts: developing faculty capacity and awareness; fostering solidarity not charity; and encouraging reflection not reaction.
Recommended Citation
Bowen, Betsy; Campbell, Lillian; Green, Jenna; and Phillips, Emily A., "Possibility Thinking in the Community-Engaged Classroom: Uniting Hope and Imagination towards Anti-Racist Action" (2023). English Faculty Research and Publications. 610.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/610
Comments
Published version. Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal. Vol. 12, No. 2 (2023): 213-227. DOI. © 2023 Regis University. Used with permission.