RI Campus Compact Engaged Scholars Statewide Presidential 
Faculty Fellowship Program


Rhode Island Campus Compact and its Executive Board of college and university presidents announce a unique opportunity for faculty to integrate engaged scholarship and community-based learning into all aspects of their professional lives – teaching, research, and service.  
Goals of the program:
  • Stimulate and recognize scholarly activities on campus and  in the community in the areas of community and civic engagement.
  • Create a network of engaged faculty between the member campuses of Rhode Island Campus Compact.
  • Foster the advancement of civic and community engagement for a healthy, just, and democratic society through rigorous  student learning and community-campus partnerships.

We are accepting applications from faculty for 2012-2013.  Due May 4, 2012.  Download information and proposal instructions HERE.  

2011 - 2012 Presidential Faculty Fellows

"This award has facilitated my development of a refugee playwriting project that offers a means to record these important stories of survival." 


     -Faculty Fellow Dorothy Abram
Dorothy Abram, Ed.D (Johnson & Wales University)

Professor Dorothy Abram developed a playwriting program for a local refugee population through the International Institute.  By learning to record their stories through the drama of the stage, the refugees gained their own record of their cultural histories and personal stories.   In writing plays focusing on the means of cultural survival and personal sources of strength, students and refugees use models of civic engagement that build a positive and compassionate unity and community amongst us.
"RICC motivated me to embark on this new project and provided opportunities for me to share my proposal and gain feedback on how to structure the service learning component of the course to enhance students’ learning." 
    
- Faculty Fellow Comfort Ateh  
Comfort Ateh, Ph.D (Providence College)

Urban Education students were engaged in after school programs in which they planned and presented activities that motivated marginalized high school students to be aware of and excited about going to college.  In addition to guiding the high school students, each of the college students also explored and presented personal perspectives on a specific issue on urban education.  Students’ performance in the course as well as their final reflections prompted Professor Ateh to write a proposal that has been accepted for the course to be a requirement for all secondary education students. 
Kalina Brabeck, Ph.D (Rhode Island College)

Professor Kalina Brabeck studied the impact of parental legal status on  US-born middle-childhood children of Latino immigrants.  Participants included 300 Latino immigrant parents and their US-born children in grades 3-4 enrolled in public, charter and parochial schools.  As the first empirical study to examine how parent legal vulnerability affects this age cohort of US-born children, this study provides important information to academic and mental health practitioners, and will contribute to current immigration policy debates. 
"It was an invaluable experience for the students to work with an artist in residence in such a way that brought his personal story to life."


-Faculty Fellow Suzanne Delle
Suzanne Delle, Assistant Professor (Salve Regina University)

Assistant Professor Suzanne Delle accompanied senior Theatre Arts Majors to New Orleans in order to conduct research for their thesis production, "Because they Have No Words."  Each student was cast in a different role in the documentary-style play written by the Los Angeles based actor Tim Maddock about his experiences in New Orleans after the hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the city in 2005. Reminiscent of “Method” acting, the goal of this experiential learning component was to give the students a deeper understanding of the world of the play.  Students volunteered at the Animal Rescue of New Orleans as part of their week-long research.  Playwright Tim Maddock visited campus following the trip and discussed the creation of the script and the play's rich content.