Call for Papers: Proposed Volume on Engaging Culture and the Arts: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Service-Learning

Due date: Jan 1, 2009

Do you teach service-learning courses about culture and the arts - or - courses that use direct engagement with culture and the arts as gateways to other topics? Might you be interested in writing an article about it for a collection on service-learning for civic engagement?

The Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Service-Learning series from Stylus Publishing is a groundbreaking collection of reference books on service-learning organized around specific community issues rather than disciplinary boundaries, thus demonstrating how different approaches and/or collaborative efforts can contribute to shared goals.

As of today, there's a commitment from the publisher to produce five volumes. But I believe we should make the case for at least one more - on culture and the arts!

I invite you to join me in an effort to convince the series editor to propose another volume to the publisher. If we can collect 8-10 strong proposals, then he has committed to me to seek publication with Stylus as part of the series. If that doesn't work, I'm personally committed to taking those strong strong proposals to however many publishers I need to in order to make this happen. For now, all it requires of you is a page or two of effort. Let's shine a light on all the extraordinary work you are doing (see the call for abstracts below).

The target audience for the series is the growing legion of faculty in higher education who are exploring the power of the service-learning pedagogy for teaching community engagement. The series will be suitable for faculty across all types of institutions and should be a useful resource for course development in all undergraduate years.

The prospectus should contain the following elements:

1. Your name(s) and title(s)

2. Your discipline(s)

3. Contact information (department, campus/organization, address, email, phone) 4. Abstract (500-1500 words) a. Learning objectives and outcomes - what will the chapter attempt to address, what are the multiple discrete objectives for engagement with arts and culture, and what are the outcomes long and short term? What are the big ideas you are trying to convey to students?

b. Methods / process - how did you approach the learning objectives (include community partners, specific projects/placements, student preparation, reflection activities) c. Assessment - How do you measure qualitative changes through the process?

d. Future directions (ex: questions to ponder, resources to explore, activities to pursue, suggestions for others who are involved in community-based teaching and research) 5. References - a brief bibliography

Please send the prospectus to (electronic is preferred, subject line: Engaging Culture and the Arts):

Sandra Posey

Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary General Education Interim Director, Center for Community Service-Learning California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

3801 W. Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767
sposey@csupomona.edu