Service-Learning Session at MLA 2011 Conference

Service Learning Pedagogy and Undergraduate Literature Courses: Cultivating Long-Term Partnerships

Service learning--a sustained service experience outside the traditional literature classroom--enhances students' interpretive abilities and civic awareness. How is it used? Is it effective? How do you negotiate long-term commitments to community partners with your own pedagogical goals in the literature classroom?

250–500-word abstracts and 2-page CV by 2 March 2010. Send proposals to Alice Villaseñor (alicev@usc.edu) and Roberta Rosenberg (rrosenb@cnu.edu).