Service-Learning During a Global Pandemic: How and Why?

Authors

  • Kiesha Warren-Gordon Ball State University Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
  • Angela Jackson Brown Ball State University Department of English

Keywords:

asynchronous online, E-service-learning, COVID-19, indirect service-learning

Abstract

This case study provides an overview as to how two faculty members co-taught an asynchronous online course with a service-learning component during the Covid-19 global pandemic. Within this paper the author’s, recount the adjustments that were made in order to accommodate an online teaching modality while maintaining their commitment to service-learning.

Author Biographies

Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Ball State University Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Along with serving as a faculty member in the Criminal Justice and Criminology program, Dr. Warren-Gordon is also an affiliated faculty member in both the Gender and Women’s Studies, and Black Studies programs. She teaches a variety of course including; Victimology; Race, Gender, and Crime; and Human Services in Criminal Justice. Her research and scholarship is focused on identifying disparities in communities and working with community members to address those inequalities. In her newly created Human Services in Criminal Justice (CJC 398) course, she and her students are currently working with the Whitely Community Council to identify citizen safety concerns and assisting to implement best practices to engage community members.

When possible, she works to make triangulations of her research, teaching, and service. For example, along with partnering with the Whitely Community Council to identify safety concerns and working to support community engagement, she also serves as a member of the Whitely Community Safety Committee. Her work with aiding communities in identifying critical issues that affect peace and safety within those communities has become an integral part of her teaching, research, and service agendas. Additionally, she is the faculty advisor for the Multicultural Alliance, a criminal justice student organization that conducts community service activities in the Whitely community.

Angela Jackson Brown, Ball State University Department of English

Angela Jackson-Brown award-winning writer, poet and playwright teaches Creative Writing and English at Ball State University. Author of Drinking From a Bitter Cup published by WiDo Publishing, 2014, House Repairs published by Negative Capability Press, 2018. Her new novel When Stars Rain Down published by Thomas Nelson, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2021.

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Published

03/14/2022

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Insights, Case Studies, and Applications

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