This session will engage faculty in a lively dialogue on the design and implementation of service learning research and the connections to retention, tenure and promotion. The workshop will include a brief review of basic definitions and previous service learning research; an examination of the options for research on multiple levels. There will be something for everyone: quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods will be described. Information on where to publish service-learning research will be provided and a discussion of the pros and cons of service-learning research as part of the RTP process will be held. Participants will also sketch out a study that they can conduct in the next year. Please have in mind a service-learning course you teach or are planning to teach to frame the conversation.
Kathy O'Byrne, Ph.D.
Formerly a faculty member and Director of Service Learning at Cal State Fullerton, Dr. O'Byrne is now the Director of the UCLA Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning (CEESL). CEESL serves faculty from across the campus, our community partners and over 2,000 undergraduates each year with a wide range of service learning and research opportunities. She graduated from Vassar College, earned a masters from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. from University of Southern California. Dr. O'Byrne has worked with non-profits since the mid-1970s, writing grants as well as implementing and evaluating programs in community mental health. She has conducted numerous workshops and professional presentations on service-learning research and scholarship, reflection and assessment, community partnerships and best practices of service learning. Dr. O'Byrne has published multiple journal articles and book chapters on service learning.
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