Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Community Engagement

Xavier has been awarded the Elective Classification for Community Engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education. We are very proud of this achievement, as it affirms the meaningful work of faculty in all four colleges. We feel fortunate to be part of an institution that challenges us to practice service rooted in justice and love alongside our students, and to be able to teach our students the value of civic engagement. Few things are more fulfilling than seeing the content we discuss in class come alive as move outside the classroom and into the community, working with our neighbors to make change. 

This application process included a rigorous self-study of curricular and co-curricular community-engagement practices. Assessors found Xavier has “excellent alignment among campus mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement. It responded to the classification framework with both descriptions and examples of exemplary institutionalized practices of community engagement.”

Thank you to all faculty and staff who promote community-engaged learning and carry out community-engaged research and scholarship.

 

Eileen Alexander, Associate Professor, Health Services Administration Department

Tala Ali, Muslim Chaplain, Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice

Chris Anderson, Professor Emeritus, History Department

Lauren Angelone, Associate Professor of Science Education and Instructional Technology, School of Education

Kelly Austin, Senior Teaching Professor, English Department

Laney Bender-Slack, Professor, Middle Childhood Education, School of Education

Mike Cleary, Operations Specialist, Office of the Provost

Rachel Chrastil, Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Tina Davlin-Pater, Professor, Department of Sport Science & Management

Blis DeVault, Professor and Program Director, Digital Innovation, Film and Television (DIFT), Communication Department

Kathleen Hart, Chair and Professor, School of Psychology

Ashley Henkes, Associate Director, Care and Support Services

Tracy Jackson, Manager of College Operations, College of Professional Sciences

Cheryl Jonson, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Department

Kristyn Jossart, Operations Manager, Williams College of Business

Molly Kantz, Junior Social Work major, with minors in Gender & Diversity Studies and Peace & Justice Studies

Mary Kochlefl, Associate Provost for Academic Excellence, Office of the Provost

Supaporn Kradtap Hartwell, Professor, Chemistry Department

Marcie Lensges, Associate Professor, Management & Entrepreneurship

Dustin Lewis, Associate Director, Office of Student Involvement

Gary Lewandowski, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Provost

Richie Liu, Associate Professor, Marketing Department

Stefanie Lorentz, Assistant Dean of College Operations, College of Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Maffetone, Teaching Professor, English Department

Mack Mariani, Professor, Political Science Department

Wendy Maxian, Associate Professor, Communication Department

Marcus Mescher, Associate Professor, Theology Department

Mary C. Miller, Board President, Norwood Together

Debra Mooney, Vice President, Mission and Ministry

Kat Morris, Professor, Biology Department

Ron Mosby, Executive Director, Norwood Together

Domonique Peebles, Founder, Brick Gardens

Sean Rhiney, Director, Government Relations

Amelia Riedel, Teaching Professor, Communication Department

Katie Robiadek, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Zachary Russell, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Management & Entrepreneurship

Colleen Ryan Mayrand, Director, Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice

Anne Ryckbost, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, University Library

Carol Scheerer, Associate Professor and Program Chair, Occupational Therapy Department

Heidrun Schmitzer, Professor, Physics and Engineering Department

Tim Severyn, Director of Sustainability and Social Mission, Bellarmine Chapel

Joe Shadle, former Executive Director, Center for Mission and Identity

Grace Shin, Assistant Director, Institutional Research

Ashley Stadler Blank, Associate Professor, Marketing

Thomas Strunk, Associate Professor, Classics

Tim Sundrup, Associate Director, Mission and Identity and University Sustainability Coordinator

Ashley Theuring, Assistant Professor, Theology Department

Craig This, Director, Institutional Research

Anne Thornberry, Administrative Assistant III, College of Nursing

Britni Tudor, Principal, Evanston Academy

Victoria Vogelgesang, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence

Susan Whitaker, Director, Xavier Leadership Center

Leslie Whitford, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University Library

Drew Zolides, Associate Professor, Communication Department

 

Co-Chairs of Xavier University Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement application process:

Angela Gray-Girton, Director, Eigel Center for Community Engaged Learning

Sheena Steckl, Faculty Director, Eigel Center for Community Engaged Learning and Senior Teaching Professor, English Department