Professional Development and Research
The CEL unit supports the professional development of community engaged faculty and staff by holding workshops each semester, planning annual events, and connecting the U community with regional and national resources. Contact the team cel@utah.edu or visit our blog for a current list of events and opportunities.
Community Engaged Scholarship
Community Engaged Learning is committed to supporting faculty and staff in producing scholarly work that reflects their community engagement activities.
The following articles serve as a starting point to guide and inspire this effort.
- Doberneck & Carmichael (2020) Unfurling Your Community-Engaged Work into Multiple Scholarly Products
- Forester & Bartel (2022) Writing and Publishing Community-Engaged Scholarship: Advice for Junior Faculty on Promotion, Publishing, and Craft
- Franz (2011) Tips for Constructing a Promotion and Tenure Dossier that Documents Engaged Scholarship Endeavors
- Community Engaged Scholarship Reading Resource List
We encourage community members and academic researchers to work together in powerful partnerships to create positive societal impact. The U's Community Research Collaborative is composed of researchers, organizers, activists, scholars, educators, and community leaders, who work together to advance quality participatory and action-oriented community-based research. The CRC produced Community-Based Research Guidelines for Communities and Higher Education (2021) to support ethical, effective, and positive CRB efforts.