A welcome to the Journal from the Co-Editors, Cathy Burack and Alan Melchior, and Assistant Editor Jodi Benenson

Benenson, Jodi

Burack, Cathy

Melchior, Alan

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The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE)

International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Volume 2 Issue 1 | 2014 | ISSN: 2374-9466 | http://journals.sfu.ca/iarslce  From the Editors’ Desk “We are a work in progress.”  That seems like an apt description for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), sponsor of this journal, which is continuing to grow and build its identity, and for the Journal itself, whose second issue represents the continued exploration of the broad fields of service-learning and community engagement.  As we have discovered through more than a decade of IARSLCE conference presentation and two years of Journal submissions, service-learning and community engagement encompass a broad array of educational and developmental activities, ranging from the improved teaching of math and science to creative strategies for addressing HIV/AIDS in urban communities. This second issue of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement reflects the diversity of the field.  This issues includes articles examining the impacts of service-learning on students as learners and citizens, studies aimed at informing the effective use of service-learning in the classroom, analyses of study abroad experiences as one model for service-learning, and an exploration of community engagement strategies aimed at bringing together universities, faith-based institutions, and other community partners.  Rochenbach, Tuchmayer and Hudson look at service-learning’s impacts on civic outcomes by exploring how the different dimension of students’ service-learning experience relate to subsequent civic values and behavior.  Kilgo, Pasquesi, Sheets and Pascarella examine the effects of service-learning on six liberal arts outcomes, and Hayford, Blomstrom, and DeBoer report on studies at two higher education institutions on the use of service-learning in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education.   Several articles explore the elements of effective service-learning.  Williams Howe, Coleman, Hamshow and Westdijk look at how student development theory can inform the design of service-learning courses and curriculum and propose a three-phase model for course design.  Bowen, Sketris, and Ingram draw on more than a decade of service-learning in a health-related setting to identify strategies and principles associated with successful service-learning initiatives.   Brown and Purmensky examine the effectiveness of a service-learning integrated into a study abroad program from the perspectives of participating students.   In a look at how higher education institutions can work with community partners, Szaflarski et al. examine the lessons learned from efforts by one university to engage with Black churches to address HIV/AIDS in a predominantly African-American, urban community.  Together, the articles in this issue include a mix of quantitative and qualitative analyses, conceptual and empirical studies, US-based and international researchers and programs, reminding us again about the span of the field and the myriad opportunities to expand our understanding. The editorship of the Journal is also a work in progress.  After helping to launch the Journal and bringing its first two issues to press, we are passing the editorial torch to two of the Association’s longtime leaders: Susan Root and Andrew Furco, who will serve as co-editors, and Kateryna Kent, the new Assistant Editor.   We very much appreciate the opportunity to have worked with the Association on the Journal over the past few years, and we look forward to its continued growth and development over the coming years.  Alan Melchior and Cathy Burack, Co-Editors Jodi Benenson, Assistant Editor  

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