“Service Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”
— The Carnegie Foundation
Service Learning Staff
Our mission is to assist faculty, students, and communities reach their goals in mutual collaboration.
Service Learning Committee
Co-Chairs
Jennifer McGarry, PhD, professor, Neag School of Education, director of Husky Sport and deputy director of Public Health Practice
Anne Gebelein, PhD, associate director, El Instituto, and associate professor-in-residence, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Members
Stacey Brown, PhD, director, Community-Based Education, and assistant professor, Community Medicine and Health Care (UConn Health Center, Farmington)
David Garvey, PhD, director, Nonprofit Leadership Program and adjunct professor, Department of Public Policy (Hartford Campus)
Beth Russell, PhD, director of the Center for Applied Research in Human Development (CARHD), co-Director of the Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH), and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies, associate professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Kevin Thompson, PhD, associate professor-in-residence, Management, School of Business (Storrs Campus)
Martina Rosenberg, PhD, director, Teaching and Learning Assessment, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Storrs Campus)