Exploring Power, Privilege, and Diversity through Community Engaged Learning- Workshop with Tania Mitchell

This workshop will explore a critical service learning framework and opportunities to strengthen community engagement practice through exploration of issues related to power, privilege, and diversity. Participants will be introduced to strategies and examples for advancing service learning with social justice aims. Small group dialogue and interactive activities will create space for participants to consider how they might utilize critical service learning in their approach to community engagement work.

Tania Michell's Bio:

Dr. Mitchell is an assistant professor of Higher Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Her teaching interests include social justice theory, civic discourse, public service, leadership, college student development, action research methods, and the pedagogy, philosophy and practice of service-learning in higher education. Much of her research focuses on service-learning as a critical pedagogy to explore civic identity, social justice, student learning and development, race and racism, and community practice.