Community Engaged Pedagogy Grant Recipients 2023-24

Emilie Diouf

Project Grant

Project Title: "Tying the Kaleesu: Archiving Cultural Heritage with Africano Waltham”

Course: Refugee Stories, Refugee Lives (ENG 52a)

Community Partner: Africano Waltham

Rachel Raczka

Project Grant

Project Title: "Smells Like Zine Spirit"

Course: Contemporary Media: Internship and Analysis (JOUR 89a)

Community Partners: Multiple Waltham-based organizations

Professor Colleen Hitchcock & Professor Rachel Kramer Theodorou (ENVS & Education Programs)

Project Grant

Project Title: "Community Engagement in Participatory Science"

Course: Participatory Science: Bridging Science, Education & Advocacy (EBIO 33b)

Community Partners: City Nature Challenge & Earthwise

Sara Shostak

Project Grant

Project Title: "Growing VegRx at Waltham Fields Community Farm"

Course: HSSP Capstone: Food Systems and Health (HSSP 110a)

Community Partner: Waltham Fields Community Farm

Neil Swidey

Project Grant

Project Title: "Empowering Brandeis Students to Be Part of the Local-News-Desert Solution"

Course: Reinventing Journalism for the 21st Century (Local News) (JOUR 109b)

Community Partner: Brookline.News

Sally Warner

Mini Grant

Project Title: "Brandeis students march in the March to End Fossil Fuels"

Courses:

  • Climate Science (ENVS 42b)
  • Foundations of Global Environmental Diplomacy (ENVS 107b with Professor Charlie Chester)
  • Human/Nature: European Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and What to Do About It (GECS 188b with Professor Sabine von Mering)

Community Partner: March to End Fossil Fuels

 

Elena Gonzalez Ros

Mini Grant

Project Title: "Volunteering in the Waltham Community"

Course: Oral Communication through cultural topics: Health, Practicum: Access to Health, Housing and ESL Resources (HISP 105a)

Community Partner: WATCH CDC