Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Call for Proposals for #SLC16

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv]

Greetings everyone!

On behalf of the National Youth Leadership Council, I would like to invite you to submit workshop and showcase proposals for the 27th Annual National Service-Learning Conference – Educate. Ignite. Transform. The conference will take place March 30 – April 2, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, Minn.

Connect with hundreds of educators and youth from across the world who will share ideas, network, and affect change. The conference offers over 100 interactive classroom sessions, engaging pre-conference sessions, an opportunity and resource fair, a day of service and national awards presentation, and many chances to meet and connect with inspirational leaders. Submit your proposal and be a part of the what this conference has to offer!

We invite you to join us on our journey to change the world with young people, their schools, and their communities. Visit http://servicelearningconference.org for information about the conference and click Call for Proposals to submit your proposal today.

Thanks!

Marcus Penny
Web Communications Manager

National Youth Leadership Council
1667 Snelling Avenue North, Suite D300
Saint Paul, MN 55108
PH 651-999-7374
FX 651-631-2955
www.nylc.org


Serve. Learn. Change the world.®

Monday, August 24, 2015

Announcing Call for Proposals for CCPH 2016 Conference

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship]

Dear Community-Engaged Scholarship Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for CCPH's 14th International Conference is now open!

CCPH is convening our 14th International Conference, May 11-14, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. At a time when social and racial justice are at the forefront of conversations about health equity, CCPH seeks to promote, support and encourage partnerships designed to improve health by addressing social and racial justice issues.

The CCPH conference will bring together community partners, faculty members, students, funders and policy makers from around to the world to learn from each other and highlight partnerships and research collaborations addressing health equity through social justice. Session and poster proposals are due October 15, 2015. Find details here.

Our conference is an inclusive learning environment where all are embraced for the knowledge, wisdom and experience they bring to the table. Challenges, successes and setbacks are equally valued, as are multiple forms of knowledge and ways of knowing. We invite you to submit a proposal to share your knowledge, wisdom and experience.

For more information about the conference, please visit our website: https://ccph.memberclicks.net/conference-overview.

Best,
Faye
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Faye Ziegeweid
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Associate Director
Conference Director
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions.

http://www.ccph.info
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Job Opening- DePauw University- Coordinator of Community-Based Learning and Civic Education

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv]

Come join us at DePauw University!

Our office is combines spiritual life, community service, social justice, and our Bonner Scholars program as we are guided by the mission of "people of purpose, building community, to improve the world".

POSITION SUMMARY 
The Coordinator of Community-Based Learning in the Hartman House contributes to the development and implementation of purposeful experiential learning opportunities in support of the mission and goals of the college. The position is responsible for implementing and promoting an array of programs that connect DePauw students to the greater community in an effort to compliment the academic program, to inform students' personal and career development, and to create and sustain a positive impact within the community served. The Coordinator of Community Based Learning and Civic Education helps in providing advising, and delivering program components of the Bonner Scholars program.


Fore more information on specific duties and to fill out an application, click HERE

Friday, August 7, 2015

Position opening - Executive Director of the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

The University of Dayton has recently posted the position opening for our Executive Director of the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.  

The University of Dayton seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as the next Executive Director for the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community (Fitz Center). This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative leader to mobilize faculty and students to address important needs of the Dayton community and help advance the University’s commitment to civic engagement, community engaged learning, student leadership development, as well as excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service. The Executive Director provides vision and leadership for the Fitz Center. This is a 12-month, full-time staff position with university benefits. 
Please visit: www.udayton.edu/artssciences/ctr/fitz/index.php for more information about the Fitz Center.

The University of Dayton, founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, is a top ten Catholic research university. The University seeks outstanding, diverse faculty and staff who value its mission and share its commitment to academic excellence in teaching, research and artistic creativity, the development of the whole person, and leadership and service in the local and global community.

To attain its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the principles of diversity, inclusion and affirmative action and to equal opportunity policies and practices. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer we will not discriminate against minorities, females, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, sexual orientation or gender identity.


For more information about the position and application details, visit:  https://jobs.udayton.edu/postings/17935  

If the link doesn't work, visit jobs.udayton.edu and search for job #17935.

Thanks,

Kelly Bohrer
Director, Community Engaged Learning
Fitz Center for Leadership in Community
University of Dayton

Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]


Colleagues

The International Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change  at:



Is soliciting articles from students. The Journal is a wonderful vehicle to read the work students are doing. 

Submission is on a rolling basis and the guidelines for submission are post when you hit the link.

Ned Scott Laff, Ph.D.


Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Pen to Paper Writing Retreat: Writing With, For and About Service- and Community-Engagement

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

Presented by: Indiana Campus Compact, Michigan Campus Compact, and Michigan State University

Pen to Paper is an academic writing retreat designed to provide time, space, and resources to help faculty, professional staff and graduate students working on (or planning for) journal manuscripts about service and community-engaged scholarship.  During the two-day retreat participants have time to discuss ideas with journal editors, receive mentoring from faculty coaches, share ideas with colleagues and peers, and write.

The program is designed to accommodate 15-20 participants in each track; therefore space is limited to 40 total. The retreat will be located at Bay Pointe Inn in Shelbyville, MI on scenic Gun Lake (near Kalamazoo, MI; less than an hour by car from Grand Rapids, MI and slightly over an hour from Lansing, MI) 

This year, Pen to Paper will offer two tracks:  Planning to Write and Manuscript-Ready.

·         Planning to Write: for those beginning to strategize about writing journal articles stemming from well-developed projects or community engagement experiences.

·         Manuscript-Ready: for those seeking advice on polishing draft manuscripts and selecting journals for submission.

As participating sponsors, editors from the following journals and publication services have committed to participate in the retreat as mentors and coaches:

·         CES4Health: Community Engaged Scholarship for Health

·         International Journal of Service Learning and Community Engagement

·         Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education

·         Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

·         Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education

    Thursday, October 22, 2015 - Friday, October 23, 2015
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Eastern Time

    Bay Pointe Inn
    11456 Marsh Road
    Shelbyville, Michigan 49344-9627


Liza Blomquist
Director of Communication and Outreach
Indiana Campus Compact
1226 West Michigan Street, BR 026
Indianapolis, Indiana  46202
317-274-6500


Indiana Campus Compact is a partnership between 42 Indiana college and university campuses dedicated to preparing college students to advance the public good in their communities.

[CCPH E-News] August 2015


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August 2015
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Table of Contents
3.    News from CCPH
7.    Become a Member
Dear Colleague,
We are excited to share this newsletter which helps you stay better connected to our events, activities, and opportunities for involvement! Please remember to join or renew your membership to CCPH before it lapses.

A Message from Al Richmond
Talking about racism is never easy. Doing something about it can be even more challenging!
All of us want to see changes in policies or structural barriers that facilitate or support racism. The quest for change on any issue demands more than a deep desire or commitment. Change demands action! I applaud the leadership of the American Public Health Association for elevating the dialogue on racism to a national conversation by sponsoring a series of webinars that explore the intersection of health and racism. This is a bold step, and one that places racism on the national agenda as a major health issue in America. 
As an international organization committed to addressing and promoting health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions, CCPH continues to define an action plan to address racism. I hope that you are sharing the statement on Advancing Social Justice through Community-Campus Partnerships, that was released in July. The next step is to learn more about what you are doing to address racism in your community via trainings, forums, or policy statements. I am especially interested in knowing how community-campus partnerships are working together in this space. No act to address racism is too small or too insignificant. Remember, any movement for social justice gains momentum through every act carried out by committed people and organizations. 
Over the next year we will keep you apprised of the work being done by CCPH and our members to create change. The CCPH website, listservs and E-News will serve as portals for the dissemination of information on this important issue. Your input in the process will allow us to be informed about the breadth and depth of work being done at every level of our society to address racism. I am easy to reach; send an email to ccph.executivedirector@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Time Sensitive Announcement
Registration Open for the Community Engagement Institute (CEI) to take place Friday, October 2, at the University of Alabama, Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (BJCC) in the East Meeting room. Please register early to ensure your seat for this FREE annual event here. This premier educational and training event is designed to benefit both community and academic partners in the greater Birmingham area. This year's Institute will explore concepts related to health equity and social justice in communities, and why and how community engagement and collaboration are effective public health research and community building practices. CCPH Executive Director Al Richmond will be one of two keynote speakers.

News from CCPH
Al Richmond becomes one of the Faces of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI)! National Institutes of Health (NIH) releases video of Al speaking on what the PMI means to him and his family. Al was a speaker for the Precision Medicine Working Group Meeting and participants were highly engaged as Al shared the work of CCPH to advance Community Review Processes (CRPs) as a strategy to better understand the cultural and contextual issues that influence research in communities. Since President Obama announced this initiative earlier this year, NIH and others have tried to embrace and move technology, scientific understanding and patient engagement into every day medical practice.
Regional Community Partner Forums on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research, coming to Boston, Denver and Minneapolis this Fall 2015! CCPH’s Community Network for Research Equity and Impact (CNREI) and the Center for Community Health Education research and Service (CCHERS) are please to announce that we have been awarded funding from National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) for three Regional Community Partner Forums on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research, to build on three previous National Community Partner Forums. The forums will be held in the Upper Midwest, Northeast, and Rocky Mountain regions of the U.S. Each regional forum is open to community leaders and community-based organizations that are interested or involved in research as a tool to advance health equity and social justice. For more information on the forum, please visit here. To be added to an email list for announcements about the forum, write us at RA@ccph.info.
Share how you are using CCPH curriculum or listservs for inclusion into our website! As we work with California Campus Compact (CACC) and Campus Compact of the Mountain West (CCMW) on updating our Faculty Toolkit for Service Learning in Higher Education into the Engaged Faculty Institute (EFI) Curriculum with California Campus Compact (CACC) and Campus Compact of the Mountain West (CCMW), we are seeking comments on how you’ve used or incorporated CCPH resources on our website like our toolkits, our Principles of Partnerships, or our listservs and how it’s benefited your work or involvement in community-campus partnerships!

Catch Up with CCPH
Don’t Miss Early Bird Registration for the APHA Annual Meeting in Chicago, October 31-November 4. Click here to register by August 13th to secure the early bird rate. Join CCPH colleagues Nancy Shore and Paige Castro-Reyes at their roundtable presentation, “Research Ethics Reconsidered in the Context of Community-Engaged Research” scheduled for Wednesday, November 4th at 8:30 am. And, mark your calendars to join CCPH board and staff for a community reception on Sunday, November 1, 6:00pm – 8:30pm.

News from CES4Health
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CES4Health: Community Engaged Scholarship for Health and its editor, Cathy Jordan has been invited to be part of the Pen to Paper workshop put on by Michigan Campus Compact along with several other journals including the International Journal of Service Learning and Community Engagement and the Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education.
Disseminate Your Work through CES4Health! CES4Health is a great place to publish innovative peer-reviewed products of community-engaged scholarship that are in forms other than journal articles. Review the Instructions for Authors and Answers to Author Frequently Asked Questions to learn more! And visit http://CES4Health.info to access products, submit products and apply to be a reviewer! Follow the latest news on twitter at http://twitter.com/CES4Health.

Kudos & Congratulations!
We are delighted to recognize the accomplishments of CCPH members and staff. If you have any news you wish to share, please let us know!
  • The Aspen Institute names CCPH Board member Ann-Gel Palermo as one 20 health care leaders selected to participate in the inaugural class of its Health Innovators Fellowship. This new two-year Fellowship will strengthen the leadership of innovators across the US health care ecosystem and challenge them to create new approaches that will improve the health and well–being of all Americans. Please visit here to learn more.

Become a Member
This E-News is CCPH's Free E-Newsletter for Non-Members. We invite you to become a member of CCPH! Your modest investment allows us to continue to serve as a resource for service-learning, community-based participatory research, and community-campus partnerships more broadly that are working to achieve health equity and social justice.
Why join CCPH? By becoming a paid member of CCPH, you…
• Save on registration fees for upcoming CCPH conferences and events!
• Enjoy steep discounts through our publishing partners, including 25% off Springer’s Community-based Participatory Health Research, Second Edition.
• Tap into the CCPH Consultancy Network for training and technical assistance at substantial savings!
• Receive one free hour of phone consultation on a topic of your choice (if you join as an organization).
• Benefit from a tax deduction to the extent allowable by law.

Join CCPH today. Questions about CCPH membership? Contact Susan Lee at membership@ccph.info.

Keep on Top of the Latest News You Can Use
Don’t miss out on the latest opportunities for funding, presenting, publishing, professional development and advocacy! CCPH offers a number of tools to help you navigate the tremendous amount of information that pertains to community-campus partnerships.
Visit our Homepage! Bookmark it and set it as your personal home page!
This E-News is CCPH's free e-newsletter for non-members. Interested in learning more about CCPH? Visit our “answers to frequently asked questions” or email us at programs@ccph.info.
Forward this email to friends and invite them to subscribe to CCPH E-News.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
UW Box 354809
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-666-3406
Email: info@ccph.info 


IMPACT 2016 Conference Planning Committee Application

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]


Hello!

I hope this email finds you well! We are so excited to open the application for the 2016 IMPACT Conference planning committee.

This year's conference will be from February 18 – 21, 2016 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Amherst, MA. As we begin conference preparations, we are looking for a great group of students, staff, year of service members, and nonprofit professionals to join our national planning committee!

Below you will find a link to the planning committee application which includes a link to the description of each committee, please read through the descriptions before completing the application as it contains information about the conference and the different subcommittees.

Applications are due by Friday, August 14 at 5pm EST. If you have any questions before then about serving on the committee, expectations, or just want more information, please do let us know!



Best,

Rick Gray & Mare Ernesto
IMPACT Conference Co-Coordinators

IMPACT National Conference
4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

Monday, August 3, 2015

Volunteer Programs Coordinator

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

Madison House at the University of Virginia is currently accepting applications for full time Volunteer Programs Coordinator. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to rwinters@madisonhouse.org with “Volunteer Programs Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. 

POSITION: Volunteer Programs Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: Madison House, Inc.
JOB HOURS TYPE: Full Time
LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 12, 2015
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Position Description:
With the Director of Community Engagement, the Volunteer Programs Coordinator forms the program staff of Madison House, an independent, non-profit organization serving as the student volunteer center at the University of Virginia. Madison House supervises the activities of 20 student Head Program Directors and 200 Program Directors who in turn manage 3,000 annual student volunteers executing and implementing the mission of the organization to the benefit of approximately 20,000 community clients.

Responsibilities include working with the Director of Community Engagement to:
  • Manage and advise the student volunteer program areas
  • Oversee delivery of quality service through developing Community Partnerships
  • Provide leadership development and volunteer management training for the student leaders
Skills Required:
  • Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in a social service, education, management or related field
  • Master’s degree in higher education preferred, in student affairs, college student development, counseling, or a related field or at least 2 years of relevant experience in community service, volunteer management, leadership development, or non-profit management
  • Knowledge and skills required are: organization, one-on-one advising, group facilitation, problem-solving, decision-making, training facilitation, and public speaking
  • Candidates must be able to balance multiple tasks; work effectively with students; manage programs and events; and collaborate with community members and university members.

Additional Information:
We are an equal opportunity employer. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We offer a generous benefits package, competitive compensation based on experience, and a lively work environment.

To Apply
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to rwinters@madisonhouse.org with “Volunteer Programs Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. The deadline to apply is August 12, 2015.

Thanks,
Rachel

Rachel Winters
Director of Community Engagement
170 Rugby Road • Charlottesville, VA 22903

Job Opening - Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning
Northern Illinois University is inviting applications for the Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s Program Advisor will direct the development, enhancement, and expansion of other academic enrichment programming and high-impact practices (HIP) throughout the campus community. This position will oversee the promotion, collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in HIPs across the university. The Program Advisor will collaborate with other campus units to enhance and scale up mentoring and student engagement opportunities. A key function of this position will be to support information sharing across campus units engaged in assessment tools and reports associated with HIP tracking. This position will coordinate efforts among Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Alumni Association, Registration & Records, and Enrollment Management.
  • Manage all operational and administrative processes of the database and promote the collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in curricular and co-curricular high impact practices across the university. Support information sharing across campus units engaged in high-impact practices.
  • Manage all administrative processes and communication with students and faculty mentors for university-wide mentoring and internship initiatives. Work with other campus units to recruit, screen, orient, enroll, and prepare students to participate in the university-wide internship/ mentoring initiatives. Organize meetings, speakers, activities for both initiatives.
  • Drive development of project aims and ensure they are strategic, collaborative, and cohesive with shared vision. Synthesize large quantities of data and information to create succinct communications to influence decision-making and promotion of engaged learning and HIP across university. Contributes articles and submissions on curricular engagement activities to both internal and external constituencies.
  • Act as a liaison for HIPS and engaged learning and coordinate appropriate communication channels for continuous feedback from campus partners. Lend project management skills to other departments, projects and initiatives, including mentoring and developing other's skill-sets. Maintain contact lists for project participants and synthesize, document, and communicate lessons learned with team members.
  • Develop and maintain schedules to ensure timely completion of project tasks and review deliverable and project documents to ensure they are complete, coherent, current, stored, and disseminated appropriately.
  • Uphold and reinforce a culture of adaptability, flexibility, and acceptance of change in the means and methods used to achieve project goals.
  • Represent the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning at meeting and events.
  • Oversee graduate students, student workers and volunteers.
To apply for this position, please go directly to the NIU Human Resources webpage and apply online. This position is now posted at http://www.hr.niu.edu/employment/JobDetail.cfm?Job=38778.

Michaela Holtz
Associate Director
Office of Student Engagement &
Experiential Learning
Northern Illinois University
815-753-8155

CEC August Workshops on Evaluation and Applied Research Methods

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

Dear all,
This is a great opportunityPlease feel free to share with anyone that would be interested in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods workshops. 
Best, Edith
_______________________
Claremont Evaluation Center
Annual Evaluation Workshop Series
August 20 - 24, 2015

The Claremont Evaluation Center August Professional Development Workshop Series on Evaluation and Applied Research Methods will begin on Thursday, August 20th.  Once again, professionals, academics, and students alike are invited to take part in the vibrant on-site community in beautiful Southern California, or to join us online for real-time interactive webcasts of the event.  The 2015 series includes 22 one-day workshops for you to choose from, each one taught by leading experts in the field.  These workshops sell out quickly, so reserve your seat today!

For Information and Registration please visit our Workshops page: http://www.cgu.edu/workshops

With financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, scholarships are available for evaluators in developing countries.  Please visit the Claremont Evaluation Center and EvalPartners Scholarships page for more information. 

Low Registration Rates:
-          On-Site Workshops
$125 per full-day workshop for professionals
$75 per full-day workshop for students
-     Online Workshops
            $125 per full-day workshop for professionals
            $75 per full-day workshop for students

These workshops include introductory and advanced courses in evaluation and applied research methods. [Visit us online to see all speakers and workshop descriptions.]

We hope to see many of you at the workshops and many others online!

Edith
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Edith D. Ramirez
Assistant to the Dean
School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Claremont Graduate University
123 E. Eighth Street, Claremont, CA 91711
Tel: (909) 607-9013 / Fax: (909) 607-9009


“Two things define you, your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” - Unknown 

Early-bird ERCC 2015 Registration Deadline extended to 8/10

[Announcement from he-sl listerv]

Dear Colleagues: 

We are excited about this fall's ERCC 2015 in Newark, NJ. Please note that the early-bird registration deadline has been extended to 8/10. This year's ERCC 2015 includes a SUMMIT ON COLLECTIVE IMPACT & PANEL PRESENTATION, Thursday, October 15th
1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; Facilitated by Jeff Edmundson of StriveTogether

How can higher education be leveraged to empower communities? How can higher education be leveraged to create systemic change that creates equitable, sustainable communities and strengthens our democracy? Across the nation, collective impact is being used as a framework to align resources, create a shared vision, and make data-driven decisions to create lasting, systematic change. During this summit, participants will be challenged to think creatively about the intersection of community engagement and collective impact and how the two strategies may work together to increase the public good.

Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director of StriveTogether, will lead the Summit through an engaging presentation of StriveTogether’s strategy for accelerating the progress of cradle to career partnerships, paying special attention to higher education’s roles and responsibilities in the effort to improve student outcomes and build better communities. Participants will be asked to identify ways in which they may begin to advocate for broader change on their campuses and begin to use the principles of collective impact in their communities.

For more information contact Char Gray (cgray@paccompact.org) on behalf of ERCC 2015

Cheers,

Char Gray, PhD
Executive Director, PA Campus Compact


International Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

The Fall 2015 volume of the International Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice has just gone live at http://www.columbiasc.edu/service-learning-journal
The Journal  is dedicated to providing undergraduate students a venue to discuss their service-learning projects and experiences.  The Journal considers three types of articles:
            1) Articles that discuss the development of a service-learning project and the impact of
                the project on the community served;
            2) A case study of a service-learning project;
            3) A reflection on service-learning and the development of personal leadership.

Each article will be reviewed by selected readers and the member of the editorial board.  Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced, excluding block quotations which should be typed single-spaced, and references.  To ensure anonymity, author’s names and affiliation should appear on a separate cover page.  Articles should not exceed 15 pages.  Authors should follow APA format.

The Journal accepts Book Reviews on service-learning and social change.  Book reviews should not exceed 2 pages and include Book Title, Author, and Publisher.

Submissions should be sent in Word format.  DO NOT HAVE HEADERS OR PAGE NUMBERING.
Submit by e-mail to:

Ned Scott Laff                                                             Joyce Fields
ned.laff@gmail.com                                                  Professor of Child and Family Studies
                                                                                      Columbia College
                                                                                      Columbia, SC  29203
                                                                                      jfields@columbiasc.edu