“As scholars, we often find ourselves being asked to separate teaching from scholarship from service,” says Dr. Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Thompson Writing Program and founder of the Faculty Write Program. The reality, however, is that all of those components are inextricably linked, as experience in one sphere enhances perspective […]
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The Scholar as Citizen
Guest post by Deondra Rose, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy As an assistant professor of public policy and political science at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, I spend my time researching and teaching courses related to the ways in which politics and policy shape each other. My […]
Rethinking Accomplishment
Guest post by Adria Kinney, T’13 | Assistant Director for Training and Student Development, DukeEngage Summer, 2011. “What do you feel you accomplished?” I held the wrinkled sheet of notebook paper, considering the question I had scribbled a few months prior. Abigail, my DukeEngage site coordinator, had instructed my fellow program participants and I […]
Female Empowerment: A Force to be Reckoned With, Everywhere
Guest post by Olivia McAuliffe, T’21 | DukeEngage Cape Town 2018 Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo. This saying, meaning ‘you strike the woman, you strike the rock,’ was popularized in South Africa during the Women’s March of 1956 and it stands true today. I was fortunate enough to work under and walk alongside women […]
Shaping Multilingual Global Citizens
Guest post by Joan Clifford and Deb Reisinger | Romance Studies When we think about culture shock, many of us imagine a disorienting experience that occurs while traveling to another country. For students, who both study and work abroad in increasing numbers, culture shock may occur when they don’t fully understand a country’s cultural practices, […]
Community Health Engagement in Durham
Guest post by Sarah Beaverson | Duke Chapel PathWays Fellow, Duke Community and Family Medicine My understanding of community health initially stemmed from my global health education. This past May, I graduated from Duke University with a double major in Biology and Global Health. A multidisciplinary approach underlined the Global Health major’s curriculum. Classes like […]
Who Am I To You?
Guest post by Brooke Porter, T’20 “So you’re a colored person who lives in America?” “No, I’m not technically colored at all.” My students looked dubiously at my light brown skin color then at their own similarly colored skin. “Do you speak Afrikaans?” They continued to press. I shook my head and chuckled as they […]
Resistance, Partnership, Re-evaluation: A Data-Driven Summer of Engaging Parents at Glenn Elementary School
Guest post by Alec Greenwald | Director of Academic Engagement for Global & Civic Opportunities; Data + Project Lead Last October the North Carolina Innovative School District (NCISD) identified a number of schools across the state that they highlighted as “low performing.” With the list, their goal was to turn the schools over to private […]
“Lessons Learned”: Blog Theme for 2018-2019
At an institution like Duke, there are constant learning opportunities for students, staff and faculty. Even beyond the learning that takes place in the classroom or the lab, Duke offers an endless stream of workshops, symposia and forums addressing some of the world’s most pressing issues, led by some of the world’s most impressive scholars. […]
What AM I doing up here in Boston?
Guest Post by Brianna Buford | DukeEngage Boston Working at an education based non-profit heavily focused on the community with which it works and serves, I frequently get asked if I’m from the Boston area. When I respond with a “No” and proclaim my proud Texas statehood, I am always given confused looks. I am […]