"Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research"

Coedited by Lynn M. Harter, Jane Hamel-Lambert, and Judith Millesen

Below is a description of the book and the table of contents.  For more  information, visit: http://bit.ly/cqnE4y

Academic institutions are often disconnected from broader communities in spite  of their reliance on social resources and subsidies for their existence.

Numerous organizations, including the Carnegie and Kellogg Foundations, have  challenged academics to partner with community members to respond more  adequately to social issues.

Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research offers highly  reflexive accounts from faculty, administrators, students, and community  members about the experience of engaged scholarshipits promise, politics, and  thorny mesh of dilemmas.

Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research addresses  contemporary issues such as environmental degradation, discrimination of gay  and lesbian youth, disability rights, pediatric cancer care, HIV and AIDS,  poverty and homelessness, suicide, the needs of at-risk students, and the  organizing of early childhood mental health care.

Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research:

    * features diverse research designs - including experiments, ethnographies,  and video-diaries     * is organized into three general sections  each with an introduction and  commentaries written by accomplished scholars     * is suitable for undergraduate/graduate courses on participatory research  methods, to enlarge pre-existing research methods courses to include  participatory approaches, and by learning communities offering professional  development opportunities for faculty and community members     * features a flexible format - each chapter can be read independently

Table of Contents:

Introductory

Remarks By Lynn M. Harter, Jane Hamel-Lambert, and Judith L. Millesen

SECTION I Participatory Research: The Intermingling of Inquiry and Practice (Introductory remarks by Judith L. Millesen)

Chapter 1 The Phillips Neighborhood Healthy Housing Collaborative: Forging a  Path of Mutual Benefit, Social Change, and Transformation By Cathy Jordan and Susan Gust

Chapter 2 Challenges of Using Community-Based Participatory Research to  Research and Solve Environmental Health Problems By Christina Hemphill Fuller, Ellin Reisner, Don Meglio, and Doug Brugge

Chapter 3 Finding Common Ground: University Research Guided by Community Needs  for Elementary School-Aged Youth By Julie Sarno Owens, Nina Andrews, James Collins, Jacqueline C. Griffeth, and  Margaret A. Mahoney

Chapter 4 Creating Expressive and Vocational Opportunities for Individuals  Marked as (Dis)abled By Lynn M. Harter, Patty Mitchell, Stephanie Norander, Mark Leeman, and  Margaret M. Quinlan

Chapter 5 Moving Between Inquiry and Action in Partnership Development and  Participatory Research: Reflections on Pace and Power By Jane Hamel-Lambert, Sherry Shamblin, John Borchard, and Margaret Hutzel

Chapter 6 A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Increase Mental Health  Among Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS By Tania B. Basta, Michael Reece, Enbal Shachman, and Gwen Davies

Commentary: Naming and Claiming Community-Based Participatory Research: What Is  It and How Do We Know? By Marlynn L. May

SECTION II Knowing Differently: Aesthetic, Narrative, and Spiritual Frames (Introductory remarks by Lindsey M. Rose and Lynn M. Harter)

Chapter 7 Adopting Narrative Sensibilities in the Service of Advancing  Community-Based Participatory Research By Lynn Harter, Anne Gerbensky-Kerber, and Spencer Patterson

Chapter 8 Youth-Led Participatory Action Research: Fostering Effective  Youth-Adult Partnerships By Laura J. Wernick, Michael R. Woodford, and Yoni (Jonathan) Siden

Chapter 9 Repositioning Subjects as Partners Through Video Diaries By Lynn Harter and Casey Hayward

Chapter 10 GOOD JOB: Narrative Bridges to Employment Success for Homeless  Workers and Their Bosses By Mark Leeman and Keith Wasserman

Chapter 11 What I Learned by Going to Church in Detroit: A Reflective Essay By Angela D. Dillard

Chapter 12 Faith Meets Scientific Inquiry: Partnering with Churches for  Community-Based Participatory Research By Doug Shamblin and Sherry Shamblin

Commentary: The Call to Illuminate Participatory Experiences via Spiritual,  Aesthetic, and Narratives Lenses By Patrice M. Buzzanell

SECTION III Achieving Potential in Participatory Partnerships (Introductory remarks by Jane Hamel-Lambert)

Chapter 13 Community-Engaged Scholarship Through Mutually Transformative  Partnerships By Jessica Katz Jameson, Patty H. Clayton, and Audrey J. Jaeger

Chapter 14 Community-Based Participatory Research and the Transformation of  Community Organizations Research Capacities: A Case Study By Marlynn L. May, Karen Jaynes Williams, and Elizabeth J. Peranteau

Chapter 15 Doing Community-Based Partnership Research in Online Communities By Michelle Calka and Laura W. Black

Chapter 16 Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education: A Sustainable  Model for Scholarship of Engagement By Caroline Goulet, Joy Doll, Teresa M. Cochran, Gail M. Jensen, and Charlotte  B. Royeen

Chapter 17 Strategies for Learning Participation in Community-Based  Participatory Research Challenges: Prepare, Predict, Preempt, and Prevent  Common Challenges While Ensuring Successful Participation By Syed M. Ahmed, Melissa DeNomie, Staci Young, and Cheryl A. Maurana

Chapter 18 Perspectives on Partnership Evolution: From Passionate People to  Committed Organizations By George Hess, Gary Blank, Patti Clayton, John Connors, Kaytee Holcombe, Jamie  Ramsey, Kathryn Reis, Chris Snow, Toddi Steelman, and Jacquelyn Wallace

Commentary: The Philosophy of Co-: Acting With to Maximize Potential in  Participatory Partnerships By Erika L. Kirby

SECTION IV

Conclusion: Reflections on Participatory Journeys

Chapter 19 The Fragile Boundaries Between Empowerment and Exploitation:  Reflections on our Journeys as Feminist Participatory Researchers By Margaret M. Manoogian, Joan A. Jurich, and Leslie N. Richards

Chapter 20 A Community-Based Participatory Research Relationship Journey By Karen L. Slovak and Steve C. Carrel

Chapter 21 Participatory Partnerships in Rural Nebraska: Finding Mutual Benefit  for Communities and Scholarship By James L. Leighter

Open-ending: A Letter to Readers By Lynn M. Harter, Jane Hamel-Lambert, and Judith L. Millesen

The book was supported in part by Faculty for the Engaged Campus (FEC), a  national initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in  partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North  Carolina at Chapel Hill that aims to strengthen community-engaged career paths  in the academy by developing innovative competency-based models of faculty  development, facilitating peer review and dissemination of products of  community-engaged scholarship, and supporting community-engaged faculty through  the promotion and tenure process. FEC is funded by a comprehensive program  grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in  the U.S. Department of Education. Learn more at http://bit.ly/b6qUsd