Fall 1997 Faculty Fellows
Left to right: Liqun Cao, Bette Warren, Sarah Moore,
Sandra McClennen, Katherine Strand-Evans, Thom Cullen
Liqun Cao
Liqun Cao is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University.
Dr. Cao incorporated academic service-learning into his course "juvenile delinquency" in the winter of 1998. The component was well received by his students.
Contact Liqun Cao at:
Phone: (734) 487-0012
Fax: (734) 487-7010
E-mail: liqun.cao@emich.edu
Thom Cullen
Thom Cullen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Bilingual Studies where he teaches English as a second language and trains teachers to do the same.
In the Winter 1998, 1999 and 2000 semesters, Thom incorporated academic service-learning into a business communication course for graduate students in the Language and International Trade Program. Students from around the world were placed in community organizations to assist in the business operations of those organizations. About a dozen of Thom's students assisted the Huron Valley Girl Scouts in their annual cookie sale. International Business language students played an active role in helping to coordinate sales, distribute product, collect revenues, and reward outstanding sales representatives. According to Thom, "The academic service-learning experience is helpful in introducing students from around the world to the community service ethic that permeates American culture."
Contact Thom Cullen at:
Phone: (734) 487-0130
Fax: (734) 487-2101
E-mail: Thom.Cullen@emich.edu
Katherine Strand-Evans
Katherine Strand-Evans is a Professor of Theatre Costume Design and State Makeup at Eastern Michigan University. She has used academic service-learning in her Costume Construction class by hosting a field trip and information exchange for a Girl Scout troop, and by having students develop costume ideas which were eventually communicated and realized by a youth theatre group and their parents.
Contact Kate Stand-Evans at:
Phone: (734) 487-3131
Fax: (734) 487-3443
E-mail: Kate.Strand-Evans@emich.edu
Sandra McClennen
Sandra McClennen is Professor Emeritus of Special Education with specialties in mental retardation and autism.
When Sandi was teaching at EMU, she used academic service-learning in her course, Introduction to Mental Retardation, by working with both local agencies and school districts to match her students with adults with developmental disabilities so that each pair could engage in recreational activities weekly throughout the semester. In this way, her students learned more about the varieties of adult life for which they will prepare their students with mental retardation and how school programs contribute to narrowing or broadening adult choices for their students. The adults with whom they were paired enjoyed recreational experiences with a fellow adult who does not have a disability, an opportunity that many do not have. Now that Sandi has more personal time, she enjoys sharing recreation with and providing advocacy and support to three adults with autism.
Contact Sandra McClennen at:
Phone: (734) 453-6857
Fax: (734) 487-1454
E-mail: sandra.mcclennen@emich.edu
Sarah Moore
Sarah has a background in Fashion Merchandising and is currently an instructor in the Department of Human, Environmental, and Consumer Resources.
During the Winter 1998 semester, academic service-learning students worked with the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries to do an analysis of the distribution of gently used apparel in Washtenaw County.
Contact Sarah Moore at:
Phone: (734) 487-2490
Fax: (734) 484-0575
E-mail: Sarah.Moore@emich.edu
Bette Warren
Bette Warren teaches in the Mathematics Department.
Contact Bette Warren at:
Phone: (734) 487-1444
Fax: (734) 487-2489
E-mail: Bette.Warren@emich.edu
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