Professional Development
Service-Learning Fellows Program
The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a semester-long, cohort-based program designed to foster the development and institutionalization of service-learning courses and curricula, projects, and scholarly pursuits at Purdue, as well as strengthen collaborative efforts and outcomes in communities. The program is open to faculty (including non-tenure track), lecturers, staff, and graduate student instructors from the West Lafayette, Purdue in Indianapolis, Purdue Northwest, Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Global, and Purdue Statewide campuses seeking to implement service-learning pedagogy under today’s shifting circumstances. Up to $2,000 is available per project ($1,000 instructor discretionary funds and $1,000 community partner project). Please note, you do not need to have a partner identified as the service-learning staff will help develop these partnerships.
Fellowship Terms of Service
- Collaboratively develop a plan for course and project implementation with community partner and Service-Learning Director
- Participate in 9 cohort meetings
- Attend at least 1 one-on-one consultation with Service-Learning Director
- Develop and submit curriculum design framework, learning contract, learning outcomes & objectives, syllabus, student reflection assignment, curricular map, research impacts, reflections, final report
- Apply for the student engagement and service-learning grants and/or produce a scholarly contribution, i.e., annual Purdue Engagement & Service-Learning Summit, co-author in Purdue Journal for Service-Learning and International Engagement
- Contribute to the assessment of service-learning (instructor, student, community partner assessments)
Expected Use of Funds
- No funds may be used for salaries or honoraria.
- Funds may be used for travel needed to support the course/project.
- Funds may be used for materials, supplies, publicity, printing, postage, digital platform technologies, etc. needed to support the course/project.
- Funds may be used for professional development related to the project.
- Funds may be used to support an intern or undergraduate/graduate research directly related to the project with approval by appropriate unit leadership.
Application
Applications for the Fall 2024 cohort are due by Friday, April 19, 2024, 5:00 PM ET.
Full program call (HERE) and departmental support letter (HERE). To apply, click HERE.
Selection Process
A selection committee consisting of Office of Service-Learning representatives and former service-learning fellows selects the final award recipients. Announcement of award recipients occurs in April for fall cohorts and November for spring cohorts. The Office of Service-Learning manages and coordinates all functions and activities thereafter.
Featured Service-Learning Fellows
Service-Learning Fellows
Spring 2024 Advanced Service-Learning Fellows
- Melissa DeFrench, Limited Term Lecturer, English, Purdue West Lafayette
- Chang Ma, Graduate Student, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue West Lafayette
- Pamela Saylor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue Northwest
- Stephanie Scherer, Clinical Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue West Lafayette
- Mark Wilson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, Purdue West Lafayette
Spring 2024 Service-Learning Fellows
- Toni DeAztlan-Smith, Assistant Professor of Practice, Communication, Purdue West Lafayette
- Claudio Freitas, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Tianyi Li, Assistant Professor, computer and information technology, Purdue West Lafayette
- Emily McLaughlin, Clinical Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, Purdue Indianapolis
- William Watson, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue West Lafayette
- Yan Ping Xin, Professor, Educational Studies, Purdue West Lafayette
Fall 2023 Service-Learning Fellows
- Temitope Adeoye, Clinical Assistant Professor, Honors College, Purdue West Lafayette
- Kristen Bellisario, Clinical Assistant Professor, Honors, Purdue West Lafayette
- Chang Ma, Graduate Student, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue West Lafayette
- Grace Pigozzi, Assistant Professor, Elementary and Early Literacy, Purdue Northwest
Spring 2023 Service-Learning Fellows
- Erin Hoying, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing, Purdue West Lafayette
- Angie Holtsclaw, Clinical Instructor, Educational Studies, Purdue West Lafayette
- Cara Putman, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management, Purdue West Lafayette
- Sarah Renkert, Assistant Professor of Practice, Anthropology, Purdue West Lafayette
- Stephanie Oudghiri, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Abby Laufman, Community and Mentoring Engagement Coordinator, Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue West Lafayette
- Laura Bittner, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Barb Young, Assistant Professor, Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue West Lafayette
- Catherine Flynn, Professor, Business and Information Technology, Purdue Global
Fall 2022 Service-Learning Fellows
- Anne Gritt, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue West Lafayette
- Krystal Hans, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Purdue West Lafayette
- Cara Kinnally, Associate Professor, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue West Lafayette
- Janelle Tipton, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Purdue West Lafayette
- Mark Wilson, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, Purdue West Lafayette
- Rachel Zhang, Graduate Instructor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue West Lafayette
- Rong Zhang, Graduate Instructor, Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue West Lafayette
Spring 2022 Service-Learning Fellows
- Melissa DeFrench, Visiting Clinical Instructor, Department of English, Purdue West Lafayette
- Cézanne Elias, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue West Lafayette
- Wanju Huang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Design and Technology, Purdue West Lafayette
- Bethany McGowan, Associate Professor, Libraries and School of Information Sciences, Purdue West Lafayette
- Matthew Perkins Coppola, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Department of Teacher Education, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Pamela Sari, Director, Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center, Purdue West Lafayette
- Mitchell Zischke, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue West Lafayette
Fall 2021 Service-Learning Fellows
- Lindsay Hamm, Continuing Lecturer, Sociology, Purdue West Lafayette
- Huai-Rhin Kim, Continuing Lecturer, Language and Cultures, Purdue West Lafayette
- Amlan Mitra, Professor, Business Economics, Purdue Northwest
- Rachel Rogers, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pharmacy Practice, Purdue West Lafayette
- Evan Young, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pharmacy Practice, Purdue West Lafayette
- Pam Saylor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences, Purdue Northwest
Spring 2021 Service-Learning Fellows
- Amanda Case, Assistant Professor, Educational Studies with Downtown Boxing Gym, Purdue West Lafayette
- Suining Ding, Professor, Art and Design, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Alessandro Maria Selvitella, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Sarah LeBlanc, Assistant Professor, Communication, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Zoeanna Mayhook, Assistant Professor, Libraries, Purdue West Lafayette
- Eugene Chan, Associate Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue West Lafayette
2019-20 Service-Learning Fellows
- Bob Kenley, Associate Professor of Practice, Industrial Engineering with HomesteadCS, Purdue West Lafayette
- Jason Ware, Clinical Assistant Professor, Honors with Northend Community Center, Purdue West Lafayette
- Laura Schwab Reese, Assistant Professor, Health & Kinesiology; Andrea DeMaria, Assistant Professor, Public Health; Susan Modlin, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing; Tera Hornbeck, Continuing Lecturer, Nursing; Meg Sorg, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing with River City Community Center, Purdue West Lafayette
- Christi Eden, Continuing Lecturer, Communications with Wabash River Enhancement Corporation, Purdue West Lafayette
2018-19 Service-Learning Fellows
- Doug Osman, Clinical Associate Professor, Communication; Troy Bell, Graduate Student, Curriculum & Instruction with GrowLocal Urban Garden Network, Purdue West Lafayette
- Christi Eden, Continuing Lecturer, Communications; Jen Hall, Senior Lecturer with Special Olympics, Purdue West Lafayette
- Carrie Grant, Graduate Student, English with City of Lafayette, Purdue West Lafayette
2017-18 Service-Learning Fellows
- Doug Osman, Clinical Associate Professor, Communication; Christi Eden, Continuing Lecturer, Communications with Almost Home Human Society
- Daphene Koch, Assistant Professor, Construction Management; Abby Berg, Clinical Assistant Professor, Deborah Spoerner, Clinical Assistant Professor, Erin Hoying, Clinical Assistant Professor, Rebecca Johnson, Clinical Assistant Professor Nursing with Bauer Family Resources
- Sandra Sydnor, Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management with Hartford Hub
- Rachel Ravellette, Social Media Director, Communications; Trinity Overmyer, Graduate Student, English with Lafayette Transitional Housing Center
- Jenny Bay, Associate Professor, English; Lindsey MacDonald, Graduate Student, English with Right Steps Child Development Center
2016-17 Service-Learning Fellows
- Mark Russell, Head/Professor, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
- Bill Oakes, Professor, EPICS
- Lata Krishnan, Clinical Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
- Jane Kirkpatrick, Professor Emerita, Nursing
- Sandra Sydnor, Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Elizabeth Brite, Clinical Associate Professor, Honors
- Jenny Bay, Associate Professor, English
- Doug Osman, Clinical Associate Professor, Communication
- Patti Darbishire, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice
- Lynn Freeman, Professor Emerita, Veterinary Sciences
- Melinda Appold, Assistant Professor, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
- Christi Masters, Clinical Associate Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
- Brett Crawford, Assistant Professor, Teaching, Leadership & Innovation
- Chad Laux, Associate Professor, Teaching Leadership & Innovation
- Tara Star-Johnson, Associate Professor, English
- Janet Davis, Assistant Professor, Nursing
- Hannah Bowers, Former Assistant Professor, Educational Studies
- Julia Kalish, Visiting Assistant Professor, Management
- Daniel Lybrook, Professor, Teaching, Leadership & Innovation
- Ilana Stonebraker, Associate Librarian, Libraries
- Wendy Kline, Professor, History
- Rachel Ravellette, Social Media Director, Communications
- Jason Ware, Clinical Assistant Professor, Honors
- Adam Watkins, Clinical Assistant Professor, Honors
- Jennifer Hall, Lecturer, Communications
- Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Chelsea Anderson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
- Vincent Duffy, Professor, Industrial Engineering
- Nancy Rasche, Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Graphics Technology
- Nan Kong, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
2012-13 Service-Learning Fellows
- Alejandro Cuza, Professor, School of Languages and Cultures
- Jennifer Freeman, Associate Professor, Health Sciences
- Chad Jafvert, Professor, Civil Engineering/Environmental & Ecological Engineering
- Monica Miller, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice
- Joann Phillion, Professor, Curriculum Studies
- Lori Unruh Synder, Assistant Professor, Agronomy
2011-12 Service-Learning Fellows
- Paul Ebner, Professor, Animal Sciences
- Karen Foli, Associate Professor, Nursing
- Daphene Koch, Assistant Professor, Construction Management
- John Lumkes, Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
- Lynn Freeman, Professor Emerita, Veterinary Sciences
2010-11 Service-Learning Fellows
- Carol Handwerker, Professor, Materials Engineering/Environmental and Ecological Engineering
- Daphene Koch, Assistant Professor, Construction Management
- Elena Benedicto, Professor, English
- German Posada, Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
- Jean Paul Allain, Former Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
- Lynn Freeman, Professor Emerita, Veterinary Sciences
- Lori Unruh Synder, Assistant Professor, Agronomy
- Matthew Lynall, Clinical Professor, Management
- Michael Schutz, Former Professor, Animal Sciences
- Minchi Kim, Former Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
- Monica Miller, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice
2009-10 Service-Learning Fellows
- Adam Barry, Former Assistant Professor, Health & Kinesiology
- Cordelia Brown, Former Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering/Engineering Education
- Jonathon Day, Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Jane Krause, Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
- Lynn Freeman, Professor Emerita, Veterinary Sciences
- Mathias Sutton, Associate Professor, Industrial Technology
- Paul Ebner, Professor, Animal Sciences
- Sandra Sydnor, Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Satish Boregowda, Senior Lecturer, Management