Faculty Service Learning Institute—Ithaca College (May 12 & 13, 2015)
Organizers and Attendees
ORGANIZERS
OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
 Laurie Worrall, Executive Director
http://staff.ithaca.edu/lworrall/

Patricia Spencer, Faculty Director of SL/Honors Civic Engagement Coordinator
Assistant Professor/Department of Writing
Pat has created/delivered a 300-level SL Course in Proposal and Grant Writing.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/pspencer/
CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE
 Wade Pickren, Director of CFE and Sponsored Research
http://staff.ithaca.edu/wpickren/

Judith Ross-Bernstein, Assistant Director of CFE
http://staff.ithaca.edu/jrossbernstein/
INSTITUTE FACILITATOR

Edward Zlotkowski, Professor Emeritus, English and Media Studies, and founding director of
Bentley Service-Learning Center at Bentley University
https://faculty.bentley.edu/details.asp?uname=ezlotkowski.
ATTENDEES
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Department of Marketing and Law
 Scott Erickson, Professor & Chair
Scott, who has experience delivering SL coursework, is adding a new SL dimension to his 400-level Social
and Non-Profit Marketing course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/gerickson/
Department of Finance and International Business
 Hormoz Movassaghi, Professor
Hormoz is adding a SL component to his 400-level Export and Import Operations course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/hormoz/
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
 Nicole Koschmann, Director of Park Scholars/Instructor of Film Studies
Nicky is adding a SL component to her first year seminar in Globalization, Global Citizenship, and Media.
http://staff.ithaca.edu/nkoschmann/
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES & HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Department of Health Promotion & Physical Education
 Amy Frith, Associate Professor
Amy, who has experience delivering SL coursework, is adding a new SL dimension to her 300-level
Community Nutrition: Global Perspectives course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/afrith/
 Rachel Gunderson, Instructor
Rachel is adding a SL component to an Ithaca Seminar in Positive Psychology and Happiness.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/rgunderson/
Department of Physical Therapy:
 Laura Gras, Associate Professor
Laura is adding a SL component “to improve the balance of older adults living in the community” to her
graduate-level course in Advanced Clinical Reasoning.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/lgras/
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SCIENCES
Department of Environmental Studies & Science:
 Jake Brenner, Assistant Professor/Faculty Manager of IC Natural Lands
Jake is adding a SL component to a first year seminar in Globalization, Environment, and You.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jbrenner/
 Anne Stork, Assistant Professor
Anne is adding a SL component to a required first year course in Environmental Science and Technology.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/astork/
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures:
 Bari Doeffinger, Lecturer
Bari is adding a SL component to French 201.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/bdoeffi1/
Department of Sociology:
 Alicia Swords, Associate Professor
Alicia, who has experience delivering SL coursework, is adding a SL component to a capstone
Sociological Research Methods course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/aswords/
 Rebecca Plante, Associate Professor
Rebecca is adding a SL component to a 200-level Sociology of Sex course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/rplante/
 Bhavani Arabandi, Assistant Professor
Bhavani is adding a SL component to a 300-level Globalization of Food course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/barabandi/
 Joslyn Brenton, Assistant Professor
Joslyn is adding a SL component to a 200-level Sociology of Health and Illness course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jbrenton/
 Sarah Grunberg, Lecturer
Sarah is adding a SL component to an introductory-level course in Sociology.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/sgrunbe1/
Department of Writing:
 Mary Lourdes Silva, Assistant Professor
Mary is adding a SL component to a 200-level Inquiry, Research, and Writing Across the Curriculum
course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/msilva/
 Adam Walden, Assistant Professor
Adam is adding a SL component to a 200-level Writing for the Workplace course.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/awalden/
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Department of Music Education
 Radio Cremata, Assistant Professor
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/rcremata/

Baruch Whitehead, Associate Professor
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/bwhitehead/
Radio and Baruch, who both have experience delivering SL coursework, are adding new SL dimensions to
a Community Music course (200-300 level) in Music Education.
ALL-COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAM
 Tom Pfaff, Director of Honors/Professor of Mathematics
Tom will encourage Honors faculty to integrate SL into the curriculum.
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/tpfaff/
http://www.ithaca.edu/honors/
GERONTOLOGY INSTITUTE
 Teri Reinemann, Outreach Coordinator
Teri supports faculty teaching SL courses in aging studies.
http://staff.ithaca.edu/treinemann/
http://www.ithaca.edu/gerontology/
NOTE: The following attendees are also on the OCE Faculty Steering Committee- Scott Erickson and Hormoz Movassaghi—representing the School of Business
 Amy Frith and Laura Gras—representing the School of Health Sciences & Human Performance
 Alicia Swords—representing Humanities & Sciences
 Radio Cremata—representing the School of Music