Thriving Neighbors: University-Community Participatory Action Research as Transformative Praxis

In this year’s Bannan Grant Research Report, Barbara Burns of the Liberal Studies Department, and Mick McCarthy and Jennifer Merritt of the Ignatian Center will discuss the collaborative research projects conducted this year as part of the Ignatian Center’s Thriving Neighbors Initiative. The Thriving Neighbors Initiative seeks to actively promote strategic ties between Santa Clara University and the Greater Washington Community of San Jose with the goal of expanding educational choice and improving pathways to prosperity.

Poster session immediately following from 1-2pm featuring faculty, student, and community partner collaborative research projects.

Barbara Burns serves as the Director of Liberal Studies at Santa Clara University.  She is a developmental psychologist who has worked in both the public and private sectors with colleagues in education, public health, pediatrics, social work, and psychiatry.

Michael McCarthy, S.J. began his undergraduate career at Stanford University but then entered the Jesuits and received his B.A. from Santa Clara University in 1987, attended Oxford University to complete the 4-year M.A. in Literae Humaniores, received a Master’s in Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 1997, and earned his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2003.

Jennifer Merritt serves as the Director of Community-based Learning in the Ignatian Center. She is primarily responsible for overseeing the execution of the Arrupe Weekly Engagement Program as well as Thriving Neighbors, Santa Clara University Community Partnerships.

Please RSVP at www.scu.edu/ic/bannan

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