The Disciplining and Professionalization of Community Engagement: The Master's Degree
Document Type
Book Chapter - Merrimack Access Only
Editor
Robert F. Kronick
Publication Title
Emerging Perspectives on Community Schools and the Engaged University
Publisher
IGI Global
Publication Date
2019
Abstract/ Summary
Efforts are underway to professionalize the field of community engagement and to build the discipline of community engagement. This work requires the articulation of the knowledge, skills, values, and ethical standards that distinguish community engagement from related fields. It also requires cross-sector collaboration and communication as well as valuing community engagement in different contexts. This chapter provides an overview of the Master’s Program in Community Engagement at Merrimack College and has been written collaboratively by the director of the program and a student in the program. The authors contend that the disciplining and professionalization of community engagement requires the establishment of academic programs and departments which develop and disseminate knowledge. With the disciplining and professionalization of community engagement, the field will be better positioned to prepare community engagement practitioners equipped with the skills and expertise necessary to engage in communities in collaborative, respectful, and responsible ways.
Repository Citation
Falk, Audrey Faye, and Jamie Willer. "The Disciplining and Professionalization of Community Engagement: The Master's Degree." Emerging Perspectives on Community Schools and the Engaged University, edited by Robert F. Kronick, Hershey, PA, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 205-22.