Appreciative Inquiry and Graduate Students' Professional Development

Document Type

Book Chapter - Merrimack Access Only

Editor

Sudipto Bhattacharya

Tanusree Chakraborty

Publication Title

Appreciative Inquiry Approaches to Organizational Transformation

Publisher

IGI Global

Publication Date

2020

Abstract/ Summary

This chapter focuses on the use of appreciative inquiry in higher education and community contexts, providing an extensive review of this literature. Furthermore, the chapter describes how appreciative inquiry has been applied within the Community Engagement Program at Merrimack College. Jointly written by the program director, a graduate student, and an adjunct instructor, the chapter includes all three voices and perspectives. It includes lessons learned that may be generalizable to business and organizational contexts.

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