Allegheny College

Meadville, Pennsylvania

 

Dr. Lauren Paulson

Lauren R. Paulson, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, Associate Professor of Psychology, will serve again as the co-project director. Lauren developed a deep interest in community-engaged teaching and learning during graduate school and through her clinical work. She also serves on national committees, such as with the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) to advance community-engaged research. Lauren earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Edinboro University in Northwestern Pennsylvania. She earned a doctoral at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, specializing in counselor education.Lauren has successfully employed community engagement in her courses for almost a decade. She has attended and presented at several national CE/SL conferences and Bonner Learning Community Webinars. In addition, Lauren has one publication of her Scholarship of Teaching of Learning (SoTL) work and another manuscript currently under review from her research on community partner perspectives.

Dr. Dave Roncolato

David Roncolato has been working at his alma mater, Allegheny College, in various capacities since 1987. Currently, he is the Director of the Global Citizen Scholars program and Professor of Community & Justice Studies. As an undergraduate he studied History and Religious Studies. He holds a Masters in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University and a Ph.D. in Catholic Social Ethics from Duquesne University. He is a senior faculty fellow with the Bonner Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey. David’s teaching includes courses in Community and Justice Studies, Religious Studies, the Global Citizen Scholars program and student independent studies involving community-based work. His involvement in local community-wide initiatives over the years has included the Community Improvement Center, (CIC), the Meadville Area Collaborative (M.A.C.), Partners in Education (PiE) and United Way of Western Crawford County. David publishes and presents in the areas of service-learning, civic engagement and spirituality.

Faculty Fellow Roles

  1. Lauren Paulson and Dave Roncolato will continue their leadership, building on the momentum with partners and faculty over the past two years with the Bonner CEL grants.

  2. In addition they will initiate a revised and expanded version of Allegheny's “Students as Colleagues” program.

  3. They will write a proposed Faculty Review Committee (FRC) memo for new FRC members and department chairs that gives language and understanding of faculty community-based work in the faculty review processes.

  4. They will assist with re-starting the Service Learning and Civic Learning course designations.