2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium

Register and join the Office of Outreach and Engagement for the Engaged Scholarship Symposium! On Nov. 1, this event will highlight faculty, staff, graduate students and community partners who are co-creating scholarship.

Through panel discussions and poster presentations, participants will learn more about the innovative and impactful work of community-engaged scholarship at Ohio State.

Register for the Engaged Scholarship Symposium

November 1, 2024
Longaberger Alumni House
2200 Olentangy River Rd.

Tentative Agenda:

Graduate Student Poster Competition

• 8:15 a.m.: Poster set-up
• 8:30 a.m.: Judging begins
• 9:45 a.m.: Judging concludes

Engaged Scholarship Symposium

• 10 a.m.: Welcome
• 10:15 a.m.: Panel #1: Graduate Student Engaged Scholarship
  • Eric Anderman, Professor, Department of Educational Studies/College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Adriana Martinez-Calvit, PhD Student, Department of Educational Studies/College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Joy Rumble, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership/College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Sherifat Alabi, PhD Student, Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership/College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Moderator: Darcy Granello, Professor, Department of Educational Studies/College of Education and Human Ecology
• 11 a.m.: Panel #2: Community Partnerships in Franklin County
  • Shaunta Stanford, Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Community Health Worker Training Program, College of Nursing
  • Sarah Posten, Clinical Practicum Coordinator, Community Health Worker Training Program, College of Nursing
  • Ashley Montana, Franklinton Development Association
  • Courtney Price, WestFest, Community Partner Liaison, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jenny Pope, Director of Community Outreach and Education at the Franklin Park Conservatory
  • Moderator: Jason Reece, Vice Provost for Urban Research and Community Engagement
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 12:30 p.m.: Keynote - Lisa Courtice, Ph.D., President and CEO, United Way of Central Ohio
• 1 p.m.: Panel #3: Community Partnerships Across Ohio
  • Ben McCorkle, Associate Professor, Department of English/College of Arts and Sciences/Ohio State Marion, Marion PALS
  • Nikole Patson, Professor, Department of Psychology/College of Arts and Sciences/Ohio State Marion, Marion PALS
  • Toy Pendleton, Director of Teen and Youth Development at Marion Family YMCA, Program Director for PALS
  • Haley Shoemaker, OSU Extension Educator, Columbiana County/College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Peggy Clark, Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency Director
  • Moderator: Jill Clark, Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
• 2 p.m.: Coffee and cookies (networking and conversation)

Keynote Speaker

Lisa S. Courtice is president and CEO of United Way of Central Ohio, one of the larger United Way organizations in the country. Under her leadership, United Way is helping to build a community in which everyone has the aspirations, resources and opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Dr. Courtice is a Ph.D. psychologist with more than 30 years of experience leading nonprofit programs and services, having served for more than 10 years as director of agencies directly providing services to those living in poverty in Ohio. Prior to joining United Way she served 13 years as executive vice president and leader of community research and grants management of The Columbus Foundation, the seventh largest community foundation in the country.

Lisa currently serves on the boards of Syracuse University College of Arts & Sciences, Ohio United Way, Urban Land Institute, Community Information Exchange Executive Council and Aspyr. In 2022 she was elected by her United Way peer CEOs to serve on United Way Worldwides National Advisory Council. Her professional leadership has included chairing the Weinland Park Collaborative and serving on Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus School for Girls Boards of Trustees. Lisa received her Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University, her Master of Arts from West Virginia University and her Ph.D. from the University of Akron. Lisa has been featured in Columbus Business First Power 100 for the past six years. In 2023, Lisa was named as a Business First Woman of Influence.

If you have questions, contact Assistant Vice Provost Nicole Nieto at nieto.12@osu.edu.