Program Director and Professor, Community Engagement
My current summary appears to stop mid-sentence. Let’s update it to: I pursue scholarship pertinent to the discipline and field of community engagement. I explore innovations in global engagement, access, equity, and social change.
Falk, A., & Carey, A. (2017). “Facilitating High School Achievement and College Access Through a Service-Learning Mentoring Initiative.” In Delano-Oriaran, O.O., Penick-Parks, M.W., & Fondrie, S. (Eds.), Culturally engaging service-learning in diverse communities. (pp. 169-190). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Vine, B. (2016). “Supporting Graduate Students to Implement Community-Engaged Research.” In C. Crosby & F. Brockmeier (Eds.), Student experiences and educational outcomes in community engagement for the 21st century (pp. 196-224). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Nemon, M., & Falk, A. (2023). Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through higher education community engagement. HETL Frontiers, 1(1), 1-2.
Falk, A.F. , Jordaan, M., Saeed, S.T., Chaoui, N., & Rao, M.B. (2022). Exploring the literature and rationale for global e-cultural learning. In Meletiadou, E. (Ed.), Fostering social justice through intercultural and multilingual communication: Pedagogy, andragogy, and assessment. (pp. 218-244). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A.F., Carrasco-Velez, R., Shannon, M., & Proulx, E. (2022). Advancing college diversity and access through partnership. In Meletiadou, E. (Ed.), Practices for advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education. (pp. 149-170). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Willer, J. (2022). The disciplining and professionalization of community engagement: The Master’s degree. Information Resources Management Association (Ed). Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices (pp. 1048-1065). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3877-0.ch056. Reprinted, with original chapter in Kronick, R.F. (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on community schools and the engaged university. (pp. 205-222). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A.F., & Lawrence, T. (2021). Career-ready through remote and hybrid fellowships: Experiential learning in graduate education. In Northrup, P., Rasmussen, K., & Colson, R. (Eds.), Career ready education through experiential learning. (pp. 68-89). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Roumimper, K. R., & Falk, A. F. (2021). Peer support of graduate students of color through a formal graduate student association. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), Research anthology on empowering marginalized communities and mitigating racism and discrimination (pp. 1089-1107). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8547-4.ch052. Reprinted, with original chapter in Leavitt, L., Wisdom, S., & Bice, C. (Eds.), Social inequality and education. (pp. 111-129). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Orbon, K. (2021). Pedagogy of the pandemic: What we have learned as mother-scholar-practitioners. In Bozkurt, A. (ed.) Handbook of research on emerging pedagogies for the future of education: Trauma-informed, care, and pandemic pedagogy. (pp. 347-367). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Carey, A. (2021). Lawrence2College: A mentoring initiative. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.). (2021). Research anthology on instilling social justice in the classroom (pp. 784-805). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch046. Reprinted, with original chapter in Delano-Oriaran, O.O., Penick-Parks, M.W., & Fondrie, S. (Eds.), Culturally engaging service-learning in diverse communities. (pp. 169-190). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., Berthelsen, C., & Meccouri, L. (2020). Appreciative inquiry and graduate students’ professional development. In Bhattacharya, S., &, Chakraborty, T. (Eds.), Appreciative inquiry approaches to organizational transformation. (pp. 208-224). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A. (2019). What can service-learning and community engagement contribute to our understanding of cooperative and work-integrated education? In Zegwaard, K.E., & Ford, M. (Eds.), Refereed proceedings of the 21st WACE World Conference on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education. (pp. 59-66). Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati.
Falk, A., & Olwell, R. (2019). Institutionalizing community engagement in higher education: The Community Engagement Institute. In Moravec, J. (Ed.), Emerging education futures: Voices and experience from around the world. (pp. 59-79). Minneapolis, MN: Education Futures.
Falk, A., & Willer, J. (2019). The disciplining and professionalization of community engagement: The Master’s degree. In Kronick, R.F. (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on community schools and the engaged university. (pp. 205-222). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Roumimper, K., & Falk, A. (2019). Peer support of graduate students of color through a formal graduate student association. In Leavitt, L., Wisdom, S., & Bice, C. (Eds.), Social inequality and education. (pp. 111-129). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Rupert, E., & Falk, A. (2018). Teaching and learning about diversity and social justice at the graduate level: Students’ attitudes about classroom sharing. Multicultural Perspectives, 20(3), 167-173. doi: 10.1080/15210960.2018.1467766
Falk, A., & Carey, A. (2017). Lawrence2College: A mentoring initiative. In Delano-Oriaran, O.O., Penick-Parks, M.W., & Fondrie, S. (Eds.), Culturally engaging service-learning in diverse communities. (pp. 169-190). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Vine, B. (2016). Supporting graduate students to implement community-engaged research. In C. Crosby & F. Brockmeier (Eds.), Student experiences and educational outcomes in community engagement for the 21st century (pp. 196-224). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A. (2013). Service learning students’ perceptions of citizenship. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 5(1), 3-12.
Brammer, L., Dumlao, R., Falk, A., Hollander, E., Knutson, E., Poehnert, J., Politano, A., Werner, V. (2013). Core competencies in civic engagement. Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2, 76-109.
Falk, A., Durington, M., & Lankford, E. (2012). Engaging Sharp-Leadenhall: An interdisciplinary faculty collaboration in service-learning. Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2, 32-49.
Falk, A. (2012). Enhancing the team experience in service learning courses. Journal for Civic Commitment, 18.
Falk, A. (2011). Teaching grantsmanship in a nonprofit leadership class. Journal of the Grant Professionals Association, 9(1), 78-87.
Falk, A. (2011). Mr. Mom and Mrs. Breadwinner: A personal account. Clio’s Psyche, 17(4), 321-324.
Falk, A. (2011). Imbuing the study of family resource management with a global perspective. Family Science Review, 16(1), 84-93.
Jacobson, J.M., Oravecz, L.M., & Falk, A.F., & Osteen, P. (2011). Proximate outcomes of service-learning among family studies undergraduates. Family Science Review, 16(1), 22-33.
Williams, P.H., & Falk, A. (2010). Service learning and millenial students: Benefits and challenges to a team-based approach. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 13(3), 16-24.
• Advanced Leadership Fellowship Program, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND), UMass Chan Medical School, 2023-2024
• Chair Academy’s International Exemplary Leadership Award, 2021
• Service-Learning Faculty Award, Maryland Campus Compact, 2010
• A2 Fellows Program, American Institutes for Research, 2005-2007
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Educational Policy Research Involving Students with Disabilities, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004-2005
Graphic Design major Abby O’Keefe and her design internship with the O’Brien Center at Merrimack College