Audrey

Falk

Academic Title

Program Director and Professor, Community Engagement

Research Interests
  • College Access
  • Community Partnerships
  • Family Engagement
  • Global Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Nonprofit Leadership
  • Service Learning
Research Summary

I pursue scholarship pertinent to the discipline and field of community engagement. I explore innovations in global engagement, access, equity, and social change.

Education
  • Ed.D. Administration, Training, and Policy Studies with a concentration in Community Agency Educational Administration, Boston University
  • Ed.M. Risk and Prevention with a concentration in Adolescence, Harvard University
  • B.S., Higher Education, Boston University
  • B.A., Art History, Boston University
Areas of Expertise
  • College Access
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Inclusion
  • Diversity Training
  • E-Community-Engagement
  • Scholarship of Teaching
  • Service Learning
Recent Publications

Jordaan, M. & Falk, A. (2024). Sensory gardens in under-resourced early childhood development centers. The International Journal of Early Childhood Learning, 32(1), 85-100. doi:10.18848/2327-7939/CGP/v32i01/85-100

Falk, A.F., Saeed, S.T., Jordaan, M., Rao, M.B., & El Houda Chaoui, N. (2024). An international, e-community-engagement initiative exploring college and career pathways: A literature review. In Watson, S.W. Applications of service learning in higher education. (pp. 233-260). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Falk, A.F., Jordaan, M., Saeed, S.T., Bhaskara Rao, M. and El Houda Chaoui, N. (2024), A program evaluation of an international, intercultural e-community-engagement initiative, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 16(4), 1160-1175. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-03-2023-0111

Jordaan, M., Falk, A., & Brenton, B. (2023). Strengthening faculty engagement and partnerships through a community of practice. Proceedings of the International University Social Responsibility (USR) Summit 2022, 41-47.

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.

Honors and Awards

• 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