Voices of Strong Democracy: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Communications Studies

Includes conceptual essays, pedagogical papers (at the course and institutional level) on the topic of communication studies and service-learning. Part of a series covering a range of specific disciplines in higher education. Contents:

• Service-Learning in Communication: A Natural Partnership - James L. Applegate and Sherwyn P. Morreale (National Communication Association)
• Service-Learning in Communication: Why? - Paul A. Soukup
• Integrating Communication Theory and Practice in Community Settings: Approaches, Opportunities, and Ongoing Challenges - Christine M. Bachen
• Integrating Service-Learning Into the Communication Curriculum at a Research University: From Institutionalization to Assessment of Effectiveness - Mark J. Bergstrom and Connie Bullis
• Service-Learning at the Graduate Level - Sally Perkins, Virginia Kidd, and Gerri Smith
• Faculty Incentives: A Necessity for Integrating Service-Learning - Kathleen H. Stacey and Chris Wood Foreman
• Learning Language, Culture, and Community - Peggy Hashemipour / Service-Learning and Interpersonal Communication: Connecting Students With the Community - Tasha Souza
• Small Group Problem Solving as Academic Service-Learning - Paul Yelsma
• Performance of Oral Traditions: A Service-Learning Approach - Kristin Bervig Valentine
• Advocacy in Service of Others: Service-Learning in Argumentation Courses - Mark A. Pollock
• Giving Students "All of the Above": Combining Service-Learning With the Public Speaking Course - Sara Weintraub
• Communication and Social Change: Applied Communication Theory in Service-Learning - Robbin D. Crabtree
• Community Media as a Pedagogical Laboratory - Virginia Keller, Jeff Harder, and Craig Kois
• Read All About It! Using Civic Journalism as a Service-Learning Strategy - Eleanor Novek
• The Communication Campaigns Course as a Model for Incorporating Service-Learning Into the Curriculum - Katherine N. Kinnick
• Public Relations and Public Service: Integrating Service-Learning Into the Public Relations Seminar - Lynne A. Texter and Michael F. Smith
• Critical Reflection and Social Power in Service-Learning - Angela Trethewey
• Communication and Service-Learning: Bridging the Gap - April R. Kendall. Includes annotated bibliography by Irene Fisher and Ann Wechsler, updated by April R. Kendall