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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Ph.D.

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

My focus is the intersection between Higher Education and Community Development.

Specific topics include experiential education pedagogies such as internships, service-learning,

and field research methods; higher education reform issues such as the scholarship of

engagement, active knowledge and campus community partnerships; and community

development topics of civic participation, and action research.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Community Systems Planning and Development

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1984.

Dissertation Topic: Social Participation and Mutual Support: A Study of the Relationship of Participation

in Voluntary Associations to Utilization of Informal Helping Networks.

M.Div., Master of Divinity in Education; Social Issues

Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, 1972.

Thesis Topic: A Comparison of the View of the Child in American Progressive Education and

Contemporary Informal Education.

B.A., (Cum Laude)

Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1969

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FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

July 2012 Research Associate. Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China. Co-

investigator with Dr. Carol MA, ““Exploring Indigenous Elements of Service –Learning in a Hong Kong

University.” Funded by the Office of International and Transnational Affairs, University of

Massachusetts, Boston.

June-July 2011 Visiting Scholar, Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China.

Invited to review past five years of research programs, data sets, publications and to develop future

research plan for service-learning.

2001 - Present Professor of Higher Education; Senior Associate, New England Resource Center for

Higher Education. Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

2007-2008 Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair. Doctoral Program in Higher

Education Administration. Graduate College of Education. UMass Boston.

2003-2005 Interim Director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education. (NERCHE) at

the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

1996–2000 Director of Internships and Professor of the Practice of Human and Organizational

Development, Vanderbilt University (Peabody College). Responsible for academic and

administrative aspects of a required internship program including sites in Nashville,

Atlanta, Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco and Cambridge, England.

Team Leader for Internship Seminar, Supervised interns’ senior projects and fieldwork;

developed fieldwork policies; assessed outcomes; coordinated curriculum development

and team instruction.

1992-1996 Director of Internships and Associate Professor of the Practice of Human and

Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University (Peabody College).

1986-1992 Senior Lecturer, Field and International Study Program, College of Human Ecology,

Cornell University. Taught “Preparation for Fieldwork,” internship seminars, and

distance learning course for field study. Supervised students’ action research projects

on community development issues.

1991-1992 Study Abroad Advisor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University. Supervised

student advisors and counseled students on international education.

1988-1989 Consultant, The Danforth Foundation, Program for Professors of School

Administration. Worked with faculty in The Educational Leadership Program in The

Graduate School of Education at Fordham University to develop and implement a field-

based Ed.D. program.

Spring 1989 Research Associate, U.K. Centres for Experiential Learning and the partnership for

Service-Learning, London. Designed a research project, “The Process of Experience,”

and gathered data from American students involved in service-learning in the U.K.

Fall 1988 Fellow In Residence, Center for International Studies, Cornell University


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1985-1988 Director, Field and International Study Program, College of Human Ecology, Cornell

University. Proposed and implemented merger of Field Study Office and International

Education Program. Hired faculty and staff, wrote curriculum proposals, and recruited

students. Responsible for budget, external relations, program development and

instruction.

1986-1987 Director, International Internships Program, Center for International Studies, Cornell

University. Major responsibilities included placing Cornell interns and Co-op students

in Latin American and Western Europe, and placing interns from abroad in the U.S.

Chaired international internships curriculum committee, wrote grant proposals, and

guided program development.

1984-1985 Acting Director, Field Study Office, Cornell University. Responsible for curriculum

development, budget, personnel, and faculty searches. Supervised development of

computerized internship placement database.

1980-1984 Lecturer, Human Ecology and Coordinator of Pre-Field Preparation, Field Study

Office, Cornell University. Taught “Preparation for Fieldwork,” and “The Theory and

Practice of Experiential Learning.” Designed preparation course to have students

practice ethnographic data gathering skills while providing community service.

1970-1972 Adjunct Lecturer, Community Assistant, Experimental Pilot Program, Urban Teacher

Education, City College of New York; Supervised students’ field work in public

elementary schools, co-led weekly seminars, helped students plan and evaluate their

work.

HONORS

Recipient of 2011 Pioneer in Experiential Education Award from the National Society for Experiential

Education.

Recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Research Award from the International Association for Research on

Service-Learning and Civic Engagement.

Joint recipient with Janet Eyler of the National Society for Experiential Education’s Experiential

Education Researcher of the Year for 2008.

Recipient, with Janet Eyler, 2003 Campus Compact’s National Ehrlich Award for Faculty Service-

Learning.

Invited Member, National Peer Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement. (Funded by the

Kellogg Foundation.) February 2000.

Invited Member, National Faculty Consulting Corps sponsored by AAHE and Campus Compact.

Inaugural group, February 2000. Focus on service-learning, outreach, and civic engagement.

Recipient, with Janet Eyler, Outstanding Research Award. National Society for Experiential Education

October, 1998.


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Recipient of an Innovator Award for teaching from The Community and Rural Development Institute,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. September 1991.

National Peer Consultant in Experiential Education, The National Society for Internships and Experiential

Education. Project was originally funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary

Education. 1987-1999.

Awarded traineeship from the National Institute of Mental Health for Community Helpers Project, The

Pennsylvania State University. 1977-1979.

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

Giles, D. E. Jr. & Eyler, J. S. (2013) Review Essay: “The Endless Quest for Scholarly Respectability in

Service-Learning Research”. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Vol. 20 (1)

Ma Hok Ka, Carol, & Giles, D. E. Jr.( In Preparation) “Exploring Indigenous Elements of Service –

Learning in a Hong Kong University.” Invited to submit to the Michigan Journal of Community

Service-Learning.

Ma Hok Ka, Carol, Chan Cheung Ming, Alfred, & Giles, D. E. Jr. (Under revision) “Educating students

to be Future Community Leaders through Service-Learning in Hong Kong” Michigan Journal of

Community Service-Learning.

Ward, E., Buglione, S., Giles, D. E. Jr. & Saltmarsh, J. (2013) “The Carnegie Classification for

Community Engagement – Helping Create the ‘New Normal’ in American Higher Education?” in

P. Benneworth, Ed. University Engagement with Socially Excluded Communities: Towards the

idea of ‘the engaged university’. Springer.

Ward, E. Piskadlo, K., Buglione, S., Giles, D. E. Jr., Saltmarsh, J. “Leading Community-Engaged change

on U. S. Campuses: Lessons learned from institutional leaders.” Paper presented at Association

for the Study of Higher Education. Charlotte NC, November 18, 2011.

Ward, E. Piskadlo, K., Buglione, S., Giles, D. E. Jr., Saltmarsh, J.” The Process of Becoming an Engaged

Institution: A multi-case study of exemplary community-engaged institutions.” Paper presented

at the International Association for Research on Service- Learning and Community Engagement.

Chicago, IL November 3, 2011.

O’Meara, K. Sandmann, L.R., Saltmarsh, J. & Giles, D.E. (2011). Studying the professional lives and

work of faculty involved in community engagement. Innovative Higher Education. 36(2).

Cress, C., Burack, C., Giles, D. E. Jr.,. Elkins, J &. Stevens, M. C. (2010 ) A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and Success through Civic Engagement. Campus Compact, Boston.

Giles, D. E. Jr. (2010) “Journey to Service-Learning Research: Agendas, Accomplishments, &

Aspirations.” In J. Keshen & B. Moely, eds., Advances in Service Learning Research. Volume 10.

Information Age Press

Saltmarsh, J. Giles, D. E. Jr., O’Meara, K. Sandmann, L. R., Ward, E. & Buglione, S. (2009)

“Community Engagement and Institutional Culture in Higher Education: An Investigation of


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Faculty Reward Policies at Engaged Campuses.” In B. Moely, Ed. Advances in Service Learning

Research, Volume 9.

Giles, D. E. Jr. Sandmann, L.& Saltmarsh, J. “Engagement and the Carnegie Classification System in

Fitzgerald, H. E., Burack, C., & Seifer, S. (Eds). (2010) Handbook of engaged scholarship: The

contemporary landscape. (Vol.2) Community-Campus Partnerships. East Lansing, MI:

Michigan State University Press.

Saltmarsh, J. , Giles, D.E. Jr., Ward, E.. & Buglione, S. “Rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship”

(2009) Jossey-Bass New Directions in Higher Education: The Carnegie Classification of

Community Engaged Institutions.

Dorado, S. Giles, D.E. Jr, & Welch, T.C. (2008) Delegation and Coordination and Outcomes in Cross-

Sector Partnerships: The Case of Service—Learning Partnerships. Nonprofit and Voluntary

Sector Quarterly. Vol. 37 (April).

Giles, D.E. Jr. (2008) Understanding an Emerging Field of Scholarship: Toward a

Research Agenda for Engaged Public Scholarship. Journal of Higher Education

Outreach and Engagement, 12(2), 97-108.

Giles, D. E. Jr., Saltmarsh, J., Ward, E., & Buglione, S. “An Analysis of Faculty Reward Policies for

Engaged Scholarship at Carnegie Classified Community Engaged Institutions.” Paper presented

at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Jacksonville, FL (November

2008).

Sandmann, L. R., Saltmarsh, J., Giles, D. E. Jr., & O’Meara, K. “Studying the Lives and Work of Faculty

Involved in Community Engagement. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher

Education Conference, Jacksonville, FL (November 2008).

Giles, D. E. Jr., “Developing a Service Learning Research Agenda at Jumpstart.” Report prepared for

Jumpstart National Office, Boston, MA. December 2006.

Gabbard, G, S. Singleton, J. Dee, T. Fuller. D. Giles, Jr, T. Parker, A. Dowd, E. Bensimon, L. Malcolm,

D. Park, E. Macias, D. Fabienke, & A. Marquez. “The Study of Economic, Informational, and

Cultural Barriers to Community College Student Transfer Access at Selective Institutions-Section

IV, Practices Supporting Transfer of Low Income Community College Students: Case Study

Findings.” Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Community College Transfer Initiative National Forum.

Washington, DC. June 28, 2006.

Dorado, Silvia and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. (2004.) Service-Learning Partnerships: Paths of Engagement.

Michigan Journal of Community Service- Learning, Fall: 25-37.

Stenson, Christine, Janet Eyler and Dwight Giles. (2003) “Service and Motivation to Serve: An

Exploration and Model”. In. Deconstructing Service-Learning: Research Exploring Context,

Participation and Impacts. Shelley Billing and Janet Eyler, Eds. Greenwich, CT: Information Age

Publishing.

Root, Susan, Janet Eyler & Dwight Giles. “The Bonner Scholars Program: A Study of the Impact of

Stipends on Indictors of a Community Service Ethic.” In Metropolitan Universities Journal. Sherril

Gelmon, ed. Indianapolis: Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, September

2003 Vol. 14(3). Pp 97-110.


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Dwight E. Giles, Jr. and Mary Ryan. “Undergraduate Internships” in Encyclopedia of Education, Second

Edition. James Guthrie, ed. NY: Macmillan Reference USA / Gale Group. 2002.

Janet Eyler & Dwight E. Giles, Jr., “Beyond Surveys: Using the problem solving interview to assess the

impact of service-learning on understanding and critical thinking”. in Furco & Billig (Eds)

Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy. Information Age Publishing. CT 2002

Janet Eyler and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. “Service-Learning and the Affective and Cognitive Prerequisites for

Civic Engagement” AERA, April 2001, Seattle WA.

Howard, J., S. Gelmon, and D.E. Giles, Jr. Eds. National Strategic Directions for Service-Learning

Research. Special Issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning. (Fall 2000.)

Cruz, N. I. and D.E. Giles, Jr. (2000). Where’s the Community in Service-Learning Research? Michigan

Journal of Community Service- Learning, Fall: 28-34.

Eyler, Janet and Dwight E. Giles, Jr., Where is the Learning in Service-Learning? (March 1999) San

Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Stanton, Timothy K., Dwight E. Giles, Jr., and Nadinne Cruz, Service-Learning: A Movement’s Pioneers

Reflect on its Origins. (January 1999) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, Janet, Susan Root, and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. “Service-Learning and the Development of Expert

Citizens.” In Bringle, Robert G. and Donna Duffey. (Eds.)Monograph on Service Learning and

Psychology. (1998) American Association for Higher Education. Washington, D.C.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., and Janet Eyler, A Service-Learning Research Agenda for the Next Five Years (1998)

in Rhoads, R. and Jeffrey Howard, Eds. Service-Learning Pedagogy and Research. (New

Directions Series in Teaching and Learning). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, Janet, Dwight E. Giles, Jr., and John Braxton. “The Impact of Service-Learning on College

Students.” (1997) Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning. Vol. 4. (Pp.5-15).

Wutzdorff, Allen and Dwight E. Giles, Jr., “Service-Learning in Postsecondary Education.” (1997) In J.

Schine, ed. 96th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University

of Chicago Press.

Eyler, Janet and Dwight E. Giles, Jr., “The Importance of Program Quality in Service-Learning.” (1997)

In Alan S. Waterman, (ed.) Service-Learning: Applications from the Research. Mahwah, NJ:

Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Eyler, Janet, Dwight E. Giles, Jr. and John Braxton. “Report of a National Study Comparing the Impacts

of Service-Learning Program Characteristics on Post Secondary Students.” Presented at the

American Educational Research Association. Chicago. March 27, 1997.

Eyler, Janet, Dwight E. Giles, Jr., Susan Root, and Julianne Price. “Service-Learning and the

Development of Expert Citizens.” Presented at the American Educational Research Association.

Chicago. March 26, 1997.


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Eyler, Janet, Dwight E. Giles, Jr., Cindy Lunch, and Charlene Gray. “Service-Learning and the

Development of Reflective Judgment.” Presented at the American Educational Research

Association. Chicago. March 26, 1997.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. “Preparation for Fieldwork: Perspectives in Human Ecology” (1996) in Ender, M.,

Kowalewski, B.M. Cotter, D., Martin, L. and DeFiore, (Eds). Service-Learning and

Undergraduate Sociology: Syllabi and Instructional Material. American Sociological Association.

Washington, DC.

Eyler, Janet, Dwight E. Giles, Jr. and Angela Schmiede. (1996). A Practitioner’s Guide to Reflection in

Service-Learning: Student Voices and Reflections. The Corporation for National and Community

Service. Washington, DC.

Eyler, J., Giles, D.E., Jr., Schmiede, A. and Martin, E. (1995). “Evaluating a Community Service

Laboratory” in Miller, M. Steele, L., and Smith, M. (Eds). Service Counts. Campus Compact. Pp.

49-53.

Eyler, J., Giles, D.E. Jr. and Braxton, J. “The Importance of Program Quality in Service-Learning.” Paper

presented at National Service Learning Conference. Philadelphia, March 1995.

Giles, D.E., Jr. and Eyler, J. “The Theoretical Roots of Service-Learning in John Dewey: Towards a

Theory of Service-Learning.” Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning. (Vol.1, No. 1)

1994.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. and Janet Eyler. “The Impact of a College Community Service Laboratory of

Students’ Personal, Social, and Cognitive Outcomes.” Journal of Adolescence. Vol. 17, pp. 327-

29. 1994.

Eyler, J. and Giles, D.E. Jr. “An Experiment in Community Service-Learning.” American Educational

Research Association. New Orleans, April 1994.

Eyler, Janet and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. “What We Know and What We Need to Know About Education in

Field Settings.” Paper presented at American Educational Research Association. April 13, 1993.

Atlanta.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., Ellen Porter Honnet and Sally Migliore, eds. Setting the Agenda for Effective

Research in Combining Service and Learning in the 1990’s. The National Society for Internships

and Experiential education, Raleigh, North Carolina. October, 1991.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. “The Process of Experience: A Case Study in International Service-Learning, Report

#1.” Research Report presented to The Partnership for Service-Learning, New York, New York.

April, 1991.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “New Pedagogies through New Alliances: Beyond the Learning Journal as Shuttle,

in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Service-Learning. New York: The

Partnership for Service-Learning. New York: The Partnership for Service-Learning, 1990.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. and Jamille B. Freed, “The Service-Learning Dimensions of Field Study: Cornell’s

Human Ecology Field Study Program,” in Combining Service and Learning: A Resource Book for

Community and Public Service. Jane Kendall, Editor. Raleigh, NC: The National Society for

Internships and Experiential Education, 1990.


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Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “Enhancing the Role of Experience in Higher Education: A Paradigm, for

Synthesis.” Experiential Education, Volume 14, No. 4, September – October 1989.

Stanton, Timothy K. and Dwight E. Giles, Jr., Curriculum Development for Long Distance Internships:

Some Principles, Models and Issues.” Chapter 17 in Susan Weil and Ian McGill, Eds., Making

Sense of Experiential Learning: Diversity in Theory and Practice. Open University Press and

Society for Research in Higher Education. London, 1989.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “Dewey’s Theory of Experience: Implications for Service-Learning.” Experiential

Education, Volume 13, No. 5, December, 1988. Reprinted in The Journal of Cooperative

Education. Winter 1991. Vol. XXVII, No.2

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “Experiential Education in Field and International Study: Linking Campus and

Community.” In Human Ecology Forum, Volume 16, Number 3, Summer 1987. Ithaca, New

York: Cornell University.

Stanton, Timothy K. and Dwight E. Giles, Jr., “Curriculum Development for Long Distance Internships.”

Paper presented at The First International Conference on Experiential Learning. Regents College,

London, June 1987.

Giles, Dwight E. Jr., “Getting Students Ready for the Field,” Experiential Education, Vol. 11, No. 5,

November-December 1986. Newsletter published by the National Society for Internships and

Experiential Education, Raleigh, NC.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. and Carl E. Young, “Participation in Voluntary Associations and Informal Helping

Networks: A Study of Two Forms of Community Interaction.” Paper presented at Annual

Conference of Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Boston, MA, November, 1983.

Young, Carl E., Dwight E. Giles, Jr. & Margaret C. Plantz, “Natural Networks: Help-Giving and Help-

Seeking in Two Rural Communities,” American Journal of Community Psychology. 1982, 10 (4).

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “The West Branch Child Abuse Council: A Community Development Approach to

Child Abuse and Neglect,” Journal of the Community Development Society, 11 (Spring): 1-14,

1980.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr. & Dale R. Hershey (Eds), Shaping the 80’s: Proceedings of the 1979 Annual

Conference of the Pennsylvania Community Development Society. University Park, PA: The

Pennsylvania State University, 1979.

Giles, Dwight E., Jr., “Boundary Problems and Inter-Organizational Linkages in Mental Health,” with

Mary E. Packard. Paper presented at the National Conference of the American Society for Public

Administration, Phoenix, AZ, April, 1978.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS

Co-Presenter with Carol Ma Hok Ka. “Exploring Indigenous Elements of Service-Learning in a Hong

Kong University”. 4th Asia Pacific Service-Learning Conference, Hong Kong, China. June 6,

2013.


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Panelist, “A Dialogue Between Service-Learning Elders and Young Leaders”. 4th Asia Pacific Service-

Learning Conference, Hong Kong, China. June 5, 2013.

External Member, Service-Learning Programme Review Committee, Lingnan University Hong Kong.

May 31, 2013. Co-author of “Report of meetings of the Review of Service-Learning Programme”

Guest Speaker. “The Impact of Service-Learning on Students’ Learning: What We Know from Research”.

Education Doctoral Program, Community Service Learning Course. University of Rhode Island.

March 26, 2013.

Guest Presenter, “Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship.” (via Skype) Service-Leaning Faculty

Fellows Program. Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A & M University. College Station, TX.

March 8, 2013.

Invited Presenter. “Developing Effective Service-Learning Courses.” LeDuc Center for Civic

Engagement Faculty Fellows Seminar. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. March 1, 2013.

Co-Presenter with Dr. Carol MA. “Civic Engagement in Hong Kong”. A virtual Think Tank sponsored by

the New England Resource Center for Higher Education. February 27, 2013.

Consultant and Presenter, “Six Steps to a Service-Learning Course”. Center for Teaching Excellence.

Texas A& M University, College Station TX. December 4, 2012.

Co-Leader of Pre-Conference Workshops with Mary King. “Reflection” & “Teaching and Learning

Experientially”. Experiential Education Academy, National Society for Experiential Education”.

Milwaukee, WI. October 3, 2012

Workshop Leader. “Designing High –Quality Service-Learning Courses”. Faculty Development

Workshop. Texas A & M International University. Laredo, TX. June 8, 2012.

Roundtable Co-presenter.” The Emergence of Spirituality as a Topic of Study in Higher Education:

Themes in the Literature.” New England Educational Research Organization. Portsmouth, NH.

May 3, 2012

Keynote Speaker, “Community Engagement and Professional Advancement.” Community Learning

Network Faculty Development Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. March 30,

2012

Invited Speaker. “Developing Service-Learning Courses.” Center for Community-Based Learning Faculty

Fellows Program. Stonehill College, Easton. MA. March 5, 2012.

Invited Presenter. “Developing Reflective Exercises in Service-Learning Courses.” LeDuc Center for

Civic Engagement Faculty Fellows Seminar. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. March 2,

2012.

Presenter, “Being an Engaged University and the 2015 Carnegie (re)application. New York Campus

Compact Roundtable. Nazareth College, Rochester NY. February 29, 2012.

Consultant, “Next Directions for Service-Learning at Nazareth College”. Sponsored by the Center for

Service-Learning and the Center for Civic Engagement. Nazareth College, Rochester NY.

February 28-March 1, 2012.


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Workshop Co-Presenter. “Teaching and Learning Experientially” The Chicago Semester. Chicago, IL

November 1, 2011.

Invited Session Presenter. “Understanding the Context of Engaged Scholarship from the Carnegie

Classification Data.” Advancing Engagement Institute, Eastern Region Campus Compact. New

York, NY October 28, 2011.

Consultant. “Engineering Faculty Engaged in Learning through Service Summit“. University of

Colorado, Boulder. September 22-24, 2011. Multi-year project funded by National Science

Foundation.

Invited Presenter. “Developing Reflective Exercises in Service-Learning Courses.” LeDuc Center for

Civic Engagement Faculty Fellows Seminar. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. March 4,

2011.

Featured Session Presenter. “The Impact of Service-Learning on Students’ Leaning: What we know from

the research.” 3rd Asia-Pacific conference n Service-Learning. Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

June 9, 2011.

Co Presenter, “The Intersection of Civic Engagement and College Access and Success.” International

Association for Research on Service Learning Annual Conference. Indianapolis, October 30,

2010.

Panelist. “A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and Success through Civic Engagement.”

Campus Compact’s National Presidential Leadership Summit. Georgetown University,

Washington DC. October 12, 2010.

Invited speaker. “The Scholarship of Engagement”. Western New York Service Learning Coalition.

University of Buffalo, September 30, 2010.

Workshop Leader. “Reflection” and “Teaching and Learning Experientially”. National Society for

Experiential Education Midwest Regional Experiential Education Academy. Purdue University-

Calumet. September 17, 2010.

Co-Presenter with John Saltmarsh. “Agents and Architects of Institutional Engagement: Lessons Learned

from Carnegie Classified Community-Engaged Institutions.” American Democracy Project

National Meeting, Providence, RI. June 19, 2010.

Pre Conference Workshop co-leader with John Saltmarsh. "Preparing an Application for the Carnegie

Foundation 2010 Elective Community Engagement Classification”. American Democracy Project

National Meeting, Providence, RI. June 17, 2010.

Workshop Leader, “Using Reflection in Experiential Education” at the National Society for Experiential

Education’s New England Experiential Education Academy, University of New Haven. May 19,

2010.

Co-Presenter with John Saltmarsh, Suzanne Buglione and Elaine Ward. . “Community Engagement and

Institutional Culture”. 42nd Annual Conference of the New England Educational Research

Organization. Portsmouth, NH. April 8, 2010.


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Presenter. “Reflection in Service-Learning”. U MASS Dartmouth Service-Learning Faculty Fellows

Seminar. Center for Civic Engagement. April 2, 2010.

Co-Presenter with Lorilee Sandmann, John Saltmarsh, KerryAnn O’Meara & R. Eugene Rice. “Lessons

Learned from Carnegie Classified Community-Engaged Institutions”. Conference on Faculty

Roles in High Impact Practices, AAC& U. Philadelphia, PA. March 27, 2010.

Invited Consultant. Academic Service- Learning Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Education. Tai Po,

Hong Kong. “Implementing Service-Learning in General Education”. Presented a series of

seminars, lectures, workshops and individual faculty consultations. January 11-14, 2010.

Distinguished Research Award Presentation, “Journey to Service-Learning Research: Agendas,

Accomplishments, and Aspirations “. International Research Conference on

Service Learning and Community Engagement. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 10, 2009

Keynote Speaker, “Integrating Applied Learning: From the sideshows to the big tent” and Workshop

Presenter, “How Does Applied Learning Apply to Faculty Work?” Conference on Applied

Learning. Missouri Western State University, February 20, 2009.

Keynote Speaker, “Community Engaged Scholarship: Examining an emerging paradigm” and Workshop,

“Community–Based Research and Global Service-Learning”. New York Campus Compact/

Cornell Institute on Global Service-Learning. Cornell University, February 12-13, 2009.

Faculty Fellows Consulting Workshop for RI & MA Campus Compacts. “Lessons from 25 years of

Consulting in Higher Education” Salve Regina University. August 2008.

Workshop for CONNECT-(A regional SE MA consortium of public institutions) “Reflection in Service-

Learning”. Cape Cod Community College. June, 2008.

Presenter, NE Regional Jumpstart Faculty Service-Learning Group. Boston, MA May 2008 & January,

2008.

Keynote Speaker on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Service-Learning and

Civic Engagement, Michigan State University. April 1, 2008. “Forty Years in the Academy:

Service-Learning’s Pioneers, Programs, and Promise”

Visiting Engaged Scholar, National Center for the Study of University Engagement. Michigan State

University. March 31-April 4, 2008.

Guest Speaker, AERA, Division J for Fireside Chat for Graduate Students.” Examining the Civic

Responsibility of Higher Education. March 2008, NYC.

Participant, Invitational Colloquium on “Democracy and Higher Education: The Future of Engagement”

February 26-27, 2008. Co Sponsored by NERCHE and the Kettering Foundation. Dayton, OH.

Invited participant, Wingspread Conference. September 14-16, 2007. Electrifying the Network: Next Steps

for the Higher Education Network for Community Engagement. The Johnson Foundation, Racine,

WI.

Invited Plenary Presenter. “Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning? Using reflection to develop

quality courses and programs.” 2007 Interim Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of


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Pharmacy. “Engaging Communities: Pathways to Learning, Scholarship and Service. Arlington

VA, February 6, 2007.

Workshop Leader. “Service-Learning Course Development for Jumpstart.” New England Regional

Service-Learning Working Group. Jumpstart, Boston, MA. December 4, 2006.

Panel Moderator. “If Not for the Rewards…Why? Theory–based research about what motivates faculty to

engage in public scholarship.” ASHE 31st Annual Conference. Anaheim, CA. November 4, 2006.

Invited Plenary Panelist. “Research We’d Like to See”. 6th Annual Service-Learning Research

Conference, “From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on

Service-Learning Research. Portland State University. Portland, OR, October 15, 2006.

Presenter. “Connected Learning as Transformation”. Colloquy on Seeking Meaning, Purpose,

Authenticity and Integrity. Bailey Scholars Program. Michigan State university. East Lansing, MI.

September 25, 2006.

Panel Presenter. “Service-Learning Outcomes: Research Findings”. National Conference on Service-

Learning in Engineering. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Washington DC. May

24, 2006.

Speaker. “Service-Learning Outcomes: Research and Practice.” Faculty Seminar for the Service Learning

in the College of Engineering (SLICE) Project. Francis College of Engineering. UMass, Lowell.

April 25, 2006.

Panel Moderator. “Civic Engagement Across the Commonwealth: The Role for Public Colleges and

Universities. Civic Engagement Summit convened by the Massachusetts Broad of Higher

Education. Mt. Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA. April 19, 2006.

Co-Presenter with John Saltmarsh. “Fundamentals of Service-Learning: An introduction to service-

learning for teacher education. Faculty Workshop. Graduate College of Education. UMass Boston.

March 27, 2006.

Invited participant. “Engagement in Higher Education: Building a Federation for Action. A Wingspread

Conference. The Johnson Foundation, Racine, WI. February 22-24, 2006.

Keynote Speaker. “Service-Learning and Jumpstart”; Workshop Co-leader, “Creating a Web of Authentic

Partnerships”. Jumpstart National Service-Learning Institute. Babson College, Wellesley, MA.

February 9, 2006

Panel Presenter. “A Delphi Study: What Were the Most Influential Studies in K-12 Service-Learning in

the Past 25 Years? The 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Service- Learning

Research. Michigan State University, East Lansing MI. November 13-15, 2005.

Panel Moderator and Workshop presenter on Assessment and Reflection in Experiential Learning. “I

Do, Therefore I Think.” A Symposium on Experiential Teaching and Learning. Brandeis

University, November 7, 2005.

Speaker and Consultant. Service-Learning Faculty Symposium Phillips Academy Community Service

Program. Andover, MA. April 25, 2005.


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Panel Moderator and Presenter. “We the people…Strengthening Democracy through Re-engagement.”

American Association of Community Colleges Annual Convention. Boston, MA. April 11, 2005.

Panel Chair. , “Assessing Civic Engagement” at the New England Association of Schools and College

Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. December 2004

Invited Participant. “National Public Scholarship Conversation” at Penn State University as one of thirty

faculty and representatives from national organizations and foundations invited to develop further

the concepts and practice of scholarship for the public good in a democratic society. The

conversation was funded by the Kettering Foundation and moderated by David Brancaccio, host

of “NOW” on public television. November 2004.

Presenter and Panelist. Service-learning Research, Second Annual General Henry Hugh Shelton

Leadership Forum at North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. Discussant, “An Evening

with Dwight Giles”- informal conversations sponsored by North Carolina Campus Compact.

Raleigh, NC November 2003.

Presenter and Consultant. University of Alaska, Anchorage. Colloquium on the engaged university and

consulted on developing programs in Community Building. August 2003.

Resource Person. Reflection and Community Impacts of Service-learning. Massachusetts Campus

Compact VISTA Training. Littleton, MA. December 3, 2002.

Presenter. “Valuing Service-Learning in the Promotion and Tenure Process”. Faculty workshop. Brooklyn

College. November 22, 2002.

Keynote Speaker. “Designing and Assessing the Learning in Service-Learning”. Annual Conference of

the National Organization for Human Service Education. Providence, RI. October 26, 2002.

Distinguished Visiting Scholar. “Achieving Student Learning Outcomes Through Service Learning &

High Quality Reflection” Johnson and Wales University. Providence, RI October 9, 2002

Evaluation Consultant, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy –

Worcester. Evaluation Consultant to Service-Learning program. July 25, & August 19. 2002.

Workshop Presenter. “Integrating a Service-Learning approach into a Curriculum on Homelessness.”

Summer Institute on Homelessness and the Humanities. McCormack Institute, University of

Massachusetts, Boston, July 10, 2002.

Featured Session Presenter, Member Opening Plenary Panel, and paper presenter, 1st International

Conference on Service-Learning Research. Berkeley CA. October 21-23, 2001.

Presenter and Workshop Leader. Experiential Education Faculty Retreat. Faculty of Social Sciences,

McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario. Canada. September 5, 2001.

Invited Address, “Creating Community Through Service-Learning” Inauguration of President Wayne

Burton, North Shore Community College, Danvers MA, April 6, 2001.

Presenter. “Learning With/In Communities” Preconference Workshop. American Academy of Religion.

Nashville, TN. November 17, 2000.


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Keynote Speaker, Consultant. “Critical Issues in Service Learning”, “Where’s the Learning in Service

Learning?” Conference on Service-Learning in Faith Based Colleges. Messiah College,

Grantham, PA. June 2-4, 2000

Panelist with Elaine Ikeda, Lori Vogelgesang, and Anthony Lising Antonio. “Engagement in Service: A

Compilation of Research on Faculty and Students.” AAHE Conference on Scholarship

Reconsidered Reconsidered. New Orleans. February 2-6, 2000.

Panelist with Janet Eyler and Alexander Astin, “Review of Current Research Efforts in Service-Learning”.

UCLA Service-Learning Invitational Symposium. Los Angeles, CA. October 24, 1999.

Presenter, “Reflection in Service-Learning.” At “Engineering: Education to Serve the World.” American

Society for Engineering Education Service-Learning Pre-conference Workshop. Charlotte, NC.

June 20, 1999.

Keynote Speaker, “Community Service-Learning Pedagogy That Works.” and “Where’s the Learning in

Service-Learning?” Illinois Campus Compact Symposium. University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign. April 8 & 9, 1999.

Discussant. Symposium, “What Have We Learned About Service-Learning?: Effects of the Service-

Learning Movement on Students, Faculty, Institutions.” Association for the Study of Higher

Education. Miami, FL. November 6, 1998.

Faculty member, Summer Service Learning Institute. Sponsored by Campus Community Partnerships for

Health. Leavenworth, WA. July 25-28, 1998.

Co-Facilitator, National Meeting on Service-Learning Research in Higher Education: Toward a National

Strategic Plan. Sponsored by Campus Compact. Education Commission of the States. Denver,

CO, November 20 & 21, 1997.

Faculty member. Summer Service Learning Institute. Sponsored by Campus Community Partnerships for

health. Leavenworth, WA. June 28-July 1, 1997.

Frieden, Gina and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. “Assessing the Impact of Service-Learning on College Students:

Social and Cognitive Development.” Presented at the Institute on College Student Values. Florida

State University. February 8, 1997.

Roundtable presenter on sociological research with Garry Hesser and James Ostrow. “Using Service-

Learning to Understand Students’ Construction of Social Problems.” American Sociological

Association. New York, NY. August 19, 1996.

Discussant, Miniconvention on Urban Initiatives in partnership with Education. “Service Learning for

Undergraduates in Human and Organizational Development.” American Psychological

Association annual meeting. Toronto, Canada. August 10, 1996.

Workshop Leader. Summer Institute for Service learning, and Institute for Health Profession Schools in

Service to the Nation. Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. June

23-July 2, 1996.


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Braxton, John; Dwight Giles, Janet Eyler. “The Impact of Service Learning Programs on College Student

Affective Development.” Symposium Presentation, Division J. American Educational Research

Association. New York, New York. April 9, 1996.

Root, Susan; Janet Eyler, and Dwight Giles. “To Pay or Not to Pay: The Effects of Stipended Service.”

Paper presented at American Educational Research Association. New York, New York. April 11,

1996.

Stanton, T.K., Giles, D.E., Jr. and Cruz, N. Co-Organizers, “To Strengthen Service-Learning Practice and

Policy: Stories From the Field.” Wingspread Conference, Racine, WI. December 2-3, 1995.

Giles, D.E. Jr. and J. Eyler. “Lessons Learned: Toward an Evaluation Design for Assessing Community

Service.” Panel presentation, FIPSE Project Directors’ Meeting. Washington, DC, October 29,

1995.

Giles, D.E., Jr. Resource Person, Presenter, and Small Group Leader. The Stanford Summer Institute on

Service Learning. Palo Alto, CA. June 27-30, 1995.

Giles, D.E., Jr. “Assessing Service-Learning Outcomes.” Presentations and ongoing consultations with

founding faculty. California State University at Monterey Bay. 1995-1998.

Giles, D.E., Jr. with M. Mentkowski, J. Eyler, and L. Cromwell. “Research and the Experiential Educator.”

Co-Leaders, Invited two-day pre-conference workshop. International Experiential Learning

Conference. Washington, DC. November 8 & 9, 1994.

Giles, D.E., Jr. and T.K. Stanton. “Quality in Service Learning.” Workshop presented to the Northeast

Region Technical Assistance Seminar. The Corporation for National and Community Service.

Burlington, Vermont. April 14-17, 1994.

Giles, D. E., Jr. “Interdisciplinary Approaches in Service-Learning: Linking Public Service to the

Curriculum.” Invited presentation, Association for General and Liberal Studies, Memphis, TN,

October 1993.

Eyler, J. and Giles, D.E., Jr. “Research in Service-Learning.” Panel Presentation, FIPSE Project Directors’

Meeting. Washington, DC. October 10, 1993.

Invited participant and session co-leader (with Janet Eyler) at the Wingspread Conference on “Research

and Evaluation in Community Service: The Higher Education Agenda.” Funded by Johnson and

Kellogg Foundations; co-sponsored by Campus Compact, National Society for Experiential

Education, and Campus Outreach Opportunity League. The Johnson Foundation, Racine,

Wisconsin. October 1993.

Member, White House Working Group on National Service and Higher Education. Provided testimony

for developing regulations for new National Service Act. Ann Arbor, Michigan. October 1993.

“Research Questions for Integrating Service – Learning into Teacher Education.” Teleconference seminar

held for Michigan State University and Alma College. April 20, 1993.


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Member, Technical Assistance Advisory Group, The Commission on National and Community Service.

Washington, DC. January 1993.

“Literacy and Social Change”, “Connecting Literacy Programs to the Curriculum”, ‘Literacy Programs

as Service-Learning” Technical Assistance Provider, U.S. Department of Education, Student

Literacy Corps Workshop. Dallas, TX. November 20-23, 1991.

“Service-Learning Programs: The College Perspective,” and “Leadership Development and Experiential

Education.” Invited Workshops presented at “Enhancing Student Development and Learning: The

Role of Cooperative/Experiential Education Programs.” Teachers College, Columbia University,

New York, New York, November 8 & 9, 1991.

Co-Organizer, Wingspread Conference, “Setting the Agenda for Effective Research in Combining

Service and Learning for the 1990’s.” Sponsored by The Johnson Foundation and The National

Society for Internships and Experiential Education with funding from The MacArthur Foundation.

Racine, Wisconsin, March 7-10, 1991.

Member, Evaluation Team of The Great Lakes Colleges Association to evaluate The Philadelphia Center,

an urban field study program. January-May, 1991.

Technical Assistance Provider, U.S. Department of Education, Student Literacy Corps Workshop.

Colorado Springs, November 15-17, 1990.

“Extending the Classroom into the Community.” Workshop Leader, American Sociological Association

Teaching Services Program and Virginia Sociological Association. April 1990, Harrisonburg, VA.

“Social Justice and Field Education” Invited Keynote Address, Virginia Social Science Association. April

1990. Harrisonburg, VA.

“Mutuality of Learning and Community Service for Undergraduates in Higher Education.” Workshop

Co-presenter with Howard Berry and Anthony Evans. Conference on Peer Tutoring, Imperial

College of Science and Technology, London. April, 1989.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Co-Investigator with Carol Ma, (Lingnan University, Hong Kong) “How Chinese students, coordinators,

and faculty doing service-learning in Hong Kong view its fit with Chinese traditions”. Funded by

the Office of International and Transnational Affairs, UMass Boston, $7000.00 and the New

England Resource Center for Higher Education, UMASS Boston, $1000.00. 2012.

Co-Investigator with John Saltmarsh. UMass Boston Healey Research Grant Award to study Community

Engaged Scholarship at Carnegie-classified engaged institutions. June 2008-2009. . $6500.00.

Member of the Working Group on the Scholarship of Engagement. Submitted research proposal,

“Studying the Lives of Engaged Faculty” to Spencer Foundation, November 2007 for

$500,000.00. Not funded.

Co-Investigator with Silvia Dorado. “Studying Community Campus Partnerships”. Healey Research

Grant Award, UMASS, Boston. 2002-2003. $5000.00


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Janet Eyler & D. Giles, Jr. Co-Evaluators, FIPSE Funded Project based at Eastern Michigan University.

“Disseminating A Sustainable Model of Academic Service-Learning”. $20,000 per year 2000-

2003.

Giles, D.E. Jr. and J. Eyler. Co-Principal Investigators. Service-Learning Research in Higher Education.”

Subgrantee National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, University of Minnesota. Funded by the

Corporation for National and Community Service. $42,500 per year, 1998-2001.

Giles, D.E. Jr. and J. Eyler. Co-Principal Investigators. “Comparing Impacts of Service-Learning

Programs.” Three-year, FIPSE-funded national study on learning outcomes in service-learning.

$346,000. 1993-1996 (Extended to 1997)

Eyler, J. and D.E. Giles, Jr. Co-Principal Investigators. “Reflections on Service Resource Guide. Research

and technical assistant grant. Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

$69,400. October 1994-October 1996.

Stanton, T., D.E. Giles, Jr., and N. Cruz. Service-Learning Oral History Project, Multi-phase project,

$158,000.. Anonymous Donor. 1995-1997. Phase 1, “Stories from the Field: To Strengthen our

Practice.” Wingspread Conference, December 2-3, 1995. Racine, WI. Phase 2, Conference

Monograph. Phase 3, Book of oral histories of pioneer service-learning practitioners. (Published

1999).

Co-investigator, Planning Grant, Biomedical Librarian Internship Training Project. Vanderbilt University

Medical Center. 1996.

Coordinated proposal writing for The Public Service Center, Cornell University. Awarded $70,000 grant

from the Commission on National and Community Service for Service-Learning programs and

research. July 1992.

Principal Investigator, Title VI Grant, U.S. Department of Education. "International Business Internships

Program," $132,000. October 1986-September 1988.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Member, Advisory Board. Service-Learning and Engagement Track in the Higher Education Master’s

Program at U MASS, Amherst. 2005-2007

Faculty Co-chair, Service Learning Advisory Council, U MASS, Boston. 2001-2004

History Docent, Old Narragansett Church (Built 1707) Wickford, RI. Summers, 2003- 2010

Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 2009-present

Reviewer. Michigan Journal of Service-Learning. 1995-present

Member, Vanderbilt University Service-Learning Task Force, 1998-2000

Advisory Committee. Teen Outreach Program. The Oasis Center, Inc. Nashville, TN. 1995-2000

Charter Member, Middle Tennessee Golden Retriever Rescue. Nashville, TN, 1999-2001


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Member, Village of Lansing Planning Board. Lansing, NY, 1983-1984.

Member, Lansing Volunteer Fire Company #5, Lansing, NY, 1984-1992; Lieutenant 1989-1992.

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