Scholarship
Faculty members at Texas Tech University embrace service-learning as a pedagogy and scholarship. The faculty advance the knowledge base in service-learning by presenting and publishing their work with students and community partners. A sample of faculty presentations and publications represented here. Please contact individual faculty members for additional information regarding their research in the area of service-learning.
Brady, H. A., Lawver, D.E., Guay, K. A., & Pyle, A.A. (2005, December) Principles of therapeutic riding as a service-based learning course within an agricultural curriculum. North American College of Teachers of Agriculture Journal, 19-23.
Klein, C., & Lawver, D. (2007) Community-based ecotourism design studio in the yucatan peninisula: Enhancing study abroad with a service-learning component. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, 14(3), 97-107.
Klein, C.H., Reyes, O., & Koch, J.R. (2007) A service-learning project that included multiple service opportunities including the mentoring of younger at-risk students. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, 51(4).
Massey-Stokes, M., & Meaney, K. (2006) Understanding our service-learning community: An exploratory study of parent, teacher, and student preparations about childhood obesity. The Health Educator, 38 (2), 53-60.
McDonald, R. E., & Mercer, M. (2005) Proceedings from American Marketing Association Summer Educators Conference 2005 :Service learning: An application in an MBA business-to-business marketing course. Texas Tech University: Lubbock, TX.
Meaney, K. S., Kopf, K., Bohler, H.R., Hernandez, L., & Scott, L.S. (2008) Service-learning and pre-service educators' cultural competence for teaching: An exploratory study. Journal of Experiential Education, 31(8), 189-208.
Todd, R. H., & Brinkman, S. G. (2008) Service learning in a social studies methods course: Experience and place-based curriculum. The Educational Forum, 72(1), 79-91.