CETR Events Highlight Faculty in the Community

The Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) is hosting two upcoming events focused on faculty in the community.

CETR LogoFaculty and staff are invited to attend CETR’s Journal Club Wednesday, Sept. 22, at noon via Zoom for the presentation Partnering for Housing Mobility: From Research to Practice in Allegheny County. Registration is available online.

Dr. Anita Zuberi, assistant professor of sociology, will be joined by Dr. Colleen Cain and Nicolas Cotter of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. They will discuss their efforts to create a program that promotes geographic choice for low-income families participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program in the Pittsburgh region.

In light of a marked increase in research in community engagement, the CETR Journal Club hosts monthly one-hour meetings during which faculty and community partners can meet to learn about community-engaged scholarship. The club reflects Duquesne’s commitment to creating equity and opportunity throughout the region by collaborating with community partners.

CETR also is hosting the faculty event Making the Case: Explaining Community-Based Work for Promotion and Tenure at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, via Zoom. Registration is available online.

This session will address:

  • How faculty can translate community-engaged work to what is expected in the Faculty Handbook
  • The impact of community-engaged work with new and existing tools
  • Using teaching and learning frameworks to support a narrative.

The discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer session with School of Education Dean Dr. Gretchen Generett and Associate English Professor John Lane, both of whom are former members of the Promotion and Tenure Committee.

In its work to building a better Pittsburgh, Duquesne works alongside those in local communities to address systemic challenges in health, education, legal access and economic development.