Jennifer Pigza  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D. Social Foundations of Education, The University of Maryland, May 2005
  Dissertation: "Teacher Seeks Pupil-Must be Willing the Change the World: A Phenomenological Study of Faculty Teaching for Social Justice"
• M.Ed. Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration, The University of Vermont, May 1996
  Culminating project explored the intersection of spiritual development and professional identity.
• B.A. English Literature, Loyola University Maryland, May 1990

Professional Licenses & Certifications:

• Stop the Hate Train-the-Trainer Development - Campus Pride (August 2011)
• Lasallian Leadership Institute - San Francisco District of the Christian Brothers (June 2009)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Creating 4+1 Pathways to Graduate Study for First Generation Students. Pigza, Jennifer (primary presenter)
  ACPA College Student Educators International
  (March 2012)
• Inquiry into Service Learning: From Learning Outcomes to Dissemination. Pigza, Jennifer and Donahue, David (invited)
  Campus Compact Webinar Series
  (November 2011)
• Facilitation & Leadership Team. Pigza, Jennifer (invited, primary presenter)
  Ignatian Solidarity Network Leadership Institute
  (January 2011)
• Student Leadership in Academic Service-Learning & CBR. Pigza, Jennifer (primary presenter)
  Bonner Foundation Directors' Meeting
  (November 2010)
• Critical Reflection Toolbox: Enhancing Student Learning & Development. Pigza, Jennifer (invited, primary presenter)
  Kansas Campus Compact Webinar Series
  (October 2010)
• Faculty Development for Personal & Social Responsibility: An Engaged Pedagogy Framework. Pigza, Jennifer, True, Mary and Anderson, Shawny (primary presenter)
  Association of American Colleges & Universities
  (October 2009)
• Organizing Community-Based Research on Campus. Pigza, Jennifer (invited, panel or forum member)
  National CBR Networking Initiative
  (April 2009)
• Teaching & Learning for Social Justice: A Model for Professional Development. Pigza, Jennifer (talk, speech or lecture)
  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  (March 2009)

Publications:

• Pigza, Jennifer and Welch, Marshall. January 2010. Spiritually Engaged Pedagogy: The Possibilities of Spiritual Development Through Social Justice Education, Spirituality in Higher Education, vol. 5, issue 5, Higher Education Research Institute University of California, Los Angeles
• Pigza, Jennifer. (2010). Developing Your Ability to Foster Student Learning & Development Through Reflection. In Jacoby, Barbara and Mutascio, Pamela(Eds.), Looking In, Reaching Out: A Reflective Guide for Service-Learning Practitioners (pp. 100-120). Boston, MA: Campus Compact.
• Pigza, Jennifer, & Beckman, Mary (Eds.). (2010). New Directions in Community-Based Research. Princeton, NJ: National Community-Based Research Networking Initiative
• Pigza, Jennifer. (2009). Teaching for Social Justice: Sustaining Theory in Practice. ACPA Developments, Vol. Fall 2009, 1-5.
• Pigza, Jennifer. (2005). Teacher Seeks Pupil: Must be Willing to Change the World -- A Phenomenological Study of Professors Teaching for Social Justice. College Park, MD: University of Maryland
• Pigza, Jennifer & Troppe, Marie. (2003). Developing an Infrastructure for Service-Learning & Community Engagement. In Jacoby, Barbara (Ed.), Building Partnerships for Service-Learning (pp. 106-130). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.