SUNY Buffalo State-CSU Northridge Reading Group

The Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner Office of Civic and Community Engagement is co-hosting a new civic engagement reading group for interested faculty, staff, students, and community partners. This group is a collaboration with The Office of Community Engagement at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). 

This reading group provides opportunities to discuss relevant community engagement topics in an intimate setting while networking with colleagues from another university with many similarities to our own. Together, we will discuss short civic engagement readings that are relevant to both communities.  

Use this google form to sign up for the reading group listserv. The reading group is currently on summer hiatus until Fall 2024, but please sign up for the listserv to be contacted about our Fall 2024 meetings. 

We anticipate subsequent monthly meetings will take place on Fridays 12:00-1:00PM EST (9:00AM PST). Contact CCE Associate Director Dr. Alice Villaseñor (villasam@buffalostate.edu) for more information.

Past Reading Group Topics

Introduction and Chapter 1 of Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices  

An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Insular World of Academic Research: More community-focused scholarship could build public trust. What's standing in the way?

We discussed a short Campus Compact Report authored by Dr. Castel Sweet: "Alignment of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging with Community and Civic Engagement Functions in Higher Education."

We discussed the following Inside Higher Education article: "Survey: Inequities in Student Involvement"

Campus Compact Webinars: 2024-2025

As we are a member campus of Campus Compact, these 2024-2025 webinars are free for Buffalo State community members, as well as community partners.