{"product_id":"working-en-comunidad-service-learning-and-community-engagement-with-u-s-latinas-os-es","title":"Working En Comunidad: Service-Learning and Community Engagement with U.S. Latinas\/Os\/Es","description":"Working in community is critical to several fields. Working en comunidad focuses on service-learning and Latina\/o\/e communities within a variety of institutional contexts. It provides a practical framework grounded in theoretical approaches that center Latina\/o\/e experiences as foundational to understanding how to prepare students to work in the community and en comunidad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume tackles three major themes: ethical approaches to working with Latina\/o\/e communities within language courses and beyond; preparing Latina\/o\/e students for working with their own communities in different environments; and ensuring equitable practices and building relationships that are mutually beneficial for students and community members. The editors forward two central arguments: (1) Equitable community engagement in higher education is a reflective and reciprocal process that develops empathy and personal and professional growth in students; and (2) service-learning is most transformative when it explicitly guides students and the community to build cultural humility and recognize Latina\/o\/e experiences and agency as foundational to the learning process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many of the contributors and editors are Latina\/o\/e-identified scholars, practitioners, and researchers, who lend a rich body of experience and a personal dedication to this work. They present distinct approaches and geographies, as well as range of institutions, to offer a wide scope of engaged work that builds on the concept of \u003ci\u003ecomunidad\u003c\/i\u003e to advance a critical new conceptual framework of equitable education and racial justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stacey Alex \u003cbr\u003e Elena Foulis \u003cbr\u003e Christina Garc?a \u003cbr\u003e Catherine Komisaruk \u003cbr\u003e Kelly Lowther Pereira \u003cbr\u003e Glenn Mart?nez \u003cbr\u003e Mar?a Luisa Parra-Velasco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena Foulis is an assistant professor and program director of Spanish Language Studies at Texas A\u0026amp;M University-San Antonio and director of the oral history project Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio since 2014. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stacey Alex is an assistant professor of Spanish at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, the co-author of a \u003ci\u003eMi idioma, mi comunidad: Espa?ol para biling?es, \u003c\/i\u003eand a researcher who examines how undocumented Latina\/o\/e communities create a sense of belonging through cultural and narrative resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Glenn Mart?nez is a professor of Spanish, bilingual\/bicultural studies, and public health, and the dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869735751954,"sku":"9780816553525","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69a9bf32-b7fd-4eba-bc85-616a78bc1181.jpg?v=1737767807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/working-en-comunidad-service-learning-and-community-engagement-with-u-s-latinas-os-es","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}