CCSC-funded Research
In spring 2020, CCSC funded several mini grants to support faculty and graduate students projects that were related to the CCSC vision and mission.
Conceptualizing Compassion, Shelby Clark
This is a qualitative study exploring social workers' experiences with compassion. For many practitioners the human, relational, and emotive aspects of social work practice make their work meaningful. This study finds the significance of social workers connecting human-to-human in their work. Participants also identified compassion for self and others as a source of strength and resilience. Track Shelby's ongoing great work at the University of Kentucky: https://socialwork.uky.edu/about-us/college-directory/shelby-clark/
Prairie Divination Deck, Megan Kaminski
The practice of divination has been and continues to be used by cultures throughout the world to help people navigate difficult futures. The Prairie Divination Deck turns to the plants and animals of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem in the as a source for knowledge and inspiration as to how to live in the world (and to re-align thinking towards kinship and sustainability). How might thinking with plants and animals allow us a different lens through which to see our present world and histories--and help to imagine futures? Learn more at: https://www.megankaminski.com
Institutional Differences and Disciplinary Values, Morgan Farnworth and Kelly Overstreet
Tracking the trend of urban planning programs increasingly being housed within schools of public administration and policy, the researchers ask, what are the implications for both fields of study, especially regarding education around equity, social and racial justice, and diversity? Their findings may be useful at multiple scales within higher education: encouraging educators in both fields to consider the role of values, informing graduate curriculum decisions in integrated programs, and building a values-based framework for public service education.