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The Social Science Community Engagement Story Lab (SCSL)
Founding Director: Dr. Lisa J. Hardy
Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Leah Mundell, Dr. Corina Kellner, Dr. Eric Otenyo
Location: Bilby Research Center, Room 131 and 131a
The SCSL serves as a central location for learning and best practices for community-engaged research and storytelling in northern Arizona. Faculty, students, and community partners develop and implement interdisciplinary projects in community engagement, social justice, youth participation, and creative arts research. With a focus on storytelling related to medical anthropology and community health, partners develop projects and conduct training sessions on ethics, primary data collection, mixed-methods analysis, and dissemination of findings through professional presentations and publications.
The lab also provides research, training, and opportunities for storytelling for social change. Dr. Hardy provides talks and workshops based on her book and related active research projects that include faculty, undergraduate, and graduate student collaboration. The lab offers opportunities in developing and pitching op-eds, collaborative writing, journal editing, and the development of policy recommendations for students and partners.
We welcome new community partners and undergraduate and graduate students as interns and researchers. Students are also welcome to participate in the lab for course credit in active projects including through Community and University Public Inquiry.
Examples of recent research include:
- Sociocultural Dimensions of Covid-19—faculty, graduate students, and international collaborators conducting a mixed-methods investigation of life during Covid-19;
- Youth engaged poetry as method mental health workshops
- Supporting Immigrant Families in Flagstaff Schools—faculty and undergraduate researchers collaborate with Flagstaff Unified School District and Northern Arizona Interfaith Council to support improved language access services, teacher training, and parent engagement;
- Immigration and Public Health—faculty and graduate students implementing mixed-methods research to assess impacts of immigration policy on health and wellness in Arizona;