Purpose

These case studies are designed to help undergraduate students critically reflect on the complex, real-world challenges they may encounter during community engagement of various kinds. They offer space to explore personal, interpersonal, ethical, and systemic dynamics that arise in community-engaged work, and to consider appropriate and thoughtful responses to a variety of challenges and situations. 

How to Use These Cases

Facilitators and students can use these cases to critically engage with potential scenarios and challenges often faced during immersive community engagements. Each case will walk its users through a mini case study scenario, including focus areas, learning objectives, discussion questions, and more.

Learning Objectives

By engaging with these case studies, students will reflect on their roles and responsibilities within communities, identify ethical dilemmas and consider multiple perspective, practice navigating ambiguity and moral complexity, explore how to sustain personal well-being while working for justice, and connect lived experience with academic, vocational, and civic commitments.

Questions?

Contact Ed Jurkovic at ejurkovi@nd.edu.