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Handout on emerging research themes

July 11, 2008 -

"Where in the world are Minnesota's Latinos?: An overview of challenges and trends"

with Louis Mendoza

Louis Mendoza is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Chicano Studies, which makes him an expert on Latinos and the issues surrounding that population. However, his experience riding across the country on bicycle to study that population makes his expertise even richer. Professor Mendoza spoke about this five month long adventure and the stories he encountered along the way-- stories about immigration, integration, migrant worker communities, legal issues, and much more.

June 11, 2008 -

"The Citizen Professional
and Citizen Health Care"

with Bill Doherty

Bill spoke about his unique Citizen Professional Model and Citizen Health Care, which re-envisions professionals as citizens working alongside other citizens on projects jointly conceived and jointly carried out.

The central principles of the model are: a) that families must be engaged as co-producers of initiatives for themselves and their communities, not just as clients or consumers of services; and b) that professionals can play an important catalytic role in fostering citizen initiatives when they develop their public skills as citizen professionals in groups with flattened
hierarchies.

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                         Kris' Power Point

March 26th, 2008 - "The University Northside Partnership and Northside Seed Grants"

with Craig Taylor and Kris Nelson

As the University Northside Partnership's director of the Office of Business & Community Economic Development, Craig gave insight into the different stages of the UNP's plan on the Northside of Minneapolis. The Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC) will address the issues of children and families, child development, and economic development.

Kris spoke about the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and its role on the Northside and with the Northside Seed Grant program.

Ross' Power Point

Jerry's Power Point

February 22, 2008 -

"Worlds of Youth Development: Community Engaged Practice"

with Ross VeLure Roholt and Jerry Stein

Ross spoke about the youth development work he has done around the world and different ways society views young people. He also talked about the different "worlds" that youth live in and how that affects the services they are provided access to.

Jerry talked about his research and work on the Learning Dreams project. Learning Dreams involves parents in their children's learning by assisting them in achieving their own desires to learn.

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                    Cynthia's Handouts 1 2

November 1, 2007 -

"What is research?"

with Lisa Kimball and Cynthia McGill

Lisa spoke about the basic elements of research, both quantitative and qualitative. She also covered what makes for good research and bad research, and the similarities and differences between research and evaluation.

Cynthia spoke about the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and how it works at the U of M. She covered how the IRB determines whether or not an activity is research and also talked about the use of human subjects.