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2002 Programs
There were six international service-learning programs involving
60 undergraduate and graduate students, completing 3-6 credits each,
and cumulatively volunteering 4,200 hours of community service.
English
Travel Journal Writing in Bolivia
Students learned and practiced the art of travel writing while immersed in
the Andean highlands where they helped build an orphanage for Quechua children.
Faculty: Tony Hoagland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, CAS English Department,
University of Pittsburgh; Kathleen Lee, Ph.D., Part-time Professor, CAS English
Department, University of Pittsburgh
English
Women and Literature in Brazil
Students learned about cross-cultural representations of women and children
while immersed in the Brazilian Amazon culture where they helped build a learning
workshop for young women and girls. Faculty: Nathalie op de Beeck, Ph.D. Candidate,
CAS English Department, University of Pittsburgh
Film Studies
Visual Literacy on the Reservation in Navajo Nation
Students received an introduction to digital video as a social activism tool
through a cross-cultural community documentary project with Navajo middle school
children. Faculty: Jen Saffron, MFA, director of PITT ARTS, University of Pittsburgh;
Service-Learning Facilitator: Jessica Friedrichs, Amizade Center
School of Education
LINCS 2002 in Peru
Students learned the theory and practice of developing and administering international
service-learning programs, including a cultural immersion in the Peruvian Andes
where the group built a schoolhouse. Faculty: Maureen Porter, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. View the LINCS
Website for more information.
History
Confronting the Holocaust in Germany
Students explored the historic and contemporary issues of the Holocaust while
immersed in the German and Polish countryside where they helped to preserve
a concentration camp. Faculty: Christopher Kopper, Ph.D., DAAD Exchange Professor,
University of Pittsburgh; Service-Learning Facilitator: Michael Sandy, Amizade
Center
Political Science
Political Impacts of Development in Bolivia
Students learned about the political dimensions of development and indigenous
rights issues while immersed in the urban and rural cultures of Bolivia where
they helped to build an orphanage for Quechua children. Faculty: Reinhard Heinisch,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
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