Dusty Columbia Embury
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Dusty Columbia Embury
Six STEM Faculty and an Action Researcher Decide to Collaborate…
A blog post by Catherine Barber If you thought the title of this blog was the opening line of a joke, we would not be surprised! In today’s academic culture of silos and extreme research specialization, it seems almost comical to imagine an interdisciplinary collaboration that merges traditional inquiry with the methods of action research. […]
Read More...Feminist action research in response to food insecurity among college students
At a time of heightened crisis in the world, where we are focusing our efforts on explorations of the transformative potential of action research, this paper considers how feminist action research (FAR) can help to address food insecurity on our own campus and those throughout Michigan.
Read More...The Contributions of older people. Placemaking in post-disaster Sichuan, China
 The effect of a country’s aging population trend is not usually represented positively. For example, it is well known that China’s population is aging, more rapidly than almost any country in recent history. In 2018, 1.67 billion or 11.9% of the population was aged 65 or older (China Daily, 2019). This has led to the […]
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The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space
Abstract provided on behalf of the author: Hilde Refstie It is often difficult to identify when a particular research project begins. Action research, for example, is often presented as emanating from a group of participants without it necessarily being revealed how a particular research constellation came into existence. Stakeholder analyses are presented, but relatively few […]
Read More...Implementing green education of urban families: An action research project in Beijing, China
Crises in food safety have attracted increased public attention in many countries, typically posing serious threats to public health and causing potential economic, social, and environmental damage. This research applied a green social work framework and developed a family-based and child-centered education model in a Chinese urban context. The green educational model engaged practitioners in […]
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