Community-Based Learning Journals and Conferences

There are many ways to share your community-engaged teaching and research. Review this list of journals and conference opportunities to find resources that align with your work.  

Journals

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Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is an open access, refereed journal that responds to an emerging global movement of collaborative, critical and change-oriented engaged research and practice-based initiatives.
The Journal welcomes manuscripts based on the original work of the authors with a specific focus on projects, programs, research and pedagogy that involve service learning in engineering, humanitarian engineering, and social entrepreneurship.  
IJRSLCE is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to disseminating high-quality research focused on service-learning, campus-community engagement, and the promotion of active and effective citizenship through education. 
The Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) is a peer-reviewed international journal through which faculty, staff, students, and community partners disseminate scholarly works. 
JHEOE is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal advancing theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities. 
MJCSL publishes research, theory, pedagogy, and other matters related to academic service-learning, campus-community partnerships, civic engagement, and engaged/public scholarship in higher education. 
Change: The Magazine of Higher LearningChange, which is published six times a year, is a magazine dealing with contemporary issues in higher education. It spotlights trends; provides new insights and ideas; and analyzes the implications of educational programs, policies, and practices.
Reflections, a peer-reviewed journal, provides a forum for scholarship on public rhetoric, civic writing, service-learning, and community literacy. 
The Journal of STEM Outreach offers a mechanism to disseminate descriptions of programs that might be of value to other researchers; research studies that support the replication of education or partnership models; and case studies that exemplify a specific replicable aspect of a program.
Science Education and Civic EngagementThe Science Education and Civic Engagement Journal explores constructive connections between sicence education and civic engagement. 

Conferences

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ASEE Community Engagement DivisionThe COMMENG is a scholarly community for faculty and practitioners interested in the various ways engineering students, faculty, institutions, communities, and other stakeholders are impacted through Community Engaged Learning. 
Campus CompactCompact26 is the largest and most inclusive national conference focused on the role of higher education in building healthy communities and fostering a just and equitable democracy.
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is an international affiliate organization of colleges and universities in metropolitan and urban areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. 
Engagement Scholarship ConsortiumThe Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) works collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and designed to help build community capacity.
Gulf South SummitGulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement promotes networking, research, ethical practices, reciprocal campus-community partnerships, sustainable programs, and a culture of engagement and public engagement. 
International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community EngagementThe mission of IARSLCE is to promote the development and dissemination of research on service-learning and community engagement internationally and across all levels of the education system.