Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program
Cathy Creighton
About the Fellow
- Director, ILR Buffalo Co-Lab; High Road Policy and Engaged Learning, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- More about Cathy Creighton
Cohort year(s)
- 2021-22, Faculty Fellow in Engaged Learning
Topic(s)
- Access, Equity and Justice; Law, Government and Policy
2021-22 Project
Expanding the High Road Fellowship Program and Creating a Democracy Fellowship
As a Faculty Fellow in Engaged Learning, Cathy Creighton is scaling up the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab High Road Fellowship Program and creating a “Democracy Fellowship” program. She’s building immersive undergraduate experiences in place-based action learning that engage students by partnering them with a dense network of government partners in Western New York. Through these partnerships, students gain an understanding of government and of possible careers in public service.
“Direct experiences in supporting community change efforts give students a wider view of politics and American civic life — one that instills in them an understanding that governance is a collective and democratic project that transcends politicians and elected offices. Students come to see that participation in civic life neither begins nor ends with voting in periodic elections. It is an everyday practice of envisioning and collaborating to create a fairer society and economy for all.” —Cathy Creighton
Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program
A yearlong cohort program in which faculty dive deep into the theory and practice of community-engaged learning; meet monthly to discuss readings, share projects and workshop challenges; and help transform what it means to teach at Cornell