Register today for SOWK 699 – Global/Local Community-Based Participatory Research for the spring semester, which is open to students in all UMB schools.

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a partnership between researchers and the community that builds on community strengths and resources. Students enrolled in this course will learn the basics of the CBPR model with a particular focus on where multi-disciplined research plays a role. Students will consider their own field placements or other organizations they are partnered with to craft a project proposal around a community issue for the final paper.

For the second part of the course, students will engage with graduate students in Thailand enrolled at Prince Songkla University, through a model known as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), a program that enhances intercultural student interaction through proven approaches to meaningful online engagement between university partners. Students in the CBPR course will create presentations to teach the Thai students what they have learned about CBPR in the preceding weeks. Thai students in turn will present to us about their understanding of CBPR and how they might use it in communities in Thailand.

Contact Dr. Debbie Gioia for more information about the course and contact Dean Danielle White for registration information.