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2009 Ernest A. Lynton Citation for Distinguished Engaged Scholarship for Early Career Faculty Benjamin Kirshner Benjamin Kirshner, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado, Boulder, uses innovative community-engagement approaches in his scholarship and teaching in the areas of youth engagement and activism, a focus that stems from his early experience working as an educator in San Francisco's Mission District. He has designed courses that incorporate community-based research (CBR) to better understand the importance of "youth voice" and the formation of youth political identity and agency. These courses, such as his highly successful year-long "Action Research for Youth and Community Development" and "Youth Development, Citizenship and Social Justice," have provided undergraduate students with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to undertake collaborative research with community partners. Currently, he is conducting an on-going study of a community organization that mentors and supports young people who seek to become the first in their families to attend college. Ben has also been a lead participant in interdisciplinary scholarship of engagement projects with colleges and schools at UC-Boulder, and he is an active member of university's Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement, serving on its steering committee since 2005. Emulating Boyte, Ben attempts "to conduct research as 'public work'" that addresses "problems of public significance" and that is "pursued collectively and builds bridges among people from diverse walks of life." This engaged approach, he writes, "has enabled me to...be a 'soldier' rather than a 'missionary.' A soldier puts himself in the trenches with the people with whom he works; he is part of the team rather than a detached observer." Link to press release: click here.
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