Spring 2016 Research Brown Bag Series - for students, alumni and faculty
The College of Public Service invites you to our second Spring 2016 brown bag research talk, to be held this Friday 2/12/2016 at noon in AWC Training Room 1 (off the atrium on the 3rd floor).
Amie Thurber, MSW and doctoral student in Community Research & Action at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University will speak on "A People's Guide to Nashville: why we need one, and how you (and your students) can get involved." Amie's bio and current research interests are included below. As you can see, her work and experience touches on several interest areas of our College, including equity, community development, social work, nonprofits, and social advocacy.
Keep in mind updated list of our brown bag seminars is always available on the College website. For current students and alumni, this series is a way to enrich your studies through exposure to research in public administration, policy and nonprofit management. Feel free to bring your lunch. Please note: a parking permit is necessary to park in the AWC lot: if you will be attending and need a visitor permit, please email Ms. Cameron at pcameron@tnstate.edu by noon Thursday 2/11.
--Dr. Streams
Amie Thurber bio from Vanderbilt website:
"Before coming to Peabody, I spent fifteen years as Executive Director of NCBI Missoula, a non-profit training organization addressing racial and social disparities throughout Montana. I also worked as an adjunct assistant professor with The University of Montana School of Social Work. My research interests center around expanding knowledge of strategies to develop community cohesion and reduce social inequality, and developing best practices for community-engaged teaching and research. In the CRA program, I have collaborated with a wide range of faculty and students of community-engaged research in the Nashville area. Recent work includes a study of white activists organizing on solidarity with Black Lives Matter; a report of Equitable Development for the city of Nashville; and a number of projects with Cayce United, a resident-based advocacy organization based in Nashville’s largest remaining housing project - now slated for redevelopment. My current work involves the development of A People’s Guide to Nashville, an alternative guide to the city, collaboratively written by Nashvillians involved in past and present social justice movements and co-edited with Dr. James Fraser (Vanderbilt) and Dr. Learotha Williams Jr. (Tennessee State University). I have a number of research projects related to this project, including a study of teaching and learning practices related to A People’s Guide, and a study of a neighborhood-based project facilitating resident-produced entries for the guide."
