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Marcy Campos

Lecturer
Anthropology

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Adjunct Professor, American Studies, Fall 2008
  • Marcy Fink Campos joined AU’s Community Service Center in 2004. As Director, she oversees all office programs and serves as the liaison to the Office of Campus Life and Academic Affairs and to a city-wide consortium of campuses involved in community-based learning initiatives. Among the Center’s multiple programs, she is closely involved with Community-based Learning and Research, Freshman Service Experience, and the Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service. In addition, she teaches a class in the American Studies Department entitled The Latino Community in the DC Metropolitan Area.
    For over 28 years, Marcy has lived and worked in the DC Metropolitan Area. She has extensive experience and knowledge of the nonprofit sector.
    Ms. Campos has also worked extensively in Central and South America on participatory evaluation projects, the development of women's leadership, and strengthening community-based organizations. She has been a teacher in public and private schools in DC and Maryland, a trainer in various adult education programs, and an Adjunct Professor at American University.

  • Degrees

    ED. S in Evaluation of Social Programs, Stanford University; Master of Arts in International Education and Development, Stanford University School of Education; Bachelor of Arts, History, Secondary Teaching Certification, University of Michigan

  • Book Currently Reading:

    The Sea is Wide and My Boat is So Small by Marian Wright Edelman

    Languages Spoken:

    Spanish

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Partnerships & Affiliations

  • Next Step Charter School, Washington, DC

    Board member

Teaching

  • Fall 2009

    • AMST-341 Research on City of Washington: Latino Community in DC Area
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    • GOVT-394 Comm Service Learning Project: Latino Community in DC Area
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

 

  • Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching, Teaching for Change, Washington, D.C., March 2004. Authored chapter entitled “Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can,” based upon the book by the same title, by Diana Cohn. Discusses how to bring social justice issues into the elementary school classroom. The bilingual lesson plan for teachers is posted on www.cincopuntos.com.
  • “Teaching as an Art and Science: The Use of Innovative Training Methods,” Stone Soup, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Summer 1992, Washington, D.C.
  • "Women and Popular Education in Latin America," chapter of Women and Education in Latin America: Knowledge, Power, and Change, Editor: Dr. Nelly P. Stromquist, University of Southern California. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1992.
  • "Issues and Tensions in Popular Education in Latin America," International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1991, Great Britain.
  • "Mothers Lead Health Projects in Chile," AFSC Quaker Service Bulletin, No. 156, Vol. 68, Winter 1987.


  • La Evaluación Participativa: Aplicada en Programas de Salud, Centro          De Investigación y Desarrollo de la Educación, Chile, Mayo 1987.

Professional Presentations

  • “Bridging Classroom and Community: Bringing Community-Based Learning and Teaching to Your Syllabus,” Ann Ferren Teaching Conference, American University, January 2009.
  • “University/Community Partnerships: Rhetoric or Reality?” Community Research and Learning Network (CoRAL) Annual Conference, American University, April 2007.
  • "A New Perspective on Technology Transfer: Bringing Home Successful Field Projects from the Developing World," Panelist at InterAction Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 1992.
  • "Education and Women in Latin America," Panelist at Comparative International Education Society Conference, Annapolis, Maryland, March 1992.
  •  "Popular Education in Latin America," Panel organizer and presenter at Latin       American Studies Association, Miami, Florida, December 1989.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Inter-American Foundation Master's Fellowship, Santiago, Chile, 1985. Study of evaluation and community participation in nonformal health education programs in urban shantytowns.

Films/Documentaries

The Dawn of the People, Green Valley Films, Nicaragua, Central America and Vermont, summer 1980.  Served as guide and interpreter to team of filmmakers producing a 30-minute documentary about the National Literacy Crusade of Nicaragua

 

 

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