The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is a national, peer-reviewed journal consisting of articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and issues pertinent to the service-learning community.

The MJCSL aims to:

• widen the community of service-learning educators
• sustain and develop the intellectual vigor of those in this community
• encourage research and pedagogical scholarship related to service-learning
• contribute to the academic legitimacy of service-learning
• increase the number of students and faculty who have a chance to experience the rich teaching and learning benefits that accrue to service-learning participants

Website: http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/

Special MJCSL edition on Community-Based Research (Volume 9, No. 3 (CBR) (Summer 2003):

RESEARCH AND THEORY

• Principles of Best Practice for Community-Based Research by Kerry Strand, Hood College, Sam Marullo, Georgetown University, Nick Cutforth, University of Denver, Randy Stoecker, University of Toledo, and Patrick Donohue, Middlesex County College
• Opportunities and Pitfalls of Community-Based Research: A Case Study by Michael Polanyi, University of Regina and Lynn Cockburn, University of Toronto
• Negotiating Community-Based Research: A Case Study of the “Life’s Work” Project by Adam S. Weinberg, Colgate University
• The Student’s Role in Community-Based Research by Jason Willis, Catholic University of America, Jennifer Peresie, Emory University, Vanessa Waldref, Georgetown University, and Deirdra Stockmann, University of Pennsylvania
• Community-Based Research Networks: Development and Lessons Learned in an Emerging Field by Randy Stoecker, Susan H. Ambler, Nick Cutforth, Patrick Donohue, Dan Dougherty, Sam Marullo, Kris S. Nelson, and Nancy B. Stutts
• Community-Based Research Assessments: Some Principles and Practices by Sam Marullo, Deanna Cooke, Alexandra Rollins, Jacqueline Burke, Paul Bonilla, and Vanessa Waldref, Georgetown University, Jason Willis,Catholic University of America
• Community-Based Research: Celebration and Concern by "Community-Based Participatory Research for Health" by Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein (Eds.)
• Review Essay by Richard A. Couto, Antioch University