The
Center for Citizenship and Community
of
Butler University
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Margaret
Brabant, Ph. D. Professor Brabant received her Ph.D. (1991) and M.A. (1988) from the University of Virginia. She received her B.A. from San Francisco State University (magna cum laude, 1985). She has published works in the area of medieval political philosophy, feminist thought and the service-learning pedagogy. Her scholarly and teaching interests converge in her concern to help develop a more informed and involved citizenry. In 1996 she began serving as the acting director of Butler University's Center for Citizenship and Community and became the director in 1997. The Center represents Butler's commitment to the structuring of an academic environment that supports and nurtures students, faculty, and staff who seek to wed teaching, learning, and research with community activism. As the director, Dr. Brabant coordinates service-learning opportunities and facilitates, with the assistance of practitioners in both the private and public sectors, the development of interdisciplinary and inter-college service-learning courses. |
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She has succeeded in attracting funding for CCC programming from both private and federal sources, including a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Outreach Partnership Centers grant (1999-2002) and a Community Outreach Partnerships New Directions Grant (2003-05). She has served as a consultant to other universities seeking COPC funding. She has also received funding to support CCC - related programming from Indiana Campus Compact, The Hoover Family Foundation and the Nina Mason Pulliam Trust. Dr. Brabant serves the Indianapolis community as the co-chair the Butler-Tarkington Butler University Operational Team (BBOT). She recently completed an eight year term on the board of the Martin Luther King Service Center of Indianapolis. She has been privileged to receive several awards in acknowledgement of her service as an educator and community activist, including: the Indiana Campus Compact Senior Fellowship Award (2005-06); the Butler University Woman of Distinction Award (2005); the Martin Luther King Center Legacy Recognition Award (2005); the Indiana Campus Compact Fellowship Award (2001-2002); the YWCA Women of Achievement Award (2001); Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity "Outstanding Service Award" (1997 and 1998); Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society (1995); Outstanding Butler University Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1995); Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Curriculum Development Grant for Service-Learning (1995); and the Demia Butler Student Organization, Butler University Outstanding Teacher Award (1994). Dr. Brabant frequently presents research papers on the topics of
citizenship education, service-learning, urban revitalization, ethnographic
research, and the politics of community outreach. She has conducted
faculty, staff, and student workshops on service learning at Butler
University (1997-2005).
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Donald
Braid, Ph.D.
Donald Braid teaches folklore, English, and anthropology at Butler University in Indianapolis and serves as Associate Director and researcher for Butler's Center for Citizenship and Community. He received his doctorate in folklore from Indiana University in 1996. His research interests include traditional arts, narrative theory, and performance, especially as they intersect issues of worldview, cultural identity, meaning, and belief. |
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Ms. Gilmore began assisting Dr. Brabant in 2001 as secretary for the Center for Citizenship and Community. She has been an executive assistant in the Office of the President for the past 11 years and presently assists Butler University President, Dr. Bobby Fong. |
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Center for Citizenship and Community, Office Assistant Lindsay Bowles, from Jeffersonville, Indiana, is a senior majoring in political science, with minors in English and French. She began working with the CCC in the spring of 2007 to conduct research for grant funding and service learning. She is currently the Vice President of Public Relations for the Council on Presidential Affairs, and has enjoyed her involvement in many campus organizations, including College Democrats, Mortar Board, SGA, Butler YMCA and working in Butler's student Writers' Studio. As a political science student, Lindsay is grateful for the numerous opportunities the department has offered, including working on Senator Evan Bayh's presidential campaign during her semester in Washington D.C., attending the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and working as a Political Science teaching apprentice. Outside of class, Lindsay's enjoys theatre, Ella Fitzgerald, historic architecture, impressionism, independent coffee shops, and the Highlands in Louisville, KY. She will attend law school in the fall, and although she is unsure what she'll do with her degree, she promises to keep fighting the good fight. |
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Center for Citizenship and Community, Advocate for Community Engagement (ACE) Shaden Dowiatt, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently a senior at Butler University pursuing a double major in International Studies and Spanish and minors in Psychology and Peace Studies. She has joined the CCC team to work at the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, a place she holds close to her heart. Shaden loves the energy she gets from the children at KYC and believes there are so many wonderful things happening there. She is looking to join the Americorps after graduation, and eventually attend graduate school in school counseling or peace and conflict resolution. Shaden is a big fan of traveling, pizza, cultures, music, and other beautiful things in this world. |
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Center for Citizenship and Community, Advocate for Community Engagement (ACE) Elizabeth Halajian is currently a senior at Butler University, pursuing a B.F.A. in Dance Performance with a minor in Political Science. This is her second semester assistant teaching dance outreach classes at the Kaleidoscope Youth Center. Believing in the power of the arts to substantially promote positive influences in a life, Elizabeth appreciates the enhancement that classes at KYC have added to her own artistic endeavors. Intending to dance professionally following her graduation from Butler, she later plans to attend graduate school with the hopes of locating and securing arts funding to jumpstart many more outreach dance programs for public schools around the nation |
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(ACE) Joel Smith, a native of Brookfield, Wisconsin, is beginning his junior year at Butler with a double major in Political Science and Spanish. Although he has been volunteering at the Martin Luther King Center beginning in September of 2005, this is his first year working as a CCC ACE. Joel is also a member of the Butler Soccer Club, Blue Key Honor Society, and works as the treasurer for the Butler Political Science Association. He looks forward to studying abroad in Madrid, Spain in the spring semester of 2007, and hopefully attending law school after the completion of his undergraduate studies. Outside of school, he enjoys European fútbol, reading the newspaper, and listening to the Beatles. |
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Center for Citizenship and Community, Special Projects Michael is a non-traditional student and senior in political science from Muncie, Indiana. With experience from a large state school, he brings a different perspective to the activities of a small private school community. He is co-president of the Butler Political Science Association and a member of the Political Science Honors Fraternity, Pi Sigma Alpha. Currently completing an internship with the Mayor of Indianapolis' Office, he has changed his role with the CCC to take on special projects. His work includes grant research, volunteer training manual development, service-learning development, and office duties. Over the summer and during the Fall 2006 semester he worked closely with Dr. Margaret Brabant and Dr. Donald Braid as the CCC Office Coordinator to create a CCC internship opportunity for Butler students as well as carry out the daily operations of the Center. |
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Elizabeth is self-employed as a writer, editor and consultant to the Center for Citizenship and Community. Krajeck has 20 years experience with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the area of community and economic development, supportive housing and other programs for people with disabilities. She is certified by the National Development Council as an Economic Development Specialist. As a community activist, she participated in the building the Writers' Center of Indiana, Partners in Housing Development Corporation and the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention. She is the recipient of a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis and the author of two chapbooks of poetry. Her work is focused on the impact of politics on day-to-day activities which occur in the space of one's home, neighborhood and imagination. |
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Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis IN 46208 (317) 940-9683
For more information, contact Dr. Margaret Brabant at: mbrabant@butler.edu