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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. For
full vita click here.
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.
She has succeeded in attracting funding for CCC programming from both private
and federal sources, including the 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
Fondation, and the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitiable Trust.
Dr. Brabant serves the Indianapolis community as the co-chair of 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); Butler
University Woman of Distinction Award (2005); the
Martin Luther King Legacy Recognition Award (2005) ; the Indiana Campus
Compact Fellowship Award (2001-2002); 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 Science
(1995); Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Curriculum Development Grant for Service-Learning
(1995); and the Demia Butler Student Organization, Butler University Outstanding
Teacher Award (1994).
Professor 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).
Phone: (317) 940-9683 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis IN 46208 Email: mbrabant@butler.edu |