People

Faculty

Joan Clifford

Joan Clifford

Faculty Director
Faculty Consultant
Duke Service-Learning

Program Director
Community-Based Languages Initiative, Duke Service-Learning

Associate Professor of the Practice
Spanish Language Program, Romance Studies

As Director of the Community-Based Language Initiative (CBLI), Joan focuses on connecting Duke language students with diverse language groups in the community in order to deepen knowledge about our communities, to engage in intercultural and linguistic learning, and to work in solidarity to support organizations and individuals. Currently faculty and students in Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Persian, and Spanish are participating in CBLI. Joan has been actively involved in service-learning since 2005 in a range of roles: teaching, training, consulting, and mentoring. She regularly teaches service-learning course in Spanish, such as Latinx Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond, and Community-Based Research with Spanish-Speakers. Joan has presented her work and research at national service-learning conferences and has been involved in community-based research. In 2012 she was the recipient of the Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award for faculty.

Contact
01AD West Duke Building
1364 Campus Drive
Campus Box 90739
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 864-1609
jcliffor@duke.edu


Amy Anderson

Amy Anderson

Faculty Consultant
Duke Service-Learning

Assistant Professor of the Practice
Program in Education

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Program in Education

A primary focus of Amy’s work with Service-Learning is the development of an evaluation and assessment plan to measure the impact of service-learning on various constituents in the university community. As a professor in the Program in Education, Amy teaches service-learning courses in Foundations of Education and Critical Studies in Education. Amy’s research interests include service-learning, the assessment of service-learning outcomes, social foundations of education, curriculum theory, and feminist theory. I care about: community, encouraging meaningful student pathways through the integration of curricular and co-curricular experiences, commitments to Durham Public Schools. I can help you with: engaged pedagogies and creative options for critical reflection.

Contact
213 West Duke Building
1364 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708 
(919) 613-5285
amy.anderson@duke.edu


Genna Miller

Genna Miller

Faculty Ambassador
Duke Service-Learning

Lecturing Fellow
Economics Department

As a Faculty Ambassador, Genna assists Duke Service-Learning in expanding their work with STEAM faculty at Duke.  She is working to provide opportunities for STEAM faculty to engage in service-learning and community-engaged pedagogies in different fields including engineering, environmental science, economics, and mathematics.  Genna is also developing models for STEAM faculty to use in implementing such courses.

As a Lecturing Fellow in Economics, Genna teaches the service-learning course ECON 337S: Social Inequalities & Low-Wage Work.   In this course, students work with a Durham-based community partner, Student U, to assist low-income and first generation students in Durham Public Schools to have increased access to and readiness for college.

Genna’s research interests include retention of under-represented groups in STEM majors, active-learning techniques in economics, and gender equality in worker cooperatives.

 


Staff

Kathy Sikes

Kathy Sikes

Senior Fellow, Civic Engagement
Duke Service-Learning

Program Director
NC Literacy Corps

As Senior Fellow for Civic Engagement at Duke Service-Learning, Kathy explores the connection between community-engagement and high impact practices at Duke. She collects and disseminates best practices while seeking funding to expand training and program opportunities. Formerly Senior Assistant Director for Student Programs and Outreach at DukeEngage, Kathy brings a deep commitment to the practices that result in both student learning and community benefit. Prior to DukeEngage, Kathy was a faculty member in the Program in Education, the administrative director for the International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education (ICSLTE), the executive director for the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) at UNC-CH, and the education director for the Durham Literacy Center. Currently, Kathy volunteers as a voter protector for Democracy North Carolina and in her spare time, enjoys gardening and doing yoga. You might also find her teaching Koru meditation at DuWell!

Contact
01AC West Duke Building
1364 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 668-4138
kathy.sikes@duke.edu


Brenda Whiteman

Brenda Wheat Whiteman

Program Specialist
Duke Service-Learning

Brenda supports Duke Service-Learning with communications, events, and a variety of administrative tasks. Brenda is a career educator, with K-8 teaching experience in Georgia and Texas. She spent many years working in elementary teacher education in Texas and North Carolina. Brenda has experience working with public school, university, and community partners, including a number of arts organizations.  Most recently, she worked in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as the Arts Education Coordinator, working with K-12 visual and performing arts programs. 

Contact
01AB West Duke Building
1364 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box 90739
(919) 660-3134
brenda.whiteman@duke.edu


David Malone

David M. Malone

Faculty Scholar
Duke Service-Learning 

Professor of the Practice
Program in Education

Educational psychology, school psychology, student-centered approaches to teaching and learning, experiential and service-learning, innovative educational approaches in higher education.

David joined the faculty of Duke in 1984 and teaches courses in educational psychology, literacy, and service-learning. Working closely with colleagues at Duke and in the Durham Public Schools, David helped develop a service-learning/tutoring program that matches about 300 Duke students each year with children who need assistance in reading, math, and academic learning strategies. In 2006 David was named Faculty Director of the Office of Service-Learning within Trinity College, and shortly afterward the office was administratively housed within the Program in Education and re-named Duke Service-Learning.

Contact
213 West Duke Bldg
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-3075
dmalone@duke.edu


Betsy Alden

Betsy Alden

Student Liaison/Facilitator
Duke Service-Learning

Adjunct Lecturing Fellow
Program in Education

One of the founders of the service-learning movement at Duke, Betsy Alden retired as the program's director in 2007. Betsy's current involvement includes serving as co-advisor for the student group LEAPS, training peer reflection facilitators, and connecting with service-learning alumni. Betsy Alden was the inaugural recipient of the Robert L. Sigmon Service-Learning Award for faculty given by NC Campus Compact, and Duke Service-Learning presents the Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Awards each spring. Betsy also helped start the Duke Alums Engage program, which hosts service experiences for alumni in dozens of cities each year.

Contact
102 West Duke Bldg
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-3033
alden@duke.edu


Service-Learning Assistants (SLAs)

Service-Learning Assistants (SLAs) work closely with faculty teaching undergraduate service-learning courses, performing tasks such as facilitating community placements; serving as a liaison between faculty, students, and community partners; and leading critical reflection activities. SLAs play an integral role in supporting our faculty and we couldn't fulfill our mission without them. Learn more here.

Meet the 2022 - 2023 Cohort!