2021-22 Community Engaged Scholar Graduates
The recipients of this distinction are labeled below, along with the link to their paper and their picture. Each student has demonstrated the importance of community based research and have thoroughly demonstrated their compassion for community based growth and involvement for a healthier and happier community.
Caroline Roberts, Braden Ball, Michael Fortini
- Project: Six Ways for Students to Enact Community Change Through a Racial Equity Ambassador Program
- Community Partner: Asheville City Schools Foundation
- Faculty Advisor: Carla Hung, Anthropology
Sarah Branagan:
- Project: The Community’s Classroom: Promoting Place-Based Environmental Education at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary in Asheville, NC
- Community Partner: Blue Ridge Audubon
- Faculty Advisor: Alison Ormsby, Environmental Studies
Molly Hackett:
- Project: The Fight for Racial Justice in Asheville: Supporting the Racial Justice Coalition’s Walk the Walk Campaign
- Community Partner: The Racial Justice Coalition (RJC)
- Faculty Advisor: Ameena Batada, Health and Wellness
Emma McGann:
- Project: Asheville’s Heritage Trees: Sampling and Benefit Assessment
- Community Partner: City of Asheville’s Tree Protection Task Force
- Faculty Advisor: Ameena Batada, Health and Wellness
Tristan Lashea:
- Project: Brother Wolf’s Business Model and Practices: Sustainability of a Non-Profit Animal Rescue Organization
- Community Partner: Brother Wolf Animal Rescue
- Faculty Advisor: Amanda Wray, English
Madeleine Scoggin:
- Project: Flower Buckets: How Supporting Community Organizations Allows for Growth and Success Within Communities
- Community Partner: Hood Huggers International
- Faculty Advisor: Kenneth Betsalel, Political Science
Caitlin Tricomi:
- Project: Imagining a New Future for Food Justice: Developing a Food Reparations Policy Brief for Reparative Actions in Asheville, NC
- Community Partner: Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council (ABFPC)
- Faculty Advisor: Ameena Batada, Health and Wellness
Aryelle Jacobsen:
- Project: Reparations and Public Safety
- Community Partner: The Racial Justice Coalition (RJC)
- Faculty Advisor: Ameena Batada, Health and Wellness