on-line vita: http://comm-org.wisc.edu/stoeckerfolio/stoeckvita.htm
1988: PhD, Sociology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Thesis Title: "From Concrete to Grass Roots: A Case Study of Successful Urban Insurgency in Cedar-Riverside"
1985: MA, Sociology, University of Minnesota.
1983: MS, Counseling and Guidance (emphasis in student services), University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
1981: BA, Social Development (an Individually Designed Major) with Philosophy Minor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (graduated Summa Cum Laude).
2008-present: Professor, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin, with a joint appointment in the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Center for Community and Economic Development.
2005-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, with a joint appointment in the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Center for Community and Economic Development.
2000-2005: Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (also Research Associate, Urban Affairs Center), University of Toledo.
1994-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (also Research Associate, Urban Affairs Center), University of Toledo.
1988-1994: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (also Research Associate, Urban Affairs Center, 1988-1991 and 1993), University of Toledo.
Community-Based Research
Community Organizing and Development
Community Informatics
Community Organizing (undergrad/grad)
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/cosyllabus10.htm
Research Design and Practice in Sociology
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/soc750.htm
Community Development (undergrad/grad)
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/cdsyllabus.htm
Community-Based Research with The Natural Step
Monona
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/cbrtnsm1.htm
Modern American Communities: Community
Information Technology
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/cbrandciclass.htm
Qualitative Methodology: Community-Based
Research (undergrad/grad)
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/syllabi/cbrclass.htm
Ph.D. advisor; Dadit Hidayat; Environment and Resources; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Kristin Klingman; Development Studies; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Janina Mera; Development Studeis; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; April Sansom; Environment and Resources; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Charity Schmidt; Sociology; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Heather Gordon; Sociology; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Sarah Lessem; Sociology; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Jennifer Ashleigh Ross; Environment and Resources; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Sandra Sulzer; Sociology; University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. advisor; Catherine Willis; Sociology; University of Wisconsin
M.A. advisor, Jennifer Randolph; Southeast Asian Studies; University of Wisconsin; completed 2010
M.A. advisor; Rebecca Thompson; Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies; University of Wisconsin; completed 2010
M.A. advisor; Charity Schmidt; Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies; University of Wisconsin; completed 2009
Stoecker, Randy. forthcoming. Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach, 2e. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Stoecker, Randy (ed.). 1997-2010. "Papers." COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development. http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers.htm
Stoecker, Randy and Elizabeth Tryon (eds.). 2009. The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Stoecker, Randy. 2005. Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Strand, Kerry, Sam Marullo, Nick Cutforth, Randy Stoecker, and Patrick Donohue. 2003. Community-Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Simon, Harold, Karen Ceraso, and Randy Stoecker (eds). 1998. "Organize!"--Special issue of Shelterforce: The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building.
Stoecker, Randy (ed). 1996. "Sociology and Social Action II" special issue of Sociological Imagination Vol. 33, No. 1. Also at: http://comm-org.wisc.edu/si/sihome.htm
Stoecker, Randy (ed). 1996. "Sociology and Social Action I" special issue of Sociological Imagination Vol. 33, No. 2. Also at: http://comm-org.wisc.edu/si/sihome.htm
Stoecker, Randy. 1994. Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside. Philadelphia:Temple University Press.
Stoecker, Randy, and Edna Bonacich (eds). 1993. "Participatory Research II" special issue of The American Sociologist Volume 24, No. 1.
Stoecker, Randy, and Edna Bonacich (eds). 1992. "Participatory Research I" special issue of The American Sociologist Volume 23, No. 4.
Stoecker, Randy, Katherine Loving, Molly Reddy, and Nicole Bollig. 2010. "Can Community-Based Research Guide Service-Learning?" Journal of Community Practice 18:280-296.
Stoecker, Randy. 2009. "Are We Talking the Walk of Community-Based Research?" Action Research 7:385-404.
Stoecker, Randy, Catherine Willis, and Arthur Lersch. 2009. "The Community Leadership Educator’s Perspective on Program Sustainability." Journal of Leadership Education 8:206-223.
Stoecker, Randy. 2008. "Challenging Institutional Barriers to Community-Based Research." Action Research. 6:49-67.
Tryon, Elizabeth, and Randy Stoecker. 2008. "The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service-Learning." Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 12:47-59.
Tryon, Elizabeth, Randy Stoecker, Amy Martin, Kristy SeBlonka, Amy Hilgendorf and Margaret Nellis. 2008. "The Challenge of Short-Term Service Learning." Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. 14:16-26.
Stillman Larry, and Randy Stoecker. 2007. "Community Informatics." Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology, by G. David Garson and Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (eds.). Hershey, PA: IGI.
Stoecker, Randy. 2007. "The Data and Research Practices and Needs of Non-Profit Organizations." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 34:97-119.
Stoecker, Randy. 2006. "Neighborhood Data Systems: A Foundation for Resident Participation." Community Development, 37:109-122.
Stoecker, Randy. 2005. "Is Community Informatics Good for Communities? Questions Confronting an Emerging Field." Journal of Community Informatics, Vol. 1 no. 3.
Stillman, Larry, and Randy Stoecker. 2005. "Structuration, ICTs, and Community Work." Journal of Community Informatics, Vol. 1, no. 3.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. "Understanding the Development-Organizing Dialectic." Journal of Urban Affairs, 25: 493-512.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. "Choices in Community-Higher Education Collaborations." PLA Notes 48:42-46.
Stoecker, Randy et al. 2003. "Community-Based Research Networks: Development and Lessons Learned in an Emerging Field." Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9:44-56.
Strand, Kerry, Sam Marullo, Nick Cutforth, Randy Stoecker, and Patrick Donohue. 2003. "Principles of Best Practice for Community-Based Research." Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9:5-15.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. "Community-Based Research: From Theory to Practice and Back Again." Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9:35-46.
Stoecker, Randy. 2002. "Practices and Challenges of Community-Based Research." Journal of Public Affairs. 6:219-239.
Stoecker, Randy. "Cyberspace vs. Face to face: Community Organizing in the New Millennium." 2002. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 1:143-164.
Stoecker, Randy, and Anna Vakil. 2000. "States, Culture, and Community Organizing: Two Tales of Two Neighborhoods. Journal of Urban Affairs. 22:439-458.
Stoecker, Randy. 1999. Making Connections: Community Organizing, Empowerment Planning, and Participatory Research in Participatory Evaluation. Sociological Practice 1:209-232.
Stoecker, Randy, and Angela Stuber. 1999. "Building an Information Superhighway of One's Own: A Comparison of Two Approaches." Research in Politics and Society, Vol. 7.
Stoecker, Randy. 1999. "Are Academics Irrelevant?" Roles for Scholars in Participatory Research." American Behavioral Scientist 42:840-854.
Stall, Susan, and Randy Stoecker. 1998. "Community Organizing or Organizing Community? Gender and the Crafts of Empowerment." Gender and Society 12:729-756. (reprinted in James DeFilippis and Susan Saegert (eds.) The Community Development Reader. Routledge Publications: New York).
Stoecker, Randy. 1998. "Capital Against Community." Research in Community Sociology, Vol. 8, ed. Dan Chekki. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Stoecker, Randy. 1997. "The Community Development Corporation Model of Urban Redevelopment: A Critique and an Alternative." Journal of Urban Affairs 19:1-23. With responses from Rachel Bratt and Dennis Keating, and a rejoinder: "Should We, Could We, Change the CDC Model? Reply to Bratt and Keating." Journal of Urban Affairs 19:35-44. (reprinted in James DeFilippis and Susan Saegert (eds.) The Community Development Reader. Routledge Publications: New York).
Stoecker, Randy, and Angela C. S. Stuber. 1997. "Limited Access: The Information Superhighway and Ohio's Neighborhood-Based Organizations." Computers in Human Services. 14:39-57.
Stoecker, Randy. 1995. "Community Organizing and Community Development in Cedar-Riverside and East Toledo: A Comparative Study." Journal of Community Practice, 2:1-23.
Stoecker, Randy. 1995. "Community, Movement, Organization: The Problem of Identity Convergence in Collective Action." The Sociological Quarterly 36:111-130.
Stoecker, Randy, Joan Mullin, Mary Schmidbauer, and Michelle Young. 1993. "Integrating Writing and the Teaching Assistant to Enhance Critical Pedagogy." Teaching Sociology 21:1-9.
Tracy, Elizabeth, and Randy Stoecker. 1993. "Homelessness: The Service Providers' Perspective on Blaming the Victim." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 20:43-59.
Stoecker, Randy. 1993. "The Federated Front-Stage Structure and Localized Social Movements: A Case Study of the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood Movement." Social Science Quarterly 74:169-184.
Stoecker, Randy, and David Beckwith. 1992. "Advancing Toledo's Neighborhood Movement Through Participatory Action Research: Integrating Activist and Academic Approaches." The Clinical Sociology Review 10:198-213.
Stoecker, Randy. 1992. "Who Takes Out the Garbage? Social Reproduction as a Neglected Dimension of Social Movement Research." Perspectives on Social Problems, Vol. 3, ed. Gale Miller and James A. Holstein. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Stoecker, Randy, and Mary Schmidbauer. 1991. "Local State Reform and Class Struggle: The Case of Toledo, Ohio." Critical Sociology 18:99-123
Stoecker, Randy. 1991. "Evaluating and Rethinking the Case Study." The Sociological Review 39:88-112.
Stoecker, Randy. 1990. "Taming the Beast: Maintaining Democracy in Community-Controlled Redevelopment." The Berkeley Journal of Sociology 35:107-126.
Stoecker, Randy. 1990. "Strategies for Enhancing Learning in the Blowoff Course." Innovative Higher Education 14:141-153.
Stoecker, Randy. 1989. "Critical Theory and Feminist Praxis." Humanity and Society 13:344-364.
Bouzard, Gayle Gordon, Kristin Jonasdottir, Michael E. O'Neal, and Randy Stoecker (collective authorship). 1987. "Sociology Out to Lunch: Grad Students' Treat." The American Sociologist, 18:69-73.
Fine, Gary Alan, and Randy Stoecker. 1985. "Can the Circle Be Unbroken? Small Groups and Social Movements." Advances in Group Processes: Theory and Research, Volume II, ed. Edward J. Lawler. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press. (Reprinted in Social Psychology: Sociological Contributions , ed. Edward J. Lawler and Barry Markovsky. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991.)
Willis, Catherine, Crystel Anders, and Randy Stoecker. 2011. "When the Community Leads," In Leslie Hossfeld, Gwen Nyden, Phil Nyden (eds.) Public Sociology: Research, Action, and Change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Loving, Katherine, Randy Stoecker, and Molly Reddy. 2011. "Service-Learning, Technology, Nonprofits, and Institutional Limitations." In Melody Bowdon and Russell Carpenter (eds) Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships: Concepts, Models, and Applications. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Stoecker, Randy, and Mary Beckman. 2010. Evaluating the Community Impact of Higher Education Civic Engagement. In Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Diane L. Zimmerman, Cathy Burack, and Sarena Seifer (eds.) Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: The Contemporary Landscape. Volume Two: Community-Campus Partnerships. East Lansing, Michigan State University Press.
Stoecker, Randy. 2010. "Capacity Building and Community Power." In Sue Kenny and Matthew Clarke (eds.) Challenging Capacity Building: Comparative Perspectives. London: Palgrave and Macmillan.
Stoecker, Randy. 2010. "Has the Fight Gone out of Organizing." Shelterforce, spring. http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1983/has_the_fight_gone_out_of_organizing/.
Stoecker, Randy, and Mary Beckman. 2010. Making Higher Education Civic Engagement Matter in the Community. Campus Compact. http://www.compact.org/news/making-higher-education-civic-engagement-matter-in-the-community/9748/.
Stoecker, Randy. 2010. "Community Organizing." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies by Robert Hutchinson (ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Stoecker, Randy. 2010. "Community Development." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies by Robert Hutchinson (ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Stoecker, Randy. 2010. "Saul Alinsky." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies by Robert Hutchinson (ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Stoecker, Randy. 2009. Community Organizing and Social Change. Contexts Magazine, 8:20-25.
Stoecker, Randy. 2008. "Ethics of Community Informatics Research and Practice." In Doug Schuler (ed.) Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution. Boston: MIT Press.
Stoecker, Randy, Amy Hilgendorf and Elizabeth Tryon. 2008. "Information and Communication Technology in Service Learning: A Case Study of Appropriate Use." Service-eLearning: Educating for Citizenship, by Amber Dailey-Hebert, Emily Donnelli, and Laurie DiPadova-Stocks (eds.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Stoecker, Randy and Larry Stillman. 2007. "Who Leads, Who Remembers, Who Speaks." Constructing and Sharing Memory Community Informatics, Identity and Empowerment. Selected papers from the 3rd Prato International Community Informatics Conference; Community Informatics Research Network 9- 11 October 2006. Newcastle upon Tyle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Stoecker, Randy. 2005. "The Last Line of Defense." Shelterforce, Issue 143, September/October, http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/lastdefense.html
Susan Stall and Randy Stoecker. 2005. "Toward A Gender Analysis Of Community Organizing Models: Liminality And The Intersection Of Spheres." Revised version of 1998 Gender and Society article in Merideth Minkler (ed.) Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, 2E. NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Stoecker, Randy. 2005. "The Foundation of Community Information Technology: Community-Based Research." Community Technology Review. Spring-Summer. http://www.comtechreview.org/spring-summer-2005/000311.html
Stoecker, Randy. 2004. "Toward a People's Technology." In Larry Stillman (ed.) Community and Information Technology: The Big Questions. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Stoecker Randy. 2004. "The Mystery of the Missing Social Capital and the Ghost of Social Structure: Why Community Development Can't Win." In Rob Silverman (ed.) Community-Based Organizations in Contemporary Urban Society: The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. "Comment on William M. Rohe and Rachel G. Bratt's 'Failures, Downsizings, and Mergers among Community Development Corporations': Defending Community Development Corporations or Defending Communities?" Housing Policy Debate, 14:47-56.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. "Are Academics Irrelevant? Approaches and Roles for Scholars in Community-Based Participatory Research." Revised version of 1999 American Behavioral Scientist article in Nina Wallerstein and Meredith Minkler (eds.), Community Based Participatory Research in Health. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
Stoecker, Randy. 2001. "Community Development and Community Organizing: Apples and Oranges? Chicken and Egg?" In Ron Hayduk and Ben Shepard (eds) From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization, New York: Verso.
Stoecker, Randy. 1999. "The Titanic, Pizza Delivery, Community Development, and the Internet" in Andrew Funston (ed) Communities Networking/Networking Communities: Proceedings of the 1998 National Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Community Quarterly.
Stoecker, Randy. 1998. "Can Sociologists Change the World?" In Toward a Second Dimension: A Sociology Reader, ed. Patrick and Linda Pertusatti. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt.
Stoecker, Randy. 1997 "The Imperfect Practice of Collaborative Research: The Working Group on Neighborhoods in Toledo, Ohio" In Phil Nyden et al., Building Community: Social Science in Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Morrissey, Marietta, and Randy Stoecker (joint authorship). 1994. "Marxist Theory and the Oppression of Women." In Marxist Sociology: Surveys of Contemporary Theory and Research, ed. Patrick McGuire and Donald McQuarie. New York: General Hall.
Stoecker, Randy. 2008. Review of Visions of Development: Faith-Based Initiatives, ed. Wendy Tyndale. Community Development Journal, 43:254-256.
Stoecker, Randy. 2006. Review of Promise and Betrayal: Universities and the Battle for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, by John I. Gilderbloom and R.L. Mullins Jr. Shelterforce, No. 148.
Stoecker, Randy. 2004. Review of: Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, by Howard Rheingold. Contemporary Sociology, 33:681-682.
Stoecker, Randy. 2004. Review of Organizing Access to Capital: Advocacy and the Democratization of Financial Institutions. Contemporary Sociology, 33: 480-482.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. Community Control Without Tears. Review of Organizing for Community Controlled Development, by Patricia Watkins Murphy and James V. Cunningham. Shelterforce, No. 130.
Stoecker, Randy. 2003. Review of: Between Eminence and Notoriety: Four Decades of Radical Urban Planning, by Chester Hartman. Journal of Planning Literature, 17:392-393.
Stoecker, Randy. 2002. Review of: Civic Innovation in America: Community Empowerment, Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal, by Carmen Sirianni and Lewis Friedland. Contemporary Sociology, 31:171-173. With response and rebuttal.
Stoecker, Randy. 2001. Review of: Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development, by Adam S. Weinberg, David N. Pellow, and Allan Schnaiberg. Contemporary Sociology 31:53-54.
Stoecker, Randy, Dadit Hidayat, Chris Arnold, Grace Boblick, Michael Bukas, Mikaela Frazier, Lauren Heffron, Benjamin Kiner, Kendall King, Michael Lambeth, Cynthia Novak, Anna Parrell, Graham Ryan, and Brady Wolff. 2011. "Results of the UW Capstone Monona Sustainability Survey." Prepared for The Natural Step Monona.
Stoecker, Randy, and Catherine Willis. 2009. "Understanding the 2004 Cohort of Community Shares of Wisconsin." Prepared for Community Shares of Wisconsin.
Stoecker, Randy, and Catherine Willis, with Dan Hill, Sarah Burgert, and Art Lersch. 2008. "Challenges, Best Practices, and Creative Tensions in Wisconsin’s Community-Based Leadership Education Programs." Prepared for the University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Community Leadership team.
Stoecker, Randy, and Catherine Willis, with Dan Hill, Sarah Burgert, and Art Lersch. 2008. "The Community Leadership Educator's Perspective on Program Sustainability." Prepared for the University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Community Leadership team.
Stoecker, Randy. 2007. "Creative Tensions in Funder-Fundee Relations." Prepared for the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Model Communities Program.
Stoecker, Randy, and Trish O'Kane. 2007. "On the Challenges and Support Needs of Community Leadership Educators in Wisconsin." Prepared for University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Community Leadership team.
Stoecker, Randy, and Trish O'Kane. 2007. "State Associations and Other Forms of Infrastructure Support for Leadership Development Educators." Prepared for University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Community Leadership team.
Stoecker, Randy. 2007. "Side Effects? Personal Impacts of GLC." Prepared for the Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, Wisconsin.
Stoecker, Randy. 2007. “Order has Nothing to do with Productivity”: Creative Tensions in the 2006 Model Communities Planning Process." Prepared for the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Model Communities Program.
Stoecker, Randy. 2006. "Participant Reflections on the Quad Counties Summer VISTA Program." Prepared for University of Wisconsin Extension Quad Counties staff.
Stoecker, Randy. 2006. "Learning from Each Other: Report to the Grassroots Leadership College." Prepared for the Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, Wisconsin.
Stoecker, Randy, with Sue Wuest and Gregg Rice. 2005. “The State
of Hispanics/Latino/as in Lucas County and its Surrounds.”
Prepared for the Hispanic/Latino Strategic Alliance of Greater
Toledo.
Stoecker, Randy. 2005. “A Neighborhood Data System for Toledo: A
Demonstration Project and Best Practices Analysis.” Prepared for
the University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center.
Stoecker, Randy. 2004. “’Are We Making a Change?’ The Data and
Research Needs of Toledo Area Non-Profit Organizations.” Prepared
for the University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center.
Stoecker, Randy. 2004. “The Power of Relationships: Northwest Ohio
Community Shares.” Prepared for the National Committee for
Responsive Philanthropy.
Stillman, Larry, and Randy Stoecker. 2004. “Empowerment for the
West: Project Report.” Prepared for Monash University, Melbourne
Australia, and the Melbourne western region neighbourhood houses.
Community-based research with The Natural Step Monona on community sustainability and water conservation/preservation. With Dadit Hidayat.
Participatory action research with Community Shares of Wisconsin on historical changes in workplace philanthropy and Community Shares organizational member recruitment. With Catherine Willis.
Participatory action research on community organizing in Southwest Madison. With Brian Christens and SouthWest Community Organizing Committee.
Study of grassroots civic engagement in Wisconsin, with Catherine Willis.
Article under review with Jason A. Laker, Kornelija Mrnjaus, and Concepción Naval (eds.) Citizenship, Democracy, and the University: Theory and Practice in Europe and North America. "Making Higher Education Civic Engagement Matter in the Community." With Mary Beckman.
Article under review with the Community Development Journal, "Grassroots Civic Engagement Organizations and Leadership Education." With Catherine Willis.
Article under review with Journal of Rural Social Sciences, "CBR and the Two Forms of Social Change."
Article under review with Audrey A. Trainor and Elizabeth Graue (eds.), Publishing Qualitative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Guide for Reviewers and Researchers, "Action Research." With Mary Brydon-Miller.
2011-2013: Project to do community building and youth organizing in southwest Madison, with Brian Christens. Funded by University of Wisconsin Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, $99,958.
2010-2011: Project to study effectiveness of The Natural Step Monona. Funded by University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute, $20,000.
2010-2011: Project to study inter-organizational relationships of Community Shares of Wisconsin. Funded by University of Wisconsin Graduate School, $29,375. With matching grant from the University of Wisconsin Morgridge Center for Public Service, $13,815.
2010: Project to advance rural service learning, with Pamela Proulx-Curry. Funded by North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, $14,700.
2008-2010: Project to study relationships between community-based leadership development education and community organizing as strategies to improve civic engagement in Wisconsin. Funded by United States Department of Agriculture Hatch grant, $53,328.
2008-2009: Project to develop social network software to support a community information technology science shop. Funded by University of Wisconsin Division of Information Technology, $5,000.
2007-2008: Project to establish a community information technology science shop. Funded by Corporation for National and Community Service through Princeton University, $19,500.
2007-2008: Planning grant to develop international participatory evaluation plan for participatory action research. Funded by World Universities Network, $5,000.
2007: Grant for best practices study of state leadership associations and needs association of Wisconsin leadership educators. Funded by University of Wisconsin-Extension, $3,000.
2006-2007: Participatory Evaluation of Model Communities project. Funded by State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, $28,964.
2006: Participatory Evaluation of Quad Counties Summer VISTA program. Funded by University of Wisconsin Extension, $9,552.
2006-2008: Study of nonprofit access to service learning across the state of Wisconsin. United States Department of Agriculture Hatch grant. $51,300.
2006: Study of what works and what doesn’t in service learning for community organizations. Funded by University of Wisconsin Morgridge Center, $1,500.
2005: Study of Hispanic/Latino population characteristics and community organization networks for the Hispanic/Latino Strategic Alliance of Greater Toledo. Funded by the University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center, $6,000.
2004-5: Continuation of nonprofit research and data needs project: feasibility study of a neighborhood indicators system for Toledo. Funded by the University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center, $5,000.
2004: Community-based research project focusing on research and data needs of nonprofit organizations in the Toledo, Ohio metropolitan area. Funded by University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center, $5,000.
2003-2004: Case study research of Northwest Ohio Community Shares alternative fund. Funded by National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, $4,000
2002-2003: Participatory evaluation of Lagrange neighborhood Weed and Seed program. Funded by United States Department of Justice Weed and Seed program, $25,000.
2001-2003: Participatory evaluation research with Phase II of Bonner Foundation Community Research Program. Funded through Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, $30,000.
2002: Community Organization documentation and evaluation, Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Minneapolis. Funded by UT URAF program, $5,000.
2001-2002: Community Organization Directory and Assessment project, Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Minneapolis. Funded by West Bank Community Development Corporation, $15,000.
2001: Documentation research of ACORN Toledo community organizing and development training program. Funded by UT Urban Affairs Center, $5,000.
1999-2000: Participatory research with Phase I of Bonner Foundation Community Research Program. Funded by Campus Compact, $7,250, 1999-2000.
1998-2000: Participatory evaluation research with Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in Chicago and Toledo to understand effects of organizing training and education activities. Funded by ACORN, Toledo Community Foundation, and Needmor Fund, $21,682.
1996: SProject to help Ohio neighborhood-based organizations achieve and use Internet access to build Ohio-wide coalition of neighborhood-based organizations and university researchers. Funded by State of Ohio Board of Regents Urban University Program, $28,160.
1995: Project to conduct comparative needs and resources assessment of Ohio urban neighborhood-based organizations using community-university collaborative methodology, with Ron Randall. Funded by State of Ohio Board of Regents Urban University Program, $69,800.
1990: University of Toledo Faculty Research Award Fellowship (to fund study of foundation funding of community-based development organizations across urban areas. $5,000.
2009. Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement. Received by UW Extension Center for Community and Economic Development.
2007. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence, University of Wisconsin.
2007. American Democracy Project, North Central Regional Conference "Most Sustainable Project" award for service learning assessment model. Received with Elizabeth Tryon and Charity Schmidt.
2005-2006: Trent University 2005/2006 Ashley Fellow
2004: Monash University (Australia) Senior Research Fellow
2003: University of Toledo Distance Learning Summer Faculty Fellowship
2000: University of Toledo Writing Across the Curriculum Teaching Award.
1999 University of Toledo Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Faculty Fellowship
1997 University of Toledo Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Faculty Fellowship
1996-1997: University of Toledo Dean's Special Merit Award.
1994-1995: University of Toledo Dean's Special Merit Award.
1992-1993: University of Toledo Office of Accessibility and Challenged Individuals Association Teacher of the Year.
"Commnity Outcomes." Keynote address prepared for the
Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning Symposium,
Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, 2011.
"Building Partnerships with Service Learning." Keynote
address prepared for the Fourth Annual Great Northwoods Service
Learning Conference, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2011.
"A New Age of Student Civic Engagement?" Presentation,
Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2011.
"Academic Service Learning: How to Connect to the
Community." Presentation, Northern Michigan University,
2011.
"Higher Education Community Engagement in Rural Areas," NCRCRD
Webinar Series, 2011.
"When the Community Leads: Making Higher Education Relevant,"
with Crystel Anders and Catherine Willis. Morgridge Center
for Public Service, University of Wisconsin, 2011.
"Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader: Competing Paradigms in Community-Engaged Scholarship." Presentation, Cornell University, 2010.
"The CDC Model of Urban Redevelopment: Lessons Learned from the Place-Based Approach." Presentation, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Forum, 2010.
"Maximizing the Community Benefits of Service-Learning." With Elizabeth Tryon and Amy Mondloch. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Educational Conference Call, 2010.
"Campus-Community Collaborations: New Models for Real Outcomes." Presentation, Duffy Colloquium, Beloit College Liberal Arts in Practice Center, 2010.
"Service Learning in Metropolis and Beyond." Keynote address prepared for the 7th Annual Eastern Carolina University Conference on Service Learning, 2010.
“Community Engagement Across the Curriculum: Considerations of Student and Community Impact.” Presentation, Clark University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2010.
"Community Engagement and the Two Forms of Social Change." Presentation, Cornell University Public Service Center seminar series, 2010.
"Research as Colonization: Ending Our Complicity in Oppressive Global Relations." Keynote address prepared for the Sixth Annual Social Theory Forum, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2009.
"Removing Barriers and Biases - Finding Common Interests for Improved Health." Northern Midwest Regional Community Engagement Workshop. University of Chicago, Chicago, WI, 2008.
"Dating to Marriage: The Community-School Relationship." Keynote address prepared for South Eastern Wisconsin Service Learning Consortium Service Learning Academy, St. Francis, WI, 2008.
"Who is Served by Service Learning?" University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.
"Community-Based Research: Tapping the Power of University-Community Collaborations." Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2008.
"CBR 4 CBOs: What the Heck is that?" Prepared for Boone, North Carolina community, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2008.
"CBR and the Two Forms of Social Change." Keynote address prepared for Learn and Serve America: Higher Education National Community-Based Research Networking Initiative Subgrantee Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2007.
"Honey, Vinegar, Community Organizing, and the Political Opportunity Structure," Department of Rural Sociology Seminar Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 2007.
"Community Based Research," School of Music and Center for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 2007.
"Research for Social Change," Centre for Human Rights Education and Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. 2007.
"The (dis)Connection between Community Engagement and Community Development." Sociology Speaker Series. Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee. 2007.
“Confrontation or Consensus: Which Path to the Participatory City." Mary Jo Huth Memorial Urban Symposium lecture. University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. 2006.
"Dos and Don'ts in Participatory Research." Hardy Chair Lecture Series. Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, 2006.
"Dating to Marriage: The Opportunities & Challenges of Long-Term University Commitment to Community." Keynote address delivered to the U-Links annual Celebration of Research, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. 2006.
Stoecker, Randy. Savior, Servant, or Scallywag: Ethical Challenges of Community Engagement. Trent University Ashley Fellowship lecture, Peterborough, Ontario, 2006.
"Why Don't We do More Participatory Research." Keynote address delivered to the The First, CSU Conference on Community-Based Teaching and Research: Creating Knowledge and Building Community. Cal Poly, Pomona. 2006.
Stoecker, Randy. "Creative Tensions in North American Participatory Action Research." Primer encuentro Internacional de Investigadores en Acción PICE, Venezuela, 2005. (video presentation).
"Creative Tensions in the New Community-Based Research." Keynote address delivered to the Community-Based Research Network Symposium, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2004.
"Toward a People's Technology." Keynote address delivered to the "Community and Information Technology: the Big Questions" search conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 2002.
"Community-University Collaborations: Future Choices." Keynote address delivered to the The University of Texas El Paso Center for Civic Engagement's 4th Annual Retreat, 2002.
"Some Questions as we Begin: Thinking About Community-Based Research." Keynote address delivered to the "Best Practices in Undergraduate Community-Based Research: Challenges and Opportunities for the Research University" conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2002.
"Power or Programs? Two Paths to Community Development." Keynote address delivered to the International Association for Community Development Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2001.
The "Dot-Orging" of Community: Community Change, Development, and the Internet. Keynote address, Creating and Sustaining On-Line Communities 2000 conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia, 2000.
"The Titanic, Pizza Delivery, Community Development, and the Internet." Keynote address, Third Communities Networking/Networking Communities Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1998.
Workshop facilitator, National Outreach and Engagement Scholarship Conference, Outreach & Engagement Staff Preconference Workshop, East Lansing, MI, 2011.
Conference facilitator, Rural Alliance for Service Learning Summit, Racine, WI, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Reciprocity in Campus-Community Partnerships," Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference, New York, NY, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Maximizing Community Outcomes," VISTA in-service training, Green Lake, WI, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Just Connections Partnership
Workshop," Maryville, TN, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Re-imagining Service-Learning
Partnerships: Balancing Community and University Interests."
Community & Faculty Service-Learning Summer Institute,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Community First: Impacts of Community
Engagement," Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning
Symposium, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, 2011
Workshop facilitator, "Community Engagement as Ally Work,"
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2011.
Workshop facilitator, "Community Service Learning
Workshop," UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, 2011.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service
learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and
Service, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, 2011.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, UW-Sheboygan, 2011.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service
learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and
Service, UW-Barron County, 2011.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, 2010.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service
learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and
Service, UW-Sheboygan, 2010.
Workshop co-facilitator, UW-Colleges and UW-Extension service learning collaboration, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, UW-Barron County, 2010.
Conference/Workshop facilitator, “Building Successful Community-Extension-Researcher Partnerships,” Missouri CommUNITY Partnerships 2010 Conference, Columbia, MO, 2010.
Conference co-organizer and faclitator, Rural Service Learning Summit, Racine, WI, 2010.
Workshop facilitator, "Something Important Is Happening Here: Framing Issues to Inspire Social Action." Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI, 2010.Workshop co-facilitator, with Linda Plitt Donaldson, "Community Organizing and Participatory Research." CCHD Symposium, 2010. University of Notre Dame.
Workshop facilitator, "Community-Based Research Workshop." Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 2010.
Community Forum co-organizer and facilitator, Tools for Community Organizing: Building Our Toolbox. Madison, WI, 2010.
Conference co-organizer and facilitator, Wisconsin Community Leadership Coordinators Conference. Green Bay, WI 2010.
Workshop co-facilitator, "The Community-Campus Knowledge Exchange: How Can We Structure Community-Based Learning." With Elizabeth Tryon and Katherine Loving. University of Wisconsin Teaching and Learning Symposium. Madison, WI, 2010.
Workshop facilitator, "Expanding the Research--Examining New Sites and Other Strategies." Community Shares USA Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV, 2010.
Workshop facilitator, "Making Higher Educatioin Civic Engagement Matter in the Community." University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2010.
Workshop facilitator, "Community-Based Learning: Effective Practice and Partnerships." Colleges of Worcester Consortium, 2010."
Workshop facilitator, "Community Development: Amplifying the Community Voice in Service Learning." 7th Annual Eastern Carolina University Conference on Service Learning, 2010.
Workshop facilitator, "Are YOU Getting What you Want from Your Local Higher Education's Community Based Initiatives? " Ithaca, New York, 2010.
Participatory research training Facilitator, Community Development Academy, University of Missouri Extension, 1998, 1999, 2001-2010.
Workshop facilitator, Emerging Engagement Scholars 2009 Workshop. Athens GA, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, "Community-based Research (CBR) and Service Learning: “Moving Toward a Community Development Model." Maryville College, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, "Community-Based Research." Otterbein College, 2009.
Workshop faclitator, "Program Evaluation." 2009 Wisconsin Community Health Worker Network Conference, Pewaukee, WI, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, Great Northwoods Service Learning Workshop, Wausau, WI, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, Center for California Cultural and Social Issues, Pitzer College, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, "Student Community Engagement, Pitzer College, 2009.
Workshop facilitator and Panel Moderator, "Community Engagement." Denison University, 2009.
Workshop facilitator, "Student Community Engagement." Denison University, 2009.
Community organizing Training workshop series facilitator, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, Waukesha, WI, 2007-2009.
Special Seminar facilitator, Community-Based Research. Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí, Salinas de Hidalgo, Mexico, 2008.
Workshop facilitator, Emerging Engagement Scholars 2008 Workshop. State College, PA, 2008.
Conference co-organizer and facilitator, For Community's Sake: Maximizing the Community Impact of Service Learning. Baraboo, WI, 2008.
Conference co-organizer and co-facilitator, Building Wisconsin's Leadership Programs. Green Bay, WI, 2008.
Workshop facilitator, "Improve your Meeting Management Skills," South Madison Planning Council, Madison, WI, 2008.
Planning workshop facilitator, "World Universities Network" PAR Outcomes Project," Paris, France, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Meaningful, Useful, Painless Evaluation: Tips, Tools and Techniques," U-Links, Minden, Ontario, Canada, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Meaningful, Useful, Painless Evaluation: Tips, Tools and Techniques," Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Peterborough Ontario, Canada, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Developing Successful University-Community Partnerships," Wisconsin Partnership Program, Madison, WI, 2007.
Workshop facilitator (with Michael Martin and Marianne Morton), "Market Analysis/Needs Assessment,"A Home for Everyone 2007, affordable housing conference, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Conflict and Consensus Methods in Community Organizing," The Change Agency, Melbourne, Australia, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Conflict and Consensus Methods in Community Organizing," The Change Agency, Brisbane, Australia, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Next Steps: Where Do We Go From Here?" Morgridge Center for Public Service 10th Anniversary Celebration, Madison, Wisconsin, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Community Research 101," Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, Wisconsin, 2007.
Workshop facilitator, "Moving from Service Learning to Community-Based Research." Morgridge Center for Public Service Madison, Wisconsin, 2006.
Conference facilitator, 3rd International Community Informatics Conference, Prato, Italy, 2006.
Workshop facilitator, "Choosing the Organizing Model That Fits your Situation." City of Madison 2006 Neighborhood Conference, 2006.
Workshop facilitator, "Community Organizing Basics." East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Committee, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006.
Workshop facilitator (with Michael Martin and Marc Smith), "Juggling the Numbers." A Home for Everyone, 2006 affordable housing conference, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2006.
Workshop facilitator, "Using Research to Support Community Change Projects." Wisconsin Community Leadership Conference, 2006.
Workshop facilitator (with Jose Calderon), "Community Based Participatory Research." The First, CSU Conference on Community-Based Teaching and Research: Creating Knowledge and Building Community. Cal Poly, Pomona, 2006.
Workshop facilitator, "Working with Nonprofits," University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Eastern District inservice, 2005.
Workshop facilitator, “Community-University Relationships,” Trent Center for Community Based Education, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 2005.
Workshop Facilitator, "Community Development Action Research Lab," University of Wisconsin Extension CNRED Central District inservice, 2005.
Workshop Facilitator, "A Social Change Model for Participatory
Research," CU Expo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2005.
Workshop Facilitator, "Speaking Freely to Your Partner," CU Expo,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2005.
Workshop Facilitator, "Who Participates in Participatory
Research," CU Expo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2005.
Co-organizer and facilitator, Community-Based Research Planning Workshop, American Sociological Association annual meetings, San Francisco, 2004.
Facilitator, Community-Based Participatory Research Training Workshop, Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, Alamosa Colorado, 2004.
Organizer and facilitator, Career Workshop: Opportunities and Pitfalls in Community Action Research, American Sociological Association annual meetings, 2003.
Facilitator, Just Connections' First Annual Conference for Community and Scholar Activists in Community-Based Education in Appalachia, Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia, 2003.
Co-organizer and facilitator, "Neighbors: The Mortar of Our Community" conference sponsored by Neighborhoods Resource Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003.
Organizer and facilitator, national community-based research network planning conference, Philadelphia, 2003.
Workshop facilitator, "Introduction to Community Organising," RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.
Workshop facilitator, "Cyberspace vs. Face to Face: Community Organising in the New Millenium," RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.
Workshop facilitator, Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings, "How to do Social Action: Action Based Research in the Classroom." Milwaukee, WI, 2002.
Workshop facilitator, Bonner Foundation Learn and Serve program member institutions gathering, February 2001, Philadelphia.
Workshop facilitator, Community-Based Research Network of University of Denver and affiliated universities, 2001.
Workshop facilitator, Community-Based Research Network of Trenton Center and affiliated universities, 2001.
Community Shares of Wisconsin, 2009-2011.
Dania Partners, 2008-2009.
State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Model Communities project, 2006-2007.
University of Wisconsin Quad Counties summer VISTA program, 2006.
Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI. 2005-2006.
Lagrange Development Corporation Weed and Seed program. Toledo, OH. 2002-2003.
Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Learn and Serve Community Research Program, 2000-2003.
Needmor Fund/Toledo Community Foundation joint community organizing training program, Toledo, OH. 1998-2000.
ACORN Grassroots School Improvement Campaign, Chicago. 1998-1999.
Policy Research Action Group, (Loyola University, University of Illinois-Chicago, DePaul University, Chicago State University), 1995-1997.
The Natural Step Monona, Monona, WI, 2011.
Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI, 2011.
Trent Centre for Community Based Education and U-Links, Minden,
Ontario, Canada, 2011.
SouthWest Community Organizing Committee, Madison, WI, 2011.
Drug Free Communities, Waukesha, WI, 2010.
Project BRIC, United Cerebral Palsy, Eau Claire, WI, 2010.
Community Groundworks at Troy Gardens, Madison, WI, 2009-10.
University of Wisconsin Applied Population Lab, Madison, WI, 2010.
Interfaith Funders, New York, NY, 2010.
Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI, 2010.
Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition, Madison, WI, 2009.
Rainbow Books, Madison, WI, 2008.
Friends of Troy Gardens, Madison, WI, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Wisconsin Pathways to Independence Universal Design Advisory Committee, 2008.
Dania Partners, Minneapolis, MN, 2007.
Wisconsin Arthritis Action Council, 2007.
East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council, Madison, WI, 2007.
Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network, 2006.
Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI, 2006.
West Bank Community Development Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. “What I’ve Learned from Community Engagement Professionals: My Own Service-Learning Reflection Paper.” National Outreach and Engagement Scholarship Conference, Outreach & Engagement Staff Preconference Workshop, East Lansing, MI, 2011.
Willis, Catherine, and Randy Stoecker. "Grassroots Civic Engagement Organizations and Leadership Education." Rural Sociological Society Annual Conference, Boise, ID, 2011.
Stoecker, Randy, Catherine Willis and Crystel Anders.
"Workplace Campaigns: From Access to Outcomes."
Community Shares USA Conference, Chicago, 2011.
Stoecker, Randy, and Mary Beckman. "A Community Development Model
for Higher Education Community Engagement." CU-Expo
Conference, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, 2011.
Stoecker, Randy. "County Extension and College Students." Poster Presentation. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension State Conference, Madison, 2010.
Stoecker, Randy. "What is a Healthy Community?" Altering the Face and the Heart of America: The Gard Symposium. Madison, WI, 2010.
Stoecker, Randy, Catherine Willis, Crystel Anders, Myla Burns, and Deb Furry. "Research Based Strategies --Testing CS WI Assumptions for Growth." Community Shares USA Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV, 2010.
Stoecker, Randy. “Maximizing Community Outcomes: Bringing Community Development Practice into Higher Education Community Engagement.” Living Knowledge Conference, Belfast, UK, 2009.
Stoecker, Randy, and Catherine Willis. "Grassroots Civic Engagement and Leadership Development in Rural Wisconsin." Rural Sociological Society annual meetings, Madison, WI, 2009.
Stoecker, Randy. "Using Project-Based Research to Support Community Action: The TechShop Madison Project." Poster presentation, National Outreach Scholarship Conference. Athens, GA, 2009.
Dane, Andrew, and Randy Stoecker. "Design, Implement and Evaluate your Local Food Program." 3rd Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 2009.
Stoecker, Randy, and Charity Schmidt. "Geographic Disparities in Access to Service Learning." Rural Sociological Society annual meetings, Manchester, NH, 2008.
Tryon, Elizabeth, and Randy Stoecker. "Organizing Community Control over Campus Partnerships." CU Expo. Victoria, BC, Canada, 2008.
Barr, Todd, Heather Reid, and Randy Stoecker. "Community-Academic Equity in Service Learning: The TCCBE/U-Links Approach." CU Expo. Victoria, BC, Canada, 2008.
Stoecker, Randy. "Walking the Talk." Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings. St. Louis, MO, 2008.
Stoecker, Randy, Elizabeth Tryon, and Charity Schmidt. "Organizing Community Control over Service Learning." Great Northwoods Service Learning Conference. Wausau, WI, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Elizabeth Tryon, and Amy Hilgendorf. "Organizing Community Control over Service Learning." Outreach Scholarship Conference 2007. Madison, WI, 2007.
Tryon, Elizabeth, and Randy Stoecker. "Community Reactions to Service Learning." 3rd Living Knowledge Conference, Paris, France, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy. "Are We Walking the Talk of Community-Based Research?" American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, New York, 2007.
Tryon, Elizabeth, and Randy Stoecker. "How Community Groups React to Student Engagement" Just Connections Third Biennial Conference, Ferrum, Virginia, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Elizabeth Tryon, and Margaret Nellis. "Enhancing Service Learning from the Community Organization's Perspective." Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, and Andrew Dane. "Developing Leadership in Context." Leadership Coordinator's Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Charity Schmidt, and Elizabeth Tryon. "Transforming Spaces of Unequal Power Between University and Community." American Democracy Project North Central Regional Conference, River Falls, WI, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Elizabeth Tryon, Margaret Nellis, and Amy Hilgendorf. "The Community's Perspective on Service Learning." State Superintendent’s Institute on Service-Learning and Citizenship, Middleton, WI 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Marie Sandy, and Margaret Nellis. "Who is Served by Service Learning? The Community Organization's Perspective." American Association of Colleges and Universities annual meeting, New Orleans, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, Margaret Nellis and Elizabeth Tryon. "The
Community Perspective on Service Learning." State
Superintendent’s Institute on
Service-Learning and Citizenship, Madison, WI, 2007.
Stoecker, Randy, and Larry Stillman. "Who Leads, Who Remembers, Who Speaks?" 3rd International Community Informatics Conference, Prato, Italy, 2006.
Stoecker, Randy. "Building the Data and Research Capacity of Community-Based Nonprofits." NACDEP annual conference, San Antonio, 2006.
Stoecker, Randy. “Strengthening Community and University Skills
in Community-Based Research,” U-Links, Haliburton, Ontario,
Canada, 2005.
Stoecker, Randy. "Are We Making a Change: The Data and
Research Needs of Toledo Area Non-Profit Organizations."
American Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Philadelphia.
2005.
Stoecker, Randy. “Moving from Academic-Initiated Projects to Community Controlled Outcomes.” Just Connections Second Biennial Conference, Maryville Tennessee, 2005.
Stoecker, Randy. "Challenges of Academic-Initiated Research Partnerships." Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings, Minneapolis, 2005.
Stillman, Larry, and Randy Stoecker. "Structuration, ICTs, and Community Work." Community Informatics Research Network 2004 Conference. Prato, Italy, 2004.
Stoecker, Randy. "Is Community Informatics Good for Communities? Questions Confronting an Emerging Field" Networking Communities Forum, Victoria University and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 2004.
Stoecker, Randy, and Tim Mungavan. "Beyond Housing as Usual: Alternatives for Community Development. Urban Affairs Association annual meetings, Washington, DC. 2004.
Stoecker, Randy. "Community-Based Participatory Research: Challenges and Opportunities." Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado-Denver. 2004.
Stoecker, Randy. "Community-Higher Education Collaboration: Current Practices and Future Choices." Presented at the Workshop on Teaching and Learning Participation in Higher Education, Institute for Development Studies, Brighton, UK, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. "Community Information Technology: Three Paths in Search of a Process." Presented at the Center for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. "Crossing the Development-Organizing Divide: The Toledo Community Organizing Training and Technical Assistance Program." Presented at the American Sociological Society annual meetings, Chicago, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. "Community-University Collaborations: Future Choices." Presented to the The College of New Jersey, Workshop on Community-Engaged Learning, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. Community-University Collaborations: Future Choices." Presented to the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Summer Leadership Institute, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, 2002.
Stoecker, Randy. " The Mystery of the Missing Social Capital and the Ghost of Social Structure: Why Community Development Can't Win." Presented at the American Sociological Society annual meetings, Los Angeles, 2001.
Editor/Moderator, COMM-ORG, the On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development http://comm-org.wisc.edu , 1996 to present.
Technical support, Meadowood neighborhood planning process, 2011.
Technical support, Madison Neighborhood Summit, 2010.
Faculty coordinator, TechShop Madison project, 2007-2010.
Trainer, how to cut an issue, South Metropolitan Planning Commission, Madison, WI, 2009.
Facilitator and panelist, Community-Campus Knowledge Exchange, Madison, WI, 2009.
Facilitator, Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program, Tomahawk, WI, 2007, 2009.
Member, curriculum committee, Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI. 2008.
Facilitator, leadership training, Leadership Washburn County, Spooner WI, 2006, 2007.
Facilitator, planning meeting for community informatics project, Victorian Council of Social Services and Melbourne University, Australia, 2007.
Trainer, how to cut an issue, East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council, Madison, WI, 2006.
Facilitator, planning meetings to develop community standards for service learning, Madison, WI, 2006.
Facilitator, GLC board planning retreat, Madison, WI, 2006.
Facilitator, Model Communities planning meetings, Richland Center and Eau Claire, WI, 2006.
Facilitator, Troy Gardens board planning meetings, Madison, WI, 2006.
Facilitator, Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network planning meeting, 2006.
Unpaid consultation, Mayor of Binghamton, on community-campus partnerships, 2006.
Facilitator, U-Links Management committee planning meeting, Minden, Ontario, Canada, 2006.
Facilitator, U-Links housing planning meeting, Minden, Ontario, Canada, 2006.
Unpaid consultation, Peterborough Community Housing Development Corporation, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 2006.
Member, Model Communities Design Team, State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, 2006.
Member, evaluation committee, Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI. 2005-present.
Unpaid consultation, East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Committee, Madison, WI, 2005-present.
Unpaid consultation, South Metropolitan Planning Committee, Madison, WI, 2005-present.
Member, evaluation committee, Grassroots Leadership College, Madison, WI, 2005 to present.
Housing data analyst, Lagrange Development Corporation and Northriver Development Corporation. Toledo, OH, 2005.
Trainer, Research Methods for Nonprofits series, Toledo Community Foundation Nonprofit Resource Center. Toledo, OH, 2005.
Board member, Lagrange Development Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 2005.
Board member, Northwest Ohio Community Shares, Toledo, Ohio, 2004-2005.
Board member, Coalition to Access Technology and Networking (CATNet), Toledo, Ohio, 2003-2005.
West Bank Community Development Corporation, Minneapolis, strategic planning facilitation, 2004.
Sponsoring committee member, Toledo ACORN project, 2000-2003.
Rural Studies Editorial Board, 2011-present.
Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, 2008-present.
Member, Board of Trustees, Sociological Initiatives Foundation, 2002-present.
Discussion facilitator, community-higher education partnerships,
Nashville area faculty, Nashville, TN, 2011.
Discussion facilitator, community-higher education partnerships,
Center for Rural Community and Economic Development, Northern
Michigan University, Marquette, MI, 2011.
Panelist, session on Effective use of Service Learning for
Promotion and Tenure, Nothern Michigan University, Marquette, MI,
2011.
Team member, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service,
support for UW-Extension and UW-Colleges community engagement
collaboration in Sauk, Sheboygan, and Barron counties, 2010-2011.
Session co-organizer and panelist, "Crossing Program Barriers: A Team Approach to Delivering Urban Extension Outreach." University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension State Conference, 2010.
Session co-organizer and panelist, "Expanding Possibilities for County–Specialist Collaborations." University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension State Conference, 2010.
Presenter, "From Social Capital to Social Change." University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension gathering on Contribution of Youth Engagement to the Development of Social Capital, Madison, WI, 2010.
Presenter, "Engaging the Community to Develop Sustainably." With Jerry Hembd. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Center for Community and Economic Development Wisline Web training, 2010.
External Advisor, University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns, 2010.
Grant proposal reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2010.
Facilitator, "University Staff Engagement Professionals: The Superheroes of the Outreach World." National Outreach Scholarship Conference. Athens, GA, 2009.
Panelist, "Community Engagement Journals: An Editor's Panel." National Outreach Scholarship Conference. Athens, GA, 2009.
Session organizer and facilitator, "Contradictions in Service Learning and Community-Based Research." American Sociological Society annual meetings, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
Session co-organizer (with John Green), "Community-Based Research: Documenting and Learning from Project Outcomes" Rural Sociological Society annual meetings, Madison, WI, 2009.
Session moderator and panelist, CUPP Conference, Brighton, UK, 2009.
Planning committee member, UW Colleges service learning workshop, 2009.
Interviewer, video, "Community-Academic Partnerships: What Communities Want," http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=7203
Planning committee member, Community-Campus Knowledge Exchange, Madison, WI, 2009.
Discussion facilitator, "Community-Based Research," UW-Marathon County, 2009.
Panelist, "Community-Based Research," Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 2009.
Planning committee member, Urban Extension Conference, 2008-2009.
Panelist, "Academic Service-Learning & Community-Based Research at UW-Madison," University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy Summer Institute, 2008.
Session Organizer, "Participatory Action Research: Partnering for Social Change" Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meetings, St. Louis, 2008.
Session Organizer, "Community Organizing," American Sociological Association annual meetings, New York City, 2007.
Member, Specialist Relations Committee, University of Wisconsin Extension, 2006-2007.
Member, Bascom Hill Society Scholarship Committee, University of Wisconsin, 2006.
Consultation, Trent University Ethics Committee, 2006.
External Reviewer, California State University Dominguez Hills Department of Sociology, 2006.
University of Wisconsin Extension evaluation training facilitator, 2006.
Panelist, “Balance of Power and Participation in Community-University Partnerships,” CU Expo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2005.
Academic Caucus Facilitator, Just Connections Second Biennial Conference, Maryville, TN, 2005.
Session Organizer, "Troubleshooting Academic-Activist Partnerships." Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings, Minneapolis, 2005.
Panelist, "Author Meets Critics." Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings, Minneapolis, MN 2005.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Community Informatics, 2004-present.
Member, Board of Directors, Community Informatics Research Network, 2004-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology, 2004-2006.
Member, Task Force on Institutionalizing Public Sociology, 2004-2007.
Panelist, "Public Sociology in Practice: Internationalizing American Sociology through Community Action Research ." American Sociological Association annual meetings, 2004.
Member, Task Force on Bridges to the Real World, American Sociological Association, 2003.
Panelist, Colloquy on "Global Decisions, Local Collisions." Urban Affairs Association annual meetings, 2003.
Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2002.
Session Organizer and Panelist, "New Developments in Community-Based Research." Campus Compact National Summit, Providence, RI, 2002.
Panelist, "Developing a Community Based Research Network: Lessons from a National Demonstration." Urban Affairs Association annual meetings, Boston, MA, 2002.
Didactic seminar leader, "Participatory Action Research Methods," American Sociological Association annual meetings, 2000.
Board member, Midwest Sociological Society, 1999-2001.
Proposal reviewer for Hatch grants competition, Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada.
Manuscript reviewer for Temple University Press, Cornell University Press, Policy Press.
Journal referee for City and Community, Contexts, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Sociological Imagination, Journal of Urban Affairs, Sociological Focus, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Sociological Forum, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Perspectives, Critical Sociology, The Sociological Quarterly, Teaching Sociology, Humanity and Society, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, Journal of Action Research, Encyclopedia of Public Information Technology, Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Ambio, Journal of Community Informatics, Human Organization, Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships: Concepts, Models, and Applications.
National Organizers Alliance
Rural Sociological Society
Community Development Society
American Sociological Association