Teaching Research Methods through a Community-Based Research Project: Connecting Theory and Practice to Make it “Real” for Students
Teaching Research Methods through a Community-Based Research Project: Connecting Theory and Practice to Make it “Real” for Students
Heather PrussChelsey Erbaugh FranzSara M. Walsha Criminal Justice Studies, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USAb Athletic Training, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USAc Criminology & Criminal Justice, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, USAHeather Pruss is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. She earned her BA and PhD in Criminal Justice from Indiana University-Bloomington. Dr. Pruss does research and teaches courses focused on how individuals experience the United States court system. This has included work on how capital jurors make life or death decisions, how clients perceive their public defenders, and how family members and friends of homicide victims navigate case adjudication.Chelsey Erbaugh Franz is an Associate Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator in the Master of Science in Athletic Training program at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. She received her BS in Athletic Training from Western Oregon University, her MS in Health and Human Performance from Oregon State University and her PhD in Public Health from the University of Louisville. Her research interests include community-based health among marginalized populations.Sara M. Walsh is an Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice and the Director of the Master of Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Indiana University Southeast. The central theme of her work is the interaction between law and culture and how this in turn impacts human and civil rights. She is particularly interested in fear of crime, popular culture and disparities in justice with respect to race, gender, class and sexuality. She has undertaken more than a decade of research with the Capital Jury Project and other projects exploring the death penalty and serious mental illness. Her current work is focused on spatial justice and how fear of crime impacts policy that shapes access to public life, space and resources.