Barry N. Checkoway is Arthur Dunham Collegiate Professor Emeritus of

Social Work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

and Professor Emeritus of

Urban Planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Checkoway is internationally renowned for his contributions to the field of youth studies, particularly focusing on community youth development. He is a past recipient of the University of Michigan's Regents' Award for Distinguished Public Service.(1994
"Faculty Awards Barry Checkoway Regents’ Award for Distinguished Service."
''University Record.'' 10/3/94. Retrieved 6/25/07.

Biography

Checkoway has taught at the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

and the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, and was a visiting scholar at the

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public university, public research university in London, England, and a member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the University ...

and

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

. He is also the founding director of the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. At the beginning of the

Clinton administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following his victory over Republican in ...

Checkoway worked closely with officials to develop the Corporation for National Service, particularly on the

AmeriCorps AmeriCorps ( ; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in ...

and Learn and Serve America programs. He was Founding Director of the Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program; of the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning; of the Michigan Youth and Community Program; of the Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity; and of the Youth Civil Rights Academy. Checkoway has also chaired the University of Michigan Task Force on Community

Service Learning Service-learning is an educational approach that uses community service to meet both classroom learning objectives and societal needs. It has been used with students of all grades and stages. Projects based in communities are designed to apply cla ...

. He received the Ehrlich Prize, a national award for excellence in engaged scholarship.

Bibliography

*(2018) "Inside the gates: First-generation students finding their way." ''Higher Education Studies 8'': 72-84. *(2017) "Adults as allies to young people working for social justice" ''Queensland Review 44'': 521. *(2015) "Research as community-building: Perspectives on the scholarship of engagement" ''International Journal of Community Research and Engagement 8)'': 139-149 *(2013) "Social justice approach to community development. ''Journal of Community Practice'', 21): 472-482. *(2013) "Four forms of youth civic engagement for diverse democracy. ''Children and Youth Services Review 35'': 1884-1899. *(2013) "Strengthening the scholarship of engagement in higher education." ''Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement'' 17: 7-21. *(2013) "Education for democracy by young people in community-based organizations." ''Youth and Society 45:'' 389-403. *(2012) "Raising ethnic-racial consciousness: The relationship between intergroup dialogues and adolescents' ethnic-racial identity and racism awareness,"with Adriana Aldana et al.''Equity and Excellence in Education 45:''120-137. *(2009) ''Community Change for Diverse Democracy.'' ''Community Development Journal. 44''(1) pp. 5–21 *(2006) ''Youth Participation And Community Change.'' With Lorraine M. Gutierrez. Haworth Press. * (2005
"Youth Participation as Social Justice"
in ''Community Youth Development Journal.'' Fall 2005. * (2004)
Participatory Evaluation with Young People
'. With Katie Richards-Schuster. University of Michigan School of Social Work. * (2003

With Dobbie, D., Richards-Schuster, K. ''Community Youth Development Journal. 4''(1), Spring. * (1999) ''Youth Participation in Community Planning''. With Ramona Mullahey and Yve Susskind. American Planning Association. * (1995) "Six strategies of community change," ''Community Development Journal. 30''(1). Pp. 2–20. * (1992) ''Youth People As Community Builders.'' With Janet Finn. Center For The Study Of Youth Policy, School Of Social Work, University Of Michigan. * (1987) ''Strategic Perspectives on Planning Practice.'' Lexington Books. * (1985) ''The Metropolitan Midwest: Policy Problems and Prospects for Change.'' With Carl Patton. University of Illinois Press. * (1983) ''Skills in Community Practice: A Bibliography.'' CPL Bibliographies.

Awards

* "Best Feature Award." ''Journal of the

American Planning Association The American Planning Association (APA) is a professional organization representing the field of urban planning in the United States. APA was formed in 1978, when two separate professional planning organizations, the American Institute of Pla ...

''.(1994
Best Feature Awards
. APA. Retrieved 6/24/07. * University of Michigan's Regents' Award for Distinguished Public Service. *Ehrlich Prize

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Youth and Community
- Former Checkoway's program at U. of M. {{DEFAULTSORT:Checkoway, Barry Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning faculty UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty Youth empowerment people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people

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