Nurturing Community and Resilience: Four Years of Reflection on Virtual Coworking among Boundary-Spanning Community-Engaged Scholar-Practitioners
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| Title: | Nurturing Community and Resilience: Four Years of Reflection on Virtual Coworking among Boundary-Spanning Community-Engaged Scholar-Practitioners |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kathryn A. V. Clements, Michele C. Fritz, Makena Neal, Diane M. Doberneck |
| Source: | Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 2024 28(3):157-168. |
| Availability: | Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia and the Institute of Higher Education. Treanor House, 1234 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-6167; Fax: 706-542-6124; e-mail: jheoe@uga.edu; Web site: http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | COVID-19, Pandemics, Resilience (Psychology), Community Involvement, Theory Practice Relationship, Teleworking, Work Environment, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice, Productivity, Interpersonal Relationship, Sense of Community, Females, College Faculty, Collegiality, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Well Being, Holistic Approach |
| ISSN: | 1534-6102 2164-8212 |
| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the practice of community-engaged scholarship and challenged internal and external boundary spanners to maintain and grow authentic and meaningful relationships. Female-identifying scholars and practitioners faced, and continue to face, extra personal and professional demands in the postpandemic era (Purcell et al., 2022). In this reflective essay, four female community-engaged scholar-practitioners reflect on the importance and value of cocreating a weekly, virtual coworking space to support professional and personal resilience. Over 4 years, this coworking space shifted in focus from solely a cowriting accountability time during the COVID-19 virtual work era to more of a "relational pause" (Barton et al., 2022) focused on encouraging, caring for, and uplifting one another. We offer readers practical ideas to organize and lead their own virtual coworking spaces or, for institutional leadership roles, strategies to support others in developing communities of care that sustain boundary spanners. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1445907 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the practice of community-engaged scholarship and challenged internal and external boundary spanners to maintain and grow authentic and meaningful relationships. Female-identifying scholars and practitioners faced, and continue to face, extra personal and professional demands in the postpandemic era (Purcell et al., 2022). In this reflective essay, four female community-engaged scholar-practitioners reflect on the importance and value of cocreating a weekly, virtual coworking space to support professional and personal resilience. Over 4 years, this coworking space shifted in focus from solely a cowriting accountability time during the COVID-19 virtual work era to more of a "relational pause" (Barton et al., 2022) focused on encouraging, caring for, and uplifting one another. We offer readers practical ideas to organize and lead their own virtual coworking spaces or, for institutional leadership roles, strategies to support others in developing communities of care that sustain boundary spanners. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-6102 2164-8212 |
