Dane Emmerling, PhD, MPH (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Dane Emmerling, PhD, MPH (he/him pronouns) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dane’s pedagogy is centered on the process of sociopolitical development through which individuals increase their analytic skills and capacity to build a healthier and more just world. He researches and evaluates critical consciousness raising interventions, or experiences and programs that shift individuals’ and institutions’ attitudes and behaviors about their participation in systems. Before starting the PhD, Dane worked in global health evaluation and in service-learning offices supporting universities linkages with community organizations.

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Presentation(s):

• Is service-learning a pedagogy of belonging?: A critical consideration of the research, practice, and future directions of belongingness and SLCE

  Thursday, October 26, 2023
  1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CST

• Measuring critical service-learning and its long-term impacts: a methodological discussion for community-engaged capstone programs

  Friday, October 27, 2023
  12:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST