HRTS420

This course focuses on how to plan and implement community-based participation action research (CB-PAR) projects relevant to protecting and advancing human rights in marginalized communities. Students will learn to work collaboratively with an organization based in Arizona in developing research questions, choosing data collection methods, and sharing a final research proposal back with the organization. Community ownership of the research process and conducting research ethically will be emphasized. A wide variety of case studies of community research that resulted in empowerment and transformation will be presented and discussed. Students will work with each other, the instructor, and community members on developing one community-based action research proposal.

Action research is a dynamic, collaborative, and open-ended process. Research questions, community partners, the scholarly literature, and practical considerations should drive the research design, data collection, analysis, and presentation of results. In this course, students will be involved in the parts of a CB-PAR project that precede data collection: developing a collaborative relationship, forming the research question, getting certified to do ethical research, reviewing the relevant literature, developing the research design, and sharing a draft research proposal. All of these steps will allow students to practice the most important part of CB-PAR: respectful and meaningful collaboration with community-based partners.

Fall, Spring, Summer

Fall, Spring, Summer