Drew Pearl, Ph.D.
Assistant professor of leadership and community-engaged learning
apearl@ksu.edu
Learner | Input | Harmony | Intellection | Relator
Campus office: 217 Leadership Studies Building
Teaching
Through my teaching and mentorship, I am committed to working with students-as-partners and developing a fully participatory space in which every student is valued so we can co-create high-impact learning experiences for everyone involved.
I support community-based learning opportunities for K-State students as a part of the Applied Learning Imperative.
- Institutionalization of community engagement
- Motivations for and impacts of community-engaged learning
- Academic publishing in the higher education community engagement
- Boundary spanners and community engagement professionals
- Ph.D., McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia
- M.P.A., Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia
- M.M., College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
- B.M., Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
- American Council on Education, Carnegie Elective Classifications Research Lab, Co-Lab PI
- Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Conference Committee Co-Chair
- International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, member
Select recent publications
- Pearl, A. J., Rankin, J. C., McGrath, M. M., Dyer, S., & Jorre de St Jorre, T. (2023). Students-As-Partners and Engaged Scholarship: Complementary Frameworks. In C. J. Ketcham, A. G. Weaver, & J. L. Moore (Eds.). Cultivating Capstones: Designing High-Quality Culminating Experiences for Student Learning. Stylus.
- Rankin, J. C., Pearl, A. J., Jorre de St Jorre, T., McGrath, M. M., Dyer, S., Sheriff, S., Armitage, R., Ruediger, K., Jere, A., Zafar, S., Sedres, S., & Chaudhary, D. (2022). Delving into Institutional Diversity Messaging: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Student and Faculty Interpretations of Undergraduate Experiences of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in University Websites. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 10. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.10.10
- Turk, J. M., & Pearl, A. J. (2021). Improving developmental learning outcomes in community colleges through service-learning. New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021, 91–106. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20469
- Purcell, J. W., Pearl, A. J., & Van Schyndel, T. (2021). Boundary spanning leadership among community-engaged faculty: An exploratory study of faculty participating in higher education community engagement. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning, 6(2), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v6i2.69398
I enjoy running in nature to learn about and explore new places!
Staley School of Leadership
252 Leadership Studies Building
1300 Mid-Campus Dr. N.
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6085
leadership@ksu.edu