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Paul Schadewald

Chair

Paul Schadewald is the Senior Project Manager for Bringing Theory to Practice. He has two decades of experience in leading curricular civic engagement, community-based research, and public scholarship projects.  He is a field leader for the Bonner Foundation Network and is on the Member Council for Impact Hub, MSP.  He has contributed articles on faculty development to Community-Based Research: Teaching for Community Impact and Deepening Community Engagement in Higher Education.  His co-edited book Digital Community Engagement, which won the book of the year award from the National Council on Public History (2019-2020) highlights case studies of higher education-community collaborations in digital public history and archiving projects.  He received his B.A from St. Olaf College and his Ph.D. in history from Indiana University, Bloomington.

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