Kathryn A. Carroll

Kathryn A. Carroll is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Family Sciences at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, and a former UCA Service-Learning Faculty Fellow. At UCA, Kathryn teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in family and consumer sciences, including a service-learning personal finance course. In 2023, she received the Outstanding FCS Educator of the Year Award from the Arkansas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Kathryn received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in consumer behavior and family economics. She is also a Certified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE) through the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Publications

Incorporating Service-Learning in People-Centered Sciences: Three Instructional Approaches
Incorporating Service-Learning in People-Centered Sciences: Three Instructional Approaches
Kathryn A. Carroll, Rebekah R. Luong, Monica Lieblong, Lesley Graybeal. © 2024. 24 pages.
For an instructor in higher education, implementing service-learning (S-L) into a new or existing course can simultaneously be an exciting but potentially challenging experience....