Lesley Graybeal

Lesley Graybeal is the Director of Experiential and Community-Engaged Learning at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). Lesley earned her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in social foundations of education. Her work at UCA includes advising service- and civic engagement-related student organizations, supporting faculty in developing service-learning courses, coordinating professional development and networking opportunities for nonprofits, and championing constructive dialogue initiatives. In 2023, she received the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement from the American Democracy Project. Lesley also received the Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Practitioner Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education in 2023.

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....
Crossing the Red Tape: Service-Learning Relationships With Government Agencies
Crossing the Red Tape: Service-Learning Relationships With Government Agencies
Bailey R. Fairbanks, Sherry L. Skaggs, Kisha A. Hardwick, Lesley Graybeal. © 2024. 25 pages.
This chapter explores the processes used by faculty and administrators at a regional comprehensive university in the South to develop partnerships with bureaucratic agencies...