Biography
Glenn A. Bowen, Ph.D., is Director of Barry University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and holds the faculty rank of Associate Professor. He previously served as Executive Director of Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), providing strategic leadership for community engagement, encompassing student civic learning, engaged faculty development, and university–community partnerships. Under his leadership, Barry attained the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification and received national, state-level, and local recognition for achievements in civic engagement. Dr. Bowen has published several book chapters and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles based on his service-learning and community engagement research. In addition, he has made presentations at conferences not only in North America but also in Asia, Australia, and Europe. He is a former Co-editor of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement and served for two terms on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE). Named “one of South Florida’s Top Black Educators” by Legacy (magazine) in 2013 and 2017, Dr. Bowen was the winner of Florida Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholarship/Research Award in 2018.