Jake Levi
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Dr. Jake Levi is a scholar whose work sits at the intersection of engineering education and community engagement, with a particular focus on how service-learning transforms the professional identity of first-year engineering students. His most-cited paper, "Community Engagement and Service Learning: Putting Faces to a Community to Create Better Engineers" (2020), demonstrates his core contribution: showing that when engineering students engage directly with real communities through service-learning, they develop a richer, more human-centered understanding of what it means to be an engineer. This work, which has garnered 3 citations, is a foundational piece in the evidence-based practice literature, arguing that community engagement is not merely an extracurricular activity but a pedagogical tool that produces more empathetic and effective engineers. Dr. Levi’s research challenges traditional engineering curricula by placing community voices at the center of the design process. His work is particularly notable for its focus on urban institutions, where students often encounter diverse, underserved populations. For students and researchers interested in the intersection of social justice, pedagogy, and engineering design, Dr. Levi’s scholarship offers a compelling, data-driven argument for reimagining how we train the next generation of engineers.
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