Community Matters: Enhancing Student Learning Opportunities through the Development of Community Partnerships

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Community Matters: Enhancing Student Learning Opportunities through the Development of Community Partnerships," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Pima Community College's (PCC’s) Centre for Archaeological Field Training actively develops community partnerships to support student success and enhance student learning opportunities. Undergraduate archaeology students traditionally have few opportunities to gain meaningful archaeological field and/or research experience while pursuing academic goals such as degrees or certificates. Through mutually beneficial community partnerships, students can participate in a wide variety of local and international projects which provide unique educational opportunities and invaluable field and research experience. This poster session discusses PCC’s Community Partnership Program and highlights eight recent projects undertaken by PCC archaeology staff and students as a part of the program.