Integrating Community-Engaged Research and Teaching in Health Economics and Marketing

This session explores how faculty integrate community partnerships into courses that connect academic learning with real-world economic and business challenges. Anoshua Chaudhuri (San Francisco State) discusses examples from a Health Economics Research course demonstrating how to design meaningful service-learning assignments with community-based organizations while sustaining partnerships and balancing faculty workload. Erlinde Cornelis (San Diego State) highlights upper-level Sustainable Marketing and Strategy courses that engage students with sustainable businesses through experiential learning and community-based consulting, connecting business education with social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Moderator: Breanna Hale (Stanislaus State)