 As you prepare future teachers, you advocate their use of service learning. Why do you think it is important for faculty to incorporate service learning in their courses? There are a number of reasons why faculty should use service learning. One is it's a very authentic learning experience that can be tied to your course content in a way that can help your students really explore and use the skills and knowledge that you're teaching them. It's one thing to read something from a textbook, it's another thing to go out and actually practice it. I think the other big responsibility that we have on the university campus is to be part of the community. So I advocate using service learning so that we're giving back to our communities that support us.