Name:	Lina Dostilio
Title:	Director, Academic Community Engagement
Organization:	Duquesne University
Phone:	(412) 302-4810
Email:	lina.dostilio [a] gmail.com
Address:	124 41st Street Pittsburgh, PA

Brief Biography:

Lina D. Dostilio Ed.D., is the Director of Academic Community Engagement initiatives within the Academic Affairs division at Duquesne University. In this capacity, she is responsible for planning and implementing programs related to service-learning, community based research, and academic community-university partnerships. Most frequently, she is asked to represent academic community engagement initiatives within internal processes and external pursuits. These include:
• Facilitating the development of the University’s university-wide strategic plan for service-learning,
• Leading the University’s efforts to apply for, and receive, the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification,
• Participating in the writing team for the University’s Middle States Accreditation self-study,
• Advocating for the university’s engagement programs with state and federal legislators,
• Representing the University in national forums and dialogues such as the recent US Department of Education roundtables on civic learning and democratic engagement.

Lina serves on the board of directors for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, as a visiting scholar with the Next Generation Engagement Project and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, on the advisory committee for Pennsylvania Campus Compact, and as advisor to the Mayor of Pittsburgh’s citizen service initiatives. Her recent consulting work includes service-learning and civic engagement administrator professional development, Carnegie Classification preparation, program evaluation and assessment, curriculum design, course design, and strategic planning.

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