Name:	Marilynn Fleckenstein
Title:	Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Department:	Academic Affairs
Organization:	Niagara University
Phone:	(716) 286-8573
Fax:	(716) 286-8349
Email:	mpf [a] niagara.edu
Address:	Alumni Hall Niagara University, NY 14109

Brief Biography:
Education: B.A, Biology, D'Youville College; M.A., Philosophy, Catholic University of America; Ph.D., Philosophy, Catholic University of America I am currently Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University. Beginning in 1994, I was the founding Director of the Service-learning Program at Niagara University. The Program began with 200 Niagara student participants and in the last academic year included over 2,500 NU students involved in academic based service-learning. As Associate Vice President, I am responsible for all the university's outreach projects including a HUD – COPC project. I have presented over 25 workshops on integrating service-learning into the curriculum at colleges and universities throughout the country and conducted a two-week series of workshops on the topic in the Philippines last year. In my academic research, I am particularly interests in issues of social justice, having presented papers at numerous conferences and published articles in academic journals.

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