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Robert G. Bringle

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1973Rising activity
Service-Learning and Community EngagementDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentYouth Development and Social SupportMarriage and Sexual Relationships

Publications

179

Citations

9,717

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

54

Publishing since 1973

Research summary
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Robert G. Bringle studies service-learning, an educational approach where students engage in community service tied to academic coursework. His work examines how universities and communities can build lasting partnerships, how service-learning develops students' civic engagement and critical thinking, and how to conduct rigorous research measuring these outcomes. He also addresses international service-learning and its connection to broader goals like sustainable development.

Service-learning and community engagementCommunity-campus partnershipsCivic learning and student outcomesInternational service learningResearch methods for educational programs

Publication activity grew steadily through 2022 and spiked sharply in 2023, after which the cadence dropped to about one publication per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

1 earlier award
  • NSF 7902083Apr 1979 – Jul 1980 · $23k awarded

    Pre-College Teacher Development in Science

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 9,717cohort median 1,128
h-index: 43cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 7.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 64% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 18 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 26 publications26232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement×4
  • Springer international handbooks of education×4
  • Frontiers in Education×3
  • Psychology Learning & Teaching×2
  • Michigan journal of community service learning×2
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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