Opportunities

Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this course seeks to help students to critically interrogate the relationship between housing, schools, and place in cities and suburbs of the U.S. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Students at Stanford and students at a community mental health site co-learn theories and co-create songs in this community-engaged course. From memes to magazines, "psychoanalysis has returned" - perhaps partly in response to crises of the twenty-first century with no easy, rational answers. How do the participatory arts and music...

Focus is on classrooms with students from diverse racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Studies, writing, and media representation of urban and diverse school settings; implications for transforming teaching and learning. Issues related to developing teachers with attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach diverse students. This is a Cardinal Course...

This seminar will explore the impact and relative salience of racial/ethnic identity on select issues including: discrimination, social justice, mental health and academic performance. Theoretical perspectives on identity development will be reviewed, along with research on other social identity variables, such as social class, gender and regional identifications. New areas...

The Andrea Naomi Leiderman Fellowship supports undergraduate students conducting research related to low-income youth in California. The fellowship provides a stipend expenses related to nine consecutive weeks of full-time service/research. Leiderman Fellows contribute to ongoing research projects led by Stanford faculty as part of the research-practice partnership between the Graduate...

This course is designed to support students planning to participate in community engaged research experiences during the summer 2023 term. Course materials and discussions will promote deep engagement with, and reflection on, the principles, practices, and ethics of community engaged research as a unique orientation to scholarly inquiry and social...

The mission of Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) is to partner with youth to unlock their potential, disrupt the pipeline to prison, and advance justice in California and beyond!  At FLY, we interrupt the pipeline to prison and support youth on their path to healthy, free, and productive lives...

Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this course seeks to help students to critically interrogate the relationship between housing, schools, and place in cities and suburbs of the U.S. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Ravenswood Reads supports readers in kindergarten through third grade by pairing Stanford tutors with children to help improve their decoding and comprehension skills. Ravenswood Reads is also a service-learning program that emphasizes the importance of adequately preparing and supporting tutors on an ongoing basis. As a tutor with the Ravenswood...

This course is designed to support students planning to participate in community engaged research experiences during the summer 2023 term. Course materials and discussions will promote deep engagement with, and reflection on, the principles, practices, and ethics of community engaged research as a unique orientation to scholarly inquiry and social...

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

(Graduate students register for EDUC 212 or SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Our mission is to provide innovative and effective comprehensive health education to teens to prepare them for life's challenges. Our curriculum equips teens with knowledge, skills, and tools to make sound choices and informed decisions for themselves.Requirement to fulfill a Cardinal Commitment: We teach in middle school classrooms weekly...

Through this nine-week fellowship, you can join the High School Support Initiative (HSSI) to serve as an Education Partnership Fellow. Provide in-classroom support to high school students and facilitate socioemotional learning opportunities at our partner high schools Menlo-Atherton High School and East Palo Alto Academy. Offer enriching educational experiences for...

This course challenges students to use the innovation mindset that Stanford is known for to address complex global problems like poverty, inequality, and climate change. By focusing on the socio-economic disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll explore how new business models, entrepreneurship, and technology can address issues like economic...

This course focuses on concepts and theories of mathematics teaching and learning in Early Childhood Education. Class requirements include practical experience teaching aged 4-5 years in a local school. Topics include teaching of math to young children; young children's cognitive, language, and social development; classroom management; cultural diversity; and early...

The mission of the Stanford Outdoor Outreach Program (SOOP) is to enhance interpersonal relationships, foster community and instill personal confidence in San Francisco Bay Area youth through facilitated outdoor experiences. Primarily we serve high school students enrolled in EPAA and in the Luis Valdez Leadership Academy; we do so by...

SIAS organizes speakers series, discussion events, conferences and other spaces of community engagement that center international affairs, increasing the understanding of important global phenomena in campus community. Our leadership and members are committed to providing opportunities for Stanford students to be involved in global affairs from a perspective that amplifies...

What is a Cardinal Service Notation?Students who complete a Cardinal Quarter, 12+ units of Cardinal Courses, or a Cardinal Commitment through the Public Service Leadership Program are eligible to have these commitments reflected on their academic transcript with the Cardinal Service Notation. Since our founding, students at Stanford have...

Race and ethnicity are often taken for granted as naturally occurring, self-evident phenomena that must be navigated or overcome to understand and eradicate the (re)production of societal hierarchies across historical, geopolitical, and institutional contexts. In contrast, this transdisciplinary course seeks to track and trouble the historical and contemporary creation, dissolution...

Race and ethnicity are often taken for granted as naturally occurring, self-evident phenomena that must be navigated or overcome to understand and eradicate the (re)production of societal hierarchies across historical, geopolitical, and institutional contexts. In contrast, this transdisciplinary course seeks to track and trouble the historical and contemporary creation, dissolution...

Race and ethnicity are often taken for granted as naturally occurring, self-evident phenomena that must be navigated or overcome to understand and eradicate the (re)production of societal hierarchies across historical, geopolitical, and institutional contexts. In contrast, this transdisciplinary course seeks to track and trouble the historical and contemporary creation, dissolution...

Race and ethnicity are often taken for granted as naturally occurring, self-evident phenomena that must be navigated or overcome to understand and eradicate the (re)production of societal hierarchies across historical, geopolitical, and institutional contexts. In contrast, this transdisciplinary course seeks to track and trouble the historical and contemporary creation, dissolution...

Race and ethnicity are often taken for granted as naturally occurring, self-evident phenomena that must be navigated or overcome to understand and eradicate the (re)production of societal hierarchies across historical, geopolitical, and institutional contexts. In contrast, this transdisciplinary course seeks to track and trouble the historical and contemporary creation, dissolution...

The objective of this course is for you to develop communication, writing, and listening skills in Spanish through interaction with and understanding of the Latino community living in Redwood City, California. We will approach our goal through conversations, authentic readings, special guest presentations, field trips, films, and documentaries. Through these...

Despite decades of efforts to remediate racial disparities in education, low-income schools serving predominantly students of color continue to face significant challenges that perpetuate unequal educational outcomes. While no single solution can solve these complex issues, insights from the most marginalized students offer an underutilized source of knowledge that can...