Dissertation Proposal Presentation

Jessica Murphy
Spring 2014

International Partnerships for Service-Based

Education Programs

An Instrumental Case Study of the Haiti Compact

Literature Review Themes

Reciprocity, mutual benefit, social justice

(Berry & Chisholm, 1999; Brown, 2011; Erasmus, 2011; Fitts, 2009; Hartman, Kiely, Friedrichs, &

Boettcher, in press; Grusky, 2000; Jacoby, 1996, 2009; Keen & Hall, 2009; Kiely & Nielsen, 2003;
Kraft, 2002; Kretzmann, McKnight, Dobrowolski, & Puntenney, 2005; Longo, 2007; Longo &
Saltmarsh, 2011; McCarthy, 1996; McElhaney, 1998; Niehaus, 2012; Piacitelli et al., 2013; Sandy &
Holland, 2006; Scheuermann, 1996; Sigmon, 1979, Tonkin, 2011)

Inclusion of community knowledge

(Bringle, Hatcher, & Jones, 2011; Brown, 2011; Erasmus, 2011; Hartman et al., in press; Kahn, 2011;
Kiely & Nielson, 2003; Niehaus, 2012; Whitney & Clayton 2011)

Lacking community voice

(Bringle & Hatcher, 2002; Bushouse, 2005; Cruz & Giles, 2000; Hartman et al., in press; Jones & Steinberg,
2011; Kahn, 2011; Kraft, 2002; Lattanzi & Pechak, 2011; Miron & Moely, 2006; Tonkin, 2011; Ward & WolfWendel, 2000; Whitney & Clayton, 2011)

Neocolonialism
(Baker-Boosamra, Guevara, & Balfour , 2006; Camacho, 2004; Crabtree, 1998; Cruz, 1990; Dharamsi et al.,
2010; Erasmus, 2011; Hartman et al., in press; Hautzinger, 2008; Jones, 2002; Kahn, 2011; King, 2004;
Marullo & Edwards, 2000, Pluim & Jorgenson, 2012; Pompa, 2002; Woolf, 2008)

Problem Statement

The lack of community voice in current

literature presents a problem of representation.

Research Questions

What are the perceived benefits and

challenges of partnerships between
NGOs/INGOs working in Haiti and American
members of the Haiti Compact?

What are the benefits and challenges of establishing

partnerships?
What are the benefits and challenges of developing
partnerships?
What are the benefits and challenges of implementing planned
projects?
What are the benefits and challenges of future planning?

Research Questions

To what extent do NGO/INGOs working in

Haiti and American members of the Haiti
Compact perceive their partnerships to be
reciprocal, mutually beneficial, and social
justice-oriented?

How is the perception of partnership influenced by historical

and political relationships between Haiti, America, and the
West?
To what extent have partnerships of the Haiti Compact
reinforced or opposed patterns of colonization in Haiti?

Methodology- Case Study

Social constructivism- ontology, epistemology,

axiological beliefs, & methodology
(Creswell, 2013)
in depth understanding of the situation and
meaning for those involved. The interest is in the
process rather than outcomes, in context rather
than a specific variable, in discovery rather than
confirmation (Merriam, 1998, p. 19).

Multiple Sources

NGO/INGOs

Fonkoze
Peasants of Fondwa
Childrens Hospital
Mennonite Central Comm.

Universities

American
William & Mary
Maryland
Loyola Marymount
Connecticut
Indiana

Methods

Multiple Methods

Observations
Interviews
Document analysis
Audiovisual materials
Researcher narratives

Authenticity
Credibility
Transferability
Dependability
Confirmability
(Guba & Lincoln, 1981; Lincoln & Guba, 1985;
Merriam 2009)

Methods

1.

2.
3.
4.

Researcher
transparency
Triangulation
Data trail
Prolonged
engagement in the
field

(Creswell, 2013)