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| Name: |
Matthew C. Calvert
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| Official Title: | Associate Professor |
| Working Title(s): | 4-H Youth Development Specialist
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| Address: |
436 Lowell Center
610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53703 |
| Phone: | (608)262-1912 |
| FAX: | (608)265-6407 |
| Email: |
matthew.calvert@ces.uwex.edu
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| County/Unit: | 4-H Youth Development |
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Responsibilities
- Youth Leadership and Youth in Governance--
Resource for youth in governance, particularly youth on government boards, youth/adult partnerships in 4-H Youth Development, and youth activism.
Support 4-H Youth Leadership Project and other Older Youth Programming & Leadership Development.
Lead and support older youth leadership groups and activities including 4-H Youth Leader Council, National 4-H Conference, youth participation in Public Issues Leadership Development, & Youth as Partners in Civic Leadership Conference.
Co-chair, Youth Voices in Community Action and Governance program team.
- Capacity Building and Evaluation Support--
Resource for community youth development, local coalition-building, and organizational development strategies to support youth development.
4-H Youth Development lead for evaluation including evaluation studies and member, Cooperative Extension Evaluation Capacity-Building team.
- Outreach and Inclusion--
Principle investigator of CYFAR (Children, Youth, Family at Risk) and other grants.
Member Latino Issues Team, collaborator with Native American Task Force.
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Education
- M.A. and Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from UW-Madison
- B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University
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Experience
- 1990-96, 4-H Youth Agent in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Involved in creating community coalitions and developing afterschool programs in limited resource neighborhoods.
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