Laurie Grobman is professor of English and women's studies at Penn State University, Berks. Her teaching, research, and service interests center on service learning and community-based research. She is the author of "Multicultural Hybridity: Transforming American Literary Scholarship and Pedagogy" and "Teaching at the Crossroads: Cultures and Critical Perspectives in Literature by Women of Color" and the coeditor of "Undergraduate Research in English Studies" and "On Location: Theory and Practice in Classroom-Based Writing Tutoring". She was the 2012 recipient of Penn State University Presiden...