Our Staff
Loyola's Center for Experiential Learning is staffed by a full-time Director, 6 full-time Program Managers, an AmeriCorps*VISTA, a Graduate Assistant Assessment Coordinator, and a team of undergraduate Peer Mentors. For the Center's general phone and fax numbers and email, mailing, and shipping addresses, click here.
- Director
- Program Managers
-Academic Internships
-Service-Learning
-Student Employment/Federal Work-Study
-Undergraduate Research (LUROP) - Americorps VISTA
- Community Partnerships Coordinator
- ePortfolio Coordinator
Patrick M. Green, Ed.D.
DIRECTOR
773.508.3945 | pgreen@luc.edu
Patrick M. Green, Ed.D., serves as the Director of the Center for Experiential Learning and Clinical Instructor of Experiential Learning at Loyola University Chicago since 2007. In addition to teaching experiential learning courses in leadership and service, Dr. Green’s current research focuses on the impact of experiential education programs on skill development, core competencies, and career development, funded by the National Association Colleges and Employers (NACE) Research Foundation Grant.
Dr. Green was nominated and chosen as an Engaged Scholar for National Campus Compact, a national organization that fosters civic education and the civic purpose of higher education. As one of Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholars for New Perspectives in Higher Education, Dr. Green has worked on national initiatives to progress the field of experiential education, service-learning and civic education and is working on multiple articles and book chapters.
Prior to his role at Loyola, he served as the Director of Career Services and taught in the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University in Chicago. In 2006, Dr. Green completed his dissertation entitled, Service-Reflection-Learning: An Action Research Study of the Meaning-Making Processes Occurring through Reflection in a Service-Learning Course. Dr. Green's research has focused on the meaning-making processes of reflection as key components of learning in service-learning courses and forms of experiential education. This research led to publication in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (Spring 2007) and presentations at multiple conferences, including the International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.
He serves on the Illinois Governor's state-wide Service-Learning Advisory Board, as well as on the Executive Council of Illinois Campus Compact. Dr. Green has also served as an Engaged Scholar for Service-Learning with the Illinois Campus Compact since 2005, a role which allowed him to consult with other institutions of higher education to develop experiential learning programs and to coordinate faculty development for service-learning.
Louise M. Deske, M.A.
PROGRAM MANAGER, ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPS
773.508.3952 | ldeske@luc.edu
Louise M. Deske, M.A., served as the Internship Coordinator in the Niebuhr Center at Elmhurst College. She was responsible for the development, oversight and implementation of the Niebuhr Center: Callings for the Common Good Internship Program (a Theological Exploration of Vocation program funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.). The process of establishing an internship placement integrated the student’s academic preparation, faith motivation and career exploration in a very purposeful way. Ms. Deske successfully established and maintained relationships with students, faculty and supervisors at community service agencies and ministry-related internship sites.
Ms. Deske returns to employment at Loyola University Chicago where she received a Master of Arts in Religious Education in 1989 and previously held administrative positions in the departments of Financial Aid and the Career Center.
Chris Skrable, M.A.
PROGRAM MANAGER, SERVICE-LEARNING
773.508.2380 | cskrabl@luc.edu
Christopher A. Skrable, M.A., returned to Loyola in 2007 after serving as the Community Service Director at Chicago’s Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. There, he worked to establish and strengthen reciprocal partnerships between not-for-profit agencies in Pilsen/La Villita and the high school community. He has enjoyed continuing that work on a larger scale in his role as Service-Learning Coordinator at Loyola, facilitating the sharing of resources between the University and community partners through the development and support of service-learning classes across the undergraduate curriculum.
Mr. Skrable’s own background includes extensive experience in secondary and post-secondary education, campus ministry, and advocacy/social justice, including serving as a Disabilities Specialist in Loyola’s office of Services for Students with Disabilities. His personal volunteer commitments have included work with the Jesuits of the Maryland Provice, Annunciation House of El Paso, TX, La Ciudad de los Niños in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the parish of San Francisco de Asís in Bánica, Dominican Republic; in Chicago, he has served at Centro Romero and on behalf of numerous organizations that advocate for civil rights for LGBTQ persons and persons living with HIV/AIDS. He currently serves as a member of the Regional Board for LIFT Chicago and represents Loyola on both the Education and Steering Committees of Partners for Rogers Park.
Kathryn Jackson, M.Ed.PROGRAM MANAGER, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT & COMMUNITY-BASED FEDERAL WORK-STUDY 773.508.3553 | kjackson9@luc.edu
Kathryn Jackson serves as the Program Manager for Student Employment, Federal Work-Study and Community-Based Federal Work-Study, where she works with students and employers to create meaningful work and learning experiences via part-time employment. Ms. Jackson's career as a higher education adminstrator has included positions in career centers, alumni relations and student development where she has extensive experience with student service design and creation.
Her interests outside of the CEL include volunteering with Chicago Public Schools, mentoring within DePaul University's Career Mentoring Program, Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK), and rehabilitating her Chicago Bungalow. Prior to her work at Loyola, she has held faculty and/or staff positions at Joliet Junior College, DePaul University, The United Way of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ms. Jackson has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master's degree in Counseling from DePaul University. Her favorite student employment jobs include Resident Advisor, American Dental Association Convention Mascot, Physical Plant Operations Clerk and Summer Conference Assistant.
Kelly Christopher, M.A.
PROGRAM MANAGER, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (LUROP)
773.508.3886 | kfust@luc.edu
Kelly Christopher serves as Program Manager for Undergraduate Research and the Co-Director of the Provost Fellowship program, working with the Loyola Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP) fellows and students conducting independent projects. In this position, she collaborates with students and faculty to enrich their research experience and to expand the scope and visibility of Loyola’s rich undergraduate research programs. Ms. Christopher has significant experience developing new roles and initiatives to bolster university research and worked most recently as the Grants Development Specialist in Loyola’s Office of Research Services, providing a wide variety of services in order to increase the number and quality of external research proposals.
Ms. Christopher has substantial expertise in the areas of student learning initiatives, grant prospecting and writing, and program management. Before coming to Loyola, She contributed to the success and growth of programs at DePaul University and Northwestern University. Outside of Loyola, Ms. Christopher enjoys sharing her love of reading and education through a variety of volunteer activities, including serving on the junior board of Rock for Reading, consulting for the Apareció Foundation, and tutoring for Open Books.
Ashley Slupski, B.A.
COMMUNITY YOUTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST
773.508.3366 | Aslupski@luc.edu
Ashley Slupski serves as Loyola’s Community Youth Support Specialist. She works with community partners in the Community-Based Federal Work Study program to provide support, assessment and capacity-building for their youth programs. Ashley also works with student leaders working at youth-serving organizations to develop professional skills and understanding of youth development and social justice issues that allow them to better serve their organizations.
Ashley Slupski serves as Loyola’s Community Youth Support Specialist. She works with community partners in the Community-Based Federal Work Study program to provide support, assessment and capacity-building for their youth programs. Ashley also works with student leaders working at youth-serving organizations to develop professional skills and understanding of youth development and social justice issues that allow them to better serve their organizations.
Before coming to Loyola, she interned and volunteered at a number of arts and youth-focused non-profits including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Marwen, Chicago Freedom School, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Young Chicago Authors. Ashley is committed to enhancing the lives of urban young people through positive youth development, college preparation and advising, engagement in the arts, and social justice activism.
Travis Proffitt, M.A.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS COORDINATOR
