Kevin Kecskes is director of community-University Partnerships at Portland State University (PSU). Since 2002, Kevin has been charged with helping campus and community constituents live the university motto: "Let Knowledge Serve the City." From 1997-2002, Kevin was director of service-learning at Washington Campus Compact and program director of the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium. He served three years in leadership and program development positions with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. Kevin cofounded the Boston College International Volunteer Program and spent 12 years working, serving, and studying in the developing world, primarily in Latin America and Asia. He has run his own small business and has taught in both secondary and higher education. Kevin studies biology, philosophy, education, and public administration and policy at Boston College, Harvard University, and Portland State University. His recent publications focus on the nexus between cultural theory and community-campus partnerships, ethics and community-based research, faculty and institutional development for civic engagement, student leadership development, and service-learning impacts on community partners. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and two children.