Dr. Joel Allen

Director of the McGovern Center & Professor of Religion and Philosophy · George and Eleanor McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service · Dakota Wesleyan University

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Academic focus & active research

Dr. Joel Allen directs the McGovern Center, researching democratic civic empowerment, community hunger eradication programs, and public service ethics throughout rural South Dakota.

Civic Leadership Pedagogy Rural Food Security Policy Social Ethics Public Policy in the Northern Plains

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Institution: Dakota Wesleyan University
Department / Faculty: George and Eleanor McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service
Primary Field: Civic Leadership Pedagogy
Campus Location: Mitchell, South Dakota, United States

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