Community Engaged Scholar Directory

Community-Engaged Scholar Directory

The Community-Engaged Scholar Directory highlights faculty and staff whose work integrates community engagement. The goal is to make connections and advance community engagement at the UConn.

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Aida Ghiaei

Director, Graduate Outreach & Diversity

College of Engineering

K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Leadership Other

Bruce Gould

Emeritus Professor of Medicine; Founding Emeritus Associate Dean for Primary Care

School of Medicine

Aging Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Food Health Immigration K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Poverty and Homelessness Social and Historic Injustice Youth and Families

Douglas Kaufman

Associate Professor

Neag School of Education

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Social and Historic Injustice

Jiff Martin

Extension Educator - Food Systems

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Early Childhood Entrepreneurship Environment, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Food K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Leadership Social and Historic Injustice

Shannon McAlister

Graduate Assistant

School of Fine Arts

Arts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access

Adam McCready

Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Neag School of Education

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Technology and Tech Transfer Youth and Families

Jennifer McGarry

Professor

Neag School of Education

Early Childhood Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Food Gender and Sexuality Health K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Leadership Social and Historic Injustice Youth and Families

Mark Overmyer-Velazquez

Dean & Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford; Professor of History and Latinx Studies

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Arts Civics, Democracy, and Political Involvement Economic Development Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Immigration Internationalization and Globalization K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Leadership Neighborhood Development and City Planning Poverty and Homelessness Social and Historic Injustice Youth and Families

Kylene Perras

Assistant Dean, Operations & Strategic Initiatives

College of Engineering

Civics, Democracy, and Political Involvement Commercialization and Industry Development Economic Development Entrepreneurship Environment, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Gender and Sexuality Internationalization and Globalization K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Leadership Social and Historic Injustice Technology and Tech Transfer Transportation Other

Bart. P. Roccoberton, Jr.

Professor, Puppet Artist

School of Fine Arts

Aging Arts Civics, Democracy, and Political Involvement Commercialization and Industry Development Criminal Justice Early Childhood Environment, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Gender and Sexuality Internationalization and Globalization K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Neighborhood Development and City Planning Social and Historic Injustice Youth and Families Other

Beth Russell

Director, Center for Applied Research in Human Development

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Aging Criminal Justice Early Childhood Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Food Gender and Sexuality Health Housing Immigration K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access Poverty and Homelessness Social and Historic Injustice Youth and Families

Fatma Selampinar

Professor in Residence

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

K-12 Education, Student Achievement, and College Access