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About Us
The Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement is a collaboration of university faculty, students and community development actors that seeks to enhance educational opportunities, facilitate innovative research, and build community development capacity.
What We Do

Education
The Center brings the university into the community and the community into the university through community based research and discussion. Each Spring, a faculty committee selects four to five Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service undergraduate fellows who work together with a community partner during the Fall semester. Students work with the Center on research projects throughout the year.

Research, Information, and Analysis
Center staff conduct research on urban and community issues in communities around the world. They pursue work that enables them to think creatively about what produces local problems and engages in local, national, and international conversations about these issues. Faculty and students work in collaboration with communities to conduct research, publish, and present research locally and at academic conferences.

Discussion, Networking, and Public Policy
The Center creates opportunities to discuss community development and urban challenges to enhance relationships, communication and to foster entrepreneurship.
Center Staff

Kathe Newman
Faculty Director

Nadia A. Mian
Senior Program Director
2024-2025 Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows

Bernice Amankwah

James Laurie

Eva Lebowitz

Celestina Mensah

Anisa Siddiqi
Faculty Affiliates and Visiting Faculty

Juan Ayala

Bernadette Baird-Zars

Hector Blanco

Yen-Tyng Chen

Cara Cuite

James DeFilippis

Matt Mleczko
Post-doctoral Associate

Robin Leichenko

Emily Parker

Will Payne

Ronald Quincy

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth

Jovanna Rosen

Eric Seymour

Mi Shih

Michael Smart

Emmy Tiderington

Dan Treglia

David Troutt

Shar Williams

Nancy Wolff
Student Researchers

Cybil Bailey
Research Associate

Stephanie Kusi Bamfo
Research Associate

Bridget Fisher
Senior Research Associate

Sophia Fox-Dichter
Senior Research Associate

Soo Yeon Lim
Senior Research Associate

Zehra Mahdi
Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow

Lauren Nolan
Senior Research Associate

Marcelo Remond
Research Associate

Amara Thompkins
Research Associate

Yu Wang
Senior Research Associate
Former Researchers

Olubori Agboola
MCRP Candidate

Shiloh Deitz
Post-doctoral Associate

Tiffany Ip
Research Associate

Rebecca Levitsky
Research Associate

Nirupama Vidyarthi
Research Associate
Center Affiliates


