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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

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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

Kathe Newman

Faculty Director

Nadia A. Mian

Nadia A. Mian

Senior Program Director

2023-2024 Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows

Janet Cazares

Janet Cazares

Hamza Choudhry

Hamza Choudhry

Aditi Rana

Aditi Rana

Marcelo Remond

Marcelo Remond

Adeel Yaqoob

Adeel Yaqoob

Adriana Zarza

Adriana Zarza

Faculty Affiliates and Visiting Faculty

Bernadetter Baird-Zars

Bernadetter Baird-Zars

Hector Blanco

Hector Blanco

Yen-Tyng Chen

Yen-Tyng Chen

Cara Cuite

Cara Cuite

James DeFilippis

James DeFilippis

Shiloh Deitz

Shiloh Deitz

Post-doctoral Associate

Emily Parker

Emily Parker

Will Payne

Will Payne

Ronald Quincy

Ronald Quincy

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth

Jovanna Rosen

Jovanna Rosen

Mi Shih

Mi Shih

Eric Seymour

Eric Seymour

Michael Smart

Michael Smart

Emmy Tiderington

Emmy Tiderington

Dan Treglia

Dan Treglia

Nancy Wolff

Nancy Wolff

Student Researchers

Lauren Nolan

Lauren Nolan

Senior Research Associate

Former Researchers

Olubori Agboola

Olubori Agboola

MCRP Candidate

Tiffany Ip

Tiffany Ip

Research Associate

Center Affiliates

Housing and Health Equity Cluster

Housing and Health Equity Cluster