ABOUT • PRACTICE AREAS • TEAM • FELLOWS
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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.
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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.
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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](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/KNewman.jpg)
Kathe Newman
Faculty Director
![Nadia A. Mian](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Nadia-Mian-2-scaled.jpg)
Nadia A. Mian
Senior Program Director
2023-2024 Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows
![Janet Cazares](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Janet-Cazares-scaled.jpg)
Janet Cazares
![Hamza Choudhry](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hamza-2.jpg)
Hamza Choudhry
![Aditi Rana](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aditi-3.jpg)
Aditi Rana
![Marcelo Remond](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Marcelo-3.jpg)
Marcelo Remond
![Adeel Yaqoob](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Adeel-1.jpg)
Adeel Yaqoob
![Adriana Zarza](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Adriana-3.jpg)
Adriana Zarza
Faculty Affiliates and Visiting Faculty
![Bernadetter Baird-Zars](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-08-at-9.29.56-AM.png)
Bernadetter Baird-Zars
![Hector Blanco](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hector-Blanco.jpg)
Hector Blanco
![Yen-Tyng Chen](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/YChen.jpg)
Yen-Tyng Chen
![Cara Cuite](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CCuite.jpg)
Cara Cuite
![James DeFilippis](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JDeFilippis.jpg)
James DeFilippis
![Shiloh Deitz](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SDeitz.jpg)
Shiloh Deitz
Post-doctoral Associate
![Matt Mleczko](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mleczko-scaled.jpg)
Matt Mleczko
Post-doctoral Associate
![Emily Parker](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Parker_headshot-copy-scaled.jpg)
Emily Parker
![Will Payne](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WPayne.jpg)
Will Payne
![Ronald Quincy](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RQuincy_.jpg)
Ronald Quincy
![Andrea Restrepo-Mieth](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ARestrepo-Mieth.jpg)
Andrea Restrepo-Mieth
![Jovanna Rosen](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jovanna-Rosen-scaled.jpg)
Jovanna Rosen
![Mi Shih](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MShih.jpg)
Mi Shih
![Eric Seymour](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ESeymour.jpg)
Eric Seymour
![Michael Smart](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MSmart.jpg)
Michael Smart
![Emmy Tiderington](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RWV-Center-2-scaled.jpg)
Emmy Tiderington
![Dan Treglia](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dan-Treglia-scaled.jpg)
Dan Treglia
![Nancy Wolff](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NWolff.jpg)
Nancy Wolff
Student Researchers
![Lauren Nolan](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LNolan.jpg)
Lauren Nolan
Senior Research Associate
![Yu Wang](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Yu-Wang.jpg)
Yu Wang
Senior Research Associate
Former Researchers
![Olubori Agboola](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/OAgboola.jpg)
Olubori Agboola
MCRP Candidate
![Tiffany Ip](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tiffany-Ip.jpg)
Tiffany Ip
Research Associate
Center Affiliates
![Housing and Health Equity Cluster](https://rwv.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-14-at-11.00.05-AM.png)