Twenty-eight faculty members from 10 Cornell schools and colleges have been named 2024-25 Engaged Faculty Fellows. They’ll spend the year developing a community-engaged course, project or publication, while also joining a network of scholars committed to advancing the university’s public engagement mission.

Facilitated by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, the Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program has welcomed nearly 170 faculty members since it launched in 2013.

“Fellows become part of a yearlong cohort that meets to discuss readings, projects and challenges, but the connections they make extend far past the academic year,” said Richard Kiely, associate vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs and the Einhorn Center’s director of academic initiatives.

The program offers two cohorts: Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning develop or revise a community-engaged learning course or project, and Faculty Fellows in Engaged Scholarship develop peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations, how-to guides or other professional pieces out of their engaged scholarship.

Kiely and Jacob Dillabaugh, assistant director of the Engaged College Initiative in the Einhorn Center, lead monthly meetings with the cohorts. The sessions focus on best practices in community-engaged learning and scholarship, including cultural humility, building strong community partnerships and critical reflection. The fellows also share the projects they’re developing, gathering feedback and ideas from the other fellows.

This year’s projects range from exploring water quality and public perception of ponds to designing a new food pantry to examining the best (and worst) practices in the short-term study-abroad programs.

The 2024-25 Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning are:

• Jackie Barrett, associate director, Leadership Programs, Johnson Graduate School of Management, SC Johnson College of Business
• Swanne Gordon, assistant professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
• James Hardwick, adjunct professor of law and veterans law staff attorney, Cornell Law School
• Meredith Holgerson, assistant professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CALS
• Sharon Kaplan, student services associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology (CHE)
• Mary Lorson, academic content editor, External Relations and Engagement, SC Johnson College
• Maranda Miller, assistant director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cornell Bowers Computing and Information Science
• Virginia Moore, assistant professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, CALS
• Fridah Mubichi-Kut, professor of practice, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, SC Johnson College
• Niti Parikh, director, Learning Spaces and MakerLABs, Cornell Tech
• Kelly Quinn, community nutrition coordinator, dietetic internship and lecturer, Division of Nutritional Sciences, CHE
• LeeAnn Roberts, director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cornell Bowers CIS
• Meredith Rutherford, sustainability manager, Campus Sustainability Office
• Lauren Stulgis, Swanson Director of Student Project Teams, Cornell Engineering
• Hanna Tulis, lecturer, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
• Jenna Wells, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, CHE
• So-Yeon Yoon, associate professor, Department of Human Centered Design, CHE

This year’s Faculty Fellows in Engaged Scholarship are:

• Amiel Bize, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
• Michael Charles, assistant professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, CALS
• Joshua Felver, extension associate, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, CHE
• George Frantz, associate professor of the practice, Department of City and Regional Planning, AAP
• Steven Mana’oakamai Johnson, assistant professor, Department of Natural Resources, CALS
• Isabel Perera, assistant professor, Department of Government, CAS
• Emma Silverblatt, visiting critic, Department of Architecture, AAP
• Kristen Stanley, assistant clinical professor of law, the Lawyering Program, Cornell Law School
• Jamal Uddin, lecturer, Department of Communications, CALS
• K. E. von Wittelsbach, senior lecturer, Department of Romance Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Institute for European Studies, CAS
• Zoe West, senior researcher, Worker Institute at Cornell, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.