Students & Fellows
AFFILIATED STUDENTS
- Real estate
- Community development planning
- Sustainability
- Local government planning
Research Interests:
- Motherhood at the intersection of substance use disorder and justice involvement
- Gendered approaches to substance abuse treatment
- Policy and barriers surrounding reentry for parents
Research Interests:
- Economic Development
- Applied Econometric Analysis & Impact Assessment
- Behavioral Economics & Strategic Decision Theory
- Aging & Health Policy Analysis
Research Interests:
- Theatre as a Tool in Conflict Management and Peace Building
- Community Cultural Development
- Creative Placemaking and Placekeeping
- Asset-Based Community Development
- Verbatim, Devised, and Ensemble Theatre
- Theatre of the Oppressed
- Methodologies in Research-Creation
- Community Health/Program Development
- Substance Use Disorder (in the Geriatric Community)
- Brain Health (in the Geriatric Community)
FELLOWS
Wafa Al-Daily, Associate Director for Global Initiatives, Virginia Tech Outreach and International Affairs (OIA)
SENIOR FELLOWS
Don Back, Director of the Language and Culture Institute, Virginia Tech
Andy Morikawa, Executive Director Emeritus of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (Virginia)
Minnis Ridenour, Senior Fellow for Resource Development, Virginia Tech
Edward Weisband, Edward S. Diggs Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences, Virginia Tech
AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS
Rachel Christensen, Project Research Associate, IPG, Virginia Tech
Lyusyena Kirakosyan, Senior Project Associate, IPG, Virginia Tech
Gary Kirk, Associate Provost & Executive Director at Dickinson College
Katy Powell, Director of the Center and Professor of English, Virginia Tech
Marcy Schnitzer, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Strategic Planning, Virginia Tech
Nancy White, Principal, One Robin, LLI