Students & Fellows
AFFILIATED STUDENTS
- Data Managment
- Sustainable Land Use and Resource Management
- Disaster Resilience of Agriculture
Research Interests:
- Public markets as a Tool for Social Interaction
- Art, Culture, and Food as Tools for Community Engagement
- Biophilic Design for a Retirement Community Development
- Comprehensive Planning Frameworks for Sustainable Development
- Arts, Culture, and Events for Place Making
- Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse for Economic Growth
- Sustainable Land Use
Research Interests:
- Culture, Tourism and Community Development
- Globalization and Identity
- Participatory Governance
- Education and Empowerment
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:
- Community Nutrition (specifically Obesity Prevention)
- Community Health/Program Development
- Substance Use and Addiction
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
FELLOWS
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
FELLOWS:
Wafa Al-Daily, Associate Director for Global Initiatives, Virginia Tech Outreach and International Affairs (OIA)
Martha Mead, President, StreamLines, LLC
George Still, Director of Assessment, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
AFFILIATED FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS
Gary Kirk, Director SPIA Pathways Programs - Community Engagement, Virginia Tech
Katy Powell, Director of the Center and Professor of English, Virginia Tech
Marcy Schnitzer, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Strategic Planning, Virginia Tech
AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS:
Maya Berinzon, Senior Project Associate, IPG, Virginia Tech
Rachel Christensen, Project Research Associate, IPG, Virginia Tech
Lyusyena Kirakosyan, Senior Project Associate, IPG, Virginia Tech
Suzanne Lo, Researcher, The Center for Child Health, University Hospitals of Cleveland
Nancy White, Principal, One Robin, LLI