The Duke Center for Community Engagement is an interdisciplinary hub facilitating collaborative scholarship between community partners and Duke faculty, staff, and students, to address pressing societal challenges.
The Center supports community organizations to partner with students and researchers to explore difficult questions, analyze data, and enhance their impactful work.
The Duke Center for Community Engagement is a joint effort of Duke Community Affairs and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Office of the Provost. The Center supports the university’s ongoing commitment to “partner with purpose,” a cornerstone of Duke’s vision for its second century.
Steering Committee
- Ed Balleisen, Professor of History, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences; Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, Office of the Provost
- Rukmini Balu, Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, Duke Community Affairs
- Suzanne Barbour, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost of Graduate Education, Graduate School
- Gerald S Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute
- John Brown, Professor of the Practice in Music, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences; Vice Provost of the Arts, Office of the Provost
- Joan Clifford, Associate Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies and Director of Duke Service-Learning, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
- Linda Coley, Senior Director of the Ormond Center, Divinity School
- Andrew Foster, Kathrine Robinson Everett Clinical Professor, Director of Community Enterprise Clinic, School of Law
- Alec Greenwald, Associate in Research, Program in Education, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
- Kerry L Haynie, Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Social Sciences, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
- Laura Howes, Assistant Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Bass Connections, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Prasad Kasibhatla, Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment
- Michelle Lyn, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, and Chief of the Division of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University Health System
- Steve McClelland, Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering
- Andrew Nurkin, Associate Professor of the Practice, Director of Hart Leadership, Sanford School of Public Policy
- Deborah Reisinger, Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies, Director of Duke’s Language Outreach Initiatives, and Interim Dean of Academic Affairs, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Shapiro-Garzo, Associate Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy and Management, Nicholas School of the Environment; Faculty Director for Engaged Scholarship, Duke University; Director for Community Engagement, Duke University Superfund Research Center; Director of the graduate Certificate in Community-Based Environmental Management
- Allison Stafford, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
- Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Associate Dean for Community-Based Innovation, Pratt School of Engineering
- Geeta Swamy, Haywood Brown, MD Distinguished Professor of Women’s Health, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Vice President for Research, and Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity, School of Medicine
- Stelfanie Williams, Vice President for Community Affairs, Duke Community Affairs
- Erin Worsham, Executive Director of Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Fuqua School of Business
