We recently kicked off the first meeting of our inaugural cohort of Public Scholars for the Future—a new program for graduate students who are integrating community engagement into their doctoral research. I am so inspired by their personal commitment to practicing public scholarship.
Public Scholar and Associate Professor in the UC Davis School of Education Lee Martin is working with community partners, national agencies, and area high schools to inspire youth to build, engineer, tinker and adapt so they can learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read his story.
Public Scholarship and Engagement is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of UC Davis graduate students who were accepted into the competitive Public Scholars for the Future fellowship, which launched in spring 2022. Meet our fellows and learn more about their public scholarship.
Biological systems engineering Ph.D. student Alice Dien won the 2022 UC Davis Grad Slam and the Public Impact Prize with her 2-minute, 54-second presentation on her research into a new, sustainable way of drying food, “Cooling Down With the New Hot Air: The Future of Drying in Agriculture.” Learn more about her work or watch her presentation.
Nine UC Davis-led public scholarship teams have recently been awarded the 2022 Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI) grants from Public Scholarship and Engagement. Funds from the award will support research projects that include engaging with communities ranging from female scientists at Davis High School to Afghani refugees to members of 162 Guatemalan villages. Read the story.
UC Davis professors Brett Snyder and Javier Arbon are helping designers rethink communities from independent living to disability collectives. Block Party–which was created by a multidisciplinary team composed of disabled and non-disabled architects, artists, and authors–reimagines the architecture and urbanism of a section of Berkeley, California, through the perspectives of disability and housing justice. Read their story.
The past two years challenged UC Davis Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics Kristen Kiesel in ways that are still too hard to put to words; but, these challenges also helped her gain new insight and shaped her identity as a public scholar. Read her story.
Community Campus Connect (CCC) is an entry point for academic-based partnerships by facilitating collaborations between UC Davis scholars and communities. PSE is leading the effort to connect Sacramento Valley colleges and universities with community partners as part of the governor’s statewide initiative, #Californiansforall, which will help create debt-free pathways for students to attend college while also engaging in projects that will help our region.
PSE is currently seeking applications for the 2022-23 cohort of their Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows (PSFF) program. This competitive fellowship program seeks to acknowledge and reward exemplary individuals who are working toward a specific public scholarship goal, such as a manuscript, book chapter, or similar.
Advance your career and the greater good. Public Scholarship and Engagement is actively recruiting for two positions: a Graduate Student Researcher who will work directly with Vice Provost Michael Rios, and a Director of Communications and Marketing who will be a thought-leader and communications strategist on our dynamic team.
Philanthropic support plays a vital role in advancing UC Davis public scholarship mission. We invite you to support our vision of discovery, learning and engagement for the public good.
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