October 21, 2021 | Issue 22
A Message from the Vice Provost

Last April, we welcomed Dr. Stacey Muse to our team as the director of engagement. Bringing Stacey on was a response to what we heard from over 100 public, private, and non-profit constituents in the Sacramento region — points of entry for collaboration are unclear, navigating the university can be challenging, and people are often unaware of the diverse resources UC Davis has to offer. Overall, there was a clear message about the importance of creating platforms to connect with many communities. 

Since joining the team, Stacey has been meeting with internal and external constituents to identify ways to increase access to the University. This has led to Community Campus Connect, a new service that will be launched by June 2021, which aims to clarify pathways of engagement and facilitate academic-based collaborations. If you’re interested in learning more about this effort to support community engagement at UC Davis, Stacey has written a blog about the proposed service. 

It is exciting to see UC Davis realizing its public mission in new ways, becoming an active partner in regional change and local impact — in Sacramento and beyond. Community Campus Connect promises to be a vital starting point for members of the public and UC Davis scholars to imagine what can be created, together. 


Michael Rios
Vice Provost, Public Scholarship and Engagement  
Updates and Announcements
Now accepting applications for community-engaged learning faculty fellows. Deadline to apply is Monday, November 8, 2021
We are currently accepting applications for the Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellows program, which aims to support individuals working to incorporate community-framed problems and questions into existing courses and new curricular experiences. Academic Senate members, full-time, non-represented Academic Federation members, and/or Unit 18 Continuing Lecturers from all UC Davis schools and colleges, who teach degree-seeking students are eligible to apply.
Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows 2021-22. 9 circles with different faces and titles, indicated in the text of the article
We're thrilled to welcome the newest cohort of Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows — from engineering, humanities, and medicine to the environmental, health, and social sciences, on both the Davis and Sacramento campuses — who are working to develop new avenues of scholarship with high potential for public impact.
a group of young climate activists holding cardboard signs and a yellow banner that reads "strike for climate justice"
Ph.D. candidate Sally Neas — our newest graduate student research fellow — is applying an engaged and interdisciplinary approach to youth climate education. Learn more about her collaborative work with the youth-led Sunrise Movement (supported by a 2020-2021 Public Impact Research Initiative grant).
Recognitions and Celebrations
2020-2021 Public Impact Research Initiative grantee Robert McKee Irwin, professor of Spanish, talks about the recent treatment of Haitian migrants at the border and how it spotlighted policy decisions that damage this administration's credibility regarding claims to humanitarianism.
2020-2021 Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellow Beth Ferguson, assistant professor of design, just received a Hellman Fellowship, which provides research funding to early-career faculty members.
2020-2021 Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellow Jesus Barajas, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, talks about his research interests and public engagement projects in this Graduate Program of Environmental Policy and Management feature.
2020-2021 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow Clare Cannon, assistant professor of community and regional development, is featured in a short documentary about environmental justice in Kettleman City, being shown at the American Public Health Association's Film Festival.
2021-2022 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow Angel Desai, an adult infectious disease specialist at UC Davis Health and an affiliate of the university’s Global Migration Center, was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations as a Stephen M. Kellen Term Member.
2021-2022 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow Ian Faloona, professor and bio-micrometeorologist, explores the intersection between environmental science and movement art through Coastal Fogs, a four-part dance sonata moving with the California coastal fog cycle.
2021-2022 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow Naomi Hauser, assistant clinical professor at UC Davis Health, and Provost's Workgroup Member Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of epidemiology, weigh in on the possible long-term health effects of air pollution from wildfires.
Tools and Resources
We've created a new hub for publicly engaged scholars at UC Davis. You'll find programs that Public Scholarship and Engagement offers to Academic Senate and Federation members, as well as resources we recommend for anyone interested in public engagement work, and ways to access additional support.
We've curated a collection of resources from across UC Davis and beyond to help you engage with public audiences, share your expertise outside the university setting, and create meaningful public impact. Have an idea you want to talk through? Send us an email or sign-up for a 30-minute consultation with our staff.
Events and Opportunities
To immerse community expertise into academic research and public policy, the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy, the Energy and Efficiency Institute, and the Center for Regional Change, in collaboration with members of the Transportation Equity and the Environmental Justice Advisory Group, are launching the Environmental Justice Fellowship program. This fellowship program will benefit participating fellows, the communities they serve, and the university researchers they engage with.

Deadline: October 24, 2021
Public Scholarship and Engagement encourages applications to the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and is able to discuss the possibility of mentorship or co- mentorship with interested applicants. Please contact Vice Provost Michael Rios or Associate Vice Provost Tessa Hill to discuss this opportunity further.

Deadline: November 1, 2021
Elementary aged students huddle around an interactive art feature. The art feature has green circles over water like features. One girl in a blue top touches the art. Over the photo is a text overlay that says “Science Says Presents: Roger Hangarter.”
Science Says invites Emmy-award-winning photographer Roger Hangarter from Indiana University to share practical tips on how to develop an artist-scientist relationship for effective science communication.

Event: November 4, 2021 | 12 — 1 p.m.
A mural depicting from left to right of a woman in glasses, woman staring forward, a man in a hat, woman looking right, and a man staring forward wearing a graduation cap. The people in the mural are painted in black and white in front of a blue background
New audiovisual production on and by migrants, moderated by Robert McKee Irwin (deputy director, Global Migration Center) and Brooke Kipling (Ph.D. student, Spanish).

Event: November 5, 2021 | 12 — 1:30 p.m.
In Other News
UC Davis Engages Junior High School Students with Hands-On Citizen Science
The three-year program features teaching artists-in-residence for a quarter, visiting artists for up to 10 days. Each artist will give a presentation open to the public.
Student-Created YouTube Series Takes on Climate Change and Social Justice
The Department of Human Ecology has teamed up with local nonprofit Miridae Living Labs to launch a community initiative that aims to find out which native plant seeds are best at dispersing in places they may naturally fall.
Partnering for the Public Good
At a time when our planet and its people face unprecedented challenges, UC Davis is reimagining the vital links that connect university, community and society. Philanthropic support plays a vital role in advancing UC Davis research, education and collaborations that make the world a better place. We invite the partnership of university friends who share our vision of discovery, learning and engagement for the public good. 
About Public Scholarship and Engagement
Public Scholarship and Engagement is building and supporting meaningful relationships between communities and UC Davis scholars that work together to solve today’s problems and tomorrow’s challenges. We envision a university unbound that seeks to serve the public, equitably and inclusively, resulting in reciprocal and mutual benefit to California’s communities and beyond.

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