Twenty-six faculty members from nine Cornell schools, colleges and administrative units are part of the 2025-26 Engaged Faculty Fellows cohort. They’re spending the year developing a community-engaged course, project or publication, and contributing to a network of scholars committed to advancing the university’s public engagement mission.

Facilitated by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, the Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program has welcomed 224 faculty members since it launched in 2013.

The program offers two cohorts: Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning develop or revise a community-engaged learning course or project, and Faculty Fellows in Engaged Scholarship develop peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations, how-to guides or other professional pieces out of their engaged scholarship.

Richard Kiely, associate vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs and the Einhorn Center’s director of academic initiatives and Kelly Whitaker, assistant director of the Engaged College Initiative in the Einhorn Center, lead monthly meetings with the cohorts. The sessions focus on best practices in community-engaged learning and scholarship, including cultural humility, building strong community partnerships and critical reflection. The fellows also share the projects they’re developing, gathering feedback and ideas from the other fellows.

This year’s projects range from highway development, philanthropic leadership, social justice through creative writing, AI in the Global South and more.

The 2025-26 Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning are:

• Caitlin Blanchfield, visiting critic, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
• Colleen Eils, lecturer and curriculum specialist, Center for Dialogue and Pluralism
• Julian Hartman, Active Learning Initiative postdoctoral fellow, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
• Carla Ingrando, visiting lecturer, Johnson Graduate School of Management, SC Johnson College of Business
• Jonathan Jaramillo, lecturer, Department of Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
• Angelika Kraemer, director, Language Resource Center, College of Arts and Sciences
• Katrina Nousek, visiting assistant professor, Department of German Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• David Orr, sr. extension associate / director, Biological and Environmental Engineering / Cornell Local Roads Program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Swasti Pachauri, lecturer, Public Policy, Brooks School of Public Policy
• Danny Parker, assistant professor, Department of Communication, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Jaleesa Reed, assistant professor, Department of Human Centered Design, College of Human Ecology
• Kate Reiter, assistant director of student project teams, Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering
• Danielle Russo, assistant professor of the practice, Department of Performing and Media Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
• Rachel Sumner, associate director and senior lecturer, Center for Dialogue & Pluralism, Provost/Vice Provost’s Office
• Macarena Tejada Lopez, lecturer of Spanish, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• Becky Warner, public policy engagement coordinator, Brooks School of Public Policy, Brooks School of Public Policy
• Yunan Yang, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

This year’s Faculty Fellows in Engaged Scholarship are:

• Megan Dias, postdoctoral associate, Brooks School of Public Policy, Brooks School of Public Policy
• Sarah Gilbert, research associate, Department of Communication, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Adam Hoffman, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Human Ecology
• John Ponstingel, lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
• Nora Prior, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
• Lauren Stulgis, Swanson Director of Student Project Teams, Dean’s Office, Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering
• Hanna Tulis, lecturer, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
• Aditya Vashistha, assistant professor, Department of Information Science, Bowers Computing and Information Science
• So-Yeon Yoon, professor, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, College of Human Ecology