The Center forms long term collaborations with leadership in institutions, networks, and communities where there is change underway and an interest in building capacity for collective impact and transformative leadership. We also collaborate with researchers who bring different perspectives and methodological strengths to our work.
Building Pathways from Criminal Justice to College
Institutional Collaborators:
Criminal Justice Institute at Columbia University
Public Science Project, CUNY Graduate Center
Reentry Education Network
Individual Collaborators:
Kathy Boudin, Director, Criminal Justice Initiative, Columbia University School of Social Work
Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Cheryl Wilkins, Associate Director, Criminal Justice Initiative, Columbia University School of Social Work
Benay Rubenstein, Founder of College Initiative, Soros Justice Fellow
Building the Architecture of Full Participation
Institutional Collaborators:
Syracuse University School of Education
Individual Collaborators:
Nancy Cantor, (Co-Principal Investigator) Chancellor, Syracuse University
Douglas Biklen, Dean, Syracuse University School of Education; Professor, Cultural Foundations of Education, Teaching and Leadership, and Disability Studies; Director, Institute on Communication and Inclusion, Syracuse University
Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Professor and Department Chair, Reading and Language Arts; Director, English Education Programs, Syracuse University School of Education
Jeffery Mangram, Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education, Syracuse University School of Education; Director, Nottingham Early College High School
Lauren Shallish, Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education and Disability Studies; Graduate and Research Assistant to the Dean, Syracuse University School of Education and Nottingham Early College High School; Research Assistant, Center for Institutional and Social Change
College Access Programs as Levers for Systems Change
Institutional Collaborators:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Individual Collaborators:
Courtney McAnuff, (Co-Principal Investigator) Vice President, Enrollment Management, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Aramis Gutierrez, Director, Rutgers Future Scholars
Elena Tamanas, Research Analyst, Research and Enrollment Information Services, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Culture and Community Initiative
Institutional Collaborators:
Individual Collaborators:
Robin Ely, (HBS Project Lead) Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Peter Bearman, Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy; Director, Paul F. Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University
Heidi Brooks, Social Psychologist and Lecturer, Yale School of Management
Howard Gadlin, Director, Center on Cooperative Resolution, National Institutes of Health
Indicators and Drivers of Institutional Transformation
Institutional Collaborators:
University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School
Individual Collaborators:
Abby Stewart, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives; Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; Director of the ADVANCE program, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan
Janet Weiss, Dean, Rackham Graduate School; Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Mary C. Bromage Collegiate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan
Linking Diversity and Public Engagement
Institutional Collaborators:
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
University of Southern California
Individual Collaborators:
Nancy Cantor, (Co-Principal Investigator) Chancellor, Syracuse University
George Sanchez, (Co-Principal Investigator) Vice Dean of Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Adam Bush, Director, Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Program, Imagining America
Jan Cohen-Cruz, Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
Tim Eatman, Research Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
John Saltmarsh, Co-Director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), University of Massachusetts, Boston
Transformative Leadership Networks for Social Change
Building Knowledge for Social Justice Working Group:
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Syracuse University
Diversity and Innovation Collaborative for Liberal Arts Colleges and Research Universities:
Shirley Collado, Dean of the College and Chief Diversity Officer, Middlebury College; Founder of the Liberal Arts Diversity Officers (LADO) Network
Innovative Lawyers:
Jonathan Alger, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; President, National Association of College and University Attorneys
Lawyers as Boundary Spanning Intermediaries
Institutional collaborators:
National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good
Individual Collaborators:
John Burkhardt, Professor of Higher and Postsecondary Education and Director of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan
