To realize Goal 1 of the 2023-2028 UCLA Strategic Plan–Deepen UCLA’s Engagement with Los Angeles–we need to foster favorable institutional conditions for community-engaged scholarship and creative activity. The UCLA Community Engagement Advisors Network includes faculty and academic staff representing each division and school, appointed by their dean, with additional representatives from the Institute of American Cultures, the International Institute, and the Library. The Network is co-chaired by Michelle Caswell, Special Advisor to the EVCP on Community-Engaged Scholarship, and Shalom Staub, Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Center for Community Engagement.
The Community Engagement Advisors Network will facilitate greater communication and collaboration among community-engaged faculty both within divisions/schools and across the university, supporting our effort to achieve greater impact and achieve equitable opportunities and outcomes for Angelenos through UCLA’s community-engaged work.
Interested faculty are encouraged to connect with the Community Engagement Advisor of their own school/division or reach out to a Community Engagement Advisor of another school/division if they are looking for explore connections to colleagues in those fields.
| Division/School/Unit | Community Engagement Advisor | Position/Title |
| Arts and Architecture | Anya Booker | Associate Dean and Executive Director for Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion |
| Continuing Education/Extension | Leah J. Vriesman | Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs; Professor |
| Dentistry | Fariba Younai | Bob and Marion Wilson Endowed Chair, Professor of Clinical Dentisty |
| Education and Information Studies | Annamarie Francois | Associate Dean of Public Engagement |
| Engineering and Applied Science | Jennifer Jay | Professor and Vice Chair, Graduate Studies (Civil and Environmental Engineering) |
| Humanities | David Kim | Professor (Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies) and Associate Vice Provost at the International Institute |
| Institute of American Cultures | Genevieve Carpio | Associate Professor (César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies) |
| International Institute | Alden Young | Assistant Professor (Department of African American Studies) |
| Law | Tracey Parr | Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Strategic Planning |
| Library | May Hong HaDuong | Director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
| Life Sciences | Terence Keel | Professor (Institute for Society and Genetics, Department of African American Studies) |
| Management | Corinne Bendersky | Professor and Area Chair of Management and Organizations |
| Medicine | Arleen Brown | Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Community Engagement and Research Program Leader |
| Music | Helen Rees | Professor (Ethnomusicology), Director, World Music Center |
| Nursing | Kristen Choi | Assistant Professor (Nursing) |
| Physical Sciences | David Saltzberg | Professor (Physics and Astronomy) |
| Public Affairs | Laura Wray-Lake | Associate Professor (Social Welfare) |
| Public Health | Alina Dorian | Associate Dean, Public Health Practice; Associate Professor (Community Health Sciences) |
| Social Sciences | Maylei Blackwell | Associate Professor (César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies) |
| Theater, Film and Television | Fabian Wagmister | Assistant Professor (Film, Television and Digital Media) |