01/21/2025
By Sue Kim

The College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to present the latest installment in the Dean’s Speaker Series. Join us on February 5 at 4 p.m. at Allen House for a faculty dialogue with Emily J. Ozer, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading experts on advancing community-engaged research in higher education.

The details of the event are as follows:
Public Impact & Partnered Scholarship: Promising Pathways Forward
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
4-5:30 p.m.
Allen House

Registration: please respond to the Dean's Speaker Series by Friday, January 31.

This interactive session offers faculty a unique chance to:

  • Learn practical approaches for measuring and communicating your research's societal impact
  • Explore successful strategies used by faculty at other institutions to advance community-engaged work
  • Gain insights on navigating promotion and tenure processes while pursuing engaged scholarship
  • Contribute to shaping UML's evolving support for community-engaged scholarship and nurturing partnerships with public and community-based agencies

The event is being co-sponsored by the Center for Community Research and Engagement, the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, and the ADVANCE Office of Faculty Equity and Resilience (OFER).

Food and refreshments will be served, and there will be time for informal discussion with Emily Ozer following the presentation.

Emily J. Ozer is a clinical and community psychologist and professor in the School of Public Health and director of the Institute of Human Development at University of California Berkeley. As faculty liaison to the provost for Public Scholarship and Engagement, she plays a leading role in campus-wide initiatives to strengthen support for community-engaged research. A member of the Pew Charitable Trust’s Transforming Evidence Funders Network, she recently led a comprehensive national study of university reforms to better recognize and reward societally impactful scholarship. 

Learn more about the Dean's Speaker Series.