Contact Us

Contact the Community Engagement Initiative by email at BlueHensEngage@udel.edu .

Staff

Michael Vaughan smiling wearing a suit coat, blue button down shirt and tortoiseshell glasses

Michael Vaughan, Ph.D., MSEE

Chief Community Engagement Officer, Office of the Provost

CEI Faculty Director

vaughan@udel.edu

Leann Moore smiling with hand on hip, wearing a two tone camel and ecru sweater

Leann Moore, M.P.A.

Associate Director

lmoore@udel.edu

Tabitha Groh, M.B.A.

Communications Specialist

tgroh@udel.edu

Faculty Fellows

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Nancy Getchell, Ph.D., FNAK

Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

getchell@udel.edu

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Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, Ph.D.

Professor, Health Behavior & Nutrition Sciences

eosmith@udel.edu

Knowledge-Based Partners

Partnership for Arts & Culture

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Suzanne Burton, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Music Education

Partnership for Healthy Communities

Contact the Partnership for Healthy Communities at PHC-info@udel.edu.

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Jennifer Horney, Ph.D.

Interim Director

Professor and Founding Director of the Epidemiology Program, College of Health Sciences

Core Faculty at the Disaster Research Center

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Yendelela Cuffee, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Scholarship and Research

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Kate Culhane-Suluai wearing a black turtleneck against a blue background

Katlyn Culhane-Suluai, M.P.S.

Program Manager

Partnership for Public Education

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Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Ph.D.

Director

Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy in the School of Education

enfr@udel.edu

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Annastasia Purinton, Ed.D.

Assistant Director

purinton@udel.edu

The Wilmington Partnership

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Ann Aviles, Ph.D.

Senior Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

amaviles@udel.edu