Members
Current Members
The Community Change Collaborative is comprised of graduate student and faculty members who bring rich insights, experience, and curiosity to the study of community change. Membership is interdisciplinary and the Collaborative's work demonstrates the great potential of learning from a variety of fields to inform more holistic praxis.
- Trust
- Racialization of Space
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- Municipal/Local Government
- Equitable Community Development
- Social Science Education
- Urban Regeneration
- Community Development and Social Change
- Ethnic Inequalities and Urban Policy
- Placemaking
- Marginalization
- Tourism and Art
- Political Accountability
- Regional collective security in West Africa
- Community Change
Planning, Governance, and Globalization PhD Student
Research Interests:
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Urban Governance, Water Governance
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Urban Development and Social Change
- Improving urban data literacy and quality
- Cultural Heritage
- Historic Preservation
- Politics of Cultural Identity
- Displaced Heritage
- Zoroastrian Heritage in Diaspora
- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Heritage Management
- Activism and social justice in the Global South
- Grassroots movements and community agency
- Equitable urban development in marginalized contexts
- Urban studies and social change
PhD Student in Planning, Governance, and Globalization
Research Interests:
- Social Justice
- Right to the City
- Public Engagement
- Tourism
- Walkability
Faculty Advisor
Director, Virginia Tech Institute for Policy & Governance (VT-IPG)
Professor, School of Public and International Affairs
Research Areas:
Community Development
Nonprofit/NGO governance, leadership, management & civil society
Public policy & policy theory
Peacebuilding, international development & democratization
Environmental politics, policy & planning
Affiliated Faculty
Bob Leonard, Professor, Directing, Performance, School of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech
Sarah Lyon-Hill, Senior Economic Development Specialist, Office of Economic Development, Virginia Tech
Kim Niewolny, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech and Director, Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation
Desiree Poets, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Scott Tate, Associate Director, Office of Economic Development, Virginia Tech
Laura Zanotti, Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VT-IPG) Affiliates
Andy Morikawa
Senior Fellow, VT-IPG
Curator and Host, Trustees Without Borders podcast
Executive Director Emeritus of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley
Lara Nagle, Community-Based Learning Projects Manager, VT-IPG