Civic Science Fellow Mel Brown learned the value for journalists of slowing down and listening. In 2022, Mel Brown walked out of a newly rented house in Eugene, Oregon, and…

Photographer Anand Varma found his place in civic science — and built a lab where kids learn to look closely In 2017, freelance photographer Anand Varma started an ambitious independent project…

Ndifreke Ikpe’s Civic Science Fellowship focused on the use of race in medical guidelines Ndifreke Ikpe’s work has often landed her in places where different worlds need to meet, such…

Civic Science Fellow McKenna Parnes investigates how collective action can ease youth mental health struggles When McKenna Parnes asked 12 teenagers to give her a tour of their social…

Civic Science Fellow Mulika Musyimi helps San Francisco communities document their own climate stories Deep beneath San Francisco’s streets, 16 high school students follow Mulika Musyimi through dark tunnels…

Lomax Boyd’s path to the Civic Science Fellowship started with his research on brain organoids   When Lomax Boyd published his Ph.D. research on how human brains evolved to…

Civic Science Fellow Rebecca Sausville used neglected survey data to show how graduate education can be more equitable As a newly minted classics Ph.D., Rebecca Sausville was teaching at…

How Julia Minson helps people disagree better Ballroom dancing may seem an unlikely setting for lessons in psychology, but as a graduate student studying disagreement, Julia Minson drew on…

How Shannon Dosemagen is working toward systems change When the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf Coast in 2010, Shannon Dosemagen had a front-row seat to the disaster as…

Civic Science Fellow Lisa Maillard works to help funders support more effective community-engaged research When Lisa Maillard and her colleagues walked into a municipal building in Florida, ready to…