Tisch Annual Report

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

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TISCH COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 Active Citizenship in the Schools

Dear Friends, Lately I have come to describe the role of Tisch College as follows: we’re the champion, catalyst, and center of excellence for active citizenship at Tufts University. We champion the importance of preparing every student for thoughtful civic participation. We partner with schools and departments across the university as a catalyst for new ways to engage students and faculty. We provide research, advice, and resources to ensure programs have a very high level of impact.

Throughout this report, you’ll read examples of how we fulfill these roles. We added a program to champion the positive role of the private sector, where most Tufts graduates work. Read about our first Corporate Citizen Fellow (page 3).

As a catalyst for the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, we supported the addition of a researcher on human-animal interaction, the cutting edge of veterinary civic engagement (page 4). Through our Tisch Scholars, summer fellows, and year-long engagement fund, we are the catalyst for more than 300 students to have transformational experiences (page 7). And across Tufts, at least 3,100 students had opportunities for community-level impact.

Excellence can come through research and innovation. Our CIRCLE research explores and promotes effective engagement of marginalized communities, particularly low-income youth and youth of color (page 4). On campus, we beta tested Civic Seed, a video game we developed to prepare young people for community engagement, easily and at scale (page 3).

This past year, we also devoted time and attention to identifying ways to improve our own effectiveness with respect to diversity and inclusion. The ability to engage meaningfully with people different from oneself is a core civic skill, and overcoming the impact of systemic inequality is central for an effective active citizen. We need to do better, and are delighted to be forging ahead with training and program improvements to reflect our learning in this area.

For the last ten years, I have had the privilege of playing a role in crafting Tufts’ civic engagement strategy.

In January, Alan D. Solomont, A70, A08P, will become the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of Tisch College.

A lifelong social and political activist, successful business person, and ardent Tufts supporter, Alan most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra. I can’t wait to read next year’s annual report, to learn the new ways that Tisch College, under Alan’s leadership, is a stronger champion, a more powerful catalyst, and more extensive center of excellence for Tufts and beyond.

Please enjoy the stories of impact and accomplishment in the following pages. And thank you for the honor of being able to serve.

Best,

Nancy E. Wilson Tisch College dean ad interim

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Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service Tisch College drives Tufts University’s commitment to producing active, engaged, and effective citizens.

Through partnerships with every Tufts school, Tisch College incubates innovative opportunities for engaged learning and research. Every Tufts student is part of Tisch College, and the school seeks to ensure that every student graduates prepared to have a positive impact through their personal and professional lives. Working closely with faculty, Tisch College supports engaged research and generates new knowledge about civic engagement.

Based at Tisch College, CIRCLE is the leading source of authoritative research on the civic and political engagement of young Americans, especially those who are marginalized or disadvantaged. CIRCLE is active in national networks and conversations to strengthen the civic mission of K–12 schools, community organizations, and higher education, and works nationally with youth-serving organizations to help them understand and assess the impact of their programming.

A national leader in civic education and research, Tisch College is setting the standard for the engaged role of higher education institutions.

Lincoln Filene Center for Community Partnerships

Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) CIRCLE has changed public discourse about young people as citizens, showing that youth opinions and actions are important and valuable to democracy. CIRCLE’s research points to the critical gaps that exist between youth from different socioeconomic backgrounds and identifies ways of closing those gaps.

Communities are at the core of Tisch College’s work. Building the capacity of students, faculty, and community partners, Tisch College supports rich collaborations locally and around the world. Through in- person workshops and online resources, Tisch College’s Lincoln Filene Center for Community Partnerships (LFC) facilitates strong, meaningful, and sustainable relationships between Tufts and its host communities of Medford, Somerville, Boston’s Chinatown, and Grafton.

TISCH COLLEGE MILESTONES IN 2012–13:

44

83

$1.2M

1,933

100

25

Number of affiliated faculty from seven Tufts schools

Number of undergraduates enrolled in 137 active citizenship courses in the 2012–13 school year

Number of Faculty Fellows over the lifetime of the program

Number of community partners connected to research or service with Tisch College

Amount of grant funding received in FY13

Number of Tisch College affiliated faculty, staff, and students who served on committees and working groups for Tufts’ strategic planning process

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ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY All Tufts students have opportunities to prepare as active citizens: • Undergraduates from the Schools of Arts & Science and Engineering may select from Tisch College’s growing list of 137 active citizenship courses from 33 departments.

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• Students from the School of Medicine complete 50 hours of community service prior to graduating.

• Students from the School of Dental Medicine participate in a five-week community “externship”at one of two dozen facilities across the country.

• Students at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine develop civic skills through programs ranging from Paws for People to Tufts at Tech, strengthening families while caring for pets.

• At the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, students are required to take a public policy course.

• At The Fletcher School, students arrive as impressive global advocates and graduate as innovative problem-solvers with strategic cross-sector networks.

Developing Stronger Citizens Tisch College provides students with the skills and preparation needed to take on the world’s challenges.

Innovation for Scale

Celebrating Active Citizens

In order to prepare every student for effective work in the community, in 2012-13 Tisch College developed and beta tested Civic Seed, an innovative, multiplayer game that aims to disrupt the static approach to online learning. Created in collaboration with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College, Civic Seed creates an environment of truly immersive learning through interactive exploration and narrative.

Graduates from the School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine are now joining graduates from the Schools of Arts & Sciences and Engineering in the Honos Civicus Society. The only civic honors society, Honos Civicus was founded by Tisch College to recognize graduating students with a demonstrated and exceptional commitment to growing as active citizens. In 2013, the program inducted 10 percent of the arts and sciences, medical, and dental senior classes.

The game guides students to assess their own motives, values, and identities; consider the assets and characteristics of the communities where they work; and to collaborate in developing solutions. With a quarter of the content tailored specifically to Tufts’ host communities, Civic Seed is designed to be adapted to other organizations and institutions.

Citizenship in the Private Sector Recognizing that many Tufts alumni work in the private sector, in November 2012, Tisch College hosted inaugural corporate citizen fellow Doug Conant, former CEO of the Campbell Soup Company. In a daylong visit that expanded student understanding of how private sector leadership can result in positive societal impact, Conant gave a public lecture about leadership and corporate citizenship.

At the Friedman School of Nutrition, Conant had a candid discussion with students on the complexities of nutrition, product development, and advertising. At Fletcher, Conant discussed socially responsible business and explored how to change the culture of an organization and make the case for investing in corporate social responsibility.

Undergraduates from several student groups also had the opportunity to meet with Conant and to gain his insight on the value of engaging as active citizens in the corporate sector.

“ You are changing the way healthcare professionals think about their work. It’s not just about working with individuals but about your larger impact on the world. The programs you’ve created and strengthened will live on and serve as the groundwork for future growth. You have made Tufts better, made the community better, and you have made the world better.”

— Harris Berman Dean of the School of Medicine, at Honos Civicus induction

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Research with Impact Tisch College generates new knowledge about civic engagement and supports faculty research conducted in partnership with communities or intended to affect public policy.

Understanding Youth Engagement

Interdisciplinary Dialogue

CIRCLE aims to address entrenched inequality in civic participation of young people by identifying participation gaps, conducting research to understand those gaps, and collaborating with non-profit organizations to fill those gaps.

Tisch College’s Faculty Fellows programs serves as a unique convener for interdisciplinary dialogue about engaged teaching and research.

In 2012-13, nine Faculty Fellows engaged in projects, including:

Nearly half of all young people (42 percent) have no college experience. Overwhelmingly likely to come from poor or working-class households, these youth are twice as likely as their peers to be disengaged from civic and political life and to lack the skills, opportunity, and sense of agency needed to improve their communities. CIRCLE is working closely with youth-serving programs across the nation to identify strategies for more effective engagement.

Girls and young women are also less likely to have opportunities to build the skills and experience needed for political leadership.

CIRCLE’s research on this topic has led to a series of dialogues and was featured at the White House Conference on Girls’ Leadership and Civic Education.

Following the 2012 presidential election, CIRCLE launched a nonpartisan, scholarly Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge.

Charged with analyzing exclusive data collected by CIRCLE, the Commission proposed ways to boost the civic knowledge and political participation of young Americans.

Also new in 2012–13, CIRCLE’s National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) is the first national, comprehensive study that allows college campuses to evaluate their voter turnout and registration rates.

Learn more about CIRCLE by reading their annual report at civicyouth.org.

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Kathryn Dolan, assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine, expanded her work with the Tufts Dental Facilities Special Needs Community Dental Health Program. The largest program of its kind serves more than 9,000 developmentally disabled patients at eight clinics throughout the state.

Deborah Schildkraut, associate professor of political science at the School of Arts and Sciences, examined how the strength of one’s ethnic or national origin group identification affects one’s sense of connection or alienation from representative democracy in the United States.

Ichiro Takayoshi, assistant professor of English in the School of Arts and Sciences, worked on a scholarly article comparing ways to manage our cultural aspirations and thereby modify our social behaviors through largely symbolic or psychological means.

Human-Animal Interactions Megan Kiely Mueller, A08, G10, G13, is one of the leaders of a new generation of researchers exploring the role animals play in human development. After completing her Ph.D. in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Mueller became a research assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in the spring 2013. The new position, created with funding from Tisch College and a matching corporate grant, supports engaged research across the veterinary school.

“ Active citizenship is about research that has direct applications in aiding families, and creating systems that allow them to thrive. My job is to do good science, and I always want to remember the context in which that happens. Human-animal interaction is a forward-thinking, inter-disciplinary field, and Tufts is leading the way for all universities.”

— Megan Kiely Mueller, A08, G10, G13

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2012–2013 STUDENT ENGAGEMENT:

11 13 17 21

ACS: New York Students

2012–2013 STUDENT ENGAGEMENT:

ACS: International Students

ACS: Massachusetts Students

ACS: Washington, D.C. Students

143

28

54 3,122

129 23 22

Alumni participants in the Washington, D.C. CASE Network

Tisch Scholars

Students contributed to a cumulative 240,784 community service hours

Students supported by the Tisch Fund for Civic Engagement

Honos Civicus Society: Undergraduates

Honos Civicus Society: Dental

Honos Civicus Society: Medical

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Direct Engagement Across Tufts, active citizens are applying their skills and knowledge to benefit the world around them.

Tisch Scholars for Citizenship and Public Service

Tisch Fund for Civic Engagement

The Tisch Scholars program is an innovative multi-year leadership program that develops core civic skills so 54 undergraduates can be leaders for civic engagement and catalysts for change.

2012–13 projects included:

The Tisch Fund supports groups of students working on innovative, active citizenship projects locally or abroad during the academic year.

In 2012–13:

Pooja Beri, A15, worked with Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center’s college-access program, which promotes and encourages the relationships between colleges and youths in order to foster a college-attending culture.

Bianca Blakesley, A14, focused on introducing the theme of active citizenship to first-year students through her role as one of four Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Fellows.

Brendan Dillon, A13, continued his leadership of the Tufts After School Teaching and Enrichment (T.A.S.T.E.), which connects Tufts student mentors with teens who live in Somerville’s Mystic Housing Authority development.

Summers of Learning and Action As an Active Citizenship Summer fellow, Marquel Norton, A14, tapped into his training as a Jumpstart team leader and child development major. Working with low-income children and youth at Somerville’s Mystic Learning Center, Norton was one of over 60 students to participate in Tisch College’s summer program, which is funded in part by a generous gift from the James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation established by Jamie, A78, and Judy Dimon.

Through their work with Jumbo’s Kitchen, Friedman School students Marianne Santoso, N13; Claire Brown, N14; Stephani Cook; N14; and Franciel Dawes, N13 introduced elementary school students to basic cooking skills and empowered children to make healthy foods in a fun and interactive environment.

Jean-Yves Barba, F14; Nathan Kennedy, F13; Jeff Rodwell, F14; and Rachael Were, F13, developed a two-day training module on civic education for a leadership academy in Kenya which gives bright young students from low-income households the ability to continue to secondary education through merit-based scholarships.

STOMP Programs across Tufts provide students opportunities to connect their skills and interests to their active citizenship. One such program is the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) which annually sends over 40 undergraduate fellows to nearly two dozen classrooms in Tufts’ host communities. Fellows teach problem-solving skills while learning about the disparities of the American educational system. In 2012–13, STOMP fellows served over 600 local students.

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The following donors have generously supported Tisch College in 2012–13: CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT The Aaron Foundation Association of American Colleges

Michael J. Crawford, A78

Laura S., J89 and Charles M. Olton

TISCH COLLEGE LEADERSHIP

Giuseppina Daniel, A02

Greg A. Propper, A01

Nancy Wilson, Dean ad interim

Andrea L. DeMayo-Clancy, J86 and Bryan J. Clancy, A86

Tyson G. Reynoso, E09

S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

Bess R. Dopkeen, A04

The Boston Foundation

Colin B. Durrant, A98

Elizabeth C. Ross, A13P and William R. O’Reilly Jr., A77, A13P

Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Director of Research, Director, CIRCLE

Bringing Theory to Practice

Kenneth C. Fan, E01, F07

CCR Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Chicago Community Trust

Stephanie, J67, E01P, F07P and John Fan, E01P, F07P

Combined Jewish Philanthropies

Michael B. Feldman, A90

Democracy Fund

Sarah A. Fleischmann, A08

James & Judith K. Dimon Foundation

Ana C. Fowler, A07

Fan Family Foundation

Kerry L. and Michael R. Frisoli, A93

Foundation for Civic Leadership

Dr. Kimberly A., J82 and Robert S. Gatof, A81

William T. Grant Foundation Kettering Foundation The Harvey & Barbara Kroiz Family Foundation

Carol R. Goldberg, J55 Julia S. Goldberg, A07, MG08 Joseph A. Ha, A12

Mitchell A. Robinson, A07

Jennifer Scully and Richard S. Lerner, A85 Suzanne B. Seiden, J85, A17P and Kevin L. Thurm, A83, A17P Nazgol S., J83 and Kambiz Shahbazi, E82 Victoria S. Shelus, A08 Elaine M. Siegel, J70 Neil A. Silverston, A83 Susan L., AG81, A08P and Alan D. Solomont, A70, A08P Jeffrey D. Stewart, A90 Kara L. Takasaki, A11

William D. & E.M. Lane Foundation

Katherine C. Hallett, A10

Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Richard J. Henken, A80, AG81

The Omidyar Network

Lisa S. Heyison, J82

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

Benjamin Hubbell-Engler, A11

Kate F., J79, A06P, A13P and Theodore R. Tye, A79, A06P, A13P

The Schwab Charitable Fund

Deborah R. Jospin, J80, A14P and Christopher C. Gallagher, A14P

Sarah E. Ullman, A10

Sirad Foundation Alan & Susan Solomont Family Foundation The Spencer Foundation Youth Engagement Fund (Tides Foundation) ALUMNI AND STUDENTS Marsha L., J81 and Thomas M. Alperin, A81 April S., J92 and Bryan W. Anderson, A92 Matthew M. Bai, A90 Jennifer C. Bailey, A09 Amy A., J78, A13P and Seth A. Barad, A77, A13P Karen K., J96 and Brett G. Baris, A96 Katherine M. Barksdale, A08

Susan M., J86 and Brian H. Kavoogian, A84 Vanessa N. Kirsch, J87 Rachel I. Klein, A04 Heather L. Kleinberger, A08 Steven R. Koltai, A76, F78, E12P Christine Kondoleon, J74 and Frederic E. Wittmann, A78 Lenore F., A07P, A11P, AG08P and Elliot D. Lobel, A70, A07P, A11P, AG08P

Kierstyn S. Thayer, A04 Jonathan M. Tisch, A76

Katherine M. and Gregory P. Vasil, A84 Margery N., J80, A10P, A13P and Dr. Paul D. Weinstein, A80, A10P, A13P FAMILY AND FRIENDS Theodore S. Berenson Scott M. Black David D. Desmarais Melissa B. Dodge, A14P and Mark W. Rutherford, A14P

Robert S. Lott, A02

Thomas Ehrlich

Molly MacAuslan, A16P and Varney J. Hintlian, A72, A16P

Deborah B. Goldberg, A13P and Michael Winter, A13P

Mahmood Malihi, E80

Mary Louise Hartman, A13P and Clifford M. Sloan, A13P

Sara A. Mattes, AG82, AG86

Robert M. Hollister

Devra L. Bergman, A08

Dr. Kathleen A. McCartney, J77 and William Hagen

Bret N. Bicoy, A92

Joseph R. McDonald, A92

Kenneth J. Krause

Catherine E. Carrington, J00

Timothy Kelly

Brooke Menschel, A02

Ellen S. Lane, A07P, A11P

Dr. Mya J. Caruso, J97

Mark E. Miller, A80

Virginia S. MacDowell

Michael D. Chang, A00

Katrina A., J96 and Michael R. Munichiello, E96, EG04

Diane L. and Robert W. McLeod Jr.

Martha, A84P and Neil L. Chayet, A60, A84P Andrea L. DeMayo-Clancy, J86 and Bryan J. Clancy, A86 William A. Clifford, A83

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Christina J. Murphy, J98

Charles L., A04P and Sandra Merin, A04P

Melissa S. Norden, J94

Helen C. Schlichte

Marcelo U. Norsworthy, A09

Christopher J. Simoneau

Pamela K., J89, H11 and Pierre M. Omidyar, A88, H11

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg Deputy Director, CIRCLE Shirley Mark, Director, Lincoln Filene Center for Community Partnerships Mindy Nierenberg, Senior Program Manager and Director, Leadership Studies Minor Sarah Shugars, Communications Manager Bettina Stevens, Administrative Director

FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Miriam Nelson, Chair, Professor and Director of the John Hancock Research Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Barbara Wallace Grossman, Co-Chair, Professor of Drama & Dance, School of Arts and Sciences Hugh Gallagher, Associate Professor of Physics, School of Arts and Sciences David Gute, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering Wanda Wright, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Service, School of Dental Medicine

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE Dana Benjamin, Director of Programs, Boys and Girls Clubs of Middlesex County Marie Cassidy, Coordinator and Family Specialist, Medford Family Network Janelle Chan, Executive Director, Asian Community Development Center Carol Rabb Goldberg, J55* President, The AvCar Group Ltd. Warren Goldstein-Gelb, G99 Executive Director, The Welcome Project Richard Henken, A80, AG81* President, Schochet Associates, Inc. Daniel LeBlanc, Chief Executive Officer, Somerville Community Corporation and Chair, Community Partnerships Committee * Diane McLeod, Director, Office of Human Diversity & Compliance, City of Medford * * Member of Board of Advisors

BOARD OF ADVISORS Deborah Jospin, J80, A14P, Chair Partner, Sagawa/Jospin

Richard Henken, A80, AG81 President, Schochet Associates, Inc.

Greg Propper, A01 Partner, Propper Daley, LLC

Matt M. Bai, A90 National Political Columnist Yahoo!, News

Diane S. Hessan, J76, A11P President & CEO, Communispace Corporation

Mitchell Robinson, A07 Associate, Alston & Bird LLP

Seth Barad, A77, A13P Consultant to non-profits

Brian H. Kavoogian, A84 President, Charles River Realty Investors LLC

Simon Rosenberg, A85 President & Founder, NDN

Neil L. Chayet, A60, A84P President, Chayet Communications Group, Inc.

Vanessa N. Kirsch, J87 President & Founder, New Profit Inc.

Jeffrey D. Stewart, A90 Partner, Walnut Hill Media

Selina J. Chow, J87 President, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

Steven R. Koltai, A76, F77, FG78, A12P Managing Director, Koltai & Company, LLC

Louisa M. Terrell, A91 Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker

Daniel LeBlanc, Chief Executive Officer Somerville Community Corporation

Kevin L. Thurm, A83 Chief Compliance Officer, Citigroup, Inc.

Elliot D. Lobel, A70, A07P, AG 10P, A11P Partner, Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP

Jonathan M. Tisch, A76 Office of the President, Co-Chairman of the Board Loews Corporation and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Loews Hotels

Stephen C. Demirjian, A83 Senior Portfolio Manager Cadence Capital Management LLC Thomas Ehrlich, Visiting Professor School of Education, Stanford University

Diane McLeod, Director, Office of Human Diversity & Compliance, City of Medford

Robert S. Gatof, A81 Principal, Marriners Brook Capital

Charles L. Merin, A04P Executive Vice President, Prime Policy Group

Carol Rabb Goldberg, J55 President, The AvCar Group Ltd.

Ify Nneka Mora, A04 Chief of Staff, The Barr Foundation

Daniel B. Winslow, A80 Senior Vice President and General Counsel Rimini Street

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