Human Rights Studies at the Frontiers of Public Scholarship and Engagement
Vice Provost Michael Rios discusses the intersection of Public Scholarship and Human Rights Studies
Quick Summary
- Human Rights Studies faculty and graduate students have played a leading role in building public scholarship at UC Davis
Michael Rios Vice Provost of Public Scholarship at UC Davis
As an institutional culture builder, Rios is leading university-wide collaborative efforts to recognize public scholarship in research and teaching, create community engaged learning opportunities for students and increase access to university resources for community partners.
With over 20 years of community-based research, teaching, and practice, he has collaborated with numerous public agencies, municipalities, and community groups. A UC Davis faculty member since 2007, he is a professor of landscape architecture and environmental design in the Department of Human Ecology and served as chair of the Community Development Graduate Group (2011-2015).
Rios' research has focused on community engagement, social justice and placemaking. He has authored or co-authored over twenty journal articles and book chapters and has co-edited several books including Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities (Routledge 2013) and Community Development and Democratic Practice (Routledge 2017). A forthcoming chapter on “Diaspora” will be appear in the Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Edward Elgar Publishing 2023).
Human Rights Studies x Public Scholarship and Engagement
...Through teaching and research, Human Rights Studies professionals work to understand and support Human Rights Advocacy. This includes the full embrace of forms of engaged scholarship and closing the gap between theory and practice. Human Rights Studies professionals engage in policy development, often provide expert testimony, and work outside of the academy in international organizations. In this element, Human Rights Studies teachers will often invite human rights activists, advocates and defenders into the classroom and emphasized internship activities with Human Rights organizations and career preparation in Human Rights work, broadly conceived....
from What is Human Rights Studies at UC Davis? (May 8, 2021)
Community Engaged Teaching Faculty Fellows
Liza Grandia (NAS - HMR Program Committee)
Jeanette Money (Poli Sci - HMR Program Committee)
Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows
Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh (Art History - HMR Affiliated Faculty)
Ga Young Chung (ASA - HMR Affiliated Faculty)
Keith David Watenpaugh (HMR Director)
Public Scholars for the Future
Marc Dadigan (NAS - HMR DE)
Public Interest Research Grants
Liza Grandia (NAS - HMR Program Committee) x2
Benjamin Weber (AAS - HMR Program Committee)
Ga Young Chung (ASA - HMR Faculty Affiliate)
Inés Hernández-Ávila (NAS - HMR Faculty Affiliate)
Caitlin Patler (SOC - HMR Faculty Affiliate)
Mellon Public Fellows/Mentors
Lizbeth de la Cruz (SPN - HMR DE)
Lauren Peters (NAS - HMR DE) - Keith David Watenpaugh (HMR Program Committee) Mentor
National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Fellow
Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh (AHI - HMR Faculty Affiliate)
"Taking Public Scholarship Seriously" - Chronicle of HIgher Ed Nancy Cantor and Steven D. Lavine
"Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Literature and Language Programs" MLA ad hoc Committee on Valuing Public Humanities