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Meet the Faculty
Director
![Sunil Purushotham headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/humanities-institute/purushotham-sunil_00000.jpg)
Sunil Purushotham
Coordinating Faculty
![Elizabeth Hohl headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/hohl-elizabeth_0000_06062017.jpg)
Elizabeth Hohl
Assistant Professor of the Practice
History
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![Jerelyn M. Johnson headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/johnson-jerelyn_1336830804_04082024.jpg)
Jerelyn M. Johnson
Associate Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures
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![Melissa Quan headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/quan-melissa_1088390276_04032023.jpg)
Melissa Quan
Director of the Center for Social Impact, Fairfield University
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Melissa Quan, EdD
Director of the Center for Social Impact, Fairfield University
Melissa Quan, EdD, is director of the Center for Social Impact at Fairfield University where she has worked since 2002. As director, Dr. Quan leads the strategic growth and development of academic community engagement. Dr. Quan completed her master’s degree in education at Fairfield University in 2005 and earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2021. The International Association of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement recognized her scholarship with the Dissertation Award in 2021. Dr. Quan has several publications that focus on professional development within the field of higher education community engagement, institutional change, and community-engaged teaching and learning. Dr. Quan is an alumna of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (1998-1999) and currently serves on the board of directors with RYASAP (Regional Adult and Youth Social Action Partnership). She is a recipient of the Lucy Katz Woman of the Year Award (2016) and the Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award (2012), both from Fairfield University, for her commitment and work to promote social justice. She lives in Fairfield, Conn., with her husband, two children, a parent, and a pup.
Contributing Faculty
![Cecelia F. Bucki headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/bucki-cecelia_0000_06062017.jpg)
Cecelia F. Bucki
Professor
History
CNS 315
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![Johanna X. K. Garvey headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/garvey-johanna_0000_06062017.jpg)
Johanna X. K. Garvey
Associate Professor
English
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![Janie L. Leatherman headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/leatherman-janie_0000_06062017.jpg)
Janie L. Leatherman
Professor
Politics & International Studies
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![Danke Li headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/li-zhan_0000_06062017.jpg)
Danke Li
Professor
History
![David McFadden headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/mcfadden-david_4763_06062017.jpg)
David McFadden
Professor
History
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![Nels Pearson headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/humanities-institute/nels-pearson_00000.png)
Nels Pearson
Professor
English
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![Rose Rodrigues headshot](../../../../../../../files/images/faculty-staff-profiles/rodrigues-rose_0000_06062017.jpg)
Rose Rodrigues
Assistant Professor
Sociology & Anthropology
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Program Assistants
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Eileen Arndt
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