UW Seattle pursued the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement for the following purposes:
- Retain UW Seattle’s Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, earned in 2020.
- Reflect on UW Seattle’s community engagement efforts and the progress made towards addressing the recommendations articulated in 2020 to further institutionalize community engagement.
- Leverage the application process to continue to improve and build our capacity and infrastructure that supports community engagement at UW Seattle.
2026 Carnegie Core Team and Working Group
A 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Re-Classification Working Group consisting of faculty, staff and students representing academic and core units across UW Seattle worked together to respond to the re-application questions and produce a set of updated recommendations. The Working Group will be led by a Core Team who will coordinate the overall process.
2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Re-Classification Core Team:
- Executive sponsor: Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Convener: Fran Lo, Executive Director, Community Engagement and Leadership Education Center, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Kirsten Atik, Director of Communications, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Sean Gehrke, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Marisa Nickle, Senior Director of Strategy and Academic Initiatives, Academic and Student Affairs
2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Re-Classification Working Group:
- Rachel Arteaga, Assistant Director, UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences
- Amanda Bankston, Director, Evans Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC), Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
- Rachel Berney, Associate Professor, Urban Design and Planning, College of Built Environments
- Renni Bispham, Assistant Dean for Human Resources, School of Dentistry
- Sara Curran, Associate Vice Provost for Research, Office of Research
- Jen Davison, Project Director, Community Engagement, University Initiatives; Co-Director, Urban@UW Research to Action Collaboratory
- Catherine De Almeida, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
- Beth Fairagan, Assistant Director, Strategy and Communications, Office of Global Affairs
- Derek Fulwiler, Director of Strategy and Communications, Population Health Initiative
- Michelle Habell-Pallan, Professor, Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; Adjunct Professor, School of Music and Department of Communication, College of Arts & Sciences
- Kurtis Heimerl, Assistant Professor, Paul Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
- Aaron Hoard, Director for Regional & Community Relations, External Affairs
- Jamie Hollamon, Operations Specialist, UW Study Abroad, Office of Global Affairs
- Sandra Janusch, Associate Vice Provost, Continuum College
- Verletta Kern, Interim Director, Scholarly Communication & Publishing Department; Head, Open Scholarship Commons & Digital Scholarship Librarian, UW Libraries
- Amy Kim, Director, Office of Outreach and Educational Partnerships; Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry
- Suresh Kotha, Professor, Management and Organizations, Foster School of Business
- Michelle Koutnik, Research Associate Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, College of the Environment
- Tiffany Liu, Undergraduate Program Director, School of Nursing
- Patricia Loera, Associate Vice President for College Access, Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
- Alvin Logan, Director, Unite:Ed, College of Education
- Jasmine Mangrum, Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Pharmacy
- Julian Marshall, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Jana Matthews, Director, W.H. Gates Public Service Law Program, School of Law
- Esther Min, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health
- Walter Neary, Program Operations Specialist, Academic and Regional Affairs, School of Medicine
- Amy Pace, Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
- Briana Randall, Executive Director, Career & Internship Center, Division of Student Life
- Jennie Romich, Professor, School of Social Work
- Yona Sipos, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Public Health
- Jason Young, Senior Research Scientist, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Information School
For 2026 Carnegie Re-Classification Working Group charge: 2026 Re-Classification Charge Letter
Timeline for 2026 re-classification process:
- Spring 2024: Develop re-classification work plan and establish Working Group and subgroup leads
- Summer 2024-Winter 2025: Collect data and prepare responses to application questions
- April 1, 2025: Application deadline
- December 2025: Campuses notified by Carnegie Foundation