Jointly housed by the Office of The Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and the School of Social Ecology, the UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation brings together students, staff, faculty and practitioners from across disciplines.
Our core team includes faculty conducting innovative research and teaching impactful courses, undergraduate and graduate students helming projects and developing leadership skills, staff members designing and implementing robust programs, and prominent visiting scholars who bring vision and expertise.
Richard Matthew
Faculty Director
Administrative Director
Paul Piff
Associate Director & Research Lead, Compassion Program
Project Policy Analyst
Michael Dennin
Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
Nancy Guerra
Professor
Global Service Scholars
Brett Sanders
Research Lead
Climate Extremes Modeling
Amir AghaKouchak
Climate Extremes Modeling
Doug Colby
Senior Director of Development, Social Ecology
Susan Bibler Coutin
Pandemic Histories Archive
Mimi Cruz
Social Ecology Communications
Steven Davis
Flood Research
Janet DiVincenzo
Instructional Design
Fernando Gonzalez
Director of Finance
Iain Grainger
Media & Communications
Joy Jia
WordPress Coordinator
Michelle Mallen
Director of Civic Engagement
Matt Princetta
Director of Development, OVPTL
Jochen Schubert
Drones & Modeling
Kirk Williams
Social Ecology
Pia Dietze
Compassion Program
Angela Robinson
Compassion Program
Connor Harron
Site Liaison
Kristen Goodrich
Site Liaison
VISITING SCHOLARS
Martín Burt
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Siddharth Kara
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
James Orbinski
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Bishnu Upreti
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
GRADUATE RESEARCH AFFILIATES
Vivianna Goh
Graduate Student
Pandemic Histories Archive
