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
