CLA Engaged Departments & Faculty

A commitment to public engagement and building bridges to the community is core to the work of many CLA departments, research centers, programs, and institutes. Below is a list of those that have a dedicated section on their web pages to highlight their commitment to community engagement. [Note: Those with an asterisk (*) have been designated by the University’s Office of Public Engagement as an Engaged Department].

CLA Departments

• African American & African Studies*
• American Indian Studies*
• Art*
• Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
• Chicano & Latino Studies
• Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures
• Communication Studies* 
• English*
• French & Italian
• Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies*
• German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch
• Political Science*
• Psychology*
• School of Music*
• School of Statistics
• Sociology
• Spanish & Portuguese Studies
• Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences*
• Theatre Arts & Dance 
• Writing Studies

CLA Centers, Initiatives, Institutes, Programs & Research Centers

• African Studies Initiative    
• Asian American Studies Program        
• Austrian Studies                    
• Center for Applied & Translational Sensory Science (CATSS)
• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
• Center for Medieval Studies
• Creative Writing Program
• Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute     
• Human Rights Program
• Immigration History Research Center
• Institute for Global Studies
• Jewish Studies
• Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies (RIDGS) Initiative