Impact on Society Committee
Membership: The Impact on Society committee was chaired by Peter Walker, Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School and the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. Detailed member information is listed below.
Guiding Questions:
- What should be the university’s principal goals with respect to impact on society?
- Regarding the university’s impact on society, what are the most compelling observations and recommendations from the working group reports?
- In addition to the issues addressed in the working group reports, what other critical impact on society issues should Tufts expect to face in the next 10 years?
- What principles should guide our responses to these issues?
- What should we plan to stop doing, or to start doing very differently, as we pursue goals for impacting society and confronting contemporary challenges?
Members
| Name | Title | Phone | |
| Peter Walker (Chair) | Professor of Nutrition, Friedman/Tisch | peter.walker@tufts.edu | 7-3361 |
| Sunny Callahan (Staff) | Director of Campaign Planning and Administration, University Advancement | sunny.callahan@tufts.edu | 7-5336 |
| Julian Agyeman | Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy, A&S | julian.agyeman@tufts.edu | 7-3394 |
| Odilia Bermudez | Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Medicine | odilia.bermudez@tufts.edu | 6-2194 |
| Pawan Dhingra | Professor of Sociology, A&S | pawan.dhingra@tufts.edu | 7-2467 |
| Jim Glaser | Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Political Science, A&S | james.glaser@tufts.edu | 7-4230 |
| Tim Griffin | Associate Professor, Friedman School | timothy.griffin@tufts.edu | 6-3613 |
| Shafiqul Islam | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Water Diplomacy, Engineering/Fletcher | shafiqul.islam@tufts.edu | 7-4290 |
| Peter Levine | Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tisch | peter.levine@tufts.edu | 7-2302 |
| Cynthia Leveille-Webster | Professor, Cummings School | cynthia.leveille-webster@tufts.edu | 8-4664 |
| Joel Mason | Scientist and Associate Professor, HNRCA/Friedman | joel.mason@tufts.edu | 6-3194 |
| John Morgan | Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Service, Dental/Tisch College | john.morgan@tufts.edu | 6-3899 |
| Deborah Nutter | Senor Associate Dean and Professor of Practice, Fletcher | deborah.nutter@tufts.edu | 7-2408 |
| Susan Roberts | Senior Scientist and Professor, HNRCA/Friedman | susan.roberts@tufts.edu | 6-3237 |
| Barbara Rubel | Director of Community Relations | barbara.rubel@tufts.edu | 7-3780 |
| Honorine Ward | Professor of Medicine, Medicine | honorine.ward@tufts.edu | 6-7022 |
| Alice Pang | Student | Alice.Pang@tufts.edu | |
| Merry Fitzpatrick | Graduate Student | Merry.Fitzpatrick@tufts.edu |