Faculty Fellows
Faculty Fellows are appointed jointly by the Dean of the College and the relevant academic dean (Dean of Arts and Sciences or Dean of Engineering) and charged with advancing community-engaged learning in the College. Faculty Fellows provide faculty development through outreach, technical assistance, and mentoring. Additionally, they advance community engagement at the departmental and college level by influencing curriculum development and promoting a culture that embraces this resource-intensive, high-impact approach. Subscribe to the C-EL newsletter to receive updates about upcoming events.
Meet the 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows!
Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp is a dancer, educator, and activist. Her artistic research centers on interdisciplinary collaboration, somatics, social justice, dance as change agent and the embodiment of activism. She has taught at universities for the past 18 years and is currently an Associate Professor at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é. Her choreographic work has been featured internationally for the past 16 years. She has been selected for residencies and projects, including the NYS Dance Force Western NY Choreographers’ Initiative. Rose co-founded Artists Coalition for Change Together (ACCT), an organization active from 2016-2020, as a way to engage dancer-citizens in ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é. She has received multiple grants from the Center for Community Engagement to initiate using dance in community engaged settings. As of late, her creative work has centered on reconnecting to invisible histories through and engaging in climate change initiatives through . Rose continues to perform and present with a focus on the relationship between the body and the environment, the role the body plays in environmental justice, and climate change.
Rachel O’Donnell is Associate Professor in Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and a Faculty Fellow in Community-Engaged Learning. She has taught community-engaged courses on transnational feminism and gender and health. She has also advised Capstone Projects in CCE. She received a Course Development Grant to design an upper-level writing class in the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program called Words Have Power: Writing for Social Change. Her next community-engaged project involves having students work with local veterans organizations in her course Gender, War, and Militarism. With a background in Political Science, International Development, and Latin American Studies, Rachel’s writing and teaching are interdisciplinary and have been focused on global feminist politics and Central America. Her research has explored social movements, political violence, and abortifacient plant-based knowledge in Guatemala, where she originally served as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Jonathan Holz is a Professor of Instruction in the Department of Biology. He holds a BA in biology and ancient studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in toxicology from the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é. Holz is committed to enhancing student learning through innovative teaching strategies, including the use of open educational resources and evidence-based pedagogies that promote active engagement. He teaches courses in human physiology and anatomy, blending core content knowledge with principles and problem-solving to prepare students for diverse future challenges.
Please contact cel@ur.rochester.edu with questions about the community-engaged courses.