Announcing 2026-27 Tiers 3 and 4 PACES Grantees
The Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship team in the Office for Outreach and Community Engagement is pleased to announce the 2026-27 Tiers 3 and 4 grantees.
Tiers 3 and 4 fund faculty-led public and community-engaged scholarship that connects research, teaching and creative work with public needs and interests. Proposed projects must connect ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ scholarship with the expressed needs, interests or activities of external communities and be aligned with the campus definition of outreach and engagement. The selection process is guided by the Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship Grants Committee.
Based on the committee’s recommendations 22 projects are receiving over $398,00 in funding this cycle.Ìý
Tier 3Ìý(formerly ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Outreach Award: Individual)
2026–27 Recipients
College of Arts and Sciences
Ambrocio Gutierrez, Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
RaiÌýFarrelly, Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
Colorado Law
Gregor MacGregor, Assistant Teaching Professor
Masters of the Environment
Matthew Cushing, Assistant Teaching Professor
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor
Clinical Education Program
School of Education
Karla Scornavacco, Director
Field Experiences
Reclaiming Heritage, Identity and Community
Andrea Dyrness, Associate Professor
Program in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice
College of Media, Communication and Information
Jota Samper, AssistantÌýProfessor
Program in Environmental Design
College of Music
David Rickels, Associate Professor
Department of Music Education
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Tier 4Ìý(formerly ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Outreach Award: Group)
2026–27ÌýRecipients
Elizabeth Meyer, Professor, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Bethy Leonardi, Associate Professor, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Erik Willcutt, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Marialis Rosario Franco, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Seth Hornstein, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
John Keller, Director, Fiske Planetarium
Sherri Tennant, Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Christine Brennan, Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor, Program in STEM Education
Shelly Miller, Professor Emerita, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Deborah Palmer, Professor, Program in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Michelle Renée Valladares, Faculty Affiliate, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Adria Padilla-Chávez, Assistant Teaching Professor, Program in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Adam Crawley, Associate Teaching Professor, Program in Literacy Studies
Natalia Umaña, Assistant Professor, Research and Collections Engagement
Indigenous Connections and the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation
Brooke Neely, Research Fellow, Center for the American West
Thomas Andrews, Professor, Department of History
Andrew Cowell, Professor, Department of Linguistics
Listening to Communities: Co-developing Toolkits to Measure Sound and Air Pollution
Evan Coffey, Research Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ellen Considine, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Shalom Ruben, Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pilot Monitoring of Urban Pesticides for Human Health and Biodiversity Protection in Boulder, Colorado
Riley Mulhern, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Karen Bailey, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Shelly Miller, Professor Emerita, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Knight, Associate Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Hannigan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Polman, Associate Dean, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development
Seeing Justice: Video Evidence in Tribal Courts
Sandra Ristovska, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, Colorado Law
Training Lived Experience Experts as Community Researchers
Dave Ciplet, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Riley Mulhern, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
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