2027 Lehigh Valley Social Impact Fellowship Projects
1. Data Centers
Project Mentor: Dominic DiFranzo, Computer Science & Engineering
2. Fostering New Futures - Connecting Transitional-Age Foster Youth with Mentorship and Community
Project Mentor: Dr. Bill Whitney, Creative Inquiry
3. Beyond Bars: Tell Your Own Story - Storytelling Workshops as a Restorative Practice
Project Mentor: Dr. Bill Whitney, Creative Inquiry
4. ImmersED - Social-Emotional Learning and Virtual Reality Education
Project Co-Mentors: Prof. Zilong Pan, Teaching, Learning & Technology; Prof. Lia Sandilos, School Psychology
5. B Beautiful: Community Mapping for Environmental Justice
Project Mentor: Prof. Kate Jackson, Community and Population Health
6. Walkability in Southside Bethlehem
Project Mentor: Prof. Jong Shin, College of Health
7. Creating an Accessibility Index for Cities
Project Mentor: Vinod Namboodiri, Professor and Forlenza Chair in Health Innovation and Technology, Computer Science and Engineering
8. Lehigh Valley Food Connect
Project Mentor: Dr. Bill Whitney, Creative Inquiry
9. Mapping the Heritage Landscape of the Lehigh Valley
Faculty Mentor: Kasey Diserens Morgan, Sociology & Anthropology
10. Community-Engaged Urban Greening for Public Health
Faculty Mentor: Russ McIntire, Population Health
11. Southside Brain Health - the NeuroArts Initiative
Faculty Mentor: Julie Miwa, Biological Sciences
