Projects per year
Personal profile
About
As Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Partnerships and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Social Justice, Julia van der Ryn champions a critical, asset-based approach to community engagement that foregrounds equity, reciprocity, and transformative academic partnerships.
Her advocacy for community-driven, participatory action research, community-engaged art and placemaking and collective response to urgent community needs is inspired by longstanding partnerships with Marin County organizations. Projects like Voces del Canal, Marin City Counts (a public art–based census awareness campaign), and co-creation of digital literacy and emergency rental assistance programming highlight her commitment to collaborative, culturally informed work grounded in community priorities. Julia's ongoing learning as a community-engagement practitioner is also reflected in her teaching.
Contact Information
Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Humanities, MA, Dominican University of California
2004
Humanities, BA, Dominican University of California
2002
Research Interests
- Service Learning
- Participatory Democracy
- Critical Engagement
Disciplines
- Higher Education
- Civic and Community Engagement
- Community-Based Learning
- Community-Based Research
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Participatory-Action Research and Strategic Planning in the Canal
van der Ryn, J. (CoI)
10/1/11 → 1/1/12
Project: Other project
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Engaging Ethics: Integrating Clinical Praxis and Moral Theory via Service-Learning and Reflection
van der Ryn, J. (CoI)
1/1/11 → 1/1/12
Project: Other project
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Marin County Youth Focus Group Project: Youth Perception Regarding Access and Barriers to Equitable Education and Careers
van der Ryn, J. (CoI)
1/1/06 → 1/1/07
Project: Other project
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Center For Community Engagement: Year in Review 2022-2023
van der Ryn, J., Wu, E. & Bray, J., 2023Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Centering Community: Engaging Faculty in Critical and Asset-Based Theory and Practice
van der Ryn, J., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
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Centering Community: Engaging Faculty in Critical and Asset-Based Theory and Practice
Ikeda, E., der Ryn, J. V. & Wu, E., Jan 19 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Center for Community Engagement: Year in Review 2021-2022
van der Ryn, J., Wu, E. & Bray, J., 2022Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Institutional Transformation through Community Engagement: Assessment, Accountability, and Equity in Motion
Ozeroff, L. & Van der Ryn, J., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
Activities
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Decoding DEI: Liberatory Practices Grounded in Community
León, L. (Presenter), van der Ryn, J. (Presenter) & Wu, E. (Presenter)
Mar 10 2023Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Critical and Asset-Based Community Engaged Learning: Pedagogy and Practice
van der Ryn, J. (Designer)
Aug 2022 → Nov 2022Activity: Other
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Radical Imagination in Action: Re-Visioning and Co-Creating Community Engagement
van der Ryn, J. (Invited speaker), Wu, E. (Invited speaker) & Gomez, J. (Invited speaker)
Jan 18 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Leyendo Juntos and Digital Literacy Family Support and Rental Assistance Support Programming
van der Ryn, J. (Developer)
2020 → 2021Activity: Other
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Everyone Counts: Census (External organization)
van der Ryn, J. (Member)
2019 → 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Prizes
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Richar Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation
van der Ryn, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Melba Beals Award for Excellence in Diversity
van der Ryn, J. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)