Leadership Team

Nancy Maingi Ngwu

Nancy Maingi Ngwu

Strategic Dialogues Director, CU Dialogues Program
CU Engage | School of Education
Nancy Maingi Ngwu (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at CU, where she studies organizational communication, focusing on how gender, organization, communication, and power intersect. As the Strategic Dialogues Director, Nancy leads the strategic, implementation, and assessment aspects of collaborative change dialogue programming and partnerships. She enjoys collaborating and developing proactive organizational strategies with campus partners to create community and advance equity, inclusion, and belonging at...
Steve Sommer

Steve Sommer

Graduate Research Assistant, CU Dialogues Program
CU Engage | School of Education
Stephen Sommer is a dual doctoral candidate in the Learning Sciences and Human Development Program (Education) and the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is one of the co-facilitators of the DEI-Informed Dialogic Pedagogy Micro-credential.

Graduate Research Assistants

Maria Vielma

Maria G. Vielma

PhD Student
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS • POLICY & PRACTICE | School of Education
Maria G. Vielma (she/her/ella) is a doctoral student in the Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice program at CU Boulder’s School of Education. Her research largely centers the lived experiences of Latinas and Women of Color students, staff, and faculty within higher education in relation to how they navigate the institution through the embodiment of intersectional femtorship practices. As a Graduate Research Assistant for CU Dialogues, Maria supports the curriculum development,...

Administrative Staff

Melissa Rubin

Melissa Rubin

Administrative Assistant, CU Dialogues Program
CU Engage | School of Educaion
Melissa Rubin is the CU Dialogues Program Support Administrator. Melissa has worked at the University of Colorado for over 15 years doing Administrative and Organizational support for programs focused on Community-Based and Engaged learning.

Faculty Support

Roudy Hildreth

Roudy Hildreth

Roudy Hildreth (he/him/his) is Executive Director of CU Engage: Center for Community Based Learning and Research, a Faculty Affiliate in the Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice program and directs the Leadership and Community Engagement Major. Roudy has a longstanding interest in the research and practice of dialogue and deliberation. He has published scholarly articles on deliberative democratic theory and deliberation to action practices. His broader research agenda includes higher education,...