Faculty Partners

Faculty Mentors

All DCI Fellows and Partners have a Faculty Mentor who provides guidance on facilitating purpose pathways, on navigating Stanford resources, and on connecting to university faculty, programs, and centers during their DCI program year.

Bruce Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research & Professor at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Patricia Gumport

Professor, Graduate School of Education Director, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research, Co-Director, Stanford Leadership Academy

Kevin Grimes

Professor (teaching) of Chemical and Systems Biology

Roberta Katz

Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)

Pam Matson

Goldman Professor and Senior Fellow, Emerita, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Scotty McLennan

Lecturer in Political Economy, GSB,
Former Dean
for Religious Life

Abbas Milani

Hamid & Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, Adjunct Professor at the Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute

Purpose Pathway Liaisons

DCI Fellows and Partners are also supported by Purpose Pathway Liaisons, who consult with DCI on specific courses, programs, and other opportunities that are a good fit for DCI Fellows within their respective departments.