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
Rob Dunbar
W.M. Keck Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, Professor of Oceans, of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
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)
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.
Gordon Bloom
Director of the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab – Human and Planetary Health
James Campbell
Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History
Tom Ehrlich
Adjunct Professor in Education; former Dean of Stanford Law School
Anna Grzymala-Busse
Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Kate Maher
Professor of Earth System Science; Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Faculty Partners
The following professors and lecturers facilitate DCI-specific courses and programs that are beloved components of the DCI purpose pillar.
Dave Evans
Facilitator of “Designing Your Life” modules for DCI Fellows
John Evans
Draper Lecturer in Creative Nonfiction and Lecturer in DCI Memoir
