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.

Bill Damon

Professor of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and Senior Fellow by courtesy at the Hoover Institution

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

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, Graduate School of Business, 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.