Dr. Tania Mitchell is the inaugural Associate Provost for Community Engagement at the University of Maryland. She previously served as professor and chair of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, and the Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her scholarship and teaching are focused on supporting student development with an aim to foster students’ leadership capacities for social change and social justice; and the pedagogy, philosophy and practice of service-learning and community engagement in higher education. With professional experience in admissions, student activities, residential life, and academic affairs, Dr. Mitchell is both a scholar and practitioner who has taught undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University, Mills College, California State University Monterey Bay and the University of Massachusetts. An internationally recognized scholar in service learning and community engagement, Mitchell was recognized with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award and the Early Career Research Award by the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement and is also an inducted member of the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship, a highly selective honor recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of community engagement. In addition, she has served on the National Advisory Committee for the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement. Her scholarship has been published in numerous books and journals, and she is an editor of four books: “Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities: Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice, Social Change, and Responsible Citizenship,” “Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement,” “Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Practices for Community Engagement at Research Universities” and “Black Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons.” She holds a B.A. in political science and communications from Baylor University, an M.S. in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University, and a graduate certificate in feminist studies and an Ed.D. in student development from the University of Massachusetts.