Welcome Dr. Kathy Rowell, Del Mar Encore Fellow

We are thrilled to collaborate once again with The Dayton Foundation’s Del Mar Encore Fellow initiative. This year, we warmly welcome Kathy Rowell, Ph. D., who joins the team, housed in the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community, to support the critical work of the Montgomery County Two-Generation Collaborative (2Gen).

Dr. Rowell brings deep expertise in the areas central to the 2Gen mission. She recently retired as a dedicated Professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College, where she twice directed the Honors Program and was the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Learning.

For decades, Dr. Rowell’s research has centered on poverty and housing, with a particular focus on eviction and its devastating impact on children; work that is highly relevant to the 2Gen approach. Her commitment to public sociology was recognized in 2021 with an American Council of Learned Societies Community College Fellowship, which led to projects including the documentary Evicting the American Dream, where she served as co-producer and researcher.

Dr. Rowell is eager to support the work of the Two-Generation Collaborative, remaining committed to advancing community-based approaches to housing justice and poverty reduction.

Written by Adele France, communications intern for Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.