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Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
3-5 Whittier Place
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Phone: 610-690-5742
Fax: 610-328-8056
Email: langcenter@swarthmore.edu

Hours:
Mon.–Thurs. 9:00 a.m. to midnight
Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Additional hours available by appointment, email Delores Robinson to make a reservation request or call 610-690-5742.

Lang Center Staff

Ben Berger

Associate Professor

Executive Director, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Political Science

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7795
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 212
  3. Trotter Hall 306
  4. Office Hours:

    https://swarthmore.zoom.us/my/profbenberger

Benjamin Berger

Delores Robinson

Administrative Assistant II

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5742
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Delores Robinson manages the Lang Center's central office, with special responsibility for budgets. She also manages Lang Center building hosts and student mass transit, schedules use of Lang Center spaces, and makes appointments for members of the staff.

Delores Robinson

Jennifer Magee

Director, Program Development, Implementation, & Assessment

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7320
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 204

Dr. Magee provides leadership and support for key programs of the Center that fund the work of social responsibility, including the Engaged Scholarship Research Grant program for faculty and for students: Lang Opportunity Scholarship Program, Lang Social Impact Fellowship, Pilot Project Grant Program, Project Pericles Fund of Swarthmore College, and Davis Projects for Peace. Office hours by appointment.

Katie Price

Senior Associate Director, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7780
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 201
Katie Price

Ashley Henry

Assistant Director, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-1130
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 213

Nimesh Ghimire

Senior Fellow, Social Innovation & Engaged Scholarship

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6474
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 116

Juliana Lin ’22

Civic & Environmental Engagement Fellow

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3719

Brendan Carr

Sustainability & Engaged Scholarship Fellow

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Sustainability

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6264
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 116

Cynthia Shi ’23

Contact

Social Innovation Lab at the Lang Center

Denise Crossan

(she-her-hers-herself)

Director, Strategic Initiatives

President's Office

Center for Innovation & Leadership (CIL)

Peace & Conflict Studies

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6165
  2. Parrish Hall E260
  3. Parrish Hall 101
Denise Crossan

Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change

Theodore Gup

Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5013
Theodore Gup

Lang Center Associates

Abby

Abby Guise ‘26

Politics & Public Policy
aguise1@swarthmore.edu 

Danika Grieser ‘26

Politics & Public Policy
dgriese1@swarthmore.edu 

Aqua Withers Carello ‘25

Ethics & Human Rights
awither2@swarthmore.edu 

Nora Sweeney ‘24

Ethics & Human Rights
nsweene1@swarthmore.edu 

Ariza Nanji ‘24

Education & Access
ananji1@swarthmore.edu

Trelstad ‘25

Education & Access
etrelst1@swarthmore.edu

Clara Ximena ‘26

Identities & Inequality
cvillal1@swarthmore.edu

Destiny Rosulme ‘24

Refugees & Immigration
drosulm1@swarthmore.edu

Jone Bagdanskyte ‘25

Refugees & Immigration
jbagdan1@swarthmore.edu

Tammy Pham ‘24

Economic Development, Science & Society
tpham2@swarthmore.edu

Lina Verghese ‘25

Public Health
lverghe1@swarthmore.edu

Zaid Ali ‘25

Public Health
zali1@swarthmore.edu

Natalie Fraser ‘24

Arts, Media & Culture
nfraser1@swarthmore.edu

Faculty Advisory Board

Sangina Patnaik

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8150
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 304
  3. Office Hours:

    Spring 2024: Mondays 10am-12pm

     

Nina Johnson

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Kohlberg Hall 247
  3. Office Hours:

    Wednesdays, 11:00am- 1:00pm

Professor Nina Johnson

Jose-Luis Machado

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8562
  2. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 401
  3. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 424

Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems