Gail McGuire is Director of Community Engagement and Professor of Sociology at IU South Bend. She practices community-engaged teaching in her Race & Ethnicity and Sociology Capstone courses, and taught her department’s internship course. Her community-engaged research has focused on affordable housing and neighborhood well-being. As Director of Community Engagement, she provides professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, vets and assesses community-engaged courses, directs the Engage IU South Bend Internship Program and runs the Engaged Faculty Fellows Program.