CCSJ Staff

The Center for Community Service and Justice staff oversees all aspects of service-related activities on campus including community service opportunities, service-learning, Community Service Council (CSC), immersion programs and post-college service.

Sr. Catherine (Missy) Gugerty, SSND
Director
Contact: 410-617 2380 or cgugerty@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Sociology, College of Notre Dame of Maryland; M.S. in Pastoral Counseling, Loyola University Maryland; Certificate in Non-Profit Management
Work Experience: 10+ years with persons who were poor and/or homeless (meal and shelter programs, counseling); 12+ years working in college community service program
Interests: Poverty, homelessness and mental health, Maine, Ireland and Irish things, kayaking, biking and spending time with niece and nephews

Robin Crews, Ph.D.
Director, Service-Learning
Contact: 410-617 2112 or rcrews@loyola.edu

Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder; B.A. in English, University of California at Berkeley
Work Experience: Extensive professional experience in peace studies both domestically and internationally; taught at Goucher College, University of Colorado at Boulder, Haverford College and Bethel College; directed service-learning at University of Colorado at Boulder; managed the first web sites and discussion groups for peace studies and service-learning; published two books on service-learning
Interests: Nonviolent social change, writing, working with my hands, music, travel and being outside in nature

Megan Linz Dickinson
Interim Associate Director, Administration & Ongoing Service
Contact: 410-617 2092 or mlinz@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Writing and Studio Art, Loyola College in Maryland; M.S. in Sociology, Clemson University
Work Experience: Coordinated homeless children's program as a Jesuit Volunteer; advocated around health care and homelessness policy in Baltimore and D.C.; experience with urban and rural poverty in Baltimore, Oregon and South Carolina
Interests: Social change, family, creating art, writing, swimming, traveling and learning new things

Katherine Figiel
Interim Assistant Director of Service-Learning
Contact: 410-617 2909 or kefigiel@loyola.edu

Education: B.S in psychology, Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University); EDM in Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Work Experience: Research assistant at John Hopkins School of Public Health on projects to improve school climate; Jesuit Volunteer in advocacy for juvenile justice reform; after school enrichment programming; dyslexia education; evaluation for youth programming
Interests: Equality in education; peace, board games, the outdoors, cooking and enjoying food, and lindy hop dancing

(Mary) Andrea Goicochea
Assistant Director, International Immersions and Justice Education
Contact: 410-617 5823 or mgoicochea@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Social Welfare, Morgan State University
Work Experience: 2 years in Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic; 15 years with Maryknoll Lay Missioners; 6 years in Venezuela with Maryknoll
Interests: Human rights, global and local justice, urban/rural poverty, international folkdance and arts and crafts

Christina Harrison
Associate Director, Immersion Programs and Education
Contact: 410-617 2771 or csharrison@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Secondary Education, Western Michigan University; M.S.W. in Community Organizing, University of Michigan
Work Experience: Services for adults with developmental disabilities; international education (university-level study abroad); rural health education and migrant issues
Interests: Social change, Latino issues, hiking/backpacking, biking and playing with my family

Malia Maniyatt
Program Coordinator, Communications
Contact: 410-617 2072 or cmaniyatt@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Business Administration, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan; M.A. in Human Resources Management, The University of Hull, UK; M.A. in Spiritual and Pastoral Care, Loyola University Maryland, USA
Work Experience: Management consulting; pastoral care and spiritual development for mentally challenged individuals; hospital chaplaincy
Interests: Traveling, spending time with my family, inter-faith and spirituality, singing and listening to music

Michael Mckenna
Assistant Director, Poverty Concerns and Faith Connections
Contact: 410-617 5352

Education: B.A. in Anthropology, University of Notre Dame; M.S. in Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies
Work Experience: Public-private partnerships around childhood hunger; global food security and human rights with the State Department; Research and advocacy on migration issues
Interests: Food security and justice, immigration, urban agriculture, writing, traveling, running and triathlons, spending time with family and friends

Jean Anne Walsh
Program Assistant, Office Manager 
Contact: 410-617-2489 or jawalsh@loyola.edu

Education: B.S. in Economics, Mt. Saint Mary's University
Work Experience: Commercial and consumer lending, bookkeeping.
Interests: Spending time with my family, piano, guitar, listening to music, service, nutrition and mental health

Graduate Assistant

The Center for Community Service and Justice (CCSJ) hires four Graduate Assistants each year who work within the context of CCSJ, which engages students and the broader Loyola community in education through service for a just and equitable world. Each position provides support to specific programs and complements the work of the Center.

• Service-Learning [servicelearningga@loyola.edu] - Daniel Koster
  
• International Outreach [projectmexico@loyola.edu] - Jasmine Hunter
  
• Service and Spirituality [spirituality@loyola.edu] - TBD
  
• Spring Break Outreach [sbo@loyola.edu] - Alyssa Salaga
  

CCSJ Student Staff 2012 - 2013

The student staff in the Center for Community Service and Justice is an essential part of the office and acts as the “hands and feet” of all the community service programming, coordination, recruiting and education for members of the Loyola community. There are three types of student positions with differing responsibilities:

• Service Coordinator
• Creative Assistant
• Student Assistant

Service Coordinator (SC)

Service Coordinators are part-time paid staff who help students connect with a service opportunity. They also organize training and orientation sessions, facilitate reflection about service experiences and help make transportation arrangements.

Creative Assistant (CA)
ccsjpub@loyola.edu

These students' primary roles are generating, revising and further enhancing publicity materials of the Center as necessary. This includes maintaining an adequate stock of publicity materials, and being assigned to specific project tasks by the fulltime staff and service coordinators. The main goal is to support CCSJ in striving to establish an identity of commitment to service in the Loyola community.

• Lizzie Angley
• Ashley Brunner
• Meghan Rice
• Kevin Zelaya
• Natalie McQuiston (Fall 2012)
• Danielle Porfido (Spring 2013)

Student Assistant (SA)
ccsjsa@loyola.edu

Student Assistants offer both hospitality and guidance to all who visit the office and support the work of CCSJ full-time and student colleagues. They work closely with Program Coordinators to make sure the office is running smoothly and effectively.

• Ariana Azzato
• Lauren Barnett
• Alex Bartsche
• Tori Findeisen
• Gabby Mariotti
• Meg Walsh

Drop by Humanities 142 or call ext. 2380 for information, guidance, support and assistance.