Ben Belz

Associate Director, Civic Learning

Ben Belz (he/him) has over a decade of experience working in civic learning and democratic engagement, community-based course development, student development, community capacity building, and campus-community partnership development within both academic and student affairs.

Ben’s work aims to find deep community impact through mutually beneficial, reciprocal partnership between campus and the surrounding Baltimore community that engage faculty and students in transformational learning opportunities that elevate and recognize the expertise of community members. Ben believes it is important to welcome community members into academic spaces as co-educators as well as create opportunities for students to explore their own learning and growth within a community context.

Ben holds a bachelor’s in environmental studies and a master’s in higher education and student affairs, both from Baylor University. He has also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA and AmeriCorps HealthCorps volunteer.