About the Center
Our Approach
We work with community partners to critically engage with theories, data and experiences to improve interdependent aspects of community health.
We initiate, encourage, support, test and reflect on collaborative strategies and projects.
Named in memory of Jane Grossman Cecil '50, the Jandon Center fosters opportunities for Smith students to engage actively with the community and practice responsible citizenship. Along with her husband and lifelong partner, Don, Jane was a leading philanthropist, co-founder of the Jandon Foundation (Jane + Don = Jandon), tireless advocate for education and champion of programs for meaningful change.
Our Staff
Denys Candy
Director of the Jandon Center
413-585-3422
Philip Peake
Faculty Co-Director of the
Jandon Center
413-585-3253 or 413-585-3914
Elvis Méndez
Assistant Director of the Jandon Center
413-585-3253
D. Tiertza-Leah Schwartz
Community Services Director
413-585-2758
Arianna Alexsandra Collins
Program Coordinator for the
Community Service Office
413-585-2793
Anne Gilbert
Administrative Coordinator for
the Jandon Center
413-585-3060
Thomas Gralinski
STEM Outreach Coordinator
413-585-3932
Erin DeCou
Co-Coordinator Urban Education
413-585-3041
Jo Glading-DiLorenzo
Co-Coordinator Urban Education
413-585-3041
Jeannette Viens
Americorps Vista
Kensington School
vista@smith.edu
413-585-3186
Hunter King
Americorps Vista
McMahon School
413-585-3061
Kavita Bhandari
Facilitator for Special Projects
413-585-3543
Jandon Center Advisory Committee
Denys Candy
Director of the Jandon Center
Philip Peake
Faculty Co-Director of the Jandon Center
Professor of Psychology
Elisabeth Armstrong
Professor of the Study of Women & Gender
Ginetta Candelario
Professor of Sociology and of Latin American & Latino/a Studies
Joanne Corbin
Professor and Co-Director of the Ph.D. Program, Smith College School for Social Work
Velma García
Professor of Government
Thomas Gralinski
STEM Outreach Coordinator
Susannah Howe
Design Clinic Director, Senior Lecturer of Engineering
Sam Intrator
Professor of Education & Child Study
Faculty Director of the Smith College Campus School
Ellen Kaplan
Professor of Theatre
Lucy Mule
Associate Professor of Education & Child Study
Marsha Kline Pruett
Maconda Brown O'Connor Professor,
Smith College School for Social Work
Tiertza-Leah Schwartz
Community Service Director
Byron Zamboanga
Professor of Psychology