TCRC Leadership
Elaine Donnelly
Director, Tisch College Community Research Center
Office: 617-627-4099
Elaine directs the Tisch College Community Research Center (TCRC), a resource that supports community-based research across all disciplines. Before joining Tisch College, Elaine’s professional and research experience focused on cross-sector partnerships, educational equity issues for low-income students, service learning, entrepreneurship, and community development. She has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston, an M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and B.A. from Boston College.
August Smith
August is an AmeriCorps VISTA member supporting TCRC and its work. August graduated from Tufts University in 2022 with a B.S. in Clinical Psychology and worked at McLean Hospital serving adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder. In addition to their work at TCRC, August is an Adult Advisor for queer and trans youth at OUT MetroWest, an LBGTQ+ organization in Framingham.