The Center coordinates a growing number of projects that advance crossdisciplinary research, innovative forms of public presentation, collaboration and engagement.  These initiatives involve Center staff, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty from Brown University, and community organizations.  

in 2007, Public Humanities students partnered with StoryCorps to collect Rhode Islanders' stories.

• American Dance Legacy Initiative
• Defining the Public Humanities
• Fox Point Community History Project
• Guantanamo Public Memory Project
• Hopkins House Project
• Mashapaug Pond Project
• Museum Loan Network
• Sakonnet Mobile Project
• Urban Cultural Heritage and Creative Practice Project

Organizations or individuals interested in partnering with the Center on an initiative should contact Steve Lubar or Anne Valk.