Albert Nylander is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Grisham McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi. Since 2012 he has led efforts to build the university’s community engagement infrastructure, contributing to UM earning the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification and securing more than 18 million dollars in external funding. His scholarship in community development and engagement appears in journals such as the Journal of the Community Development Society and the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning.