Rebecca Dosch Brown

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• Director of Interdisciplinary Education

Email

dosch018@umn.edu

Phone

+1 612-301-3438

Address

Institute On Community Integration
Masonic Inst For The Developing Brain [map]
Annex 2-512a
2025 E River Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3604

Rebecca Dosch Brown serves the Institute on Community Integration as the Director of Interdisciplinary Education Director and the Director of Community Engagement. In her interdisciplinary education leadership role, she designs and directs the implementation of two large educational programs: 1) the Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MNLEND) program and 2) the University of Minnesota's Disability Policy and Services (DPS) Certificate program . She supervises coordination, curriculum design, grant reporting, expansion and growth, and quality improvement efforts for both programs. She mentors trainees working on community-based projects, advises the DPS certificate students, teaches its core course (EPSY 5666), and acts as the core faculty under the family discipline for MNLEND.

In her community engagement directorship, Rebecca chairs the strategic planning workgroup for improving employee and community engagement and leads ICI's Community Advisory Council.

Dosch Brown joined ICI in 2015 after 20+ years in higher education in various roles both overseas and in the United States. She is also a PhD candidate (ABD) at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, focusing on foster youth and disability policy. Most importantly, she serves as an ally of her adult autistic son and across disability communities.

Dosch Brown also contributes to ICI leadership and managerial initiatives, grant proposals, and research projects. She serves on the ICI Art For All committee to promote inclusive art exhibitions. She has successfully secured grants for various programs and served as a co-PI, including Project SCOPE, which supports families affected by prenatal substance exposure. Her goal is to engage in transformative community-based research to support building a more inclusive and just world for all.

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)