Dr. Usher served as Director of The American Democracy Project (ADP), and among his many civic engagement awards is the prestigious Carnegie Faculty Fellow designation. He has published extensively on student engagement and civic participation and has presented over sixty presentations on student citizenry; he is partnered with various civic and governmental organizations advancing student participation. Dr. Usher is a political scientist whose current teaching focuses on using new literacies to promote civic engagement.
Recent Appointments
Carnegie Scholar for Civic Engagement
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Curriculum Diversity Fellow
University System of Georgia Governor’s Teaching Fellow
Diversity and Inclusion Fellow
USG’s Global Scholars Fellow
Community Based Learning Fellow
Diversity and Inclusion Sustainability Fellow
For Dr. Usher, engagement is not solely an intellectual enterprise. He partners with a variety of organization throughout the city to lead forums on voter empowerment, workshops on political participation, and community engagement awareness programming. Working partnerships include the Office of the Governor, The Supreme Court of Georgia, The Office of the Mayor, The Office of the Secretary of State, The Georgia House of Representatives, Cobb Elections, Amnesty International to name a few.
