Courses

• Introduction to Community, CRD 1 syllabus, opening overview lecture
• Community Governance, CRD 158
• Community Development, CRD 152
• Health & Place, CRD 200, highlight article about engaged learning
• Theory and Practice of Geography, Geography 200BN
• Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe (SCONE), Study Abroad, LDA 191/297/298, ESP 193 CRD 153B/198, student projects

Interview with students from Dr. Brinkley’s Community Development, CRD 152, spring 2018

Dr. Brinkley serves as a

• College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Faculty Executive Committee, 2024-
• Center for Regional Change faculty director 2021-2024
• Institute for the Environment, executive committee member, 2018-
• World Food Center, steering committee member 2017-2020
• University of California Global Health Institute’s Planetary Health Center of Expertise faculty
• Community Development Graduate Group 
  • Executive Committee, 2016-9
  • Community Development Graduate Group, chair 2021-2
• Geography Graduate Group faculty
• Energy Graduate Group faculty
• Public Health Graduate Group faculty
• Mellon Public Scholars mentor
• Graduate Students of Color (GSoC) mentor
• City of Davis
  • Member for the City of Davis, Downtown Planning Advisory Committee, 2018-2020
  • Planning Commissioner 2024-
• California
  • Strategic Growth Council California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force 2025-6
  • California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, North Coast Technical Adviser, 2024-

The research group emphasizes applied research with and for community stakeholders. Below is an example of this engaged scholarship in drafting the ‘Food and Economic Development (FED) Plan with the City of Davis.

Community Development Graduate Student, Grace Perry on the community-driven Food and Economic Development (FED) Plan for the City of Davis, a Mayoral Initiative co-led with Dr. Brinkley, February, 2019