Aliya Durham

Aliya D. Durham, PhD, MSW, MPIA, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Community Engagement at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. A community engaged practitioner-scholar with over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and volunteerism, she specializes in fostering collaborations that bridge theory and practice and integrates human-centered design into her teaching praxis.
Her scholarly contributions include place-based and institutional strategies fostering a sense of community responsibility among marginalized populations, the development of faith-based mental health interventions using community partnered research methodologies and exploring culturally responsive evaluation practices among Black mental health practitioners. Dr. Durham is co-investigator on multiple funded projects, an award-winning faculty member recognized for championing engaged scholarship and collaboration and serves on numerous academic committees and community advisory boards.