Support workforce development projects in various states, counties and tribes encouraging, through technical assistance and training, a positive work culture and partnerships, particularly with university social work programs. Develop resources for r...

Served as a liaison for my department, African American and African Studies, on an initiative with African Studies Center (ASC) and the Africa America Institute (AAI) to diversify the curriculum of the University Preparatory Schools in Detroit. The g...

A series of 4 webinars covered various topics related to pavement treatments, project selection, maximizing value of budgets, benefits and new technologies. The webinars replaced our four regional partnership face-to-face meetings. A fifth webinar wa...

RCT of remotely delivered CBT for childhood onset lupus developed with patient and caregiver co-investigators

Preparation of talks on opera-themed topics deriving from my musicological research on the critical editions of Verdi, Donizetti and Puccini

I am part of a group, selected by Gov. Whitmer to study, examine our research and then recommend changes for women and girls in sports in Michigan.

The Global Business Club serves as a critical bridge linking Michigan exporters and allies with a wealth of university research-driven resources, often available to the business community at no cost. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Global Business ...

This federally-funded national child welfare project works with states and universities to recruit and prepare the future child welfare workforce, identify workforce issues in county, tribal and state child welfare agencies, and support projects to a...

The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, is a digital open access repository of Puerto Rican artifacts of disaster pertaining to Hurricanes Irma and María (2017), the Guayanilla earthquak...

The goal of the US Dry Bean Council innovation working group is to increase consumption and usage of dry beans beyond their uses as cooked/ canned whole seeds. Virtual meetings were conducted with other researchers, chefs and manufacturers/processors...

The goal of the project is to supply up to date geo-located data for disaster relief and mitigation.

I initiated a national Get Out the Vote poster campaign, in partnership with AIGA (the professional association for design), and the League of Women Voters. I and my project partner worked on this for 2 years, with 2020 being the most dense part of t...

Review of educational materials directed at middle school and high school age students to raise awareness of chemical toxins in the environments and their impacts. Discussion with high school students about pursuing careers in research that impacts ...

The innovation lab is focused on building human and institutional capacity for capacity applied research with policy impact in developing countries. The research is done in a highly collaborative way with local partners, with mechanisms in place to e...

A series of events open to the public on topical issues related to China. Panels of experts and discussions.

Our purpose is to develop and support a child welfare workforce that can equitably meet the needs of the most vulnerable children and families. NCWWI promotes organizational interventions focused on developing and retaining a diverse and effective wo...

The institute supports the preparation of university students for employment in child welfare agencies, the partnership between universities and agencies to build the workforce, action teams to address workforce challenges, and leadership development...

An NSF-funded project designed to improve the ability of artificial-intelligence-based automatic speech recognition systems (ASRs) to understand the speech of people who stutter. The project has implications for improving employment opportunities and...

This study seeks to understand how research funded by the Wallace Foundation is used, by whom, and in what contexts. Draw on frameworks to conceptualize research use as the diffusion of an innovation within ecological systems and with a critical lens...

Provided multiple interviews to various local and national media outlets (television, online, and print) focusing on impacts of legally restricting abortion access; proposed legislation limiting health care to transgender and nonbinary youth and adul...

Revision of the materials for Middle School Mathematics Teachers. Professional Learning for the Teachers and Leaders using the materials in field test.

Presented an overview of 30 years of research on endurance riding in horses. Aimed to educate fellow academicians and horse owners participating in endurance rides.

A qualitative and girls of color-informed research study about girls' real-life experiences with state systems like schools, foster care, and the juvenile justice system, in New York State.

There are valid and growing concerns about accuracy, fairness, transparency, and communication in the use of risk and needs assessment. Risk and needs assessment results are not used enough to inform case decisions and management. Criminal justice ag...

Developing a program to bring MSU postdoctoral researchers and Indigenous communities together to create and evaluate educational approaches in STEM fields.