We provided input to MDNR and USDA APHIS on mute swan management. Mute swans are an invasive species and state and federal agencies are legally obligated to control their numbers. Multiple meetings were held to provide input on potential control stra...

Identification of wood species used in 1910 and 1913 to build Lansing City Rescue Mission. Wood identification using macroscopical features

I am a project associate on Teaching Science Outdoors Urban Partnerships. TSO-UP (Gail Richmond, Principal Investigator) brings elementary teachers to outdoor spaces and allows them to practice science in a variety of habitats, with a focus on activi...

MiSciPLN is a network of science education specialists from districts, intermediate school districts, MiSTEM, Michigan Department of Education, and academic institutions in Michigan.

Supervise undergraduate program participants who develop an educational engagement residency that provides an introduction to instrumental and vocal music through video-based learning activities and performances that k-12 students in Holt and East La...

I supervised students who received stipends to put together artist residencies (virtually) for two elementary school classes--one in Holt and one in East Lansing. The goal of the project was to teach entrepreneurship and community engagement skills t...

Students trained in coaching and teaching skills for high school string players in order to go out into the community in Spring 2022 and coach students at different high schools. They received training from area educators during Fall 2021 and observe...

This academic year I am serving as a member of the East Lansing Public School District's Wellness Policy Committee tasked with overseeing review of the policy and its mechanisms for implementation and evaluation. Bi-monthly meetings of 2 hours via Zo...

Hosted Michigan's 18th annual World Usability Day event in November 2020. 328 people attended the event. The conference offered practical topics that are helpful to IT and user experience (UX) professionals to increase their UX design and/or usabilit...

Studying an online intervention delivered to National Guard couples.

Drawn primarily from the MSU Broad collection and grounded in matters relevant to our region, InterStates of Mind is an exhibition that takes a critical look at American car culture and the way that the automobile has become a symbol of American valu...

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Furthermore, in the last 40 years the incarceration of girls and women has grown by 834% according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of the United Stat...

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: A...

YELL provides a curriculum-based program focused on developing advocacy skills, disability identity/pride, and leadership skills, and addresses the impact of ableism, and internalized ableism.  Alongside this experience, it assists faculty/staff/ ser...

Facilitated health and wellness lesson and activity plans for Grit, Glam, and Guts and St. Vincent's Catholic Charities. The goal of the project was to assist students with developing skills in vulnerability, empathy, and empowerment.

MDE conducted a revision of the certification standards for receiving a license to teach mathematics in grades 5-12. I was part of the team that worked on both the revision and the implementation of these standards.

The goal of this project is to evaluate and monitoring the Opioid use in Medicaid program.

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA), and to advance Michigan’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19, the Michigan State University Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative (CERI) was e...

Designed and taught curriculum to industrial students at AF Group Insurance through our training partnership with them

I trained 10 law students in 1st Amendment law, social media law, copyright law,libel law, privacy law and Freedom of Information Act law and they in turn taught First Amendment Workshops at five Michigan high schools over the course of fall semester...

CSS 424 is a project-based, experiential learning course. We foster student-partner projects that serve a variety of purposes; all projects aim to have a "real-world" end product that serves the community partner or broader sustainable agriculture mo...

Project was through contract with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service/Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration. Reviewed settings that provide Home and Community based services to individuals served in the publi...

training school professionals in pain-focused CBT for students. Conducted workshops with school nurses and health department workers (social workers and school nurses). Submitted grants for future funding.

Revised standards, designed and implemented launch of the standards with a team of Michigan university mathematics educators under the direction of a consultant from MDE

The mission of the Lansing Latino Health Alliance is to improve the health of Latinos in Lansing. In the last year we have been involved in several activities including coordinating a flu vaccination clinic at Cristo Rey Church, collaborating with In...