In spring 202,1 I launched and sustained through summer 2021 and spring 2022 a community-engaged literacy and learning research project with African immigrant youth. Youth named our participatory, design-based, after-school literacy research collabor...

GU works to encourage and assist a cohort of students in the Lansing School District beginning in the 7th grade and following them through graduation. It's aim is to expose students to college, careers and positive after high school jobs.

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

Pre-college students participating in the Detrpit Area Pre-College Engineering Program were invited for a 2 h per day two day workshop at the Plant reserach Lab. Workshop was on photosynthesis. Students were also given a tour of the PRL.

I am leading several stakeholder engaged research efforts to evaluate best management practices for producing grains to be used locally and regionally for craft beverages. This includes variety and agronomy testing, including constant interaction wit...

The Evidence Based Trauma Treatment Certificate provides students with the opportunity to develop competencies in working with individuals who have experienced trauma and implementing an evidence-based practice. Students will choose to focus their ce...

Two projects were conducted over the course of Spring 2021 semester for IDES 352. Projects were proposed renovations of a mercantile space and a cafe/restaurant in downtown Albion. Class worked in conjunction with Albion Reinvestment Corporation, a n...

My involvement was focused on the programming for senior interior design capstone project that runs throughout the academic year. I teach the fall course (IDES 442) where programming for the project is completed. This year the project is in conjuncti...

Multiple online workshops were held, primarily with Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife Division personnel. These MDNR personnel have management responsibility for wetlands throughout the state of Michigan. The goal of the project is ...

Michigan is the lead state in a multistate project addressing issues related to mallard ecology in the Great Lakes. The expected increase in mallard numbers, in conjunction with high water levels in the Great Lakes, did not occur. The primary goal of...

As part of a funded training grant I direct, I am working in collaboration with various organizations in the community (Michigan Education Corps, school districts, institutions of higher education) to help make school psychology training more accessi...

The goal of the project is to conduct statewide evaluation on the impact of publicly funded preschool programs.

Bookworms at the Broad is an intergenerational program that breaks down hierarchies typically present in MSU Broad Art Museums by making accessible connections between the artwork in the museum galleries and the lived experiences of visitors. Progra...

Interns from the MSU Broad Art Museum Education Team led art projects with students enrolled in Lansing School District's Summer SOAR 2021 program. Students met daily and completed several projects, learning about art at the museum and telling their ...

“Breed & Bootleg: Legends of Flint Rap Music” is an hour-long film about the birth of rap music in the city in the early 1990s, beginning with the late MC Breed, known as the first commercially successful rap artist in the Midwest. “Ain’t No Future i...

MSUvote is a non-partisan campus committee whose mission it is to increase the number of registered student voters, to inform and educate students on candidates and issues, and to bolster student participation on Election Day. This is where our regis...

"Breed & Bootleg — Legends of Flint Rap Music" is an hour-long documentary film about Eric "MC Breed" and Ira "Bootleg" Dorsey who are pioneers of the Midwest Rap sound. In 2021, the film screened at more than 25 venues that include the Flint Insti...

MSU Professors Joe Grimm and Geri Alumit Zeldes worked w/ Publisher Pat Rencher of Urban Aging News that features news on older adults and their caregivers.

K-12 STEM education with 3D printing and coding focus on Midland and cross the state

Member of the Social Justice Partnership Committee that is led by The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA) an agency for schools in Wayne County, Michigan. Guiding principles and objectives can be found: https://www.resa.net/...

The Apple Developer Academy is a partnership between MSU and Apple Individuals 18 or older have the opportunity to become a world-class developer using Apple’s iOS ecosystem. The Academy focuses on coding, design, entrepreneurship, and essential prof...

This work built a collaboration between communities, agencies, and industries in the Great Lakes region with a primary focus on Michigan. This developed capacity for investigation of the formation of environmental ethics among earth and environmental...

Academic Year programs for gifted children in grades 6-9 taught by MSU faculty. The curriculum is accelerated for middle and early HS students to complete credit based classes in math, english and foreign languages. Students will complete four to fiv...

Directed this statewide volunteer lake and stream monitoring program. Goals include collecting vital water quality data, educating the public on freshwater ecology and associated issues, and building a cadre of Michigan residents that are personally ...

Provide coordination and technical assistance for the the Michigan Food Hub Network, a group of ~12 regional food distributors in Michigan. Goals of the network are to increase sales of local and regional foods, increase food access and farmer viabil...