Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets include a connection to the scientist behind the data and the true story o...

Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers. When using Data Nuggets students are provided with the details of authentic science research projects, and then get to work through an activity that gives them practi...

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 ...

I have applied my neighborhood research to create a sense of community in the village. I helped design, implement, analyze and interpret a survey of residents of the low income housing development to assess their quality of life, connection to neighb...

We do medical care for people experiencing homelessness in the Lansing area. We partner with community resources to deliver care with students and physicians both on the street and in shelter environments.

The association has as a primary purpose the education of patients (and their care providers) who have had head and neck cancer. As such, we plan educational events each year targeted to this patient population to provide them with up to date info ab...

The Okemos World Languages (OWL) Partnership is a collaborative project between Okemos Public Schools and Michigan State University (MSU), specifically the Teacher Preparation Program and the Center for Language Teaching Advancement. OWL is a bi-week...

Over the past two years, Michigan has worked to develop its farm to early care and education (ECE) infrastructure through a cross-sector statewide network focused on equity, the development of procurement pilots in priority communities, and technical...

Worked with MSU Sociology colleague Ning Hsieh to gather data (surveys and interviews) on Lansing LGBTQ+ BIPOC people. We intend to deliver the results to community stakeholders and medical providers.

We are the independent evaluation team for the HighScope Educational Research team. We are seeing whether their curriculum enhances children's self-regulation during preschool. This is part of a grant that represents a partnership between a community...

This project now FUNDED by the City of Lansing and community-based organizations draws upon formative, qualitative approaches to understand the barriers and root causes of structural inequalities, especially in education and work for adult parents of...

I share my research on sustainable farming with agricultural specialists and managers. I translate my research into webinars, blogs, and extension articles. I also share these materials with the public via social media

For WRA 395, "Writing Center Theory and Practice" Fall 2020 Semester, undergraduate students partnered with the Community Writing Center, a community-university partnership between East Lansing Public Library and the Writing Center at MSU, to offer d...

Community Writing Center in partnership with The East Lansing Public Library. It also connected to the course WRA/ENG 395. The Community Writing Center is committed to enriching the lives of East Lansing community members through reading, writing, ...

The MI Diaries project collects "audio diaries" from participants across Michigan (ages 3 and up). We draft new prompts each week, with the aim of offering participants a space to be authentic and reflective - many diarists report that participating ...

The National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation & Information Center (NTAE) is funded by the USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). The GusNIP program focuses on reducing food insecurity, increasing fruit & vegetable intake...

EPIC partners with the MI Department of Education (MDE) to study the Partnership model of school and district turnaround, provide feedback to MDE and other state and local policymakers about the reform and its effects, and ways for continuous improve...

This is an ongoing study in Partnership with MDE and CEPI, at the request of the state legislature, to help the state understand the impact of the pandemic on K12 student learning, and to understand how districts are working to address interrupted le...

This is a study in partnership with MDE, CEPI, and UM at the request of the State Board of Education to understand the implementation and impacts of the Read by Grade Three Law on student, educator, and school outcomes.

This is a study, at the request of the state legislature, EPIC is doing in partnership with MDE and CEPI.

The Adolescent Diversion Program is a two-semester course funded by the Ingham County Court to provide highly trained undergraduates to work with court-involved youth

Premiere of a new musical composition with the music organization New Music on the Point

The MI GAAMPS for the Care of Farm Animals includes all species of farmed animal including, game birds, deer, South American camelids, fox and mink, fish and bees. I chaired the committee since 2007 through December 2021. Each year a committee of sci...

Since January of 2017, I have been collaborating with the Refugee Development Center, a local grassroots, nonprofit organization. Together, we have built a research-practice partnership (Penuel & Gallagher, 2017) characterized by mutual goals relativ...

As the PI for this grant funded program, I partnered with the MSU Office of Sustainability, the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project, and the Refugee Development Center to plan a series of virtual events exploring the intersections between climat...