Studying how processes can be developed to best support workers with disabilities or barriers to employment in production work environments.

Oral histories were conducted with over 40 local synagogue congregants to preserve their historical and cultural experiences of Jewish community in the Lansing area.

Immigration Law Clinic represents indigent immigrant clients in all their legal needs: particular focus on victims of domestic violence, trafficking, and other crimes

I met with a team at the Michigan Department of Education to create guidance for districts to create a more useful, valid, and efficient assessment system with plans for adapting to a virtual environment.

I analyzed the classification accuracy of an elementary school's reading screening assessments. With a colleague who conducted a cost benefit analysis, we presented the results to the school, at a conference, and will be submitting a manuscript for p...

I co-chair the 313 Reads Evaluation for Equity and Impact table. We meet monthly with a variety of organizations that provide literacy supports to Detroit children and their families. The mission for the table is to create an overall evaluation plan ...

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...

Working with a committee to investigate the workforce development needs of public health workers in Michigan.

Creating (writing/ developing) a free, publicly available curriculum for infants and toddlers that centers children of color and children in metropolitan environments.

Michigan State University School of Social Work Continuing Education Program provides relevant and accessible professional development and training guided by the social justice and positive change mission of our school. In 2021 we provided non-credit...

ACS-Project SEED, who I have been running at MSU since 2012, gives the opportunity to economically disadvantaged high school students to work for 8 weeks during the summer in a MSU Chemistry lab.

This is a multi-disciplinary research project, including hospital partners, to develop methodologies for improving the overall capacity management practices in a regional health system.

I am a member of the Genesee County COVID-19 Taskforce which has convened nearly weekly for over a year. The taskforce has committees reflecting broad sectors of society: business, banking, government, health, faith, and philanthropy. Our focus is on...

As a member of the Greater Flint Coronavirus Taskforce on Racial Inequities and the co-chair of the Faith Subcommittee, lead a team of researchers, faith leaders, policy influencers, and philanthropists to develop and maintain covid-19 outreach/publi...

Contributed to a national report led by the Alianza for Latino Youth Justice. Our main goal was to better understand the approaches used by state agencies to document Latinx system involved youth.

Talent Search works with 6th grade through 12th grade student in the Lansing School District. It works to expose young people to college and non-college careers.

Assisted MDE to plan and organize the Webinar Series on the History of Social Movements for K-12 teachers.

Class was assigned to work with area nfp organizations, using concepts taught in class, to develop both communications plans and fundraising plans for them. In 2021 year, participating organizations were: -Lansing Community College Foundation -City P...

This project addresses the problem of endemic and emerging vector borne (mosquito and tick borne) diseases in the upper midwest. Research addresses the dynamics of emergence and spread of such diseases (West Nile viral encephalitis, eastern equine en...

This activity broadly encompasses the problem of the appearance, emergence, expansion, and spread of mosquito and tick borne diseases regionally and within the state of Michigan; how to survey for these processes meaningfully; how to engage local pub...

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

Co-designing curriculum, teaching and learning practices with youth and community educators that historicize, contextualize, affirm, and extend the identities, experiences, literacy and learning practices of African immigrant youth.

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...