Support urban elementary teachers in teaching science in local outdoor spaces in meaningful and culturally responsive ways.

Identify organizations for funding. Measure outcomes of funded organizations.

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...

As a specialist for the U.S. Department of State, directed a project for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Using podcasting as a medium for English language learning, public diplomacy,...

Twenty undergraduates from Europe were in residence at MSU for one month in summer 2022. The institute focused on civic engagement. The students participated in numerous outreach activities, including weekly community service, public presentations, a...

I co-chair the Committee that plans this annual event. We work closely with mid-Michigan Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Agencies, as well as local community members, and representatives from Lansing Community College and Davenport University. Each...

The goal of a study on Speech Production, Physical Activity as Predictors of Emotional Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, and Tanzania was measure the impact of COVID-19 on physical activity, as well as whether level...

Provided research-based training and technical assistance to multiagency teams addressing public safety and violent crime. This involved direct consultation (e.g., analyzing crime trends; discussing evidence-based strategies; assisting with strategic...

This annual one-day conference highlights current and emerging issues in the Great Lakes and surrounding basin. Attendees, composed of agency personnel, educators, NGO representatives, students, and interested individuals, have the opportunity for an...

A collaboration with faculty from Purdue University, University of Minnesota, Western States Veterinary College, and Iowa State University to educate poultry company owners, farmers, complex managers, and barn workers about poultry production and dis...

The MI Diaries project collects “audio diaries” from participants across the state. Diarists hear selected stories from other diarists each week, suggest topics or questions to ask other participants, and share their own experiences about a range...

Provide family/children’s law assistance, advocacy, representation, and services.

In addition to delivering the Telehealth 101 mini-course content to participants in the Virtual Table project, through our collaboration with a project at Henry Ford Health System we arranged to deliver Telehealth 101 in two two-hour virtual sessions...

Treasurer and board member of the Lansing Latino Health Alliance, a nonprofit with a mission to reduce health disparities and improve the health status of Latinos in the Greater Lansing area.

Direct the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a six-week residency program in East Lansing for 25 young African leaders. The Fellows are required to do 15 hours of community service. They are placed as volunteers at local community organizations in Lansi...

Sport-based life skills interventions offer compelling pathways to enhancing youth agency, psychosocial development, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Evidence shows the benefits of sport programs to youth empowerment, promoting health and wel...

Developing an interactive online tool to explore woodshed (wood basket) maps for sawlogs (hardwood and softwood), pulp and pulpwood, and biomass for industry, landowners, and forestry professionals. The tool would help understand the market extent an...

Oil painting series titled Why Don't You Smile More featured in a March 2022 fine art exhibit and online show addressing the expectations of women in society.

Since 2015, the C.S. Mott Foundation and MSU K-12 Outreach have partnered toward the shared goal of providing a high-quality education to every child in Flint. MSU K-12 Outreach’s interventions build capacity in administrative systems, enhance clas...

Flint Is Family in Three Acts is a multipart exhibition by renowned artist LaToya Ruby Frazier. For five years, Frazier researched and collaborated with two poets, activists, mothers and residents of Flint, Michigan—Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan—as t...

This is a multisite research project examining the potential benefit of training early intervention providers in the Part C system to use an evidence-based parent-mediated intervention with toddlers with social communication delays.

Community-based research study evaluating the impact of the Domestic Violence Housing First model on domestic violence survivors' safety, housing stability, and well-being over time.

Planning Practicum is a Capstone course in Urban and Regional Planning. Students work in teams on community-based planning projects with a community, public sector client. The course takes on six projects a year.

The Greater Flint Coronavirus Taskforce on Racial Inequities is committed to bringing awareness, analysis, and action to the root causes of disparities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure racial equity within and across organiza...

Launched in 2016, Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation is a comprehensive, national, and community-based process to plan for and bring about sustainable change and address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.