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

Our purpose is to develop and support a child welfare workforce that can equitably meet the needs of the most vulnerable children and families. NCWWI promotes organizational interventions focused on developing and retaining a diverse and effective wo...

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...

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

Wrote a chapter based on the Cambridge Gulf research meetings in the interdisciplinary international volume The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, Influences and Instability, Manchester University Press, edited by Robert Mason and Simon M...

Participated in community-engaged longitudinal teaching and learning research study exploring the benefits and challenges of farmers markets. Producing a documentary film.

Provided research-based training and technical assistance to support the implementation of evidence-based practices to address substance use disorder among justice-involved populations.

The institute supports the preparation of university students for employment in child welfare agencies, the partnership between universities and agencies to build the workforce, action teams to address workforce challenges, and leadership development...

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Detroit.

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Jackson.

Operation UNITED (Unknown Names Identified Through Exhumation and DNA) is a joint effort by the Detroit Police Department and the FBI to exhume unidentified individuals and obtain a bone sample for DNA testing in an attempt to scientifically identify...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Served as an expert contributor to an amicus brief filed with the California Supreme Court. The brief requests that the court grant review of a challenge to the intentional misgendering provision of a California bill (S.B. 219). The brief includes em...

Provided research-based training, technical assistance, and evaluation services to the City of Detroit and its efforts to address violent crime.

Provided multiple interviews to various local and national media outlets (television, online, and print) focusing on impacts of legally restricting abortion access; proposed legislation limiting health care to transgender and nonbinary youth and adul...

This in-service project designed and delivered 80 training events, in person and online, to educate and train veteran child welfare workers in Michigan agencies.

In partnership with the Michigan Department Health and Human Services' Office of Workforce Development Team, provide in-service trainings to child welfare agency workers and caregivers on multiple topics to assist them in carrying out their respectiv...

In partnership with a middle school principal and student, served as principal investigator on a project aimed to understand the effectiveness of restorative justice policies on reducing exclusionary school discipline outcomes (e.g., suspensions).