Curated the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities program exploring metaphysics and Afrofuturism.

Meeting to develop an educational brochure (in print and on website) about thyroid gland disorders and management of these problems in horses.

Everything in Good Season is a farm to early care and education (ECE) guide geared toward home-based childcare settings. It brings together insights from ECE providers to share sourcing tips, seasonal recipes highlighting the Child and Adult Care Foo...

As part of MSU's ANR Week, held annual virtual conference aimed at educating the general public on Great Lakes natural resource issues.

Presented an overview of 30 years of research on endurance riding in horses. Aimed to educate fellow academicians and horse owners participating in endurance rides.

Organized film screening and guest lecture by Omar El Akkad, an award-winning Arab American author.

Gave virtual talk to the International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) entitled “Evolution of Nepenthes Pitcher Diversity and Their Interactions with Symbiotic Insects and Microbes.” Around 20 members attended the live broadcast. The recording i...

Gave an interview for an article by Voice of America.

In a keynote lecture, Craig Kiner, project director at Zaha Hadid Architects, explored the inspiration behind the MSU Broad Art Museum’s architecture and discussed the process of designing and building the museum. The keynote and subsequent convers...

With WRAC colleagues Mike Copperman and Margaret Morris, collaborating with Scott Harris of Everybody Reads Books and Stuff in Lansing to start a community-based reading/open mic series. Taking a multi-genre approach, inviting writers and storyteller...

Join Michigan State University Department of Art, Art History, and Design third-year graduate students Benjamin Carey, Evan F. Christopherson, Nicolei Buendia Gupit, Hannah Tamiko Mackey, Erik Mueller, and Lillian Young as they discuss their work inc...

Work with members of the Mid-Michigan Stewardship Initiative, Ingham County Parks staff, Meridian Township staff, and community volunteers in efforts to control invasive species in Ingham and Clinton counties and to restore natural areas in the Lake ...

This exhibition explores public art in the Greater Lansing region. Public art takes many forms and is an important part of the landscape; it also often means different things to different people. Art Along the River, Grand celebrates the public art i...

Help plan Muslim Journeys programming hosted by MSU Libraries and the Muslim studies program. Participated in planning committee meetings and arranged for speaker at the East Lansing Public Library.

Working with an editor at The Conversation, developed and wrote three articles dealing with the role of music in lived religion. These articles were read by many and republished by several online publications.

In 2021, the National Farm to School Network and MSU Center for Regional Food Systems surveyed early care and education (ECE) providers across the country to better understand current initiatives, motivations, and challenges in applying farm to ECE a...

Interviewed about Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) for podcast episode.

Delivered a presentation on "Midwestern Oak Savanna Restoration" to the Wildflower Association of Michigan annual meeting in March 2022. 42 attendees.

Serve as co-chair of the ACASA subcommittee on Collaboration, Collections, and Restitution Best Practices. Developing online resource for African objects in North American collections so African communities can find them and access contact informatio...

Helped raise awareness of On My Own of Michigan programs. On My Own supports young adults with developmental disabilities so that they can live and work independently and productively in their community.

The Committee of Examiners is composed of 11 experts in the fields of language teaching, testing, and research, and it advises the TOEFL Board and ETS on language tests that are part of the TOEFL family.

Taught community members to make Ukrainian Easter eggs as part of a fundraiser to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.

Gave a public talk to bring greater awareness to the needs of older LGBTQIA+ adults in the area of health, well-being, and body image.

Architecture Tour of the MSU Broad Art Museum led by Assistant Curator Rachel Winter, including a walkthrough of the exhibition Zaha Hadid Design: Untold, which explores the life and creative practice of the building's architect, Zaha Hadid, and the ...

World-renowned architect and designer Zaha Hadid is known for her dazzling forms that defy expectations, and for her dynamic approach to design—one that matched her vivacious personality. In 2008, Hadid was announced as the winner of an internation...