Partnership with Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and Michigan Tribes to explore the cultural supports for the development of young children.

Serve as board secretary for the Davies Project, which provides transportation to children and families for medical care. The board works to raise money, increase awareness, and sustain the operation.

Serve on the board of the Children's Palliative Care Coalition, a group of palliative care providers, social workers, nurses, and families working to promote and raise awareness of the need for palliative care services, advocate for legislation to ge...

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.

The Flint Registry is designed to connect individuals impacted by the Flint water crisis to services and programs that mitigate the impact of lead exposure on health and child development. The Flint Registry has enrolled over 21,000 individuals and m...

Presented and helped organize a College and Career Day that included a visit to the MSU Black Student Union and concluded at the One Love Global nonprofit organization in Lansing.

Worked with a Girl Scout troop to discuss veterinary medicine through hands on activities

Presented community-engaged learning professional development workshops with local community partner organizations.

Presented community-engaged learning professional development workshops with local community partner organizations.

The Index reports on the number of students engaged in curricular service-learning, civic engagement, and volunteer activities.

This project included a global exhibit in coordination with the Lansing Capital City Film Festival. Outreach activities included artist talks, live painting events, art activities (writing and drawing), and daily exhibit visitor hours.

Plan annual career fair to connect criminal justice undergraduate and graduate students with organizations and agencies in the field. Participating agencies recruit for part-time jobs, internships, and full-time jobs across the full spectrum of the c...

With guidance from City of East Lansing parks staff, students in a Landscape Architecture 344 studio course created a series of new master plans for the existing park space in the Tamarist neighborhood. They designed recreational facilities, exercise...

Served as an editorial board member working with the editorial team of the journal to provide high-quality peer review of scientific and clinical papers submitted for publication.

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...

The Flint Leverage Points Project is a collaboration between researchers and community partners to find ways to change the food system in Flint so that it is more equitable, healthy, and sustainable. The Community Foundation of Greater Flint is partn...

Completed an interview with Fox 47 News on risk for eating disorders and common misconceptions about illness, recovery, and treatment. Titled "Dying to be Perfect," the segment featured a mom who shared her son's battle with anorexia to help debunk s...

Invited to seminar as part of the MSU College of Human Medicine/Grand Valley State University community health lecture series in Grand Rapids.

Global Voices Spotlight Series provides a space for intergenerational conversation between young people and professionals devoted to meaningful global engagement and problem-solving via research and outreach activities related to youth. Alongside rec...

Collaborating with the Ingham County Health Department to install personal air filtration (PAF) devices in the homes of families with one or more children who have high blood lead levels. Assessing the effectiveness of PAF devices at reducing indoor ...

Participated in Health and Human Services-funded project with ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services), Dearborn. Evaluated a community outreach information campaign on the uptake of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Researched whe...

The Infant Mortality Coalition attempts to address infant health disparities and ultimately reduce inequities in infant mortality in Ingham County. The overarching goal of the initiative is to keep mothers and infants alive and well before, during, a...

Planned five participatory evening events promoting art and music making.

Professional exchanges, workshops, fieldwork, exhibitions, publications, and consultations between partner museums, universities, and cultural agencies around the development of policies and practices related to the UNESCO Safeguarding of Intangible ...

Eight-week internship for high school students involving collection of pollen from flowers, characterization of the pollen by photomicroscopy, building a database, and using the information to identify pollen gathered by honeybees. A proof-of-concept...