The MC384: Metropolitan Societies course was taught as a student-led civic engagement project, supported by a grant from MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI). Students worked with the Northwest Detroit Neighborhood Develop...

This project conducted 60 interviews with stakeholders in Michigan from the areas of public policy, agriculture, energy, affected communities, and experts in agriculture and entomology. It was part of a fall 2020 capstone project for the Science, Tec...

SS2021 MC384: Metropolitan Societies. This course had 23 students and was taught remotely; it was taught as a student-led civic engagement project, supported by a grant (though none of the money was spent in this course, but a follow up over the summ...

This project examines how women workers and employers have navigated the informal economic sector, especially in the industries of household and personal services, as well as work/family balance, in the Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan region and as...

FS2021 MC 498: 16 students taught in person. I have been teaching my course on Lansing since 2015, though I allow students to do projects on Flint and Detroit if students want to do a project based on these cities. The course focuses on theories and ...

This project conducted 60 interviews with stakeholders in Michigan from the areas of public policy, agriculture, energy, affected communities, and experts in agriculture and entomology. It was part of a fall 2020 capstone project for the Science, Tec...