Suggested the novel and then facilitated a discussion among all of the employees of the nonprofit organization, CultureSource, based in Detroit. Toni Morrison's SULA led to a wonderful discussion of literature, the genre of the novel, and issues of g...

The scholarship involves developing and refining anti-racist approaches to the teaching of Black language in partnership with classroom teachers and Black students. This focus responds to an urgent need in the field of English education: how to build...

A collaboration between the Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS), African Studies Center (ASC), and the Africa America Institute (AAI) to diversify the curriculum of the University Preparatory Schools in Detroit. The goal of the ...

This program is promoted by the Italian Consulate in Detroit. Representatives of universities and colleges in Michigan that have an Italian program were invited to meet with local Italian businesses and firms to create possible connections for future...

A film festival of filmic adaptations of poems, presented online. Peter Johnston organized the event, gathered the filmmakers, connected them with poets, organized the screening and did the publicity. The goals are to create new art, spur students to...

Since 2012, Gerald Lindman has served on a five member panel of judges selected by Crain’s Detroit for their annual Best Managed Nonprofit Contest. Duties start in October of each year after the applications are closed. Judges read and rank order all...

A collection of creative sound-making and space-making activities that provide asset-based programming for youth and the general public with a tri-fold focus on literacy formation in youth, development of local artists' teaching capacity, and buildin...

Consulting with Renee Wallace, executive director of FoodPlus on a variety of her projects related to food systems in Detroit and Flint. These include helping her develop a proposal for a cooperative project with other MSU faculty.

Suggested the novel and then facilitated a discussion among all of the employees of this non-profit organization based in Detroit. Toni Morrison's SULA led to a wonderful discussion of literature, the genre of the novel, and issues of gender, sexuali...

This is an ongoing standing committee in the field to increase the presence and voice of bipoc communities, specifically native Americans, to build welcoming spaces and collaborative research

Served as a liaison for my department, African American and African Studies, on an initiative with African Studies Center (ASC) and the Africa America Institute (AAI) to diversify the curriculum of the University Preparatory Schools in Detroit. The g...

This work is part of a Mellon Foundation "Just Futures" project that included working with community partners to be sure that diverse members of our communities whose voices are often not heard are included in the project, including members of refuge...

Documentation, public programming, exhibition development, and virtual programming.

Webinars, public programs, exhibitions, and documentation.

Design work and Education Outreach Programs for Williamston Theatre involving a broad-reaching student/internship environment. Issues: Technical production, workshops presented in Design Implementation, Problem Solving, Creative Research, and workpla...

My WRA331 class, under my guidance, designed a communications strategy for the campaign. Following that, The Cube, a publishing nexus that I run in WRAC, designed a website and social media campaign.

The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, is a digital open access repository of Puerto Rican artifacts of disaster pertaining to Hurricanes Irma and María (2017), the Guayanilla earthquak...

The Cube provides a space for diverse ranges of people, places, and communities to participate in communications of all kinds, from traditional book production to user experience research to web and app development. With guided faculty mentorship, ou...

The MICARES team—which includes electrical engineers, foresters, community organizers, tribal leaders, social scientists, energy policy specialist, indigenous education experts, and technical communicators—works to: • Understand the opportunities an...

Costume Design for musical with Meadow Brook Theatre; first full production post-COVID for the institution; research into clothing styles from the early 1960s through late 1970s in the American south; production ran September 8-October 3;

Digital archive of photographs from Mali. Managing website, social media posts, communications from broad community, overseeing three undergraduate researchers on the project.

In February of 2020, the Writing Center in collaboration with the East Lansing Public Library founded a Community Writing Center. The project was spearheaded by Co-Directors Angelo Moreno and Dr. Grace Pregent. The goal was to expand access to MSU's ...

I initiated a national Get Out the Vote poster campaign, in partnership with AIGA (the professional association for design), and the League of Women Voters. I and my project partner worked on this for 2 years, with 2020 being the most dense part of t...

The Okemos World Languages (OWL) Partnership is a collaborative project between Okemos Public Schools and Michigan State University (MSU), specifically the Teacher Preparation Program and the Center for Language Teaching Advancement. OWL is a bi-week...