Grant Recipients

Winter 2023

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, LCC

This grant will be used to purchase a set of "optical toys," such as zoetropes, praxinoscopes, and other pre-cinema devices, to assist in teaching students early film history in a practice-based format. Students will create their own short animations these devices as a means of teaching the concepts of persistence of vision and frame rates.

• Simona Marincean / Marilee Benore, CASL, BBS

The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants certificate, offered since last year at University of Michigan-Dearborn, focuses on applications and uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in foods, integrative medicine, cosmetics, and personal products. With the acquisition of the copper hydro-distillation units the students will be able to become proficient with equipment and methods that are routinely used in industry. This opportunity, one of the few available nationally, will allow the students to be trained for employment in cosmetic companies, cannabis companies, or entrepreneurship.

Summer 2023

• Marilee Benore, CASL, Phys Science

Students in Biochemistry 113 will be going on a study abroad trip to Padua (Padova) Italy to study medicinal and aromatic plants. The dates are late April to early May 2023. Part of the study abroad will include an opportunity to see two local community exhibits. One is the Grand Science tour, which includes one of the oldest anatomical Theaters, near the room where Galileo lectured! The other is the Padua Botanical Garden, the oldest garden on the plant still functioning, and holds the famous Goethe Palm. Together, the two visits will be about $50 per student.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Science

How can the university best support civic engagement, given both the demands on commuter student time and the fact that many are already actively involved in their communities? This research is based on the premise that our students bring valuable local and regional knowledge to campus. This project uses focus groups to better understand student civic engagement on and off campus and to make recommendations for community-engaged and Project Based Learning courses that support engagement from the resident/student perspective.

Fall 2022

• Francine Banner, CASL, Sociology

This funding would support a speaker from Haven, a shelter for family violence survivors based in Oakland, MI, to present an interactive workshop on intimate partner violence during the Family Violence course

• Anna Muller, CASL, History

I am asking for $100 to pay an honorarium to Willow Hokett for visiting my HIST 300 class. The goal of this meeting is to provide the students in HIST 300 with a chance to discuss how they can used their history degree while they graduate. This particular meeting should help the students reflect on how they can use their history skills for public history jobs, for example work in museums.

• Imran Aijaz, CASL, Philosophy

The funding request will appeal to a diverse range of students in my class (Arab-American students, Muslim students, people interested in matters of social justice, feminism, current affairs in the Middle East, etc.). Because of its strong connection to what is currently happening in Iran, it has a strong potential for meaningful impact.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

This is a non-graded cultural activity for students in our intermediate and advanced Spanish courses and in culturally diverse student organizations on campus. This is part of a Cultural Event Series organized by the Spanish Discipline, which fulfills the Cultural Literacy goal. Cultural Literacy identifies and appreciates cultural differences. Students and faculty compare and contrast Latin American history, artistic productions, and themes with their own. Participating students in Spanish 201, 301, and two hispanic student organizations will create and display an ofrenda, in accordance to its history and significance in Hispanic cultural practices. This activity will be particularly beneficial for students enrolled in SPAN 201 because, being an online course, this event will provide students with the opportunity to come to campus and directly interact with their peers in an upper level.

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

We are requesting $300 to help pay a $500 honorarium for Natalia Aleksiun, who is giving a Zoom presentation for History 387 and History 3121 on “Intimate Violence: Jewish Testimonies about the Holocaust in Eastern Europe” on January 27. The presentation will also be available to the campus community and the general public to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Voice/Vision Archive and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professorship in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies at the UM-Dearborn are sponsoring the event and have each committed $100. We are also working with the HMC-ZFC in Farmington Hills to help promote the event.

• Zheng Song, CECS, CIS

This request plans to build an experimental platform for students to understand the lecture topics better and gain hands-on experiences in building networked systems. The proposed platform will form an isolated local area network using routers and Raspberry Pis (expandable and portable computers, often used for education purposes). Students can access the platform remotely from their personal computers to explore network services, algorithms, and protocols. LED lights will be attached to the PIs for visualizing the communications, with the scene being captured by a camera and displayed to the remote students.

• Anna Muller, CASL, Soc Sci

I would like to invoke Wiola Rebecka, the author of the recently published book, Rape: A History of Shame. Diary of the Survivors for a meeting with my class. The class is devoted to war, and gender violence, and this discussion could greatly contribute to students' understanding of the problem.

• Liz Rohan, CASL, LCC

I have invited the poet Matthew Olzmann to campus on March 14th to visit with and read to students in my winter introduction to creative writing course, Comp/Eng 223. Olzmann is a UM-Dearborn alumnus who has gained notoriety for his accessible and thoughtful work. His poetry has been published widely and his second book of poetry, Contradictions in the Design, has just been published. He is also an accessible and engaging speaker. HUB funding would contribute to the cost of his visit which includes a $1000 stipend and the cost of airfare.

• Raji Janakiraman, CASL, Nat Sci

I would like to purchase two PCR thermocycler machines for the Introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology Labs to be used in the Winter 2022 and subsequent semesters.

Fall 2020

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

I am requesting $300 to pay the creators of the Tim O’ and Harley Show podcast. The podcast, now on its 523’d episode, discusses different aspects of “classic, cult and rare” horror films. The requested funds will pay for the creation of 3 episodes of the podcast that discuss films about Jack the Ripper. The last of these podcasts will be dedicated to the 1944 film, The Lodger. The creators of the podcast have also agreed to participate in a 90 minute Zoom meeting/discussion with the class (this meeting will not be mandatory but will be recorded for members of the class who are unable to attend).

• Jonathan Smith, CASL, Beh.Sciences

Two years ago at the Hub's recommendation I used WordPress for the website my students in ENGL 434 were creating with their research projects for the course. That website, on Charles Kingsley's 1863 children's novel, The Water-Babies, can be viewed at https://waterbabiesweb.wordpress.com/. This term, I'm teaching the course again, and my current students are adding to that web site. Since ENGL 434 meets the DDC Capstone and Upper-Level Writing requirements and the ENGL discipline's research requirement, the publication of these projects supports both the course's and the program's learning goals. In addition, since the English program's goals include "the relationship between works of literature and the cultures in which they are embedded," these historically-based projects both support that goal and make the results of the students' research available to students, scholars, and the general public.

• Margaret Murray, CASL, LCC

COMM 460: PR Campaigns is a capstone course that features a real client, and students compete to see whose campaign meets their needs best. Since the course will be offered asynchronously in Winter 2021, an original podcast will be created to accompany the class. The podcast format is ideal for interviewing the client and subject matter experts. Students can leave audio comments in response to each podcast, the best of which will be incorporated into future episodes. This format is more flexible for guest speakers and for students and will avoid the “Zoom fatigue” that many are feeling.

Summer 2020

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, CIS

Many engineering educators regard experiential learning as the best way to train the next generation of engineers. This project will focus on increasing the engagement of students enrolled in the distance learning section of CIS 375 paired with the face section of the same course. New active learning materials will be created for the distance learning students to be done at home. These new materials will provide opportunities for developing both technical and soft skills (project management, communication, marketing, and interdisciplinary design). Gamification will be added to both sections to students to increase their course engagement and encourage exploration beyond required activities.

• Rajeshwari Janakiraman, CASL, Nat. Sci.

I am requesting funding to host Dr. Betsy Foxman, Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Foxman will talk to my Epidemiology students about her research work particularly the human microbiota interacts with pathogens leading to recurring urinary tract infections and otitis media.

• Mike Vanhemert, COB, Business

I'm applying for a maximum award of $1,000 to cover registration fees for two conferences and related hotel expenses for one of those two, assuming it is held face-to-face in mid-October. The "START/END" dates referenced above are for the Digital Pedagogy Lab 2020 (DPL) being held virtually this year, while the October 15 - 17 Lilly Conference / Traverse City remains scheduled at present as a face-to-face presentation.

• Natalie Sampson, CEHHS, HHS

HHS 250: Introduction to Environmental Health is a required course for students in the Health and Human Services program. A core thread of the course is the role of structural discrimination in shaping our natural, built, and social environments with implications for health inequity. To best address these inequities, society must center community voices and priorities of those who live and work on the frontlines of compounding environmental exposures. This grant would allow for compensation for 4-5 local and national environmental justice leaders to participate in interviews prepared for HHS 250 students in its new online version.

Winter 2020

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Nat. Sci.

This fund will support UM-Dearborn students traveling to the volcanic island of Montserrat, as part of a study abroad during Spring Break, 2020. This fund would cover costs for students to enter and explore the abandoned capital city of Plymouth, now known as the “Pompeii of the Caribbean”. Students will see firsthand the impact of an eruption, including the toll on society. In addition, the fund will also support interactions with the Montserrat National Trust, which would enrich their understanding of biodiversity, especially on a volcanic island in a tropical environment.

• Caitlin Finlayson, CASL, LPA

As part of this Foundations course, students will attend a one-day field trip to the Stratford Festival, during which they will see a production of a play we are studying, engage in a Q&A with the actors after the performance, and participate in a costume warehouse tour. This field trip will provide an ‘international’ experience for students and will be a gateway to the ‘Global Education’ opportunities on campus. This also provides that ‘memorable’ college experience that invests students in their education and in the University long-term. Student will critically reflect on the relationship between the pre-script and the possibilities for performance of any play by evaluating and writing reviews of the performance. We will discuss the live performance as one interpretation of the text. Theater is about performance – ‘drama comes from the Greek verb for ‘to do, act’ – so this field trip is crucial to students’ understanding of this art form.

• Diane Smrt, COB, Mgmt. Studies

I am seeking funding to purchase materials for an “escape room” simulation. This simulation would serve as the end-of-the-semester projects for some of my classes and as experiential activity for others. With the “escape room” activity, my students have an hour “to escape”, meaning to solve riddles, clues, and puzzles that ultimately provide answers to specific questions related to topics presented in class. Finally, students will be asked to write the end-of-semester project or reflection papers, where they talk about all the concepts depicted/experienced during the game.

Fall 2019

• Patricia Wren, CEHHS, HHS

Engaging professional transportation services will lower a significant barrier to our students ability to participate in the IPE in Action event in Ann Arbor. The IPE in Action event is already significant for our students. Our undergraduate HHS students last year were able to hold their own in groups comprised of graduate students in medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry, social work and public health, among others. Our students were able to showcase their knowledge of health disparities, social determinants of health, and cultural considerations. By making it possible for more students to attend, we will meet all of the aims of this funding initiative. Interprofessional education is a teaching innovation in health and medicine. The IPE in Action event aligns with the core values of the HHS department. We have three different courses – representing public health, child life studies, and medicine and addition – participating this year. And finally, we will significantly impact our students and, ultimately, the community members they will serve as health care providers and human service professionals.

• Katherine LaCommare, CASL, NatSci

Students will visit Kitty Todd Nature Preserve in Toledo Ohio. While at the preserve, students will meet with staff from the Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. The preserve is one of the highest quality remnants of a globally rare landscape known as the Oak Openings. The preserve is a model for this type of ecosystem as well as a model for land management practices. Nature Conservancy staff will lead students through the preserve describing the unique features of the landscape and management practices required to maintain the rare and endangered species that are found there. For students interested in a career in environmental biology, this will be an unparalleled opportunity to meet with natural resource professionals as well as get a hands-on look at a stunning and unique landscape. After visiting Kitty Todd Nature Preserve, student will visit to additional natural area parks in the Toledo area that also harbor protected remnants of this unique ecosystem. Students will learn the role that private non-profits, government agencies and citizens all play in protecting rare and endangered species. 

• Danielle DeFauw, CEHHS, Education

Lacea Zavala, MSW, LMSW, Kids-TALK CAC Supervisor, has volunteered her time to present to student teachers each semester. In order to create more in-person time during student teaching seminar to apply high leverage core practices required by the Michigan Department of Education, Ms. Zavala is willing to learn how to complete a screencast about the topic, Supporting Children in Trauma. This will create opportunities for students to learn the content outside of class as the screencast will be available through Canvas. Student teachers will then apply what they learned in class with their peers in small groups.

• Hani Bawardi, CASL, SocSci

This lecture by immigration attorney Vicky Farah addresses how changes to immigration laws impact the lives of mostly subaltern immigration applicants, emigration hopefuls, and their families. This lecture will be attended by members of the local communities, and include question answer segment. One objective of this event is to realize the learning goals of both courses by encouraging the students to consider how ethnicities, nationalities, religions, class and/or race intersect. Combined with background on immigration by Arabic speaking peoples and Muslims, rising islamophobia and anti immigrant sentiments enhances textual framing of the attendant social issues. Atty Farah will augment our discussions on Arab Americans and immigrants generally by providing examples of how selectively exclusionary laws may lead to demographic shifts in the future, as it becomes harder for peoples of certain countries to immigrate to the U.S. Students will have a chance to interact with largely immigrant guests from various regions, and hear their stories and questions and add their own.

Summer 2019

• Sarah Nesbitt, CASL, LPA

Digital graphic tablets will allow students enrolled in Applied Arts courses to work with more precision and gain the ability to speed up tasks when creating digital drawings, artwork, editing photographs, technical drawings, computer-aided design (CAD), and to take digital notes/mathematical equations. By allowing students the opportunity to be exposed to and to practice using this tool, they would be able to have the knowledge of a tool that would put them on a successful, cutting edge path of working more creatively and more efficient in their other courses and their chosen field they get into after college.

• Michael McDonald, CASL, LCC

I have previously used this grant to establish a small library of complex board games to be used to help teaching technical writing, in particular: writing instructions, definitions, translation, and the usability report genre.Since then, the library has been used in several sections of COMP 270: Technical Writing for Engineers to great success.This grant would allow me to update and expand that library as well as add materials on game design, world-building, and other aspects of writing related to the gaming industry. This library will then have more flexibility and more diversity in terms of genre and audience, but also inclusion and accessibility (for example, featuring designers of color, attending to color-blindness, language barriers, etc.).

• Jerilyn Mannion, CASL, LCC

The French discipline is requesting funding to pay for an assistant to help French discipline faculty create and implement content and practice activities for French Hybrid courses in CANVAS. The French 101 hybrid course has been taught once, and it became evident that more of these kinds of activities were needed.With the help of a native speaker, who is also a student, the activities he will help create will be more organic and have culturally embedded material, offering our students better opportunities to be exposed to the Spanish language in a foreign language setting.

• Sheila Smith, CASL, Chemistry

To purchase a CatchBox (tossable/passable wireless Microphone) in order to increase student participation in my large lecture sessions.

• Georgina Hickey, CASL, SocSci

This project exposes students to the skilled and productive work done by women in pre-20th century households. They will first explore the variety of 18th and 19th century homes at Greenfield Village.After their visit, students will link a piece of what they saw to a scaffolded research project on one of the processes/skills that women would have had to master (such as cooking on a fire or cast iron stove, brewing or bread making, making soap, laundry, gardening, preserving harvests, clothing production, dairying, caring for the ill, or spinning and weaving).

Winter 2019

• Julie Taylor, CEHHS, Education

In an examination of the current civil rights case, Gary B. v. Snyder, students, faculty, and community members will explore the question, “Is literacy a fundamental right?” Mark Rosenbaum, the lead attorney and Public Counsel’s directing attorney for the Opportunity Under Law project, will present and field questions.

• Francia Valencia, CASL, LPA

The Spanish program together with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will begin a Hispanic cultural project this Winter 2019. This innovative and first time partnership project will permit all students, in the Spanish program in CASL as well as students from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers in the College of Engineering, to enjoy and live an unique cultural and hands-on learning experience through Hispanic music and dance at the UM-Dearborn.  Classes will take place at the studio in the Wellness Center at UM-Dearborn

• Jackie Vansant, CASL, LPA

I am requesting a grant to support the visit of the Hungarian choreographer/filmmaker Réka Szabó. Originally a mathematician, Szabó has been artistic director of the dance company The Symptoms since 2002. I have invited her to campus to show her film The Euphoria of Being, The film, The Euphoria of Being, a documentary of moving dance performance, has been summarized as follows by the producer: The Euphoria of Being documents the extraordinary process in which a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, a 32-year-old dancer and a 47-year-old choreographer create a contemporary dance performance. Through the rehearsals, we experience how these three women, with vastly differing experiences and at different stages of life, create a performance and a dialogue before our eyes. In addition to presenting and discussing her film, she will give a talk on one of her dances, which has to do with giving birth.

• Hana Bawardi, CASL, SSCI

Public lecture:“Ambassador Ali Ajami on Public Service and Arab American Life.”Dr. Ajami, our guest speaker, describes his journey as an Ambassador to Lebanon and Syria, author and poet,educator,and President of the local Arab American Center for Culture and the Arts in Dearborn.Members of the Stab American community will join our students for Dr. Ajami’s presentation and will be followed by open conversation between our guests and the campus community.The event will be augmented by display of museum quality rare manuscripts from private collections belonging to local Arabic-speaking immigrants.

• Craig Donahue, CASL, Chemistry

Funds requested for supplies to enhance the 3D printer in Natural Sciences for use in chemistry courses.

• Margaret Willard-Traub, CASL, Comp & Rhet

To purchase 25 copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to provide to faculty considering adopting the book for the Community Read 2019-2020.

• Francia Valencia & Jorge Gonzales Del Pozo, CASL, LPA

Funds requested to extend the work of the assistant helping to set up hybrid course materials for Spanish 102

• Francia Valencia & Jorge Gonzales Del Pozo, CASL, LPA

Request for funding (up to $300) for lunch for Spanish 302 students to have an opportunity to interact and exchange cultural and personal experiences in Spanish with UM-Dearborn faculty and staff from diverse Hispanic countries.

• Jill Darling, CASL, LPA

Funding request to support presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication

• Thom Foy, CASL, Comp & Rhet

I am requesting funding in order to attend and present my own teaching scholarship at the CCCC. The panel includes four lecturers from UM-Dearborn and one from EMU. This panel will explore how aspects of performance inside and outside the classroom might enact “a Freirian liberatory pedagogy” that highlights “Freire’s emphasis on dialogue ... students’ and teachers’ bodies as constrained by specific social relations, and ... learning toward action” and social practices (Claycomb, 2008). Through examples of student-teacher interactions and student projects, we demonstrate how interactive critical pedagogy can help students develop real world literacies that transcend understanding and reiterating course material.

• Mahesh Agarwal, CASL, Mathematics

Request funding for student worker support to create a Question Bank of concept questions for Math 116 and Math 228

Fall 2018

• Erik Bond, CASL, LPA

To celebrate and acknowledge the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, English 312 will screen the National Theater’s (UK) 21st century stage-adaptation of the novel on 28 October 2018 at the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. UM-AA’s University Music Society is sponsoring the screening. We will attend after reading the novel during class and analyzing how Shelley’s status as an early nineteenth-century female writer shapes interpretation. To celebrate and acknowledge the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, English 312 will screen the National Theater’s (UK) 21st century stage-adaptation of the novel on 28 October 2018 at the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. UM-AA’s University Music Society is sponsoring the screening. We will attend after reading the novel during class and analyzing how Shelley’s status as an early nineteenth-century female writer shapes interpretation.

• Gail Luera, CEHHS, Education

This request is to provide the students in the Environmental Interpretation course the unique opportunity to participate in the National Association for Interpretation Certified Interpretive Guide credential workshop. The workshop curriculum complements the academic components in the course and provides the added value of the practical skills and experience required in a wide range of fields. As a result of integrating the 32 hour workshop into the course all students enrolled in the course would emerge as trained interpreters. The curriculum must be provided by an NAI certified interpretive trainer. This application is a request to provide a stipend to the trainer.

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, Soc. Sci.

Michael Berenbaum will discuss “Holocaust Denial, Vulgarization and Falsification: It’s not about denial anymore. It’s all the rest that is troubling, from trivialization to overexposure.” He is an award winning producer and consultant, editor, author, speaker and teacher. Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute for Holocaust Studies at American University, Berenbaum is one of America’s foremost Holocaust scholars. He oversaw the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Research Institute and served as project director there from 1988-1993. He was also President and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Archive.

• Paul Draus, CASL, LPA

Fund to support Academic Service Learning Student Fellow

• Francia Martinez, CASL, LPA

Request for funding support $2600 for student assistants to develop a thematic unit, “Linguistic Landscapes in the U.S.: The case of Spanish and Arabic in Detroit, Michigan”

• Claudia Walters, CASL, Geology

Request for funding to support a student assistant to develop an Online resource for Geog 327: Michigan Geography and Geology

Summer 2018

• DeLean Tolbert, CECS

The goal of this request is to support the cross-disciplinary teaming in the joint course project between the ENGR 100 and BA 320 courses. About 30 teams from these courses collaborate as they complete various aspects of an engineering design project. For example, the BA 320 students will focus on project management tasks and the ENGR 100 will focus on engineering design and construction but together they may complete research on the target user/client. We have found that because there are limited intentionally designed opportunities for the teams to collaborate, our ability to assess specific course learning goals (see below) is restricted. We plan to use the funds to financially support carefully designed activities that will help us assess and meet the relevant course goals.

• Eric Charnesky, CIS

We are requesting funding to purchase a Microsoft HoloLens device for use in C# and game design courses. With access to a HoloLens, students would have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge Augmented Reality development projects leverating the UWP platform in the C# course, and the Unity engine in the game design courses. the Augmented Reality market is new and full of potential uses, student will have the opportunity to use their talents to create innovative solutions.

• Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, CASL, LCC

Funding is requested to cover the cost of dinner for 20-25 people at Spanish restaurant Mallorca, in Cleveland. This experience would be part of the Spanish Culture of Food and Cuisine course that also encompasses a few demo cooking sessions at the HFCC ́s culinary arts facilities, as well as some film showings. This course it ́s very unique and tries to be as hands on as possible;this piece will supplement a very round experience, given the context and circumstances, making it as close as we possibly can while being in Michigan.

• Julie Taylor, CEHHS, Education

UM-Dearborn students will be introduced to the Choices Program’s award-winning resources and approach to teaching about contested issues and exploring multiple perspectives. The Choices Program develops curricula on current and historical international and public policy issues. The program is designed for preservice and full-time teachers in the field of social studies. Each participant will receive two titles: China on the World Stage and The Middle East: Questions for U.S. Policy. The Choices Program is designed to empower middle and high school students with the skills, knowledge, and participatory habits to be engaged citizens. The rich teaching resources include primary sources, maps, images, editorial cartoons as well as a growing library of videos. In 2017 and 2018, the Choices Program held popular workshops at the annual conferences of the National Council for the Social Studies. Choices is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization.

• Carrie Swift, CASL, Nat Sci.

We intend to hire two senior design students from CECS to (i) complete deployment and (ii) perform beta testing of an innovative new web-app (MI-Cluster) and framework that allows students at the DDC level to perform out-of-class, collaborative projects using real data, in a manner not permitted by traditional Learning Management Tools such as Canvas. The framework has been developed with Astronomy investigations in mind, but could apply to a wide range of out-of-class collaborative activities in many disciplines.

• Francia Martinez, CASL, LCC

The Spanish discipline is requesting funding to pay for an assistant to help Spanish discipline faculty implement (set up all course content) SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 hybrid and online courses in CANVAS. These courses currently are only available in the traditional format. The change will permit the Spanish program to update theses courses, in order to incorporate the latest pedagogical innovations and trends, as well as offering our students better opportunities to be exposed to the Spanish language in a foreign language setting.

• Josh Akers, CASL, Soc. Sci.

These funds are for a guided bike tour in Detroit by the Wheelhouse. The tour is being developed to correspond to an assignment for URS 300 students. It will as be used to bring together Urban and Regional Studies majors or those considering the program. The pace and physical engagement of cycling offers a more direct encounter with the city. The built environment is a reflection of the broader social relations that brought it into being and shape its contemporary state. Despite UM-Dearborn’s proximity to Detroit many of our students have limited experiences with the city. The tour provides an entry or those unfamiliar with the city and a new experience for students more engaged in Detroit.

Winter 2018

• Jill Darling, CASL, LCC Composition and Rhetoric

I request supplemental funding to attend the NOLA Poetry Festival, April 19-23, and give a presentation that combines critical pedagogy of teaching creative writing, samples from student writing, and my own creative work to highlight the relationship between writing and reading poetry, fiction, and creative essays and their public reception. In my classes, students complete two projects that bring their work in to the public realm: a hand-made book and a final electronic portfolio. Reading excerpts from these projects and related student reflections will show how moving the work into the public space helps students gain confidence, develop a more critical eye, and feel like participants in something larger than themselves. I believe this can help them to take their experiences from the creative writing classroom into other classes and beyond. Comp/Eng 223 is a class many students take to fulfill a requirement, but I have witnessed many students become excited to discover a sense of confidence in themselves as writers in the world. Producing and presenting my own creative work in such a venue as the Poetry Festival further enables my own professional development as a writer in order to also become a better creative and academic writing teacher. Attending panels and workshops at the festival, and giving my presentation, will help me to enhance the goals and outcomes for my classes. 

• Sheryl Edwards, CASL, Social Sciences

Working with Henry Ford College, Oakland Community College, Wayne State University, ACCESS, and the Roosevelt Institute in Ann Arbor, we are taking busloads of students to Lansing on March 20. This is not a field trip; it is a lobby trip. All participants must attend a training session about a topic they have chosen from a  list of four prior to going. They will then meet with their State Representative and/or their State House member and discuss the issue with them. The goal of this is to encourage civic engagement and participation in order to be effective in communicating with their representatives as an active citizen.

• Hani Bawardi, CASL, SSCI

Request used to support a talk by Dima Khalidi, Director of Chicago-based Palestine Legal. Speaker will discuss legal challenges to free speech when Palestine/Israel is concerned. This talk will dovetail with our discussion on the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the implications of the conflict in our lives as Americans, therefore, serving to expand inquiry and analysis into our social space and political process. This talk will also positively impact our students, and the campus community as a whole by providing basic information on the legal implications of advocacy. The speaker is sure to attract community members and community advocates, and will provide forum for discussing many topics relating to free speech, historical events, and analysis regrading the topic of intellectual and academic freedom.

• Vadym Pyrozhenko, Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Sciences

The grant will be used to train 25-30 students as facilitators of civic engagement. It will pay for a four-hour workshop provided by a professional facilitator. On the completion of the training, students will be able to facilitate civic engagement events on campus and in the local communities. A typical civic engagement event will engage from 50-80 students/citizens for a deliberation over pressing public issues and concerns. Student facilitators will facilitate table discussions (6 to 10 students/citizens per table). A professional facilitator or a professor will lead the deliberation.

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Geology

This fund will give 15 UM-Dearborn students access to Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) in Iceland (May 2018) to explore Eldfell and Eldheimar Museum (nicknamed "Pompeii of the North") without increasing the overall cost for student travel. Visiting this island will enhance the learning experience because students will (a)climb and explore Eldfell, a steaming volcano that erupted in 1973; (b) study the impact volcanic eruptions and hazards have on local communities; and (c) connect content from a pre-departure, required reading of Island on Fire to their field observations. As transportation to and from the island is limited and expensive (and currently not on the itinerary), this fund would add another, remarkable high impact learning component to the field course.

• Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, CASL, LLC

Funding is requested to cover the cost of tickets to a European film showing (Happy End, Michael Haneke, 2018) at Royal Oak Main Theater. Many of our students have never been exposed to a European film. Our class is centered around European film after WWII and the impact of film in society. Attending this film will aid students' experiential learning process and bring to life classroom discussions and readings.

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, Computer and Info Science

Artificial intelligence is a hot area. It is important to make it accessible to more people. Many engineering educators regard active learning as they best way to train the next generation of engineers. The project team will critically examine the existing artificial intelligence course at UM-Dearborn, create new instructional materials for selected course topics, and devise delivery strategies that incorporate academic research findings and software industry best practices, including gamifcation strategies. This project will help students to be better equipped with fundamental theoretical knowledge and invaluable hands-on experiences to increase their ability to contribute to the software industry and society.

• Georgina Hickey, CASL, Social Sciences

Students will attend the Michigan National Organization for Women state conference. After a semester of studying women's leadership in movements for social change, students will use what they have learned to participate in and observe contemporary feminist leaders from around the state during this one day event. There will also be one session with the conference keynote speaker, national NOW Vice President Gilda Yazzie, just for students. They will reflect on the historical issues covered in the course in light of these contemporary leaders in a short final paper, which will serve as a capstone assignment for the course.

• Yi-Su Chen, COB, Operations Management

The requested funds will be used to purchase sets of five simulation games for students to play in groups. Use of simulation games help students relate tools and concepts learned in the classroom to a real-world setting such that students can"analyze business situations and recommend managerial responses" (BBA program objective #7). Moreover, playing in groups provides students with opportunities to "collaborate effectively in teams" (BBA program objective #3)

Fall 2017

• Joshua Akers, CASL, Social Sciences

We are requesting funds to defray the cost of a public symposium organized and planned by the URST 300 students in response to their partnership with the Dearborn Historical Society. The public symposium will address race and the region led by prominent professionals and academics working on these issues nationally and locally. It was inspired by the students work on race, monuments and public space this term.

• Francine Banner, CASL, Behavioral Sciences

These funds will support attendance by students from the Family Violence class at the film The Glass Castle and purchase of food (pizza) during a gathering afterward to discuss the film. The Glass Castle is assigned reading in the Family Violence class. This excursion will provide an opportunity for students to critically evaluate the film and discuss issues of the ways in which violence is portrayed in the memoir versus on screen.

• Hani Bawardi, CASL, Social Sciences

The funds will be used for a tour of the Arab American National Museum, visit an additional popular venue, share a meal accompanied by speaker. The tour will serve as a primer on some aspects of Arab American life accompanied by an exercise intended to compare Arab immigrants to other Eastern - and South – European immigrants. At a local Yemeni traditional restaurant, we will experience culinary distinctness and listen to a speaker discuss challenges facing Arab immigrants due to two factors: post 9/11 legislation limiting immigration and heightening suspicion toward Arabs and Muslims generally, and impending travel restrictions and their effects on travel for work, immigration and leisure.

• Danielle DeFauw, CEHHS, Education

Pre-service teachers enrolled in LIBR 465 (Literature for Children) will conduct the ASK - Authors, Specialist and Knowledge - Interview program that transfers to elementary teaching contexts. After reading The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, they will interview Parwin Anwar, a woman who lived in Afghanistan and escaped when the Russian takeover of Afghanistan was beginning in 1984. Mrs. Anwar was not part of the Taliban takeover in 1996 (per the novel's content); however, she does explain how and why people leave the country during an invasion along the way of life in Kabul and the hardships of children during a war.

• Caitlin Finlayson, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

A significant portion of ENGL408 focuses on Shakespeare's early plays in performance - then and now. For instance, students are doing research on the performance history of specific characters for one of their papers in this course. As part of this class, I wish to take the class to see A Midsummer Night's Dream at Wayne State in order for students to critically reflect on the relationship between the pre-script and the possibilities for performance of any play. As part of this trip, students will evaluate and write reviews of the performance and we will discuss the performance as one interpretation of the text as part of our unit on A Midsummer Night's Dream.

• Bethany Hedden, CEHHS, Health and Human Services

This funding request will be used to support student learning and engagement through classroom integration of the Institute of Cultural Affair’s “Technology of Participation” (ToP) group facilitation methods. ToP facilitation methods provide a democratic and equitable process for critical thinking, consensus building, and action planning. The facilitation methods also serve as an experiential training opportunity for students who will be able to take these methods out into their social work (or other) profession to engage community members and colleagues at their future or current employers. Funds will also support honorariums for guest speakers.

• Katherine LaCommare and Judy Nesmith, CASL, Natural Sciences

We will be adapting some already created exercises for the Avida-ED evolution platform (https://avida-ed.msu.edu/) to teach evolutionary theory in Biology 130 - Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology. This is a simplified version of a program (Avida) that was developed at MSU by evolutionary biologists to study evolution. Avida-ED is an educational version that allows students to investigate evolution using this real-world software. Because of the nature of the program and the change to the curriculum, we would like to schedule a 1/2 day meeting at the end of August/beginning of September, to train the other Biology 130 instructors how to use the program, answer questions that they may have and help them realign their lectures so that some of the principals of the labs will reinforced in lecture. We are requesting funds from the Creative Teaching Fund for lunch and incentives fo the faculty that attend the meeting.

• Liana McMillan, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

Funding is requested to cover the cost of tickets and parking to Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro at the Detroit Opera Theater. Many of our students have never heard an opera, let alone experience the thrill of a live opera performance. Our German classes are centered around culture, and I introduce a musical segment in each class. Attending a live opera will aid students' experiential learning process and bring to life classroom discusions and readings.

• Margaret Murray, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

I would like to buy a VoiceThread instructor's account. This would allow students to leave audio or video comments on embedded content within Canvas. On the VoiceThread website, they state that "VoiceThread fills the social presence gap found in online learning interactions." I used VoiceThread at my previous institution and found that to be true. The students' VoiceThread comments were more personal, engaging and interactive than their written comments.

• Joan Remski, CASL, Mathematics and Statistics

The Student Success Collaborative data directly relates 6-year graduation rates to successful completion of calculus. Since most students enrolled in calculus declare STEM majors, the Active Calculus engages students with a flipped classroom, challenging worksheets and student mentoring with peers who have been trained specifically to facilitate group work. Funding from the Hub/CTF will support student mentors in sections of Active Calculus during the Winter, 2018 semester.

• Elizabeth Rohan, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

I am organizing a UM-Dearborn writer's reunion speaker series to accompany an alumni survey. Money has already been raised for one speaker's stipend. This money will be used to pay for two other local alumni speakers. The JASS department and LCC have agreed to supply funding for refreshments after the talks to help meet costs. The speakers will participate during an upper level writing course, Theories of Writing. Their presentations, featuring the relationship between their coursework at UM-Dearborn and their careers as writers, intersects with a learning outcome of the class, studying the relationship between theories of writing and their application.

• David Skrbina, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

Requesting funds to support student visits to museum and archeological exhibitions related to ancient philosophy during study abroad trip in May 2018, including visits to the Acropolis Museum, the Acropolis, the National Museum, Agor, Temple of Zeus, the Mycenae Museum, the Delphi Museum and the Nafplion Museum.

Summer 2017

• Joshua Akers, CASL, Social Sciences

These funds are for a guided bike tour in Detroit by the Wheelhouse. The tour is for Urban and Regional Studies majors or those considering the program. The pace and physical engagement of cycling offers a more direct encounter with the city. The built environment is a reflection of the broader social relations that brought it into being and shape its contemporary state.Despite UM-Dearborn’s proximity to Detroit many of our students have limited experiences with the city. The tour provides an entry or those unfamiliar with the city and a new experience for students more engaged in Detroit.

• Suzanne Bergeron, CASL, Women's and Gender Studies

This grant supports activities aimed at fostering curricular transformation in the Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies class away from a coverage model and toward a concepts-centered approach to understanding the field. It will allow the instructors of the class to organize and attend a roundtable conversation on concepts-based approaches to teaching Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies as part of the Program Director’s pre-conference at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA). The roundtable will provide the instructors with ideas to support their current plans to transform the organizational structure of this class. The instructors will also attend relevant panels at the NWSA meeting on new pedagogical approaches to the Introductory class. Finally, the grant will support hosting for dissemination of these ideas to the entire WGST faculty.

• Stein Brunvand, CEHHS, Education

We would like to purchase a variety of materials and supplies in order to introduce coding and robotics to students in EDT 211/511 and EXPS 400/500. Specifically, we would like to buy an education pack of SPRK+ programmable robots, a Bloxels Team Builder 5-Pack , 5 Ozobot Starter Kits, a Dash and Dot Robot Wonder Pack and 5 Breakout EDU Kits. These materials will allow us to teach our students basic computer programming and robotics as well as show them a variety of ways they can integrate coding and robotics across the curriculum.

• Yi-Su Chen, COB, Management

The funding request will be used to pay for five sets of the Pandemic Board Game. The board game can be used repeatedly whenever the said courses are offered.

• Timothy Davis, COB, Management

To help emphasize that many of the products we use are designed around the needs of people. I plan to use two types of experiences for students. The first will include multiple sessions where students are exposed to a variety of products (some they won't be familiar with and others they will know a great deal about) and either guess their purpose or experiment with them and suggest improvements. The second will be an online simulation where students interview virtual customers about a new discovery and how those needs can translate into solutions (new product ideas).

• Marouane Kessentini, CECS, Computer and Information Science

Title: Gamifying and Socializing Teaching and Learning of Software Engineering Summary: This project focuses on gamifying and socializing teaching and learning of software engineering,which can serve as an effective complement to formal classroom teaching and learning.Specifically, it is achieved by designing a social game on mobile devices. The game consists of a series of worlds to be explored (i.e., representing different phases of the life cycle of software engineering, ranging from requirements engineering and architectural design to implementation and software testing). Each world has several sections (i.e., representing specific topics of each phase from basic ones to advanced ones), and each section has several levels (i.e., representing choice questions relevant to specific topics, getting increasingly challenging). The game has a leader board to keep the players engaged. The game targets students and teachers from introductory to advanced software engineering courses (CIS375)

• Jung Hyun Lee, COB, Management

Students in OB354 and HR305 often tend to have diverse backgrounds including their major and working experience. Stimulating individual students' interest and participation in classroom is a key to achieving learning objectives of these courses. I am applying for the CFT to make the class(es) more interactive and engaging by introducing a clicker-free classroom response system (Poll Everywhere) and a web-based communication application (VoiceThread). Through these systems, I'm hoping to systematically collect/monitor students' reactions, diagnose misconceptions and promote more engaging interactions among students.

• Simona Marcincean and Sheila Smith, CASL, Natural Sciences

Laboratory notebooks are a fundamental aspect of evidentiary science. In teaching laboratories, we use notebooks at assess the quality of student work. In industrial research settings, notebooks are used to establish invention, to document discovery and to ensure reproducibility. Training in proper documentation is an essential part of a chemists' education. Industrial and government research settings are turning to electronic notebooks for convenience, collaboration, reliability and integrity. We seek the same benefits in teaching laboratories for our students and ourselves. Funds will be used to explore and implement the use of electronic notebooks in undergraduate level teaching laboratories.

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, Computer and Information Science

Many engineering educators regard experiential and active learning as the best way to train the next generation of engineers. The project team will critically examine an existing game design course at University of Michigan-Dearborn, create new instructional materials for selected course topics and devise the delivery strategies that incorporate academic research findings and software industry best practices including gamification strategies. This project will help students to be better equipped with fundamental theoretical knowledge and invaluable hands-on experiences that can measurably increase their ability to contribute to the software industry.

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication 

This request is for the purchase of Super 8 cameras and film and an HTC Vive virtual reality system to support JASS 405: New and Emerging Media in the immediate term, and the larger JASS curriculum and CASL community in the longer term. These technologies will provide students with experiences in hand-on, tactile, and embodied media expression, while also opening up the experience of virtual reality to faculty, staff and students who wish to use it for their own innovations.

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

This request would partially fund the hiring of a research assistant to develop and expand an online database of inclusive teaching resources in media production pedagogy.

• Elizabeth Rohan, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

This assessment apparatus studies the transfer of skills from academic to vocational contexts through an electronic survey from alumni writing center consultants and writing certificate recipients. It measures also the relationship between theory and practice emphasized in writing center methods and built into the reflection component of the writing certificate. A speaker series of alumni will accompany the gathering of data through an electronic survey. The survey will be used as a continuing apparatus for graduated UM-Dearborn alumni and copy from the survey and the speakers will be repurposed as publicity material for the certificate and for CASL.

• Julie Anne Taylor, CEHHS, Education

In advance of his March visit, Khalid el-Hakim, curator of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum,will lead a discussion on teaching with primary historical documents. el-Hakim will bring authentic sources for analysis and discussion. In advance of his March 2018 visit to UM-Dearborn, he will discuss the role of mobile museums in K-12 and college education.

Winter 2017

• Joshua Akers, CASL, Social Sciences

These funds will allow students to access various geospatial data set that allow them to create strategy maps that assist Detroit Eviction Defense in their work to keep people in their homes.

• Marilee Benore, CASL, Natural Sciences

Many of us have discussed a team taught class or seminar series about the Science of Images (or other intersecting topics). If you are receiving this email, it is because you have an interest and/or experience in this topic. I think the Science of Images includes optics, ink, paper, traditional film, video, camera lenses, digital images, the human eye, the physics of  light and movement, glass, maps, chemistry, schlierin waves, cyanotypes,quilting, dyes, and many other topics! If you would like to explore how we might go about creating a course or series, please doodle poll yourself for a meeting the last week in January. I think this is just the beginning, and there are many possibilities to explore. My role is just to bring people together for brainstorming. We already have a Natural Science 390 topics core, and it could easily fit into that core. A bigger issue (and conversation) is a mechanism to team teach.

• John Chenoweth, CASL, Behavioral Sciences

Part of the class is the critical analysis of representations of or statements about the past in the public sphere. One of the assignments requires students to visit a museum and critically analyze it's selective representation of history. This year, the DIA is presenting an exhibit called "Bitter Sweet" on tea, coffee and chocolate, which closely relates to my research on slavery-based 18th century plantations (which made these products and sugar, which was mainly consumed in them). Though the DIA is free to most of our students, the special exhibit is not, and costs $10 per person. I am requesting funding for myself and all students registered for the class, up to a total of 21 people, or $210.00.

• Maureen Linker, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

Jonathan Lethem, the Roy Edward Disney Professor of Creative Writing at Pomona College will be on campus to give a creative writing workshop for English majors as well as a public lecture on the writing process and the processes involved in publishing fiction.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Sciences

This is a request to video-record a presentation by visiting speaker Tamar Carroll on her book, Mobilizing New York, so that I can show the event to my online course, POL 466/566 (Social Welfare Policy and Politics), and to future students in POL 334 (Organizing and Leadership).

Fall 2016

• Anna Muller, CASL, Social Sciences

I am applying for $1000 for an honorarium for four speakers. All of them will give lectures in conjunction with the Forbidden Art exhibition that our campus gallery will host this fall. The class that I will teach this fall: Hist390V, Forbidden Art is also structured around the exhibition. In addition to four lectures that will take place on our campus, all speakers will have workshops that are vital for students who are enrolled in Hist390V (11 students at this point), but can also offer a lot in terms of educational opportunities to other students on our campus as well. The workshop and meetings will be open to all students on our campus, but they will be obligatory to my students. Jamie Wraight is going to offer extra credit to his students who participate in either talks or workshop. I have also begun communicating with Art History hoping that they will encourage their students to do the same. The first speaker and person who will open the exhibition is Teresa Wontor Cichy, a curator from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The second speaker is Barbara Milewski, an Associate Professor of Music at Swarthmore College. In October, she will give a lecture titled “Musical Remembrances of Love and Death from Auschwitz-Birkenau.” In class she will lead a workshop about various pieces of music created in different concentration camps. The third speaker is Jonathan Huener, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Vermont. His research is focused on public memory in post-World War II Germany and Poland, Polish-Jewish relations, and Auschwitz. The fourth speaker is Wojtek Sawa, a visual artist and most recently the author of an exhibition titled The Walls Speak. At the starting point, it looks at the experiences of children during WWII, but the message it conveys is centered on racism and other forms of discrimination. In November, he will display a digital presentation in the library. After the presentation, he will have a workshop with my class on recording, presenting, and interpreting oral interviews.

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, Computer and Information Systems

Many engineering educators regard experiential learning as the best way to train the next generation of engineers. This requires engineering programs to go beyond simply offering industry-based capstone courses and internships. In this project, we will be exploring the use of a term long role playing activity to shape the students' experiences as they complete their team project (an original 3D game). This project includes incremental product deliveries using accepted game industry milestones. We will be creating instructional role play activities that emphasize industry best practices for both technical and soft skills (project management, communication, marketing and interdisciplinary design).

• Danielle DeFauw, CEHHS, Education

Award winning children’s book author of the Wilder Trilogy, Diane Bradley, will share her experiences as a writer. First, pre-service teachers enrolled in LIBR 465 (Literature for Children) will conduct the ASK (Authors, Specialists and Knowledge) Interview assignment requirements that transfer to elementary teaching contexts; EXPS 298 (Writing to Communicate, Learn and Teach) pre-service teachers will be invited to attend the ASK event. Second, EXPS 298’s Writing Clinic, hosted at Henry Ford Elementary, includes third-grade students, their families and their EXPS 298 tutors; together, they will celebrate literacy with Diane Bradley as she shares her writer’s craft insights.

• Gabriella Scarlatta, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication, Jerilynn Mannion, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

This fund will allow us to decrease the cost of the trip to France which will lead students to important historical sites and cities that they study in French 336: French Civilization of the Past. Visiting these sites will allow students to engage with a real-life experience and impact their lives as culturally and globally educated students. While in France, students will also participate in lectures by Prof. Scarlatta, and guided tours by professional guides; they will prepare questions ahead of the visit for the guides; and keep a journal online, as well as participate in discussions online and prepare a presentation for French 336 in the Fall.

• Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

SPAN 321, Spanish Culture of Food and Cuisine is a course that offers a panoramic on the rich and hybrid culinary tradition that is a symbol of the amalgamation of cultures and civilizations that have settled in the Iberian Peninsula through the centuries. Several times (4) during the semester cooking demos in the facilities of Henry Ford Community college will be offered. In order to develop these special events some food, ingredients and main products are needed. This support will help tremendously covering costs of not-so-conventional teaching materials needed for this course.

• Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

In order to improve SPAN 356 "Spanish Civilization and Culture" and add a distance learning component to the class, I am requesting support towards registering and attending workshops in Visual Thinking Strategies training. VTS is a sound and growing teaching approach that focuses on integrating paintings, video and visual materials, mainly from high (traditional) culture, to promote expression, articulation of ideas, class discussion and participation; all while learning about cultural matters related to the materials presented aligned with the course contents. I would be delighted to present a workshop for M&CL or LC&C regarding my learning experience in these workshops and share it with colleagues. More info here http://.vtshome.org/

• Kim Killu, CEHHS, Education

The University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Program offers a year-long multidisciplinary Faculty Scholars Program to explore the principles and practices of integrative therapies. The program is designed to extend resources to faculty that can be applied to teaching, research, and clinical care in the area of integrative health. In light of the recent CEHHS expansion to the Department of Health and Human Services and the pursuit of converging the disciplines of education and health and human services, I intend to apply to the Faculty Scholars Program in order to develop a course on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (i.e., a) emotional, physical,or sexual abuse, b) emotional or physical neglect, c) witnessing domestic violence (especially against mothers), d) household substance abuse, e) the presence of mental illness in a household member, f) parental separation or divorce, and g) an incarcerated household member), and the implications of those ACEs to one’s cognitive, social, emotional, psychological, behavioral, health, and academic functioning. The Faculty Scholars Program would provide me with the training and resources to develop the course and learn from a multidisciplinary group on the integration of health and medicine into the educational domain.

• Philip Potvin, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication, Writing Program and Honors Program

"Walking the Talk in Detroit's Eastern Market" builds on DeCerteau (1984), Kivel (2000) and Elbow (2007) to investigate innovative uses of student-generated audio podcasts in the first-year writing classroom. Through historic walking tours guided by Preservation Detroit, student groups engaged in primary and secondary research. What challenges and rewards did students encounter? How did this research challenge, reinforce or expand preconceptions? How did students compile, organize and write audience-centered scripts? How did students craft audio recordings for public audiences while expanding personal agency and voice? How can these projects encourage other student writers to make some noise?

• Sheila Smith, CASL, Natural Sciences

Funds are requested for partial support for attendance and presentation at the Lilly Conference on Evidence Based Teaching, October 20-22, 2016 in Traverse City.

• Anna Muller, CASL Social Sciences

I am applying for $1000 towards the Poland Study Abroad program. In summer 2017, I plan to take a group of 15 students to Poland (and Ukraine) for almost four weeks for a class to explore Polish culture and history. During the trip, students will take a class titled: Memory and Oblivion: Multicultural Past and Its Presence in the Eastern European Contemporary Landscape. The class will focus on the culturally diverse history of the lands within the broad region historically encompassed by the Polish state. While doing this, there will be a special emphasis on Polish-Jewish relationships. In addition to 10 class meetings conducted in Poland, during which the students will discuss the assigned material, the class will travel around Poland, visit various museums and memory sites, and participate in workshops with local historians and researchers. I am planning on using the money for tickets to museums and as honoraria for historians who will be organizing various workshops with us. 

Summer 2016

• Emily Matthews Luxon, CASL, Social Sciences

There are wonderful methods and approaches to innovative teaching out there, but implementing them in one’s own classes often requires reference to explanations and examples. To that end, this request is intended to purchase several reference books, to have on hand and with easy access, so that some of these new approaches can be incorporated slowly and thoughtfully over time into several Political Science courses (cross-listed with Environmental Studies, and fulfilling DDC requirements). 

• Amy Brainer, CASL, College Wide Programs

These funds will support a photography project in Sexualities, Genders and Bodies, an upper level seminar cross-listed with Women's and Gender Studies, the Humanities and Sociology. Following the interdisciplinary spirit of the course, students will use photography to integrate social theory with the world around them. Each student will select a course concept to represent visually and write an accompanying paper contextualizing the image. At the end of the term, students will display their photographs and abstracts as part of an exhibit open to the wider campus. The exhibit seeks to dispel stereotypes about LGBTQ people and cultures and engage the campus in dialogue around these issues. 

Winter 2016

• David Hill, CEHHS, Education

The primary goal for students enrolled in EDN 401 is to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges students with learning disabilities encounter in K12 education. It is one thing to read about the experiences through expository text but it is quite different when students actually experience it through active learning what it is like to have a disability. That said, funds from this grant will be used to purchase a variety of simulators that will allow students to experience first-hand the challenges associated with a sensory deficit on academics.

• Simona Maricean, CASL, Natural Sciences

Funding is requested towards purchase of Livescribe Pen 3 to be used in Organic Chemistry courses, CHEM 225 and CHEM 226. Electronic documents, problem set and exam keys, that will have synchronized audio explanations will be created. The students will access the documents via the web-portal and be able to review them at a pace that will suit their learning abilities. The pen will be used to generate instructor notes, answers to in-class questions and solutions to group work problems assigned during lecture, that will be projected on-the-fly through the wifi network. The interactive nature of the lecture will be enhanced significantly by incorporation of Livescribe pen and will come to no additional cost to the students. 

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, Social Sciences

On Friday, April 15, 2016, the Voice/Vision Archive, along with Phi Alpha Theta, will host a talk by Holocaust survivor, Irene Miller. Irene will speak about her experiences during the Second World War, as well as about promoting tolerance and diversity, inspiring positive action and empowering people to overcome obstacles in life. Following her talk, Irene will be signing copies of her book, "Into No Man's Land: A Historical Memoir," published by the University of Michigan-Dearborn Press (2013).

Fall 2015

• Diana Smrt, COB, Management Studies

UM-Dearborn aims at delivering excellent, student-focused education. Consistent with our University mission, I am seeking support to create a hands-on simulation for our business students. The simulation will mimic the Amazing Race TV show and will allow students to: 1) learn and apply, on their own, business concepts in an engaging and interactive way, 2) sharpen their critical thinking and communication skills, 3) recognize the critical role of teamwork. The funds will be used to purchase supplies to assure that the simulation is authentic and, ultimately, a success for student generations to come. Thank you for your consideration! 

• Jisu Han, CEHHS, Education

I am requesting a Creative Teaching Fund grant that can be used to purchase early childhood assessment materials. These tools include the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, the Developmental Profile, the Ounce Scale and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. In EDC 445/545: Developmental Assessment of the Young Child, students acquire knowledge regarding various early childhood assessment tools appropriate for use in assessing the development of young children. As class assignments, students will have an opportunity to practice administering assessments using these instruments with young children and to review and evaluate the tools. Because some of the proposed assessment tools can be used to assess the development of infants and toddlers, students in EDC 440/541: The Child: Birth to Three will benefit from these resources as well. 

• Bochen Jia, CECS, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

The funds will be used to support student study with hands-on experiences, such as, student projects with real-world case study or as well as student nationwide competition activities. In particular, through this fund, students will receive necessary equipment to conduct any in-field tests to solve real-world issues. In addition, students will also receive financial support to participate in nationwide competition to start creative initiatives and gain hands-on experience.

• Yi-Su Chen, COB, Management Studies

The funding request will be used to pay for software for students' term project, possibly data set, along with honorariums for guest speakers.

• William DeGenaro, CASL, Writing Program

The Writing Program is piloting three sections of an innovative, one-credit "Writing Studio" course this Winter, 2016. Studio pedagogy is intensely student-centered and predicated on supplemental instruction in writing. Studio "participants" (course enrollees) concurrently enroll in an Introduction Composition or upper-level writing-intensive course; in studio, they bring in artifacts like essay drafts from their writing classes and receive support from peers and from studio instructor Mike MacDonald. The present request is to pay a stipend ($500) to an imbedded "Writing Fellow" (an experienced writing center consultant) to provide additional feedback on works-in-progress and to assist the instructor providing targeted one-on-one support to each participant.

Winter 2015

• Michelle Leonard, CASL, Behavioral Sciences

Students in the health psychology graduate programs are given research-oriented training specializing in health and behavioral medicine. As part of their curriculum, a new course, Applied Research in Behavioral Medicine (Psych 584), was developed. Funding for this course allows students the opportunity to have intensive hands on training with physiological data collection methods (e.g., ECG, EEG, GSR, acute pain, etc…), data analysis and presentation of results; ultimately enhancing the talent students can take into the workforce upon graduation. 

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, Social Sciences

On April 13, 2015, the above organizations will hold a Holocaust Remembrance event in Kochoff Hall. The event will include poster presentations by student enrolled in history 387 and 389, as well as members of the Jewish Student Organization and Phi Alpha Theta. There will also be a screening of the documentary, Never A Bystander, a film about Irene Butter, a local Holocaust survivor. The screening will be accompanied by a talk by Mrs. Butter and the creator of the film, Evelyn Neuhaus. 

• Hyejin Kim, CASL, Mathematics and Statistics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers a special topic course, "Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences," to help students improve their practical problem solving skills and better prepare them for their future industrial careers. As our class is intended to guide students toward industrial careers, we would like to invite people from local companies to give lectures or lead discussion on their hands-on experience in mathematics. Through these activities, students will have an opportunity to interact with new people and build a network with industry experts. In addition, we would also like to send our students to conferences related to industrial mathematics so they would be exposed to even broader spectrum of possibilities for their future careers. We also wish to provide opportunities for students to visit local companies.

• Marilee Benore, CASL, Natural Sciences

We plan to host a luncheon for STEM women in tenure track and lecturers 3s and 4s faculty positions from across the campus, including those in engineering, science, math and the behavioral sciences. The purpose of the luncheon will be to connect, share ideas and collaborate. We have never had a gathering like this before- the hope is that the outcome will be new initiatives, both large and small, in and out of the classroom. It will lead to improved teaching, and perhaps retention, as we work together to find ways to support students, teaching and research. 

• Suzanne Bergeron, CASL, College Wide Programs

This grant supports a speaker and event series on Food Justice for the 2015-2016 academic year. The series of events connect classes across the CASL curriculum on issues related to creating equitable food systems, achieving food security and addressing differential nutrition and health outcomes. It provides an opportunity to broaden the campus conversation on food justice between both faculty and students across the disciplines who would otherwise not come together on this topic. The series includes a mix of film screenings, panel discussions with community members and students involved in food justice initiatives, talks by community leaders, and lectures by researchers in the field. The series is proposed by a group of five faculty members who each have strong teaching and/or research interests in the area of food justice and are teaching course modules related to this topic in the academic year.

• Patricia Hartshorn, CASL, Natural Sciences

This collaborative project between STEM faculty and staff in CASL, CEHHS and the Mardigian Library seeks to provide engaging, interactive learning modules with assessment pieces that will seamlessly integrate with existing courses to support Dearborn Discovery Core development in the Natural Sciences. The Creative Teaching Fund, in supporting the purchase of innovative e-learning authoring software, is making cutting-edge interactive learning modules for science students possible. These learning modules will be readily accessible for students, and the Science Learning Center will provide assessment proctoring, support for hands-on activities, and a welcoming space with flexible scheduling for student completion of the modules.

• Kaylan Kondapalli, CASL, Natural Sciences

Cell biology is no longer a descriptive science and instructors have to seriously consider providing students with strong foundation of current-knowledge and at the same time engage them in the scientific process. To this end, an inquiry-based learning approach to teach cell biology lab course has been initiated. As opposed to a cookbook style, my approach allows students to be intellectually engaged in the lab and helps students make connections between the concepts to see the big picture. Based on a pilot run, funding is requested to employ a student mentor to facilitate this process.

• Michael MacDonald, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

Many technical writers would agree that audience awareness, precision, conciseness and usability are key components of any technical document. Beginning writers, such as the engineering majors that enroll in COMP 270, need an introduction to these practices that engages them in problem-solving tasks and working in groups. Recently, complex, strategy-based board games have become quite popular. And, because of their complex rules (sometimes poorly written due to the nature of the gaming industry) serve the perfect medium for introducing students to best practices in technical communication.

• Philip Potvin, CASL, Writing Program

"Who's that Knocking?: Multimedia Collaborations in Service-Learning" This paper and presentation explores the frames, negotiations, challenges and rewards involved in telling stories beyond our personal experiences, i.e., collecting and disseminating the stories of others. How does one define an "Arab American?" What social, historical, geographical and political elements serve to create such definitions? Through service-learning collaborations with the Arab American National Museum, a complex and historically-layered entity, this paper examines how student-collected oral histories and multimedia can assist in navigating difference, engage local and global communities, serve as guides for deeper citizenship and despite apparent dissimilarities, demonstrate the collective. 

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Natural Sciences

Observations are a critical component to the successful use of scientific inquiry in the field, particularly for geology students. UM-Dearborn geology students have studied Earth surface processes in Iceland and Puerto Rico using an innovative technique that scaffolds scientific inquiry and relies on peer learning and reflective writing. This method will now be enriched with the addition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which will provide a "birds-eye" view of geologic phenomena, such as volcanoes, abandoned mines and dunes. The integration of UAV into field-based learning will be tested on our field geology course to Cyprus, May, 2015.

• Natalie Sampson, CEHHS, Health and Human Services

CTF funding will make it possible for UM-Dearborn students to engage in an environmental justice tour through Detroit, Dearborn and downriver communities during the Fall 2015 semester. On this tour, speakers will describe the experiences of living and working in communities where compounding environmental health risks greatly threaten quality of life. The tour will also highlight community assets and potential interventions to address these disproportionate burdens. This learning opportunity convenes students from a variety of disciplines and highlights how environmental justice may be relevant to future educators and public health practitioners training at UM-Dearborn, among others.

• Liz Rohan, CASL, Writing Program

The fund, if awarded, will be used as a stipend to pay local young adult fiction author, Bethany Neal, to speak about her young adult novel, "My Last Kiss," which was published last June, 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Neal's book has been well reviewed by a range of book critics who appreciate the quality of Neal's writing, the book's dark but innovative premise and the strength of the main female character. During Neal's visit, she will read from her book and also discuss her process as a young adult fiction writer, including the process of getting published. Light refreshments will be provided.

• Jacqueline Vansant, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

I propose to hire a minimum of ten students to work in a variety of capacities at the conference. These include among other things: animating students to attend, working registration, serving as guides and facilitators for the many out-of-town guests as well as local attendees, serving as a moderator on one of the panels, serving as drivers for the shuttle and helping me with logistics.

Winter 2023

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCA

Students enrolled in Spanish 202: Spanish Language and Culture IV are planning to attend Candlelight Flamenco: A Journey Through Spain on Saturday, March 25 at 6:00pm at the Redford Theater in Detroit. Students in this class are required to attend at least one Cultural Event throughout the semester, and this is a great opportunity to admire a live performance in Detroit, by the Solero Flamenco company, founders of the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. This trip will bring cultural and artistic appreciation to all students participating.

• Vera Flaig, CASL, LCA

The funds are being requested for a class field trip to the Motown Museum, and Symphony Hall. When I designed this course, I focused upon three elements that contributed to Detroit’s multicultural music mosaic. First, we explored the important Micro and Macro Cultures that make up the Detroit music scene. Second, we isolated the individual achievements of both music educators and performing musicians. Third, we discussed various performance and recording venues that made the local music scene in Detroit a possibility. For our discussion of music spaces to become three dimensional, it is crucial that students visit these two venues.

Fall 2022

• Susan Erickson, CASL, Art

Students enrolled in Foundations 1303 will visit the DIA to view the special exhibition, "Van Gogh in America." Foundations 1303 focuses on the art of Japan and France during the 19th century, and Vincent van Gogh is discussed as one of the important artists who lived in France and was influenced by Japanese art. It is a rare opportunity to see so many works by Vincent van Gogh in one exhibition, and students will have a chance to see other works by 19th c. French artists in the permanent collection.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Sciences

Contribute to sending students to the Michigan Student Voter Summit at MSU on Sept. 30, 2022.

• Susan Erickson, CASL, LPA

This course is required for majors and focuses on developing students' skills of researching and writing about art. We emphasize the resources available in the community with field trips to libraries, archives and museums. I will create an assignment based on a visit to the DIA to see the special exhibition, Van Gogh in America. I have asked the Mardigian Library to purchase the exhibition catalogue, and students will be asked to evaluated the didactic materials in the exhibition space and also the text of the exhibition catalogue.

Winter 2022

• Aaron T. Kinzel, CASL, CWP

Funds will be used to take students on a tour of the Ohio State Reformatory museum

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds will be used to take students to the opera Frida

• Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Nat. Sci.

The GEOL377/577 course (Field Methods) offers students an opportunity to study volcanoes, glaciers, and geothermal energy. Most of the experience is outdoors, hiking and mapping; however, when possible, students visit museums and galleries or meet with locals. The Lava Centre (https://lavacentre.is/) is a new facility that offers a hands-on, interactive learning experience. It would be scheduled as a first stop for the students, as it provides the critical concepts that will prepare students for the rest of the course. In addition, there students would have a private tour with a local geologist to further enhance the experience.

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWP

This an experiential learning opportunity for students to tour an inactive prison that has been converted into a museum. Students will view an entire empty prison and see cells, administration building, hospital, etc.. The trip will be guided by Professor Aaron Kinzel who spent time in prison as a youth and who has become a subject matter expert in corrections. Kinzel will be joined by a guest speaker who is a former prisoner or corrections employee. This trip will give students a glimpse into the real life of prisoners and how American treats those impacted by the criminal justice system.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Students in our Hispanic Studies program and members of La Mezcla are interested in exploring performance art by and about Latin American / Latino artists. For this reason, our students will benefit from attending Frida, an opera presented at the Detroit Opera House on Sunday February 27, 2022. This visit will bring artistic knowledge and cross-cultural awareness to all participants.

Fall 2019

• Shawna Reynolds, CASL, College Wide Programs

The funds requested is for an event titled Walk a Mile in My Shoes. This is event is being put on by the Out4Life Detroit Coalition. I am co-chairing this simulation which allows those who are unfamiliar with life in prison to experience what it is like to attempt to return to society. This event will allow a person to get a prison profile and go through a 1 hour total time frame replicating a month trying to achieve all the tasks handed to them with little to no resources, just like many of those coming out on Parole. They will see what it's like to possibly receive a technical violation, in what seems to be impossible odds to staying out of the revolving door syndrome. This event will connect to our course learning goals in the following ways: #3. Knowledge of the function, organization, policies, and processes of the major components of the formal justice system. Specifically corrections #5. Knowledge of contemporary policy, and ethical issues pertaining to justice and enforcement in a democratic society. #7. Professional and persuasive communication, writing skills, and ability to report findings. The students will write a 3 page paper on their experience in this event. #10. Ability to solve problems, create solutions, and procedures that are consistent with theory and research. The students will be able to present potential procedural changes or policies that could be implemented in the future if they look into working on criminal justice reform. This event should have a meaningful impact on a number of students. Many of our students come from different walks of life and may have family that are, or have experienced these issues. The diversity of this issue reaches beyond criminal justice. Students that will also benefit are CEHHS students that are education or business majors who may find themselves working with or hiring formerly incarcerated individuals. CASL students not just in CJ, but in Behavioral Sciences and Psychology may also encounter many of these people coming to them as clients both on Parole and or probation. Other students may not understand, that despite what the media portrays and the statistics on recidivism, our system is not full of new criminals, but technical violations due to lack of resources. Professors, such as Aaron Kinzel are also hoping to have students at this event. The goal of this event, overall is to educate the public, and even more so the service providers, for parolees of the numerous barricades that allow a person to be defeated before they even have a chance to regain a foothold to becoming a productive citizen. We hope this inspires conversation and new ideas to create policy changes that will help people get out and stay out of the criminal justice system. 

• Liana McMillan, CASL, LCC

Funding is requested to cover the cost of tickets and parking to a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach. Many of our students have never heard classical music, let alone experience the thrill of a live performance. Our German classes are centered around culture, and I introduce a musical segment in each class. Attending a live concert will aid students’ experiential learning process, and bring to life classroom discussions and readings.

Winter 2019

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

Students across our university colleges and involved in our Spanish classes are interested in exploring Latin American theater and bicultural identities in the United States. For this reason, the faculty advisor for La Mezcla along with Hispanic studies students organized a trip to the world premier of Las Abuelas, by Teatro Vista, in Chicago, IL. Directed by Ricardo Gutierrez, Las Abuelas ponders the possibility of integrating two identities into a person's life after Argentina's devastating military dictatorship from 1976-1983. While we were in the city, we made our way to the Art Institute of Chicago to admire their Hispanic/Latino art collection. This trip brought cultural and artistic awareness to all participants.

Fall 2018

• Roger Loeb, CASL, Behavioral Sciences

Students in the Psychology  and Theater class will attend a performance of Angels in America at the Redford Theatre in Detroit.   This topical play (winner of the Pulitzer Prize and several Tony Awards) deals with the interface of religion, politics, homosexuality, disease, and mental illness.  It blends historical characters with fictional characters. Students will be asked to analyze both the technical aspects of the production along with the content of the play.   These topics will be discussed in class as well as in a required written assignment.

Summer 2018

• Julie Lambert, CASL, Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts

This grant will allow the opportunity to take my drawing students to the Zoo to practice “figure” and gesture drawing animals in motion. We would also like to draw at the Henry Ford to practice drawing ellipses and perspective using the gears and parts of the farm machinery, steam engines, and trains in the collection.

Winter 2018

• Georgina Hickey, CASL, Social Sciences

This project will help students understand the productive work done by women in pre-20th century households by exposing them to the spaces where this work happened. Greenfield village offers a variety of homes from the 18th and 19th centuries, which the students can physically explore. After their visit, students will then link a  piece of what they saw to a short research project on one of the processes/skills that women would have had to master (such as building and maintaining a fire or a using a cast iron stove, making homebrew or bread, making soap, doing laundry by hand, gardening, preserving, quilting, or spinning).

• Ron Stockton, CASL, Social Science

I have always thought that it would be a superb follow-up to the class to visit Springfield (between the end of Winter Semester and the beginning of Summer). This is the quintessential Lincoln city. Springfield has the superb Lincoln Presidential Museum. It has the old statehouse where Lincoln served, Lincoln's law offices, and the Lincoln family home. It also has the magnificent Oak Ridge Cemetery, where the Lincoln tomb is located. There are often exceptional presentations and speakers at the Museum and plays at New Salem. Such a trip would link the classroom experience to living history. It would give students an in-depth encounter with one of the most important cities of the early and mid nineteenth century.

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills is the nation’s first, freestanding museum of the Holocaust. Given its proximity to the UM-Dearborn, the HMC offers our students a unique opportunity not only to study the Holocaust, but to also understand the ways in which it is remembered and memorialized. By visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center, students enrolled in History 387, Aspects of the Holocaust are able to make the important connections between the history of the event and public memory of it.

Fall 2017

• Diana Yi-man Ng, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

I request $1,000.00 towards transportation costs for students enrolled in ARTH 101 and ARTH 426 to Toledo Museum of Art on Sept. 30, 2017 to view the traveling exhibition, “The Berlin Painter and his World,” which includes ancient masterpieces from international museums. It allows students to engage in person with works studied in class, set within the artistic and social contexts of ancient Athens. Many students previously enrolled in ARTH 101 reported that they had never visited an art museum prior to taking the course; this trip therefore is also an opportunity to connect students with world-class regional arts institutions.

Summer 2017

• Janice Molloy, COB, Management Studies

What organizational and societal factors drive innovation? Some University of Michigan-Dearborn students taking College of Business courses this Summer and Fall are taking their generous grant from the University's Hub for Teaching and Learning covering admission costs, students are exploring museum and village displays and finding ways that their class content applies to how innovations have occurred over time. Students will write papers about their findings and in so doing, bring class content to life. Innovation is a focus of some College of Business courses.

Winter 2017

• Vera Flaig, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

The Detroit Symphony is one of the finest orchestras in the United States. Orchestra Hall represents an acoustical space that directly shapes the unique sounds this orchestra creates. While the study of music can be accomplished using recordings, these cannot take the place of the deep communication between musician and audience member in a “live” performance. Similarly, the timbre of the instruments and the resonance of the concert hall cannot be replicated in today’s digital recordings. While we can discuss these things in class, the reality is that students need to experience these things for themselves in order to gain a full understanding of the power of a “live” performance.

Fall 2016

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, Behavioral Sciences and Criminal Justice Studies

The Cell Block 7 Prison Museum in Jackson, Michigan is the only prison exhibit within the walls of an operating penitentiary, Cell Block 7 is not a replica of a prison it is a real prison where thousands of convicts have served hard time. Students will be accompanied by University of Michigan-Dearborn Lecturer, Aaron Thomas Kinzel with guest speakers who have all spent time in a correctional facility. Kinzel and these speakers will give students a real life experience of what it is like to stay in a prison that had some of the most hardened criminals in Michigan's history.

• Roger Loeb, CASL Behavioral Sciences

Students in the Psychology and Theater class (PSYC/ENG394) will attend a performance of "It's a Wonderful Life: on the Air." This production is a radio-show version of the classic film to be performed by the Park Players of Detroit. One of the unique features of the course is the analysis of theatrical pieces. The class assesses the impact of the direction (blocking, staging) of the play, the choices made by the actors (body language, paraverbal behaviors, subtext), and the technical aspects (costumes, sets lighting and sound effects). While we read numerous plays and watch portions of filmed productions, there is no substitute for live theater.

Summer 2016

• Julie Taylor, CEHHS, Education and Deborah Smith Pollard, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

We are requesting funds for tickets and transportation so that UM-Dearborn students may see the University of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club perform 7 Last Words of the Unarmed at the D.S.O. on February 12, 2017. The students will also see a performance by Sphinx musicians. In 2017, we will be commemorating the 1967 Detroit rebellion. The concert will spark conversations on race relations since 1967. Pre-service teachers and other students will consider the use of music to raise awareness of social issues. Dr. Eugene Rogers will address the group prior to the concert. 

Winter 2016

• Aaron Kinzel, Criminal Justice Studies

The Cell Block 7 Prison Museum in Jackson, Michigan is a former operating prison where thousands of convicts have served hard time. Attendees will be accompanied by University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) Lecturer, Aaron Thomas Kinzel and guest speakers who have all spent time in a correctional facility. Kinzel will give up to 50 UM-Dearborn students, faculty and staff a tour of what it is like to stay in a prison that had some of the most hardened criminals in Michigan's history. This trip is an important experiential learning process to bring lessons from a college textbook to life. 

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, Social Sciences

The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills is the nation’s first, freestanding museum of the Holocaust. Given its proximity to the UM-Dearborn, the HMC offers our students a unique opportunity not only to study the Holocaust, but to also understand the ways in which it is remembered and memorialized. By visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center, students enrolled in History 387, Aspects of the Holocaust, are able to make the important connections between the history of the event and public memory of it. 

• Barbara Kriigel, Mardigian Library and Danielle DeFauw, CEHHS, Education

The Young Authors’ Festival (YAF) is a collaboration between the Department of Education and Mardigian Library. The YAF includes a writing contest for third- through fifth-grade students, and a half-day public event for families. The event begins with a children’s author’s presentation followed by breakout sessions for the families. Sessions are created and led by pre-service teachers; session content explores reading and writing strategies. To advertise the YAF, pre-service teachers conduct read aloud lessons with local schools. Pre-service teachers evaluate the writing contest entries. YAF participation facilitates authentic celebration of literacy for pre-service teachers, elementary students and their families.

• Gail Luera, CEHHS, Education

Since 1997, CASL has offered UM-Dearborn students the opportunity to enroll in courses with students who are incarcerated in Michigan Correctional Facilities. These courses are part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Temple University and provide CASL students the opportunity to learn with a community they would not normally have access to. In order to be adequately prepared to teach these unique courses, faculty are required to go through a rigorous training program, sponsored by the Inside-Out Center. I am requesting funds to attend the training and expand the program at UM-Dearborn to courses in CEHHS.

The funds would go towards my training at the Inside-Out Training Institute which is held at a Michigan correctional facility June 6-12, 2016. The Institute will give me formal training in adult education using a pedagogy that has been demonstrated to be effective with college and prison populations since it was established in 1997. The 60 hour intensive training will cover everything necessary to develop a course (e.g. training in interactive pedagogies for adult learners, techniques for managing group dynamics) using the Inside-Out model. The final part of the training is a consultation to assist with the development of the CEHHS course. Once the training is complete, I will be ready and able to develop the CEHHS course. 

• Jennifer Perlove Siegel, CASL, Literature, Philosophy and the Arts

Many of our UM-Dearborn students have not had the opportunity to travel beyond southeast Michigan, and thus have not experienced a dynamic urban environment. A curricular trip to Chicago will expose students to the complexity of urban systems, and allow them to gather observations of the physical spaces of a major city, towards the goal of a sophisticated understanding of the relationships and patterns within. The trip will also give the students the opportunity to meet with a top-level manager from a city agency (Chicago Transit Authority.) Students will use the data gathered on this trip as the basis for a semester-long investigation and presentation. Data collected can be shared across campus, if that opportunity becomes available. 

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication

This grant will fund travel and admission for up to 25 students to attend the internationally-renowned Ann Arbor Film Festival. Students will have the chance to view and discuss avant garde films focusing on gender and sexuality from top independent and experimental filmmakers around the world, and to participate in Q&As with the makers. The trip will also link UM-Dearborn students with students visiting the festival from other campuses around the country as a means of creating a wider-reaching discussion about film form and their presentation of gender and sexuality. 

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, Social Sciences

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills is the nation’s first, freestanding museum of the Holocaust. Given its proximity to the UM-Dearborn, the HMC offers our students a unique opportunity not only to study the Holocaust, but to also understand the ways in which it is remembered and memorialized. By visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center, students enrolled in History 387, Aspects of the Holocaust, are able to make the important connections between the history of the event and public memory of it. 

• Marcus Harris, COB

The purpose of this grant request is to fund my attendance and participation in the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) Annual Conference in San Diego in October. I was informed of this conference by Tracy Hall, director of the campus Office of Metropolitan Impact. UM-Dearborn is a CUMU member institution.

• Aaron T. Kinzel, CASL, CWP

Requested funds will be used for compensation to develop an inclusive teaching practice for justice involved people during a week long trip in California by visiting local jails/prisons, community reentry sites, and attending the Correctional Educational Association

• Alicia Schaeffer, CASL, LLC

I request funding for registration fees to attend the Annual National #AntiracistBookfest (https://bit.ly/3dDhWfE), which will grant me access to 9 workshops/panels and the recordings. By attending the event, I will gain skills about communicating in an inclusive way, about how to teach students to do the same, and about how diverse students can publish their writing. Please note that registration closes on Wednesday, April 21st.

• P.F.Potvin, CASL, LCC

I request funding for registration fees to attend The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) will hold its annual convention in a virtual format November 18-21, 2021; this year the convention theme is “Equity, Justice, and Anti-racist Teaching.” The convention directly aligns with my teaching of writing and will help expand inclusivity in my courses.

• Patricia Hartshorn, CASL, Phys. Sci.

The State of Michigan and the United States Government currently auction off public lands to the highest bidder. These lands belong to the Native American tribes and should be returned to them. I want to raise awareness of the continued injustice perpetrated against our indigenous people.

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWP

I am requesting funding to develop an inclusive teaching practice for justice involved people during a week long trip in California by visiting local jails/prisons, community reentry sites, and attending the Correctional Educational Association.

Summer 2020

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds to support the speaker Mr. Abelardo Almazan-Vazquez on gender neutral pronouns and languages

• Mike Vanhemert. COB, Business

I'm applying for a maximum award of $1,000 to cover registration fees for two conferences and related hotel expenses for one of those two, assuming it is held face-to-face in mid-October. The "START/END" dates referenced above are for the Digital Pedagogy Lab 2020 (DPL) being held virtually this year, while the October 15 - 17 Lilly Conference / Traverse City remains scheduled at present as a face-to-face presentation.

• Jerilyn Mannion, CASL, LCC

25 hours of coursework and research on inclusive teaching, and time spent to implement these methods into course development of beginning and intermediate French hybrid courses.

• Grace Helms-Kotre, CEHHS, HHS

I am requesting funds to participate in the “Summer Session on Contemplative Practices in Education” hosted by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Winter 2020

• Jill Darling, CASL, LCC

Thoughtful poetic pedagogy cracks open students’ worlds in revelatory ways while keeping poet-teachers on their own cutting edge. This panel will explore such pedagogies including the use of collaboration to leverage students’ learning; teaching Ecojustice using interactive and speculative storytelling to develop creative and speculative responses to global environmental justice challenges; helping students address forms of erasure through books like Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas; using everyday objects, "Skinny Poems," "Lunes," and other techniques as launch pads for socialization, language, meaningful interaction; and generating poetry and visual art with K-8 students. These topics will stimulate conversation about expanded possibilities for the “poetic: and the “pedagogical” in classrooms, communities, and the larger world.

Summer 2019

• Tim Davis, COB, Business Administration

Attend the 2020 USASBE Annual Conference with the theme of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Entrepreneurship Education. The USASBE Annual Conference attracts attendees from across the US and Canada for keynote speakers and breakout sessions. In the past few years, USASBE has modified their mission to focus on three key areas of Teaching, Research, and Practice. The Teaching and Practice areas are most interesting to me and should support the ENT 400 course I redesigned and continue to teach as well as some expanding engagement opportunities that iLabs and the COB continue to explore. The Practice tracks look at experiential activities and what other programs across the country are doing to support student success in entrepreneurial endeavors. Within the Teaching tracks, sessions are to include innovative techniques from a variety of entrepreneurial programs and courses. While the conference isn't focused on inclusive teaching practices, it has historically had numerous sessions that cover teaching methods and best practices for connecting with diverse students.

• Margaret Mikula, CASL, Math & Stats

I would like to attend the Advanced Teaching and Learning Lily Conference in Traverse City, MI. My focus will be on inclusion. I will gain a better understanding of inclusion as it applies to my math class

• Marcus Harris, COB, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Attendance at the Experiential Classroom: At this year’s Experiential Classroom, I’m excited about the following topics, which align with inclusive teaching practices: “Teaching Entrepreneurship to Students of Diverse Backgrounds”“Exploring Creativity in the Classroom”“Delivering a Great Lecture”Although I have taught college-level entrepreneurship courses for over 10 years, I am confident that the clinic, through these topics, will help sharpen my inclusive teaching skills. The timing of the clinic is advantageous, as I will teach my first entrepreneurship courses at the university this fall. Upon conclusion of my first academic year teaching at the university, I have witnessed first hand the diversity of our student body and I am confident that the clinic will provide me with tools and techniques to teach entrepreneurship in an inclusive and equitable manner.

• Jill Darling, CASL, LCC

I am requesting money to buy four books related to teaching composition from a diversity and social justice perspective. I already use a lot of content that relates to diversity and inclusion in my classes, but these titles will help me to further reflect on the relation between content, assignments, teaching strategies, and assessment. These texts, in different ways, also speak to the power of language and literacy, and how those can harm or empower; these are important to understand in relation to classroom dynamics, as well as for teaching students about ways to use language and engage in the world. I think, as a discipline, we should all be aware of new ideas and learn about the possibility of implementing new practices, especially in relation to making all students feel like valued participants in our classes. For this reason, I’d be happy to share anything I learn with others teaching writing classes or any other faculty on campus through HUB or other workshops. I am also requesting money to attend and present a paper at the Coalition for Community Writing Conference on Community Writing in Philadelphia, PA.

• Lise Urbaczewski, COB, Management Studies

Participation in CHADD's Teacher to Teacher Course for supporting students with ADHD. This course, "Simply ADHD" offered by the ADD Coach Academy will enable me to better understand some of the challenges many of our college students face. It is my goal that with this knowledge I can better structure my course requirements and delivery to help those with an ADHD challenge, thus providing them with a higher possibility of success.

• Sophia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funding in full to host Ms. Kimberly Austin-Baker, president and founder of Disability Awareness Project –Detroit(DAPDET), and UM-Dearborn Difference Maker: an interactive presentation about Disability Awareness in the Language Classroomto faculty, staff,and students on campus.

Winter 2022

• Shalini Jayaprakash, CASL, CWP

Funds to attend the WGST Writing Retreat

Summer 2022

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

Funds to attend the American Translators Association (ATA) Certification Exam

• Jason Sprague, CASL, LPA

Funds for American Academy of Religion membership and Annual Meeting conference registration

• D Smrt, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to attend the International Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (iMOBTS) conference

• Junghee Yoon, CASL, Psyc

Funds to support Phase 2 data collection study titled, Pathways of Purpose among Diverse Groups from Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood

• Marcus Harris, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to attend the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) Annual Conference in San Diego in October

• Sergey Gladyshe, CECS, ECE

Funds to attend the International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technology (ICECET 2022) Conference

Fall 2022

• Grace Helms Korte, CEHHS, HHS

Funds to attend the Dare to Lead: Leadership Intensive Experience through Tici’ess

• Katherine La Commare, CASL, Biology

Funds to attend the Michigan Community College Biologists Conference in Mt. Pleasant in October

• Karen Caldwell, CEHHS, Education

Funds to attend the 102nd National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

• Christine Fischer, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds for memberships and attendance at the Association for Business Communication (ABC) and Midwest Academy of Management conferences for AY 2022-2023

• Aaron Kinzel, CASL, CWW

Funds to attend the American Society of Criminology Conference in Atlanta, GA.

• Claudia Walters, CASL, Social Sciences

Funds to attend the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education (virtual)

• Jason Sprague, CASL, LCA

Funds for travel to presenting a paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion

Fall 2021

Claudia Walters, CASL, Social Sciences

Registration fees for the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education conference

• Timothy Hartge, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to take additional sales training to become sales certified for teaching in the new COB sales certification courses

• Chris Samfilippo, COB, Mgmt Studies

Funds to take additional sales training to become sales certified for teaching in the new COB sales certification courses

• Marouane Kessentini, CECS, Computer and Information Science

The main goal of this research is to measure, understand and use the knowledge gained from behavioral students' data (collected from students enrolled in classes at UM-Dearborn) to optimize students' productivity and performance. We identified the following three main research objectives: (a) Detect stress, physical and mental fatigue, depression associated with several engineering courses load through ergonomic measurement and evaluation; (b) Determine the impact of the above factors on the performance of the students through rigorous empirical studies on the data collected in the first project; (c) Establish an optimization protocol to improve the management of engineering courses including the development of a recommendation framework that can help and assist faculty and students to find robust course management and adjustment based on the results of the empirical studies.

• Mahesh Agarwal, CASL, Mathematics and Statistics

Linear Algebra (Math 217/Math 227) is a required course for almost every Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics major. An online offering of this course is currently underway. This course has been designed like a MOOC with studio-recorded lectures, quizzes after every lecture and personalized homework. To further enhance the learning experience students interact on Piazza. The currently requested support will help in filling some major gaps in the current offering of the course. In particular, the requested funding will be used to create quizzes, peer tutorials, automation of homework collection, grading and feedback. As an added benefit, the content of this course will be used to create a flipped classroom experience for Math 227 leading to more hands on training in the classroom via projects and problem sessions.

• Bruce Maxim, CECS, Computer and Information Science

Engineering educators are beginning to embrace experiential learning as the best way to train the next generation of engineers. This requires engineering programs to go beyond simply offering industry-based capstone courses or internships. The project team is critically examining our existing software engineering courses at University of Michigan-Dearborn, creating new instructional materials for selected course topics, and improving delivery strategies by incorporating academic research findings and industry best practices. As a result of this project, students are being better equipped with fundamental theoretical knowledge and invaluable hands-on experiences that can measurably increase their ability to contribute to the software industry. 

• Diana Smrt, COB, Management Studies

As part of an ongoing grant initiative, I am seeking additional support to advance a hands-on simulation for our business students. The simulation mimics the Amazing Race TV show and allows students to:
1) learn and apply, on their own, business concepts in an engaging and interactive way;
2) sharpen their critical thinking and communication skills;
3) recognize the critical role of teamwork.
The funds will be used to purchase supplies (laptops) to assure that the simulation is manageable authentic and, ultimately, a success for student generations to come. Thank you for your time and consideration!

• Martha Adler, CEHHS, Education, Danielle DeFauw, CEHHS, Education and Dara Hill, CEHHS, Education

All students within the elementary and secondary teacher certification programs are required to take the Professional Readiness Exam (PRE) through the Michigan Department of Education before they are permitted to student teach. The PRE includes 42 multiple-choice questions and two written-constructed responses. Due to statewide low performances on the writing portion of the PRE, the Department of Education will provide five high-quality training modules for all students to support their achievement of the five overarching standards for the PRE Fundamentals of Effective Writing and Composition subareas (organization, syntax, English language conventions/mechanics, argumentative writing and expository writing) assessed. 

• Gail Luera, CEHHS, Education, Jacob Napieralski, CASL, Natural Sciences, Mark Salvatore, CASL, Natural Sciences and Elaine Logan, Mardigian Library

Through the acquisition of a 3D printer, the University of Michigan-Dearborn library takes another step towards supporting knowledge production rather than housing print resources. The printer is available to be used by students, faculty and staff throughout the University in multiple ways. For example, it is anticipated to be used by faculty in diverse fields to facilitate student learning and by students to demonstrate their ability to apply their course content into real-life situations. 

• Michael MacDonald, CASL, Language, Culture and Communication and Bill DeGenaro, Writing Program 

Instructors in the Writing Program have seen a need for the assessment and revision of Composition 099, a "developmental" writing course that serves students who need additional instruction in reading and writing at the college level. In recent years, the population of 099 has shifted to include more international and multilingual students. We have requested funding to support several initiatives as we try to meet the specific needs of this changing student population. These initiatives include curricular innovations, assessment of student writing and inviting an expert in the field to give a workshop on alternative models to "developmental writing courses." 

• Craig Donahue, CASL, Natural Sciences

Funds are requested to support the development of chemistry experiments for use in Chem 146, the second semester chemistry course taken by engineering students. Project 1 (Plating Plastics) involves taking a yellow Lego® brick, chemically modifying its surface, and then depositing a nickel coating on its surface by the technique of electroless deposition. Project 2 (Examining the Surface of Anodized Aluminum at the Atomic Level) involves examining the anodized surface of aluminum by SEM. Project 3 (Evaluating the Ability of Adhesives to Bond two Aluminum Coupons Together) involves examining the best approach for bonding together two aluminum coupons with adhesives.

• Stein Brunvand, CEHHS, Education

In order to update the instructional technology used in CEHHS courses and meet the needs of our digital-aged students, we are requesting funds for the purchase of a 10-pack of Apple iPads. The iPads will be available by reservation to all CEHHS faculty to use in their respective courses to support and enhance learning for our students. This will include the facilitation of collaborative learning, the modeling of effective technology integration and the utilization of content specific applications.