As a high school English teacher in Detroit, April Baker-Bell says she felt ill-prepared to address her Black students' language and literacy needs and found that she was not alone. This experience planted the seed from which her research took root and has been the driving force throughout her career. Now an Assistant Professor in Michigan State University’s Department of English and…
An endowed position has been created at Michigan State University to focus on the holistic well-being of students through spirituality.The Foglio Chair of Spirituality in the College of Arts & Letters will honor Father Jake Foglio, an alumnus, former faculty member, longtime priest, and mentor to countless MSU student-athletes and coaches. Father Jake Foglio The endowment was made possible through $600,000 in donor contributions…
Michigan State University is establishing the Foglio Chair of Spirituality in the College of Arts and Letters. The Foglio Chair is named to honor Father Jake Foglio, an alumnus and Roman Catholic priest still in active ministry after more than 50 years of service to the MSU community through St. Johns Student Parish, 11 years on the faculty, and as…
An experiential, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial problem-based class, Michigan State University’s Snares to Wares course explores issues concerning the conservation of wildlife and preservation of human well-being in East Africa. The course is related to the Snares to Wares initiative created by Robert Montgomery, Assistant Professor in MSU’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Director of the RECaP Laboratory, and Tutilo Mudumba, doctoral student in the Department…
When Ken Harrow, Distinguished Professor of English, began his career at Michigan State University in September 1966, John Hannah was President of the University, anti-Vietnam War protests were just beginning, and MSU shared the national championship in football with Notre Dame after the “Game of the Century” ended in a 10-10 tie. While much has changed since then, one thing…
Artist-In-Residence Shani Peters has wrapped up her month-long collaborative arts practice project, Sustain: A Demonstration/Modeling Survival and Self Care Tactics as Public Service, with her Reflections on the Residency event held on April 2. Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Peters is a multidisciplinary New York City-based artist who received a B.A. in Communication from Michigan State University in 2002 and an M.F.A.…
MSU’s Center for Interdisciplinarity (C4I) seeks the input of faculty, staff, and students in developing its strategic plan for the next five years. Throughout spring semester, C4I is offering a series of two-hour workshops that use dialogue and co-creation activities to help community members reflect on interdisciplinary research and teaching, share perspectives, and contribute to the development of C4I’s mission, vision,…
Tweeting praise or criticism gives you more power – and can pose a greater potential threat – than you may know, according to a Michigan State University research study led by Associate Professor of Digital Humanities Liza Potts. That’s because it’s not just a tweet. Your post on any platform, such as Facebook or YouTube, can become part of a…
MSU Professors of Practice John J. Valadez and Carleen Ling-an Hsu will receive two top honors from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) at its annual conference in Las Vegas. There they will be presented with the Faculty Documentary “Best of” award and the first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Creative Award for their WKAR/PBS film The Head of Joaquin Murrieta. More than 1,550 entries, representing…
Associate Professor Emery Petchauer was selected to receive a distinguished award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for his significant scholarly contributions to the field of teaching and teacher education. Petchauer has a dual appointment in the Department of English and Department of Teacher Education. He also is Coordinator of the English Teacher Education Program. Petchauer is one of two winners of the 2018 AERA…