Grant Category: Level I

Michela Arnaboldi, Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2022-2023 In ‘Climate Change and Sustainability: Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century’ students study the impacts of modern human society on land, ice, fresh water, ocean, atmosphere, ecosystems, resources, and human well-being. We also consider practical, local, and every-day considerations relevant to a sustainable human future. In the…

Lorenzo Garcia-Amaya, Romance Languages and Literatures | 2020-2021 Second-language learning is frequently associated with terms such as “challenging”, “difficult” and “overwhelming”. This is due in part to the fact that the language-learning process is seen through the lens of rather different academic areas, such as literature or mathematics. In my upper-level Spanish courses, I intend…

Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Romance Languages and Literatures | 2020-2021 Spanish is the most common foreign language selected by LSA students to fulfill their foreign-language requirement. Additionally, every student who chooses to continue their Spanish education beyond the four-semester language requirement must enroll in our bridge course Spanish 277, entitled “Advanced grammar and composition”. In RLL, Spanish…

Victor Fanucchi, Screen Arts and Cultures | 2020-2021 Students in the Department of Film Television and Media create a wide variety of media work that utilize green-screen compositing. Using professional-quality, wrinkle-proof material in an ideal hue of green that can quickly be assembled into a taut surface large enough to accommodate a head-to-toe framing of…

Jun Li, Select Department | 2020-2021 Math 214 is the introduction to Linear Algebra class for non-math majors, with an emphasis of applications of linear algebra in economics, computer science, engineering etc. Most students are those majors. Last several years have seen the vast development of Data Science where Linear Algebra serves as the foundation.…

Daniel Weissman, Psychology | 2016-2017 PSYCH 302: How does the brain enable the mind? Answering this question is the goal of cognitive neuroscience, a relatively new field of study that represents the union of human neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and neurophysiology. The goal of this course is to train students in the methods of cognitive…

Nicholas Henriksen, Romance Languages and Literatures | 2020-2021 As the Associate Chair of one of the largest departments in LSA, as well as a professor who interacts with multitudes of students in my courses and my lab, I see firsthand the struggles of students who hold marginalized and underrepresented identities. Personal self-identification should not be…

marinkc, Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2016-2017 Laser altimetry data has transformed our ability to quantify Earth surface processes at the meter scale. This developing technology generates high-resolution, three-dimensional digital surface models with particularly unique applications to the Earth Sciences. Surface models can be used to interpret features such as landslides, and are a common…

Alphonse Pitawanakwat, American Culture | 2020-2021 The University of Michigan Ojibwe instructional team (myself, Kayla Gonyon, and Dr. Cherry Meyer) seek funding to revise our existing material as well as create new, diverse, equitable, and inclusive (D.E.I) teaching materials for our program. This grant would enable our team to revise and deepen the materials available…

Miranda Brown, Asian Languages and Cultures | 2017-2018 ASIAN 258 examines the past and present of foodways in Asia. It begins with an examination of the foods and drinks that have united peoples across Eurasia, including tea, pancakes, flatbreads, dumplings, soy products, cheese, and noodles. It then moves to foods and drinks that have historically…