Funding is available to LSA Faculty and Lecturers to foster student success through inclusive teaching practices and innovative teaching methods. Past awards have ranged from $15,000 to $75,000.
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Team-based First-Year Seminar on Nineteenth-century “Race” and “Racism”
Hitomi Tonomura, History | 2022-2023 This project is a first-year seminar taught on the team-based learning module and introduces the…
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A Curriculum Collaboration: Coherent Inclusive Instruction and Assessment in the Math Introductory Program
P. Gavin LaRose, Mathematics | 2022-2023 With this project the Department of Mathematics will extend its work revising Math 105…
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The Audiovisual Lexicon: Completing a Diverse Foundation for Media Literacy
Vincent Longo and Matthew Solomon, Screen Arts and Cultures | 2022-2023 The Audiovisual Lexicon is a comprehensive foundation for media…
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Expanding and Enhancing Active Learning in a Large-Scale Introductory Course
Alicia Romero, Statistics | 2020-2021 While Active Learning is becoming a more and more commonly used instructional strategy to improve…
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Expanding Inclusive Teaching and Mastery Assessment in Mathematics
P. Gavin LaRose, Mathematics | 2019-2020 The Department of Mathematics is in the first phase of a comprehensive project to…
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Small Strokes Paint a Broader Picture: Developing A Gamified App with Commonly Used Scientific Measurement Instruments to Make Students aware of Their Own Sleep and Media Behavior
Jan Van den Bulck, Select Department | 2022-2023 Many students choose Comm344 “Media and Sleep” to understand their media use…
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Enhancing Inclusive and Active Learning: Digital and Innovative Biophysics Laboratory Teaching
Qiong Yang and Sarah Keane, Biophysics | 2020-2021 The goal of this project is to transform a core laboratory course…
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STAR and METEOR: Shining Out!
Cindy Lustig, Psychology | 2022-2023 Under-represented students, including those from historically marginalized groups, first-generation immigrants or college students, and/or low-income…
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Bridging the Information Gaps for Graduate Student Instructors in Gateway Chemistry Courses
Corinna S. Schindler, Chemistry | 2020-2021 An integral component of undergraduate teaching at the University of Michigan relies on graduate…
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Multicompetence, Self-Assessment, and Inclusion in Ukrainian Language Program
Svitlana Rogovyk, Slavic Languages and Literatures | 2022-2023 Ukrainian is the state language of Ukraine, one of the largest countries…
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A New Online Judge System for Education of Data Science
Ziwei Zhu, Statistics | 2020-2021 Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented surge of demand in data mining, i.e., analyzing massive…
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Helping the STARs (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Shine: Enhanced Training, Tracking, and Long-term Engagement
Cindy Lustig, Psychology | 2020-2021 Students from historically-marginalized groups, those who are first-generation immigrants or college students, and those from…
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The XR-DEI Project: A 3 Year Pilot for Developing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Courses in the Humanities Classroom using Extended and Virtual Reality
Sara Blair, English Language and Literature | 2022-2023 We propose to: 1. create 3 new small seminar, experimental undergraduate LSA…
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STARS to METEORS: Students Tackling Advanced Research and Mentoring Extension To Empower Outstanding Researchers
Cindy Lustig, Psychology | 2022-2023 Students from historically-marginalized groups, those who are first-generation immigrants or college students, and those from…
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Equipment benches for “Instrumentation in the Physical Sciences” course
Tim Chupp, Physics | 2022-2023 A new elective lab course “Instrumentation for the Physical Sciences” will be taught beginning Winter…
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Integrating gender-neutral language into the Romance curriculum
Nicholas Henriksen, Romance Languages and Literatures | 2022-2023 In the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures (RLL), gender-diverse students face…
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Learning to smell and helping machines do the same
Ambuj Tewari, Statistics | 2022-2023 STATS 315 is a new introductory course on deep learning that teaches students the basics…
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Seeds of Peace: Cross Cultural Talk in the Middle East
Adi Raz, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for (CMENAS) | 2022-2023 The Middle East is divided by political…
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Seeds of Peace
Karla Mallette, Near Eastern Studies | 2022-2023 I am attaching chair’s letter of support to ensure it reaches you before…
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Accessing Resources in South Asian Languages and Cultures Courses
Christi Merrill, Asian Languages and Cultures | 2022-2023 The proposed project builds on the collaborations Dr. Merrill and Dr. Ali…
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Citizen Kane 3.0: Pluralizing a Classic Film Through VR
mpsolo, Screen Arts and Cultures | 2017-2018
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Compute-to-Learn 2.0 – A No-Risk Sandbox for Students to Code in a Chemistry Course
Eitan Geva, Chemistry | 2019-2020 The proposed project is the second phase of an ongoing project based on a novel…
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Building a Diverse Foundation for Audiovisual Literacy
mpsolo, Screen Arts and Cultures | 2017-2018
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Community in the Classroom and on Campus
Ashley Lucas, Residential College | 2019-2020 Community in the Classroom and on Campus is an innovative curricular initiative to push…
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Constructing James Baldwin’s Legacy through Black Digital Studies
Magdalena J. Zaborowska, Afroamerican and African Studies | 2018-2019
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The XR-DEI Project: A 3 Year Pilot for Developing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Courses in the Humanities Classroom using Extended and Virtual Reality
Lisa Nakamura and Sara Blair, American Culture | 2019-2020 We propose to: 1. create 3 new small seminar, experimental undergraduate…
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Bringing New Learning Techniques and Instructional Technologies to Interdisciplinary Education in Redesigning the Introduction to International Studies.
amarcum, International and Comparative Studies, Program in (PICS) | 2018-2019
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Experiential Learning in the Kitchen: A new dimension to MIDEAST 209 Food and Drink in the Middle East
Gottfried Hagen, Near Eastern Studies | 2018-2019 Food and drink are fundamental to human existence. They provide sustenance, meaning, memory,…
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Development Grant for “Section One” of English 344, Writing for Publication/Public Writing, and its Integration with Departmental Website and Communications
zemgulys, English Language and Literature | 2018-2019
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Inclusive Teaching and Mastery Assessment in Mathematics
glarose, Mathematics | 2016-2017
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Instructional Coaching: A Community-based Approach to Inclusive STEM Teaching
gshultz, Chemistry | 2018-2019
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Transformation of Health Sciences Scholars Program Core Curriculum toward Team- and Problem-Based Learning, Interprofessional Education, and Humanism
eickmeya, Health Science Scholars Program (HSSP) | 2018-2019
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“Our World: CCLC” – Building a DEI / Cultural Competency Learning Community (CCLC)
Michael Nayor, Ph.D., Comprehensive Studies Program | 2019-2020 The assumption that having a strong background in a narrow discipline, competency…
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TRANSFORMING THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST FOR THE MODERN MIDWEST: STUDENT-CENTERED CURRICULA REVISIONS (A NINI GRANT PROPOSAL)
Brian Schmidt – Middle East Studies, Near Eastern Studies | 2019-2020 I submit this NINI proposal in response to both…
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Democracy Lab: An Experiment in Civic Learning
Sandra R Levitsky, Sociology | 2020-2021 This grant seeks to create a model for incorporating civic learning into the LSA…
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STEM Success Communities (STEM Comm)
Eric Bell, Astronomy | 2020-2021 Retaining a diverse population of students in STEM majors is a national and institutional priority.…
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Neuropia: a Cloud-Based, Interactive, Inclusive, Educational Platform for the Brain Sciences
Omar Ahmed, Psychology | 2016-2017
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TRANSFORMING THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST FOR THE MODERN ‘MIDDLE’ WEST: Creating A Student-Initiated Active Learning Environment
BRIAN B. SCHMIDT (MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, Near Eastern Studies | 2020-2021 I submit this proposal in response to both the…
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Advance visual literacy in biochemistry/biophysics through integration of interactive technologies
Markos Koutmos, Chemistry | 2019-2020 Our goal is to enhance visualization communication and literacy in biochemistry and biophysics undergraduate classes.…