Cumulative List of Community Engagement Scholarship Award Recipients

This award provides university-wide recognition of highly engaged community-based scholarship collaborations that positively impact both the community and scholarship.

2026

Elena Ruíz, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Letters  
Partnered with: Sara’s House and Women Healing Eternally and Transforming (WHEAT)

2025

Irene Xagoraraki, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Partnered with: Community Partners in Detroit Tri-County

2024

Courtney Carignan, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Partnered with: Great Lakes PFAS Action Network

2023

Maria Lapinski, Department of Communication, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Partnered with: Shan Shui Conservation Center

2022

Robin Lin Miller, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
Partnered with: MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights

2021

April Baker-Bell, Department of English and Department of African American and African Studies, College of Arts and Letters
Partnered with: Denby High School, Detroit Public Schools Community District 

2020

Kyle Powys Whyte, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Letters, and Department of Community Sustainability, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Partnered with: Sustainable Development Institute, College of Menominee Nation

2019

Michael J. Boivin, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Partnered with: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale

2018

Adrian J. Blow, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Social Science
Partnered with: Michigan Army National Guard

2017

Rebecca Campbell, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
Partnered with: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board, Michigan State Police, Wayne County Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFE)

2016

Adesuwa B. Olomu, Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine
Partnered with: Ingham County Health Department

2015

Gail Richmond, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education
Partnered with: Detroit Public Schools

2014

Dorinda Carter Andrews, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education
Partnered with: East Lansing Public Schools

2013

Daniel R. Gould, Department of Kinesiology, College of Education
Partnered with: Think Detroit Police Athletic League

2012

Angela Calabrese Barton, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education
Partnered with: Boys and Girls Club of Lansing

2011

Gretchen L. Birbeck, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine
Partnered with: Chikankata Epilepsy Care Team