Michigan Minds

In this episode of Michigan Minds,  Cliff Lampe, PhD , professor of information at the U-M School of Information, joins U-M director of social media and public engagement Nikki Sunstrum to discuss Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter, post-pandemic social media usage, and behavior, and the importance of digital literacy and education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Maureen Burke and Margie Pillsbury, police officers at the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security (DPSS), joined this episode of Michigan Minds. Burke currently serves as the Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for the Special Victims Unit (SVU), and Pillsbury serves as the unit’s Investigations Coordinator. Burke and Pillsbury provide insight on the various services and resources offered...

As Earth Month continues, highlighting U-M’s efforts to create a more sustainable campus community is of the utmost importance. As part of these continued efforts, Student Life Sustainability Manager, Alex Bryan , works to further sustainability on campus and with students through multiple different programs and events which help educate and promote the benefits of living sustainably. In this...

How does climate change interface with society? Richard (Ricky) Rood works to answer that question, and talked with Michigan Minds about how his work. Rood is professor at the U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLASP), with a courtesy appointment at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability (UMSEAS). He is also the Dow Sustainability Distinguished Faculty Fellow...

How do energy markets interact with environmental policy? Caitie Hausman , associate professor at the Ford School of Public Policy, studies how different electricity markets contribute to climate change and air pollution, and how climate and environmental policies impact electricity and natural gas markets. Hausman detailed her work in a Michigan Minds episode, providing insight on the significant...

The vast majority of the Earth’s fresh surface water is stored in lakes, and the Great Lakes hold a significant portion — about 20 percent — of that fresh water. Drew Gronewold , associate professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability, is working to better understand water level variability on large lake systems, and how climate change and anthropogenic impacts can affect the long ter...

How does renewable energy impact local communities — especially those in rural areas? Sarah Mills , research scientist at the Graham Sustainability Institute and lecturer in the School for Environment and Sustainability, is dedicated to understanding those localized impacts, the positive and negative. Mills joined Michigan Minds to talk about her work looking at rural communities in Michigan that...

Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed in April, was established to highlight sexual violence as a public health issue and educate communities on how to prevent it. Across the University of Michigan, there are numerous units dedicated to supporting individuals who have experieced sexual assault and educating the community on prevention strategies. One of those units is SAPAC: the Sexual Assault...

This episode of Michigan Minds features Beth Glover Reed , PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work and Women’s and Gender Studies. Reed’s research focuses on how to define and work for social justice, barriers to this work, and how to reduce these barriers. Reed discusses how assumptions and practices related to gender, race/ethnicity and other status characteristics impact how social systems work...

This episode of Michigan Minds features Karla Goldman , PhD, Professor of Social Work and Judaic Studies. Goldman’s research focuses on the history of the American Jewish experience with special attention to the history of American Jewish communities and the evolving roles and contributions of American Jewish women. She directs the U-M Jewish Communal Leadership Program, a collaborative effort bet...

This episode of Michigan Minds features Larry M. Gant, PhD , a professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. Gant is also the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Director at the U-M School of Social Work. His current work focuses on local-level change efforts in Detroit and the surrounding metropolitan areas, addressing and res...

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II joined the Michigan Minds podcast to reflect on his experiences, discuss his path to public service, and highlight the importance of celebrating the enduring power of humanity. Gilchrist, a University of Michigan alumnus, is the first Black man to be elected lieutenant governor in the state of Michigan. He says he feels he has a responsibility to mo...

Undergraduate research student Ayse Eldes joined Michigan Minds to share how she became interested in STEM, her love for research, and why diversifying STEM fields is vitally important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U-M doctoral candidate Allie Goodman, who studies urban history and the history of incarceration in 20th-century America before World War II, joined Michigan Minds to talk about her research and the importance of historical narratives in understanding societal challenges today. She also discusses the Reverb Effect podcast, which she produces through the U-M History Department. Hosted on Acast. See...

Anna Kirkland, PhD, is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG). Kirkland joined Michigan Minds to talk about her research, outline how scholars can impact change, and explain how she empowers others in STEM fields. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shobita Parthasarthy, PhD, is a professor of public policy, professor of women’s and gender studies by courtesy, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the Ford School of Public Policy. She joined Michigan Minds to discuss her vast research and public engagement work, share her experiences testifying before Congress, and offer words of wisdom for others who are embar...

Erica Marsh, MD, is a professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and founder and director of the onWHARD collaborative. She joined Michigan Minds for this special series to explain her work, detail the need for creating greater equity in STEM programs, and provide words of encouragement for those aspiring to work in...

Postdoctoral research fellows Kathryn Hosbein and Paulette Vincent-Ruz were among six teams from across the University of Michigan to be awarded grants from the National Center for Institutional Diversity’s (NCID) Anti-Racism Collaborative to support projects aiming to inform anti-racist action. Hosbein, postdoc research fellow in Chemistry Education, and Vincent-Ruz, postdoc research fellow in th...

In this episode of Michigan Minds, Director of the Economic Growth Institute (EGI) Steve Wilson explains how EGI works with businesses and communities to help them navigate challenges and create positive economic impact. He also discusses difficulties they are preparing to help organizations face in the new year and emphasizes how important students are to helping conduct research on equitable eco...

This episode of Michigan Minds features Jenny Radesky, MD, a developmental/behavioral pediatrician and assistant professor at Michigan Medicine. Radesky's research focuses on how the parent-child relationship and digital media use interact to shape child social-emotional outcomes. Radesky emphasizes the importance of research surrounding digital media and its influence on youth as it continue...

Teresa Satterfield, PhD , is a linguist and professor of Spanish and romance languages in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She is also the director of a community outreach and academic Saturday school called En Nuestra Lengua, which means ‘in our language’ in Spanish. Satterfield joined the Michigan Minds podcast to discuss En Nuestra Lengua, how it helps bilingual children, and h...

In this episode of Michigan Minds, Gabriel Ehrlich, PhD , Director of U-M’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE), discusses the economic recovery in Michigan as well as the economic forecasts for the US and Michigan economies. Ehrlich's research focuses primarily on macro and regional economics, and economic forecasting.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Susan Ashford , the Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professorship in Management and Organization at the Ross School of Business, joins this episode of Michigan Minds to talk about her research, which aims to help people become maximally effective in their work settings, with an emphasis on self-leadership, proactivity, change from below, leadership, and its development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

The Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed in 1990 to require museums and other institutions that receive federal funding to follow a process for transferring human remains and associated objects to the Indigenous peoples that have the legal right to them. The University of Michigan has an established set of policies and procedures to guide these efforts, and for the past...

In this episode of Michigan Minds, John McCarthy, PhD , talks about veterans’ mental health and suicide prevention — areas in which he has done extensive research. McCarthy is a research associate professor in the Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry, director of the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center at the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health...