Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship

University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University
Kellogg Center
219 S. Harrison Road, Room 55
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1022

The Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship (OPES) advances MSU’s engagement mission by supporting faculty, staff, and students in their community-engaged research and creative activities, teaching, and service. OPES also contributes to the University’s reputation as a national and international leader in community engagement by ensuring that MSU is represented in critical organizations, contributing to the literature, and through other scholarly activities.

OPES facilitates work in the following key areas:

Community-engaged research: Supporting and consulting on the design, implementation, and assessment of collaborative research
Faculty and professional development: Coordinating and providing educational opportunities that build capacity for community-engaged scholarship
Facilitation of mutually beneficial university-community partnerships:
- Community partnerships: Fostering and facilitating networks of potential partners
- Workforce and economic development partnerships: Supporting partnerships aimed at regional and state economic growth
- Arts and cultural partnerships: Fostering and supporting collaborative arts and cultural partnerships
Institutional research, policy, and recognition:
- Conducting institutional research
- Fostering recognitions of exemplary community-engaged work
- Promoting policies supportive of community-engaged scholarship and university outreach
- Providing consultations with other higher education institutions and organizations

Drawing on its expertise in specific areas, OPES also works collaboratively with the other UOE departments to enhance and support the community engagement efforts of faculty, staff, and students across the University.

Web Site: /about/departments/office-for-public-engagement-and-scholarship

E-mail: engage@msu.edu

Telephone: (517) 353-8977

FAX: (517) 432-9541

Burton A. Bargerstock

Executive Director, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Director, Communication and Information Technology
Special Adviser to the Vice Provost
Affiliated Faculty, Digital Humanities at MSU
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Jessica V. Barnes-Najor

Director for Community Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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C. Kurt Dewhurst

Director for Arts and Cultural Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Michigan State University Museum
Professor, Department of English
University Outreach and Engagement Campus Senior Fellow
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Diane Doberneck

Director for Faculty and Professional Development, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Community Sustainability
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Miles A. McNall

Director for Community-Engaged Research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
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Arnold Weinfeld

Director for Workforce and Economic Development Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Associate Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
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Jamie Heng-Chieh Wu

Associate Director for Community Evaluation Programs, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
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Henry Akaeze

Research Technologist, Community Evaluation Programs
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Hope Akaeze

Project Statistician, Community Evaluation Programs
Academic Specialist, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Minchuan (Sabrina) Anderson

Research Specialist, Community Evaluation Programs
Academic Specialist, Office of Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Cindy M. Helms

Administrative Assistant I, Communication and Information Technology
Administrative Assistant I, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Rose Henderson

Program Manager, OPEN-MSU
Academic Specialist, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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E. Beth Prince

Training Director, Community Evaluation Programs
Academic Specialist, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Deborah Stoddard

Project Coordinator, Community Evaluation Programs
Research Assistant I, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Nai-Kuan Yang

Quantitative Team Manager, Community Evaluation Programs
Academic Specialist, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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