The following list outlines selected presentations made by University Outreach and Engagement staff, and contains links to presentation materials. Consult the vitae of individual staff members for complete lists of presentations (See People page).
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2024 Presentations
(April 2024)
Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good
Aurbach, E.L. “Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good” (2024). Invited talk for the HIBAR Research Alliance, online.
(April 2024)
Driving Institutional Transformation to Support Publicly Engaged Research and Broader Impacts
Aurbach, E.L., Redd, K., & Bennett, J. “Driving Institutional Transformation to Support Publicly Engaged Research and Broader Impacts” (2024). Talk presented at the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society annual meeting, Kansas City, MO.
(April 2024)
Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good
Aurbach, E.L. “Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good” (2024). Invited talk for the APLU ECOP Community: Cooperative Extension Leadership, online.
(April 2024)
Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good
Aurbach, E.L. “Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good” (2024). Invited talk for the Association of
Research Libraries, online.
(April 2024)
Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good
Aurbach, E.L. “Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good” (2024). Invited talk for the Big 10 Academic Alliance Engagement Leaders, online.
(March 2024)
Governmental Advocacy and Funding in the Traditional Arts
Ling, M. (2024). Governmental advocacy and funding in the traditional arts [invited talk]. Folklore Exchange, Mid Atlantic Arts.
(March 2024)
All work and no play? Academic impacts of leisure activity in out-of-school time programming
Wu, J. H., Akaeze, H. O., Adesina, O., Yang, N., & Anderson, M. (2024, March). All work and no play? Academic impacts of leisure activity in out-of-school time programming. [Research Proposal]. 2024 Active Living Conference.
2023 Presentations
(December 2023)
Program evaluation for community sustainability, part I: Theory and practice
Wu, J. H. (2023, December). Program evaluation for community sustainability, part I: Theory and practice. Invited speech at National Chung Hsiung University, Taiwan.
(December 2023)
Program evaluation for community sustainability, part 2: The golden rules
Wu, J. H. (2023, December). Program evaluation for community sustainability, part 2: The golden rules. Invited speech at National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan.
(November 2023)
Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good
Aurbach, E.L. “Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good” (2023). Invited talk for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
(November 2023)
Cut-offs and Cottagecore Mean Girls: Queer Gender Performance in American Old-Time Music
Ling, M. (2023). Cut-offs and cottagecore mean girls: Queer gender performance in American old-time music [panel chair]. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
(June 2023)
Support Engaged Research by Determining Your Locus of Change
Aurbach, E.L. “Support engaged research by determining your locus of change” (2023). Invited talk at Open Science Roundtable hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC.
(April 2023)
Assessing Spatial Equity in Pre-K Interventions: A Tutorial on Geographically Weighted Regression
Akaeze, H. O. & Wu, J. H. (2023, April). Assessing Spatial Equity in Pre-K Interventions: A Tutorial on Geographically Weighted Regression. Accepted for paper presentation at the 2023 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting: Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth. Chicago, IL.
2022 Presentations
(November 2022)
Measuring indirect economic benefits of low-income families' access to preschool program
Miller, S. R., Wu, J. H., & Herbowicz, T. I. (2022, November). Measuring indirect economic benefits of low-income families' access to preschool programs. [Paper]. American Evaluation Association conference: (re)shaping evaluation together, New Orleans, LA, United States.
(November 2022)
Implementing large-scale online surveys: Tips on content development, survey distribution, and fraud identification.
Wu, J. H., Miller, S. R., & Herbowicz, T. I. (2022, November). Implementing large-scale online surveys: Tips on content development, survey distribution, and fraud identification. [Poster Presentations]. American Evaluation Association conference: (re)shaping evaluation together, New Orleans, LA, United States.
(November 2022)
Better access to learning opportunities: Promoting equity through child opportunity index and data mapping
Wu, J. H*., Weber, E. P. & Akaeze, H. O. (2022, November). Better access to learning opportunities: Promoting equity through child opportunity index and data mapping. [Part of a multi-paper session titled: Neighborhood-informed approaches to equity in child education and health interventions]. American Evaluation Association conference: (re)shaping evaluation together, New Orleans, LA, United States. *Session chair.
(October 2022)
Apprenticeships and More: Methods for Transmitting Traditional Knowledge
Ling, M. (2022). Apprenticeships and more: Methods for transmitting traditional knowledge [forum chair]. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Tulsa OK.
(September 2022)
Building Access to the Michigan Traditional Arts Program Folklife Research Collections
Ling, M. (2022). Building access to the Michigan Traditional Arts Program folklife research collections [invited talk]. Midwest Folklorists and Cultural Workers Alliance.
(August 2022)
Designing and Implementing a Heritage Awards Program: The Michigan Heritage Awards
Ling, M. (2022). Designing and implementing a heritage awards program: The Michigan Heritage Awards [invited speaker]. Texas Folklife Network.
(May 2022)
Using big data to inform policy decision-making and implementation: An example of Michigan’s public preschool education
Wu, J. H. (2022, May). Using big data to inform policy decision-making and implementation: An example of Michigan’s public preschool education. Keynote speaker. National Chiayi University 2022 Quality Early Childhood Education Conference.
(May 2022)
Apply Reflective Tools to Level-Up Your Public Engagement Practice
Aurbach, E.L. & Kuhn, E.P. (2022). Apply Reflective Tools to Level-Up Your Public Engagement Practice. SciComm Trainers Network Annual meeting, online.
(April 2022)
Resolving dimensionality in a child assessment tool: An application of the multilevel bifactor model
Akaeze, H. O., Lawrence, F. R. & Wu, J. H. (2022, April). Resolving dimensionality in a child assessment tool: An application of the multilevel bifactor model. Paper presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association Conference. Virtual Presentation.
(January 2022)
Better access to learning opportunities: Promoting Equity through data mapping
Wu, J. H., Weber, E. & Lower, R. (2022, January). Better access to learning opportunities: Promoting Equity through data mapping. Presentation delivered at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Collaboratives. Virtual presentation.
2021 Presentations
(October 2021)
Quarantine Happy Hour: Visual Aesthetics of a Virtual Concert Series
Ling, M. (2021). Quarantine happy hour: Visual aesthetics of a virtual concert series. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, virtual.
(September 2021)
Community-Engaged Research: Getting Started
Barnes-Najor, J., & McNall. Community-Engaged Research: Getting Started. (2021, September). Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship, University Outreach & Engagement, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
Presentations by Person
- Hope Akaeze
- Elyse L. Aurbach
- Jena Baker-Calloway
- Burton A. Bargerstock
- Jessica V. Barnes-Najor
- Robert E. Brown
- Juan David Coronado
- C. Kurt Dewhurst
- Diane Doberneck
- Hiram E. Fitzgerald
- Teresa Herbowicz
- Pilar Horner
- Jean Kayitsinga
- K.C. Keyton
- Rex LaMore
- Micah Ling
- Rubén Martinez
- Miles A. McNall
- John Melcher
- Renee Miller Zientek
- Daniel Velez Ortiz
- E. Beth Prince
- Kirk S. Riley
- John H. Schweitzer
- Susan L. Sheth
- Deborah Stoddard
- Laurie A. Van Egeren
- Jamie Heng-Chieh Wu
- Nai-Kuan Yang

