Faculty Spotlight
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December 3, 2018
Taubman assistant professor uses architecture to help children with autism
Sean Ahlquist, assistant professor of architecture, has dedicated his scholarship and teaching at U-M to creating sensory-rich environments that help children with autism overcome challenges for interacting within “sensory-toxic” socially active environments.
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November 19, 2018
UM-Dearborn’s Marouane Kessentini is cleaning up legacy software
These days, the energy buzzing around Marouane Kessentini, associate professor of computer and information science at UM-Dearborn, is hard to miss. U-M’s Office of Technology Transfer announced his software refactoring tool is one of eight notable U-M inventions of the year.
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November 12, 2018
Sense of home inspires Taubman lecturer to revitalize Detroit
In an effort to preserve Detroiters’ memories and neighborhoods, Kimberly Dowdell, a lecturer at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, is a partner at Century Partners, a real estate development firm that aims to revitalize city neighborhoods while connecting residents to investment opportunities.
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October 29, 2018
DeLean Tolbert takes deep dive into diversity in engineering education
In some ways, DeLean Tolbert’s life at UM-Dearborn as an assistant professor differs from when she was an undergraduate there. But the research questions involving race, engineering skill development and access to higher education that she wrestles with now are things she started wondering about as a student.
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October 22, 2018
UM-Flint associate professor inspires future environmental problem solvers
Heather Dawson is an associate professor of biology at UM-Flint who has collaborated on field research with about two dozen undergraduate students and a dozen graduate students. Working with them has allowed her to investigate a wider range of issues, she said, while providing the students a chance to hone professional skills.
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October 1, 2018
English lecturer edits literary magazine written by prisoners
As editor of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, Phil Christman does not bat an eyelash at the idea of bringing the arts to prisoners in Michigan.
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September 4, 2018
Art & Design professor aims to make technology more personable
When most people think of a cyborg, they may think of a half-human, half-machine hybrid akin to Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Terminator.” Sophia Brueckner would argue a bit differently about what being a cyborg means, as she considers herself to be one.
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August 13, 2018
Social work professor’s bridal shop helps those living with cancer
Barb Hiltz understands the healing power of a wedding dress. As co-founder of The Brides Project in Ann Arbor, Hiltz, clinical assistant professor of social work, collects donated wedding dresses and sells them at a heavy discount to brides. Proceeds go toward the Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor.
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July 2, 2018
Engineering associate professor practices a well-rounded life
For 20 years, Line van Nieuwstadt has blended work and family, and life in and outside of the UM-Dearborn. She’s now teaching her students how to do the same.
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June 25, 2018
Professor studies education, conflict, and youth citizenship in conflict-affected areas
From Guatemala to Bosnia and Herzegovina to a refugee camp in Kenya, Michelle Bellino works with youth in conflict-affected sites across the world.
