Academics
Certification
Research
Outreach
Resources 
As a Kinesiology major at Michigan State University, Shokhari Tate had opportunities to explore multiple careers centered on improving health and well-being for others. When he volunteered in a refugee camp during a study abroad trip to Greece, he witnessed deplorable health conditions. And that’s when he first imagined his dream: to open his own… Read More »
Alumna uses MSU experience to educate, inspire others about food allergies and body image By Lauren Knapp In 2015, Erin Konheim Mandras was lost. Her son, Austin, had just been diagnosed with severe food allergies. She also had an older son, Levi, and she wasn’t sure how to explain it. “How do I possibly explain… Read More »
JUSTIN A. BARTERIAN served as co-editor of “School Psychopharmacology: Translating Research into Practice” (Springer, 2019) with MSU Professor John S. Carlson (see page 29). Barterian, M.A. ’08, Ed.S. ’13 and Ph.D. ’15 (School Psychology), is a clinical assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. DAWN BENTLEY was one of two Spartans to receive… Read More »
LUCY BATES-BYERS, an alumna, educator and researcher, died on Feb. 5, 2019. A Lansing School District teacher for 24 years, Bates-Byers worked with the MSU Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning in the 1970s and 1980s as a teacher collaborator. In this role, she worked half-time on research projects, and continued teaching half-time. Later… Read More »
There has been a guiding presence in the College of Education who has improved the undergraduate student experience by developing new initiatives, helping to revise university policies that sometimes served as barriers to student success and striving to support all students during their time at MSU. The driving force is Susan Dalebout, who, since 2008,… Read More »
Racial disparity in special education is growing, and it’s more complex than previously thought. Professor Scott Imberman examined how often black and Hispanic students are identified as needing special education compared to white students, leading to new findings on disproportionality and racial gaps. “When it comes to special education demographics, people generally believe that minority… Read More »
Michigan, like many states, is facing an urgent need to recruit and retain prekindergarten teachers. At the same time that increasing numbers of 4-year-olds are entering the state’s pre-K classrooms, their teachers are thinking about departing for lack of pay and appreciation, MSU researchers found. “When we talk about public pre-K teachers, we’re talking about… Read More »
By John Carlson, Professor of School Psychology In the 25 years I’ve spent working as a school psychologist and professor of school psychology, I’ve never seen so much federal, state and local money spent to “harden” school buildings and campuses. The term encompasses a wide array of steps being taken to keep students safe amid… Read More »
UPDATE OCT. 2020: A new exhibition by Vivek Vellanki has been showcased by the East Lansing Public Library. The project, called 51 Pounds (Take Me With You), consists of photographs of objects that depict what immigrants would take with them if they were forced to leave. Read more. By Nicole Geary What do you want… Read More »
How Sandra Crespo has been changing math, leading change and sharing inspiration throughout her career By Lauren Knapp “Why does it need to be this hard? There has to be a better way of teaching this.” That thought is what has propelled Sandra Crespo, the first Latina to become a full professor in MSU’s Department… Read More »
