Project Team

Meet Our Project Team

The Inclusive History Project’s work is supported by faculty, staff, students, and community members from across the Flint, Dearborn, and Ann Arbor campuses.

On this page, we invite you to learn more about the people who make up the IHP and the committees that shape our work.

  • The Executive Committee leads the overall project and sets its overarching priorities while overseeing the full range of IHP-supported projects.
  • IHP Central Staff & Researchers lead and support the many research and engagement activities that the IHP is engaged in.
  • Over 80 Project Site Researchers–a mix of faculty, staff, research fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students–are actively engaged in researching the university’s inclusive history.
  • The IHP Advisory Committee offers guidance on the project’s overall direction and its research, engagement, and reparative activities and connects the IHP to constituencies across the university.
  • The Student Advisory Committee serves as a vital link between the project and student groups, fostering connections and representing student perspectives in the IHP’s work.
  • The UM-Dearborn Steering Committee and UM-Flint Advisory Committee ensure that IHP efforts remain relevant and meaningful to their campuses and the wider community.
Flint campus

Executive Committee

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Elizabeth R. Cole

Co-Chair

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ecole@umich.edu
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Earl Lewis

Co-Chair

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor earlewis@umich.edu
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Camron Amin

Director of Research

University of Michigan-Dearborn camamin@umich.edu
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Jay Cook

Director of Research

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor jwcook@umich.edu
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Lisa M. Lapeyrouse

Director of Research

University of Michigan-Flint llapeyro@umich.edu
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Jenni Brady

Managing Director

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor bradyjl@umich.edu
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Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan

Manager of Engagement

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor jenjkhan@umich.edu

Central Staff & Researchers

Kennedy Clark

Assistant Manager

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor kcchanel@umich.edu

Maekayla Caitlynn Dimatulac

Undergraduate Program Assistant

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Nalani Duarte

Research Associate and Program Assistant

University of Michigan-Flint duarten@umich.edu

Raúl Gámez

Research Associate

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor gamez@umich.edu

Jacob Jones

Program Coordinator

University of Michigan-Flint jonesjmj@umich.edu

Tonya Kneff-Chang

Senior Research Associate

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tkneff@umich.edu

Megha Krishnan

Communications Lead

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor emkrish@umich.edu

Emily Lyon

Research Fellow

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor lyone@umich.edu

Marlaine Magewick

Project Manager for Digital Humanities

University of Michigan-Dearborn mmagewic@umich.edu

J. Alexander Navarro

Senior Research Associate

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor jnavarro@umich.edu

Kandra Polatis

Research Fellow

University of Michigan-Dearborn kpolatis@umich.edu

Jonathan Quint

Research Associate

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor quintj@umich.edu

Mira Shetty

Administrative Coordinator

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor mtshetty@umich.edu

Erin Snyder

Undergraduate Program Assistant

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Project Site Researchers

Eric Hemenway

Co-Principal Investigator

The 1817 Project

Bethany Hughes

Co-Principal Investigator

The 1817 Project

Michael Witgen

Co-Principal Investigator

The 1817 Project

Sage Chupco

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1817 Project

Gabrielle Ione Hickmon

Graduate Research Associate

The 1817 Project

Emily Luo

Research Assistant

The 1817 Project

Ndio Mitchell

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1817 Project

Addison Noffsinger

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1817 Project

Jonathan Quint

Research Associate

The 1817 Project

Laura Stahl

Graduate Research Associate

The 1817 Project

Cheyenne Travioli

Graduate Research Associate

The 1817 Project

Veronica Williamson

Graduate Research Associate

The 1817 Project

Elladiss Winter

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1817 Project

Camron Amin

Principal Investigator

The 1959 Project

Zanab Al-Bedany

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1959 Project

Furqan Al-Tamimi

Research Assistant

The 1959 Project

Razieh Araghi

Research Associate

The 1959 Project

Wallace Bowie III

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1959 Project

Reena Hamad

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The 1959 Project

Tawhid Khan

Graduate Research Assistant

The 1959 Project

Marlaine Magewick

IHP Project Manager for Digital Humanities

The 1959 Project

Rick Morrone

Instructional Learning Assistant

The 1959 Project

Kandra Polatis

Research Fellow

The 1959 Project

Jennifer Proctor

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Production

The 1959 Project

Joel Seewald

Natural Sciences & Geography Librarian, Mardigian Library

The 1959 Project

Holly Sorscher

Associate Director, Mardigian Library

The 1959 Project

Christopher Spilker

Associate Librarian, Mardigian Library

The 1959 Project

Hannah Zmuda

Assistant Archivist, Mardigian Library

The 1959 Project

Callum Carr-Marquis

Co-Principal Investigator

Urban Renewal and the University of Michigan-Flint

Catie Cunningham

Undergraduate Program Assistant

Urban Renewal and the University of Michigan-Flint

Benjamin Gaydos

Co-Principal Investigator

Urban Renewal and the University of Michigan-Flint

Megan Pellegrini

Program Assistant

Urban Renewal and the University of Michigan-Flint

Alexis Antracoli

Co-Principal Investigator

Towards Community-Based Shared Stewardship

Jesse Johnston

Co-Principal Investigator

Towards Community-Based Shared Stewardship

Jodi Mae

Graduate Research Associate

Towards Community-Based Shared Stewardship

David Mori

Graduate Research Associate

Towards Community-Based Shared Stewardship

Bethany Hughes

Principal Investigator

Native American Student Stories

Blake Beckhorn

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Native American Student Stories

Lauren Burchi

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Native American Student Stories

Elladiss Winter

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Native American Student Stories

Matthew Countryman

Co-Principal Investigator

African American Student Project

Jennifer Jones

Co-Principal Investigator

African American Student Project

Brian Williams

Co-Principal Investigator

African American Student Project

Olivia Janis

Undergraduate Research Assistant

African American Student Project

Justin Joque

Visualization Librarian

African American Student Project

Greg Kinney

Archivist

African American Student Project

Margaret Leary

Volunteer Researcher

African American Student Project

Naida McCoy

Undergraduate Research Assistant

African American Student Project

Caitlin Moriarty

Archivist

African American Student Project

Rayyan Peracha

Undergraduate Research Assistant

African American Student Project

Andrew Rutledge

Research Associate

African American Student Project

Matthew Stehney

Graduate Research Associate

African American Student Project

Isabel Wilinski

Undergraduate Research Assistant

African American Student Project

Lisa M. Lapeyrouse

Principal Investigator

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Helen Budd

Fellow, Student Veterans Resource Center

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

LaQwana Dockery

Fellow, Intercultural Center

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Zachariah Mathew

Fellow, Center for Global Engagement

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Hilary Murmers

Fellow, Center for Gender & Sexuality

The Origins of UM-Flint’s Student Support Services Centers

Bianca Torbert

Fellow, Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Mekka Al-Shawi

Research Assistant

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Shane Berkholz

Graduate Research Assistant

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Jude Krajnyák

Research Assistant

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Priscilla Mac-Kittah

Graduate Research Associate

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Antonio Parks

Research Assistant

The Origins of UM-Flint's Student Support Services Centers

Deborah Dash Moore

Co-Principal Investigator

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Karla Goldman

Co-Principal Investigator

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Emma Avagyan

Graduate Research Associate

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Henry Collin

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Kristen Morgenstern

Graduate Research Associate

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Sophie Reed

Research Assistant

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Amelia Roth-Dishy

Graduate Research Associate

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Emily VanPelt

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Outsiders, Insiders, Radicals, and Reformers

Michael Rosenberg

Co-Principal Investigator

Beyond the Big House

Kate Wroblewski

Co-Principal Investigator

Beyond the Big House

Lucy Del Deo

Research Assistant

Beyond the Big House

Liv Frey

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Beyond the Big House

Isabel Hopson

Research Assistant

Beyond the Big House

Jeanette Lawrence

Research Assistant

Beyond the Big House

Emma Lefevre

Research Assistant

Beyond the Big House

Taylor Tyrell

Graduate Research Associate

Beyond the Big House

Deirdre de la Cruz

Co-Principal Investigator

ReConnect/ReCollect

Ricky Punzalan

Co-Principal Investigator

ReConnect/ReCollect

Alyssa Paredes

Research Lead

ReConnect/ReCollect

Mark Clague

Co-Principal Investigator

Hill Auditorium

Jay Cook

Co-Principal Investigator

Hill Auditorium

Cayenne Harris

Co-Principal Investigator

Hill Auditorium

Emily Lyon

Research Fellow

Hill Auditorium

Heather Ashley

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Portia Bryner

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Paige Dailey

Graduate Research Associate

Hill Auditorium

Alexander Hsu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Ellen Lee

Graduate Research Associate

Hill Auditorium

Charles Milne-Home

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Courtney Mims

Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Christina Parson

Graduate Research Associate

Hill Auditorium

Audrey Rosenberg

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hill Auditorium

Christina Blitchok

Principal Investigator

The 1956 Project

Egypt Otis

Research Associate

The 1956 Project

Advisory Committee

Alexis Antracoli

Director, Bentley Historical Library

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Neeraja Aravamudan

Director, Edward Ginsberg Center

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Sara Armstrong

Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Theatre Program

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Jared Aumen

District Chair for Secondary Social Studies

Ann Arbor Public Schools

Ethriam Brammer

Assistant Dean, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Callum Carr-Marquis

Associate Archivist, Frances Willson Thompson Library

University of Michigan-Flint

Deborah Dash Moore

Acting Director, Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and Jonathan Freedman Distinguished University Professor of History and Judaic Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Emily Feuerherm

Associate Professor of Linguistics and Program Director for Bridge and TESOL Certificate Programs, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Kristin Hass

Professor of American Culture, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Thomas Henthorn

Dorothea E. Wyatt Professor of United States History, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Georgina Hickey

Professor of History, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Carlos Jackson

Dean and Professor of Art and Design, Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Elizabeth James

Program Associate, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Chad Jenkins

Professor of Robotics and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Tonya Kneff-Chang

CREATE Center Senior Research Associate, Marsal Family School of Education, Inclusive History Project Senior Research Associate, and CHHASSEM Instructor, Michigan Medicine

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Maureen Linker

Associate Provost for Experiential Learning, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

David Luke

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Access and Opportunity and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Feranmi O. Okanlami

Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Urology, Medical School

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Carmel Price

Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Ricky Punzalan

Associate Professor of Information, School of Information, and Director, Museum Studies Program, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Janice Reuben

Associate Director for University Relations, Alumni Association

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Ross

Assistant Program Manager, Voices of the Staff, University Human Resources

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Leyla Sanker

Consultant

Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Manager

Discovering PLACE, Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative

Kaila Sell

Associate Director, Center for Campus Involvement

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Lynnetta Smith (ex officio)

Director of Awards, Committees and Projects, Office of the President

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Holly Sorscher

Associate Director, Mardigian Library

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Marie Ting

Assistant Vice Provost for Access and Opportunity

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Kate Wroblewski

Lecturer IV and Assistant Director of Studies in the Department of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Student Advisory Committee

Fatima Al-Bedany

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Mekka Al-Shawi

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Mohsin Ali Shaikh

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Shane Berkholz

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Maximillian Boudreaux

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Sara DeSmet

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Grace Freitas

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Hannah Fuentes

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Grace Jiang

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Tawhid Khan

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Taylor Lewis

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Irene Mora

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

John Ray

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Paulina Rivera

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Thandiwe-Kesi Robins

Graduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Reese Robinson

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Flint

Ava Shotwell

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Evan Smyk

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Geneva Williams

Undergraduate student

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

UM-Dearborn Steering Committee

Julio Borquez

Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Amy Brainer

Director of LGBTQ Studies and Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Ivy Forsythe-Brown

Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Jennifer Proctor

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Production, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Amny Shuraydi

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Holly Sorscher

Associate Director, Mardigian Library

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Rose Wellman

Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Hannah Zmuda

Assistant Archivist, Mardigian Library

University of Michigan-Dearborn

UM-Flint Advisory Committee

Katherine Bancroft

Curator of Education and Outreach Programs

Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium

Robert Brown

Co-Founder

Neighborhoods Without Borders

Co-Associate Director, Center for Community and Economic Development

Michigan State University

Margaret Collins

Archives Assistant Intermediate, Frances Willson Thompson Library

University of Michigan-Flint

Emma Davis

Lecturer in Theatre and Dance, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Emily Feuerherm

Associate Professor of Linguistics and Program Director for Bridge and TESOL Certificate Programs, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Thomas Henthorn

Dorothea E. Wyatt Professor of United States History, College of Arts, Sciences and Education

University of Michigan-Flint

Lucine Jarrah

Executive Director

Arab American heritage council

DeWaun Robinson

Chief Executive Officer

Artistic Visions Enterprise

Leyla Sanker

Consultant

Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Manager

Discovering PLACE, Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative

Alysia Trevino

Immigration Director

Arab American Heritage Council

Member

Flint Alliance for Immigrant Rights (FAIR) Coalition

Todd Womack

Program Manager and Adjunct Lecturer in Social Work, College of Health Sciences

University of Michigan-Flint