Photo and caption provided by Michigan Photography, University of Michigan. Photographer: Paul Jaronski
Students gather to hear University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman address the community on the Diag, one day after Michigan voters approved Proposal 2. Ann Arbor campus, November 8, 2006.
IHP Teaching Fund course examines language and policy at UM-Flint
Through in-depth research in a forensic linguistics class this fall, three undergraduate students at the University of Michigan-Flint made a compelling argument to the Department of Language and Communication to remove a policy from the course catalog that set up unjust standards. The course, Linguistics 231: Language and Law, is a new course developed and taught by Emily Feuerherm, Associate Professor of Linguistics at UM-Flint, with the support of an IHP Teaching Fund Course Development Grant.
Lecturer Rashid Faisal wants you to remember — and see yourself in — Cornelius Henderson
With an Inclusive History Project grant, the education lecturer is challenging his students to reckon with the nearly forgotten life story of a 1911 African American U-M grad who became an accomplished Detroit civil engineer.
The Story Behind James Earl Jones’ Narration of the Opening Video at Michigan Football Games
James Earl Jones’ narration of the opening video at Michigan football games brings his pride in his alma mater to life. But looking back at his undergraduate experiences is a reminder of often-contradictory moments of exclusion and inclusion at universities like Michigan over the past 80 years.
Read more from Dr. Lorena Chambers, IHP Postdoctoral Fellow, in TIME’s Made by History.
