Office Grant Recipients

2022-23 Awardees

Natives Vote: Increasing Voter Enfranchisement in Indian Country ($5,000)
Christina Stanton, Clinical Associate Professor, Director American Indian Law Clinic
School of Law

Investigating Shifts in Post-Fire Landscape Recovery ($5,000)
Jonathan Griffith, Education and Outreach Associate    
CIRES

Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community​ ($5,000)
Jessica Hoehn, Director of Public Engagement and Education Research, Research Associate
Center for STEM Learning

Science Community Outreach Program for Education (S.C.O.P.E.) ($,5000)
Chelsea Toner, Graduate Student
Biochemistry

Girls Inspire: Engineering Your Spring Break ($4,750)
Karen Ganss, Assistant Director
Engineering Partnership Program

Indigenous Connections at Rocky Mountain National Park ($3,560)
Brooke Neely, Research Associate    
Center for the American West

Theater Educational Outreach Tour ($5,000)
Kaitlin Nabors, PhD Candidate
Theater and Dance

 

Regional Equity Assessment in Boulder County ($3000)
Kyungsun Lee, Instructor/Lecturer
Department of Environmental Studies

Soundscapes Educator Blog ($3000)
Lydia Wagenknecht, Graduate Student
Musicology

Documenting oral literature and TEK in Dolpo, Nepal ($3000)
Phurwa Gurung, Graduate Student
Geography

Public Art Program: (un)learning about outer space ($3000)
Jeronimo Reyes Retana, Graduate Student
Department of Critical Media Practices

To support dance residency in Colorado Springs/Pueblo ($3000)
Helanius Wilkins, Tenure-Track Faculty
Theatre & Dance

Moral Reasoning for Middle School Students ($2200)
Dawn Jacob, University Staff
Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI); Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Exploring Education ($5000)
Kimberly Strong, Research Faculty
School of Education

Te lo cuento con canciones ($3000)
Brenda Aguirre Ortega, Graduate Student
School of Education

Strengthening Connections with Neuroscience ($4242)
Michael Baratta, Tenure-Track Faculty
Psychology and Neuroscience

2021-22 Awardees

ATLAS STEAM workshop series for Lafayette Public Library
BTU Lab Manager Samantha Crowder and Living Matter Graduate Research Assistant Fiona Bell
ATLAS

Cal-Wood Restoration Crew: Building Community Resilience After Wildfire
Director Stacey Forsyth
CU Science Discovery

Community College Student Research at CU Boulder
Director Julie Graf
Biological Sciences Initiative, MCD Biology

Drifting North Inflatable MiniDome Polar Planetarium Experience
Communication Coordinator and Program Integrator, Professional Research Assistant Daniela Pennycook
CIRES

Driving Economic Growth in Colorado Native Reservations
Program Coordinator Madeleine Light
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Monitoring the Watershed After the Marshall Fire
Assistant Professor Julie Korak
Civil, Environmental Engineering​

Adolescents, Smartphones, and Social Media: Promoting Positive Relationships
Instructor Annie Margaret
ATLAS

Bringing Colorado's Chicano Movement to Classrooms
Director, Latino History Project Jason Romero
School of Education

Cal-Wood Restoration Crew
Director Stacey Forsyth
CU Science Discovery

Creating Partnerships with High School Gamers and Undergraduates
Assistant Professor Arturo Cortez    
School of Education

Exploring Science Through Art, Music and Dance
Postdoctoral Associate Emma Antonio
Chemical and Biological Engineering/Materials Science Program

Four Corners Environmental and Economic Justice Summer Internship
Program Director, Four Corners Environmental and Economic Justice, Instructor/Lecturer Julia Guarino
Colorado Law

Holistic Planetarium Virtual Field Trips with Rural Schools
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Integrating Asian American Studies into Colorado K-12 Schools
Tenure-Track Faculty Noreen Rodriguez    
School of Education

LEAP: Learning in Partnership
Production, Outreach & Engagement Liaison Ondine Geary
Theatre & Dance

Listen, Create, Teach, Change: Racism and Wrongful Convictions
Clinical Law Professor Ann England
Colorado Law

Make CSR Training Accessible to Diverse Professionals
Interim Director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Julie Waggoner
Leeds School of Business

Mobile Home Park Organizing Guidebook
Professor of Law Deborah Cantrell
Colorado Law

Pathway from High School to College: Summer Economics
Director of the Online Economics Program, Instructor Karen Gebhardt
Economics and the Division of Continuting Education

Reflections on the Future Art Exhibit and Event
Education and Outreach Coordinator for Niwot Ridge LTER Alexandra Rose
CU Science Discovery

School-based Community Garden in Fort Morgan, Colorado
Student Assistant, Graduate Student Britta Bergstrom    
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Science Community Outreach Program and Education (SCOPE)
PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Megan Mitchell    
Biochemistry

2020–21 Awardees

A Joint Outreach Model in the COVID Era
Director of Educational Outreach and Research, Research Associate Michael Bennett
Department of Physics, JILA

Establishing a Makerspace for Youth in Foster Care
PhD Student Brandon Grossman
School of Education

Multicultural Leadership Mentors Program
Director of Diversity Recruitment and Retention Krishna Pattisapu
School of Education

Participatory Antiracist Design with the Trident Community
Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari
Department of Environmental Design

SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Decisions in Schools
Instructor Kari Sholtes
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

Supporting Underserved Teachers with Dome to Home
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

2019–20 Awardees

Building Trust: Parent Engagement in Montbello
Graduate Student Ana Contreras
School of Education

Colorado Lullaby Project: Nurturing Social Connection Through Song
Community Engagement and Social Innovation Coordinator Katie Skayhan and Associate Professor Jeff Nytch
College of Music

Comics Writing and Workshops with White Earth Nation
Associate Professor Jennifer Shannon
Cultural Anthropology

Connecting Ancestral and Modern Pojoaque Communities
Graduate Student Zachary Cooper
Anthropology

Improving No Cost Grocery Programs Through Dialogue
Instructor Heide Bruckner
Geography

Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights: Education and Outreach Campaign
Fellow Danielle Lazore-Thompson and Professor Kristen Carpenter
Colorado Law

Participatory Media Needs Assessment of Boulder County Youth
Graduate Student Luz Ruiz
Media Studies

Translating Alaska WASH Research for Community Action
Graduate Student Kaitlin Mattos
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

2018–19 Awardees

Animating Fossils through Performance in Jeffco Schools
Associate Professor Beth Osnes
Theatre

Citizen Science Capacity Building in Boulder Through GLOBE.gov
Curriculum Development & Project Coordinator Jennifer Taylor
CIRES Education & Outreach

Community Collaboration in Understanding Pueblo Agriculture
Graduate Student/Doctoral Research Assistant Kaitlyn Davis
Department of Anthropology

Critical Conversations Project (CCP)
Program Manager for Production, Outreach & Engagement Ondine Geary
Theatre & Dance

Demystifying Entrepreneurship Rural Colorado Workshop Series
Program Coordinator Sam Schanfarber
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship - Leeds School of Business

OASIS (Opportunities, Art, Science, Inspiration, and Sustainability)
Assistant Clinical Professor Marcel de Lange
Program in Environmental Design

Psychological Outreach and Research Initiative for Indigenous Communities
Assistant Director CU Upward Bound Héctor Ramírez
Office of Pre-Collegiate Outreach

2017–18 Awardees

A Just Energy and Climate Transition for Boulder
Assistant Professor David Ciplet
Environmental Studies

Analysis of Mentorship Plus Role Modeling Outreach Models
Graduate Part-time Instructor/Research Assistant Leighanna Hinojosa
School of Education

Creating a Cooperative Stewardship Zone in Boulder Canyon
Faculty Instructor Stacey Schulte
Program in Environmental Design

Conversations About Growing Up With Two Languages
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga
Psychology & Neuroscience

Harnessing Outreach Potential to Establish Long-term Citizen Science
Graduate Student Ashley Lorainne Whipple, Research Associate Chris Ray
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

High School Energy Education Partnership
Doctoral Candidate Kate Henson
School of Education

Latin Summer Enrichment Program 2018
Associate Professor Jacqueline Elliot
Classics

Lecture Series on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Professor of Russian Studies Mark Leiderman
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Native American Mural Project
Assistant Director Hector Ramirez
ODECE, CU Boulder Upward Bound

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Assistant Professor Stephen Becker
Applied Mathematics 

Wildfire Social Science Connection
Research Faculty Hannah Brenkert Smith
Institute of Behavioral Sciences (IBS)

2022-23 Awardees

Culturally Responsive Practices for Interpretation in the SLHC ($1,300)
Alison Lemke    
Speech, Language & Hearing Services

Movimiento Latinx XXI Dance Workshop ($2,000)
Jesus Munoz, Graduate Student
Theater and Dance

Establishing a Rural-Based 3D Printer Lending Library ($2000)
Scott Sieke, University Staff
CU Science Discovery

Astronomy Outreach Collaborations with Mesa Verde National Park ($2000)
Erica Ellingson, Other
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Research Share in the UK ($1000)
Amanda Giguere, University Staff
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Research Share in the UK ($1000)
Heidi Schmidt, University Staff
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Co-designing Responsive Literacy Instruction with Rural Elementary Teachers ($2000)
Elizabeth Dutro, Tenure-Track Faculty
School of Education

2021-22 Awardees

Co-design Workshop for Interactive Murals in Trinidad, CO​
PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Kimberley Bianca Warren
Critical Media Practices

Piloting STEM Kits for Rural and Mountainous Communities
Manager of School and Teacher Programs Tim Ogino
CU Science Discovery

Robotics Summer Camp for Middle School Students
Graduate Student Nataliya Nechyporenko and Post Doc Shiran Dudy
Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science

STEM Enrichment – Supporting Budding Scientists of Colorado
Assistant Professor Karen Bailey
Sustainability Innovation Lab and Environmental Studies

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics Stephen Becker
Applied Mathematics

The Soul of the Oja
Graduate Student Chiamaka Odinenu 
Media Studies

Balloon Flight Lab - High School Outreach    
Instructional Laboratory and Fabrication Coordinator, Instructor Matt Rhode    
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Bringing Healing Home: A Workbook for Sexual Trauma    
Undergraduate Student Francesca Torsiello    
INVST

Bringing Molecular Biology to High School Classrooms
Instructor Kristin Moore
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Building a Literary Learning Ecology with Adjudicated Youth    
Graduate Student Daniel Moore    
School of Education

Celebrating the Indigenous Americas Week    
Director, Latin American Studies Center, Associate Professor Leila Gomez
Latin American Studies Center

Climate Change Learning Gathering: Justice, Emotion, and Action    
Professor Emeritus Dan Liston    
School of Education

Co-designing Responsive Literacy Pedagogy with Rural Elementary Teachers
Tenure-Track Faculty Elizabeth Dutro
Literacy Studies, School of Education

CU Horn Choir Western Slope Tour (9/26-28)
Associate Professor of Horn Michael Thornton
College of Music

Ecological Networks & Ecosystem Services: Online Active-Learning Games
Doctoral Candidate Aislyn Keyes    
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Facilitating Co-production and Indigenous Community Engagement
Research Associate Keith Musselman
INSTAAR

Framework for Long-Term Community Risk/Resilience to Climate Variability    
Research Faculty Atreyee Bhattacharya    
Center for Asian Studies (CAS) The Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE), CIRES

Identifying New Outreach Pathways with the Brain
Tenure-Track Faculty Michael Baratta
Psychology and Neuroscience

Multiculturalism at the Observatory
Doctoral Candidate Rachel Bowyer    
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Assistant Professor Stephen Becker    
Applied Mathematics

2020–21 Awardees

Business Economic Outlook Forum Publication Support
Associate Dean and Senior Economist Richard Wobbekind
Leeds School of Business

COVID Community Economic Presentations
Executive Director Brian Lewandowski
Business Research Division

Ecological Networks & Ecosystem Services: Online Active-Learning Games
PhD Student Aislyn Keyes
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Impact of COVID in China and the U.S.
Senior Staff Associate Lynn Kalinauskas
Center for Asian Studies, Program for Teaching East Asia

Museum in a Box
Education Coordinator Cathy Regan
CU Museum of Natural History

Our Wishes | Nuestros Deseos
MFA student Alejandra Abad
Department of Art and Art History

Supporting Virtual Early-Career Researcher Talks
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

2019–20 Awardees

Affordable Housing in Boulder: Barriers, Solutions, and Successes
Associate Director and Instructor Abby Hickcox
Arts & Sciences Honors Program

Bringing Lafayette’s Swimming Pool Story to the Community
Distinguished Professor of History Emerita; coordinator, Latino History Project Marjorie McIntosh
History

Building Community Partnerships for Equitable Co-Design in Science
Graduate Student Caitlin Fine
School of Education

Computational Physical Play Workshop
Graduate Student Junnan Yu
Department of Information Science

Engineering Identity Development in Rural High School Students
Graduate Student Leighanna Hinojosa
School of Education

Gathering/Sharing Resources about Latinos on the Western Slope
Director of Latino History Project Jason Romero
School of Education

Los Seis de Boulder at 28th and Canyon
Graduate Student Jasmine Baetz
Art and Art History

Nested Roots: A Science/Art Exhibition in Carbondale, CO
Associate Director Jorge Perez-Gallego
Nature, Environment, Science, and Technology Studio for the Arts

Shakespeare Theatre Association Conference
Director of Outreach Amanda Giguere
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Statewide Educator Institute for LGBTQ Inclusive Practices
Assistant Research Professor Bethy Leonardi
School of Education

Student and Stakeholder Strategic Planning for Sustainable Communities
Professor Sharon Collinge
Environmental Studies Program

Supporting Early Career Researcher Talks at Fiske Planetarium
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences)

Teaching Ethnography for Social Engagement Pedagogy Workshop
Assistant Professor Kathryn Goldfarb
Anthropology

2018–19 Awardees

Consultation With the Pawnee and Arikara Tribes
Professor Douglas Bamforth
Anthropology

CU sponsorship of a youth leadership restoration project
Professor Timothy Seastedt
Institute of Arctic and Apline Research (INSTAAR)

Demystifying Entrepreneurship & Startup to Scaleup Development Workshops
Executive Director Erick Mueller
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship - Leeds School of Business   

Dialogue for Enhanced Disaster Relocation Recovery
Doctoral candidate Shaye Palagi
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Engaging educators in Boulder Computer Science Education Week
Graduate Student Celeste Moreno
Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS)

Evaluation of Creative Districts in Rural Colorado
Graduate Student Jennifer Shelby
Environmental Studies, Environmental Design

Immigrant Moms' Activism for Community Participation
Graduate student Maria de los Angeles Osorio Cooper
Education

Impacts of Oil and Gas for Colorado Residents
Professor Joseph Ryan
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Environmental Engineering Program

Institute on LGBTQ-Inclusive Educational Practices
Research Associate Bethy Leonardi
School of Education

LISA 2020: Building Developing Countries' Statistical Analysis Capacity
Associate Professor and Director Eric Vance
Applied Mathematics

Marking Space for Los Seis de Boulder
Graduate Student Jasmine Baetz
Art and Art History

NAGPRA Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con
Associate Professor Jennifer Shannon
Anthropology

Orientation to Early Childhood Music Instruction
Associate Professor Martina Miranda
Music

Presenting GUB's work at EDRA Conference
Program Director Mara Mintzer
Environmental Design, The Community Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR)

Secondary and College Students Exploring Colorado’s Geology Together
Senior Instructor Lon Abbott & Instructor Jennifer Stempien
Geology

Service Learning for English Language Learners
Instructor Barbara Flocke
International English Center, Continuing Education

Shakespearean Haunted House with Boulder High School
Assistant Professor Kevin Rich
Theatre and Dance

Workshopping Ways of Encountering Self / Encountering Others
Graduate Student Jashodhara Sen
Theatre and Dance

2017–18 Awardees

Collaborative Artist-Scholar Residency at Chatauqua with Public Presentation
Professor/Chair, Department of Religious Studies David Shneer
History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Colorado River Water Delegation to Mexico
Energy and Climate Justice Manager Michelle Gabrieloff
Environmental Center

Colorado Shared Ownership Summit Travel Support
Assistant Professor Nathan Schneider
Media Studies

Distribute Colorado Business Economic Outlook Books
Associate Director Brian Lewandowski
Business Research Division

Evaluation and Understanding of Creative Districts in Colorado
Graduate Research Assistant Jennifer Shelby
Environmental Design

German Language Immersion Day 2018
Instructor/Coordinator of Undergraduate German Language Instruction Ursula Jany
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler
Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins
Theatre & Dance

Off-grid Renewable Energy in Rural Bolivia
Undergraduate Research Assistant Janelle Isenhart, Biology and Chemical Engineering, Faculty Advisor Alan Mickelson, Electrical Engineering

Presenting Community-based Air Quality Research
Graduate Research Assistant Ashley Collier-Oxandale, Faculty Advisor Michael Hannigan
Environmental Engineering

Rethinking Digital Pedagogy with Community Partners: An Unconference
Graduate Research Assistant Tarren Andrews, English, Faculty Advisor Laurie Gries, Department of Communication

State-wide Educator Institute for LGBTQ Inclusive Practices
Research Associate Bethy Leonardi
A Queer Endeavor, School of Education

Teachers of Color and Allies Summit
Associate Professor Victoria Hand
School of Education

The Korey Wise Innocence Project at CU Law
Professor Kristy Martinez
Colorado Law

Young Women's Vocal Empowerment Program - Egypt
Graduate Research Assistant Sarah Fahmy, Faculty Advisor Beth Osnes
Theatre & Dance

2021-22 Awardees

GlobeMed GROW 2021-2022
GROW Interns, Undergraduate Students Jeremiah Diaz, Shreya Sharma and Grace Matsey
College of Arts and Sciences

LSP and KidsTek Community Outreach Project
Leeds Scholars, Undergraduate students Charlie Wells, Shayna Kliger, Kaela Gero, Andersen Dodge and Jackson Klein
Leeds School of Business

Improve understanding of the changing Arctic through Co-Production
Allyson Fitts