Investing in Discovery
Faculty and Student Projects
Faculty and Student Projects
The story of through public good discovery through CCESL-connected faculty and student research and creative is on display in Public Good Impact.
To keep up with monthly stories of public good discovery, email us to be added to CCESL's mailing list. And browse the lists below to see the breadth of topics and disciplines represented in faculty community-engaged research and creative work.
Recent Public Good Fund Awards
2019-2020
Mike Hoa Nguyen, Higher Education - Understanding the Educational Experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI): A Disaggregated Study in Denver
Marquisha Scott & Aleysia Whitmore, Graduate School of Social Work & Lamont School of Music - Sacred Sounds and Social Justice
Andrea Stanton, Religious Studies - Post-Conversion Experiences of Denver-based Converts to Islam
Matthew Taylor, Geography - Assessing Water (In)Security at the Household Level During Times of Economic and Political Crisis in Nicaragua: Data for Action
Krystyna Matusiak, Research Methods and Information Science - Expanding the Reach and Sustaining the Park County Local History Digital Archive
Tara Raines, Morgridge College of Education - Continuing the Sankofic Journey to Inclusive and Affirming Early Care & Learning Environments for Black Children
Past Public Good Fund Awards
2018-2019
Shannon Allen, Center for Rural School Health & Education- South Conejos Substance Use Prevention Collaborative
Yolanda Anyon & Kathryn Wiley, Graduate School of Social Work- Sankofic Journey to Inclusive and Affirming Early Care & Learning Environments for Black Children
Marie Berry, Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy- Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative
Elizabeth Campbell, Center for Art Collections (ACE) and History- Ethical Stewardship of Native American Heritage
Jing Li & Paul Sutton & Guiming Zhang, Department of Geography and the Environment- Building a Citizen-centric Digital Urban Environmental Observatory with Nature Kids
Krystyna Matusiak, Morgridge College of Education; Research Methods and Information Science (RMIS) Department; Library and Information Science (LIS) Program- Community Resilience: Preserving and Promoting the Park County Local History Archive
Julia Roncoroni, Department of Counseling Psychology- Cook Eat Share: Community-Participatory Cookbook Project
Breigh Roszelle, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science- Development of Middle School STEM Workshops for Underrepresented Students
2017-2018
Gloria Miller, Teaching and Learning Sciences Department - Partnering with Community Navigators on Cultural Sharing Conversations
Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Department of Geography and the Environment - Using Participatory Scenario Planning and Photovoice to Understand Community Resilience Under Anticipated Climate Change Impacts
Jennifer Greenfield, Eugene Walls, Donny Gerke, Graduate School of Social Work - Trans* Health Literacy: Supporting Colorado Communities through Research Education, and Policy Advocacy"
Michael Sousa, Sturm College of Law - Access to Justice for Low-income Consumers: How the Legal System Reproduces Economic Inequality in Debt Collection Proceedings
Barbekka Hurtt, Department of Biological Sciences - Health Professions Highway – Creating a Self-sustaining, Culturally Diverse Pipeline to Develop Future Healthcare Professionals
Zoe Tobier, University Writing Program & Esteban Gomez, Department of Anthropology - This is My Denver: Using Visual Anthropology and Multimodal Composition to Foster Arts-Based Community Activism at North High School
Anamika Barman-Adhikari & Daphne Brydon, Graduate School of Social Work - Adaptation of a Network-based Substance Use Preventive Intervention for Young Adults Who Experience Homelessness
Erin Anderson, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Garrett Roberts, Department of Teaching and Learning Sciences, and Duan Zhang, Department of Research Methods and Information Science - Opening Doors to the Working World for Underrepresented Youth through Documenting K-12 Students' Professional Competencies with Online Micro-credentials
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2016-2017
Lynn Schofield Clark, Media, Film, and Journalism Studies & Yolanda Anyon, Graduate School of Social Work—Incorporating Video Storytelling into Trauma-Informed Practice with Low-Income Youth of Color
W. Neil Gowensmith, Graduate School of Professional Psychology—Community Reentry through a Different Lens
Barbekka Hurtt & Nancy Lorenzon, Biological Sciences—Health Professions Highway: Creating a Self-Sustaining, Culturally Diverse Pipeline to Develop Future Healthcare Professionals
Shannon Murphy, Biological Sciences; Robin Tinghitella, Biological Sciences; & Jennifer Hoffman, Physics and Astronomy—DUSciTech2017: Pathways to STEM Careers for Girls of Color and Low-Income Girls in Denver
Christine Nelson, Morgridge College of Education & Sophia Cisneros, Physics and Astronomy—Scaffolding STEM Mentorship for Native Youth: Math|Culture|Environment (M|C|E)
Andrea Stanton, Religious Studies—Our Diverse America: Developing ESL-Appropriate EBook Chapters that Showcase America's Diversity
Sarah Enos Watamura, Psychology—Identifying Risk and Protective Factors for Refugee Children: Promoting Effective Screening and Referral
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2015-2016
Yolanda Anyon, Graduate School of Social Work—Increasing Opportunities for Organizational Leadership and Decision-Making Among Low-Income Youth of Color in After School Programs
Bonnie Clark, Anthropology—New Communities of Memory: The DU Amache Project 2016-2017
Oliver Kaplan, Josef Korbel School of International Studies—The Korbel Asylum Project
Shannon Murphy, Biological Sciences; Robin Tinghitella, Biological Sciences; & Jennifer Hoffman, Physics and Astronomy—DUSciTech: A STEM Summer Camp for Girls from Underrepresented Backgrounds at the University of Denver
Cecilia Orphan, Morgridge College of Education—Leading Collective Civic Impact: Measuring and Advancing Higher Education's Contributions to Civic Health in Colorado Community Partner(s): Campus Compact of the Mountain West
Matthew Taylor, Geography—People in the Path of the Nicaragua Canal: Working with Popol Na and Local Communities to Document Current Livelihoods to Permit a More Just Resettlement
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2014-2015
Kim Bender & Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Graduate School of Social Work—Photovoice Youth Voice
Erica Chenoweth, Korbel School of International Studies—Production, Dissemination, and Evaluation of a Short Video Highlighting the Historical Record of Nonviolent Resistance
Mailk Nwosu, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences—Contextualizing African/African American Migration and Diaspora Narratives
Raja Raghunath, Sturm College of Law; Rebecca Galemba, Josef Korbel School of International Studies—Wage Theft in the Commercial Construction Industry in Denver
Ryan Gildersleeve, Morgridge College of Education—EPIC Navigators Task Force: A Youth Participatory Research Project
Eugene Walls, Graduate School of Social Work—The Stigma Effect: The Role of Internalized Racism and Internalized Homophobia in Risky Sexual Behavior Among Black Gay Men
Judy Kiyama, Morgridge College of Education—Cultivating Educational Aspirations in Low-Income Families of Color through Education, Engagement, and Empowerment
Jennifer Greenfield, Graduate School of Social Work—Latina Mothers' Experience in the NICU: An Explanation of the Barriers and Facilitators of Maternal Engagement with Preterm Infants
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2013-2014
Erin Willer, Communications—The Scraps of the Heart Project: Storying Infant Death and Healing Parents Through Scrapbooking
Martin Quigley & Matthew Taylor, Biological Sciences and Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences—Mitigation of Environment and Socioeconomic Consequences of Water Scarcity in Rural Landscape Conversion
Vicki Tomlin & Maria Riva, Department of Counseling Psychology, Morgridge College of Education—Refugee Community Collaboration
Keith Miller, Chemistry and Biochemisty—Designing Interactive Activities to Stimulate Informal Science Learning in Public Libraries
Ramona Beltran, Social Work—RiseUp!: A Culture-Centered HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Indigenous Youth
Bonnie Clark, Anthropology—Fostering Communities of Memory: The DU Amache Project 2014-2015
William Gowensmith, Graduate School of Professional Psychology—Expansion of the College Gateway Program
Sam Museus, Morgridge College of Education—The Collecting Asian American and Pacific Islander Refugee Stories (CARS) Project
Alejandro Ceron Valdes, Anthropology—Evaluation of Procurement and Supply of Medicines in Guatemala's Public Health System: Case Studies
Cheri Young, Knoebel School of Hospitality Management—Humanity, Hope, and Hospitality
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2012-2013
Yoli Anyon and Nicole Nicotera, Graduate School of Social Work—Meeting the needs of diverse learners in the classroom: An interdisciplinary intervention to build the capacity of school personnel
Inna Altschul, Graduate School of Social Work—Increasing College Enrollment, Persistence, and Graduation among DPS Students
Renee Botta, Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies—Testing the Outcomes of Global WASHES Training Models with New Facilities
Omar Gudiño, Department of Psychology—Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health - Child, Adolescent and Family Services Section
Gloria Miller, Morgridge College of EducationDocumenting Critical Family-School Partnering Strategies with Refugee Parents
Don McCubbrey and Zulema Lopez, Department of Business Information and Analytics and Department of Languages and Literatures—Textbook Translation Project in Support of University Students in Developing Economies
Stephen Shirk, Department of Psychology—Improving Access to Effective Treatment for Adolescent Depression
Matthew Taylor, Department of Geography & the Environment—Creating a Public Web-Based Geographic Information System to Support Communal Decision Making along Nicaragua's Pacific Coast
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2011-2012
Lori Patton and Nicole Russell, Morgridge College of Education—Evaluating and Enhancing the Especially Me Program
Bruce Pennington, Department of Psychology—Integrated Clinical Service for Underserved Children with Learning Disorders
Don McCubbrey, Daniels College of Business (Clinical)—International Internship in Support of Open Education Resources in Developing Economies
Mary Stansbury and Shimelis Assefa, Morgridge College of Education—Choosing Ecellence: Let All Children Bloom
Kimberly Bender, Graduate School of Social Work—Preventing Victimization Among Homless Youth
William Gowensmith, Graduate School of Professional Psychology—How Well Do Decision Makers Understand the Risk for Violence in Mentally Ill Individuals
Michele Hanna, Graduate School of Social Work—Residential Treatment and Adoption: The Adoptive Parent Perspective
Megan Kelly, Writing Program—Cultivating Undergraduate Student Engagement in a Campus-Community Garden
Julie Laser, Graduate School of Social Work—Strengthening Networks of Refugee and Immigrant Service Providers
Eugene Walls, Graduate School of Social Work—Colorado Trans on Campus: Final Report and Dissemination
Bruce Pennington, Department of Psychology—Clinical Service for Underserved Children with Learning Disorders
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2010-2011
Tracy Elhers, Department of Anthropology—Todas Somos Lideres: A Leadership Institute of Girls
Matthew Taylor, Department of Geography—Burning for Sustainability: Firewood, Human Health, and Global Warming in Guatemala
Lynn Clark, Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies—Developing an After-School Multimedia Center at South High School
Last Updated: 9/15/2020