Michigan Minds

In this episode of Michigan Minds, U-M associate professor of psychology and ecology & evolutionary biology Ben Dantzer, PhD and National Science Foundation postdoctoral biopsychology research fellow at U-M Lauren Petrullo, PhD detail their research project, which studies how squirrels reproduce in years in which food is abundant and when it is not, and the long-term impact of those behaviors. The researchers found that some female red squirrels have large litters in years when there won’t be enough food for all their pups to survive the winter and wanted to understand why. 

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Anil Camci, assistant professor of performing arts technology at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, discusses his Arts Initiative-funded pilot project, Bringing Down the Fifth Wall, which brought together student researchers to develop a virtual cinematography system that utilizes real-time audio analysis and user interaction through virtual reality.  

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Kara Mannor, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, researches conceptual and methodological approaches for studying the relationships between ableism and health outcomes for disabled people. Mannor joins Michigan Minds to discuss the medical and social models of disability, disability justice, and public health’s commitment to disability communities. 

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University of Michigan Civil & Environmental Engineering professors Carol Menassa and Vineet Kamat are the lead PIs on a project that is exploring ways to provide end-to-end mobility solutions, including navigation and maneuverability as key aspects of the mobility process. They recently joined the Michigan Minds podcast to explain the goals of their research and detail some of the unique ways they are including community members in the process.

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April Zeoli, PhD, inaugural cohort member at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, seeks to understand the legal firearm restrictions for high-risk groups, the implications for domestic violence abusers, and the missed opportunities within our systems that could help prevent firearm injury and homicide, specifically related to intimate partner violence. In this episode, Zeoli discusses her work exploring current systems that help prevent firearm injury.

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Vyta Pivo, PhD, examines architecture not just as a building but as an urban issue. Pivo is a postdoctoral fellow with the Michigan Society of Fellows and an assistant professor of architecture in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. In this episode of Michigan Minds, she describes her goal to reimagine how society thinks about architecture, her latest project “A World Cast in Concrete: How the US Build its Empire,” and being named a University of Michigan Public Art and Engagement Fellow by the U-M Arts Initiative.

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Michael Gurevich, PhD Associate Professor Of Performing Arts Technology discusses his project Visualizing Telematic Performance.

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Lisa Fedina, PhD, School of Social Work assistant professor, and faculty affiliate at U-M Poverty Solutions, the Injury Prevention Center, the Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program, and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, studies how violence can affect the health of women and transgender adults. Fedina provides insight into her research, which explores how intimate partner violence and economic insecurity play a role in the lives of these groups. 

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The University of Michigan Army ROTC program trains students to become second lieutenants in the US military. U-M ROTC Lieutenant Colonel Tom Church and Master Sergeant Tom Hance talk about ROTC and the cadet experience, and also to discuss what Veterans Day means to them and how the campus community can honor veterans. 

Lt. Col. Church is a professor of military science with the Wolverine Battalion and the chair of the Army Officer Education Program. He graduated from U-M with a Bachelor of Arts and commissioned from the U-M ROTC program, and has since held numerous roles throughout the past 19 years. He was born in Kentwood, Michigan, which is near Grand Rapids. He is also a member of the Match-E-Be-Nash-E-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe.

M SGT Hance is the senior military science instructor for the ROTC program. In January 2023, Hance will hit 20 years active duty. Originally from New York City, he joined the military soon after the 9/11 attacks. In his role at U-M, he instructs warrior tasks and battle drills and prepares competitive cadet teams for events. 

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Deb Mexicotte, Managing Director of Arts Engine discusses the Arts Initiative-funded pilot project, Phototocracy: Defining Democracy Through Stories and Art, and how it shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic creating a new meaning for the work.

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