Michelle Bellino chosen for Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship
Professor Michelle Bellino is among seventeen University of Michigan faculty members named 2021 Public Engagement Faculty Fellows.
The Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship aims to:
- Support the faculty-articulated need for time and space to reflect, develop skills, and incubate project ideas.
- Encourage recognition of and experimentation with all forms of public engagement.
- Create an interdisciplinary, intergenerational learning community focused on public engagement.
- Foster conversations about institutional and cultural support for public engagement on campus.
The first phase of the fellowship is a five-week Studio Experience that focuses on skill development, reflection, exploration and brainstorming, networking and project development. It also forms the basis for a campuswide interdisciplinary learning community focused on public engagement.
Using the skills and connections they gain during the Studio Experience, fellows can propose a public engagement project and be eligible for up to $10,000 in funding and in-kind support from the Center for Academic Innovation and other campus units. This model was designed to support opportunities for innovation, interdisciplinarity and bringing together communities that do not frequently work together.
