Meet the Team

Elizabeth Birr Moje

George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Dean of the School of Education
In her current research and community engagement work, Moje uses an array of methods to study and support young people’s literacy learning in Detroit, Michigan. She is particularly interested in the intersections between disciplinary literacies of school and the literacy practices of youth outside of school. She also studies how youth draw from home, community, ethnic, popular, and school cultures to make cultures and to enact identities. In related work focused on teacher learning, Moje developed and co-directs Teaching and Learning the Disciplines through Clinical Practice Rounds, with colleague Robert Bain. The Rounds Project, which advances discipline-based literacy teacher education in urban settings, was awarded the provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize at the University of Michigan in 2010.
moje@umich.edu

Jerome Lynch

Professor and Donald Malloure Department Char, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Professor Lynch’s research interests are centered in the exciting field of smart structure technologies. The collection of sensor data from large-scale structures is important for assessing long-term structural performance, to rapidly diagnosis structural health, and to understand the flows of energy intrinsic to the construction and operation of civil engineering structures.
jerlynch@umich.edu

Jacqueline Handley

Doctoral Student, Science Education, School of Education
Jacqueline works with Sensors in a Shoebox as a graduate student on the Education team. She is the lead architect of the Sensors in a Shoebox program, lead facilitator of the programming with youth and lead graduate student educational researcher of the program.
jacquieh@umich.edu

Rachael Gordon

Doctoral Student, Science Education, School of Education
Rachael developed the curricular materials that accompany the Sensors in a Shoebox program, as well as the website you see here. In addition to material development, Rachael works to support program facilitation with youth across multiple contexts. As a doctoral student, Rachael's current research interests include developing equitable and just science learning environments for youth, as well as supporting teachers and facilitators to carry out asset-based practices in both formal and informal science learning spaces.
malerman@umich.edu

Katherine Flanigan

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Katherine developed ruggedized, low-power wireless sensing kits for the Sensors in a Shoebox program to serve as user-friendly sensing solutions that are rapidly deployable in and around cities. This technology empowers students to address fundamental questions about urban issues in their communities by engaging in problem-based inquiry, devising sensing solutions for data collection, and analyzing sensor data.
At the heart of Katherine's research is a desire to maximize the utility of data generated from intelligent infrastructure and structural health monitoring by optimizing sensing architectures to empower data-driven decision-making. While sensing and structural monitoring are historically tied to infrastructure, the proliferation of low-cost sensing technologies opens the door to opportunities to scale out and embed sensors within cities in new and innovative ways. In light of the increasing interdependency between physical and social systems within cities, Katherine plans to leverage connectivity and automation as features of both physical and social systems within urban settings to redefine and control adaptive infrastructure that conforms to society's changing needs. The Sensors in a Shoebox program aligns with her research philosophy that part of the transformation that smart cities will undergo in the upcoming years needs to be rooted in the diverse perspectives acquired through partnering with local communities.
kaflanig@umich.edu

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