Research, Teaching, and Speaking

Selected Conference Presentations

Food for Thought: Nourishing Connections between Theory and Practice at a Retirement Home Cafeteria, Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM, 2024

Producing Social Networks through Food: Food Aid and Reciprocity in Southeast Michigan, Society for Applied Anthropology, Cincinnati, OH, 2023

Common Spaces: The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Park Management, Society for Applied Anthropology, Virtual, 2022

City Roots: Engaging the Community in Campus Sustainability, International Conference on Urban Sustainability, New York City, 2021

Good Food, Better City? Politics, Pedagogy, and the Reimagining of Detroit’s Food Landscape, Association for the Study of Food and Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015

Common Spaces: The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Park Management, Transformations Graduate Conference, Wayne State University, 2021

Interdisciplinary Phragmites Management as a Model for Sustainable, Community-Led Invasive Species Solutions, National Science Foundation Annual Meeting, 2018

Courses

  • ANTH 2400: Food and Culture

  • BIO 6190: Water in an Urban Context

  • ANTH 135: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 210: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Selected Publications

Walsh, S., & Pallas-Brink, J. (2023). The Ethnographer in the Machine: Everyday Experiences with AI-Enabled Data Analysis. EPIC Proceedings, 538–554.

Selected Workshops and Facilitation

Building a Student-Led Research Lab: From Theory to Practice

Michigan State University

Designed and facilitated a hands-on workshop for students exploring qualitative research, care work, and equity. Topics included research ethics, storytelling, fieldwork design, and IRB processes.

Research Methods That Matter: Designing Qualitative Projects with Purpose

Applied, interactive workshop for researchers, students, and staff who want to deepen their qualitative practice. This workshop has been delivered to academic and nonprofit audiences, including a recent session for a national health-focused organization (client confidential).

Archaeology in the City Workshop

Wayne State University

Community-based workshop on public archaeology, local history, and material culture, co-facilitated with students and faculty.

Zooarchaeology Methods Workshop

Wayne State University

Interactive training session on faunal remains analysis for undergraduate archaeology students.

Undergraduate Research Mentorship

Ongoing mentorship and training in applied anthropology methods, sustainability research, and qualitative analysis.