Program Associate
About
Update due to COVID-19: Please be advised that due to COVID-19, as with the rest of our staff and many people at the university, I am working remotely. My regular business hours will be 8:00AM - 4:30PM during this time. Email is the best way to reach me. If you do call my office line and leave a message, voice-mails will be forwarded to my email. Requests for virtual meetings may be sent via Google Calendar - my free/busy info is publicly available. Please be patient during this time if you experience slower than normal responses to inquiries. We are all doing our best to respond to queries in a rapidly evolving environment! Thank you and best wishes.
In her position with DAAS, James assists with the department's many programs and objectives as well as performs as its outreach coordinator. She schedules and coordinates events as well as publicizes various campus activities. She also helps coordinate DAAS outreach programs through its Community Engaged Learning (CEL) component including study abroad programs and working with the Center for Educational Outreach's Future U and the Wolverine Express initiatives.
James was named a 2014 Harold R. Johsons Diversity Service Award recipient, as well as Advisor of the Year by the Office of Student Affairs and has been awarded the Cornerstone Award from the Black Celebratory among other honors for her service and dedication to DAAS and the student community. James says she most cherishes her extracurricular work as the Black Student Union Adviser, serving as a committee member for the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium and working with Camp Michitanki, the U-M's Transplant Center for young recipients like herself as the resident storyteller.
