Education

• ABD English, Pennsylvania State University, May 2007
• M.A. English, Oakland University, May 1994
• B.A. English and Communications, Oakland University, May 1992

Board Membership, Leadership, & Service

• Cross Creek Charter Academy, School Board Member 2007 - present
• United Way Women's Leadership Council, Member 2007 - 2008
• United Way Investment Council, Co-Chair 2006 - 2008
• United Way Committees, 2006 - present
• Women's History Council, Board Trustee 2007 - 2009
• Claude Harvard Foundation, President 2005 - 2009
• Specialized Language Development Learning Center's Board Trustee 2005 - present
• Academic Service-Learning Faculty Liaison GRCC 2004 - 2009
• Leadership Grand Rapids, Class of 2008
• Great Lakes Leadership Academy, Class of 2006
• Muslim Student Association, Advisor GRCC 2005 - 2008
• Girl Scouts 1999 - present

Teaching/Facilitation History

• Facilitator - Woodrick Diversity Center "9th grade Diversity Initiative", 2007 - 2008
• Associate Professor - Grand Rapids Community College, 2001 - present
• Facilitator - GRCC "Fundamentals of Academic Service-Learning" Online Seminar, GRCC 2004 - present
• Lecturer and Graduate Assistant - Pennsylvania State University, 1994 - 2001

Presentations

• Community College National Center for Civic Engagement 2009 presentation "Reciprocity and Other Protocols: Orienting Key Stakeholders for Academic Service Learning Partnerships"
• Grand Rapids Art Museum, 2008 Gordon Parks' exhibit, "Straight from Busboyovia - Gordon Parks Turns a Phrase"
• Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service-Learning 2007 presentation "Creating a Professional Development Program for Academic Service-Learning"
• Community College National Center for Community Engagement 2006 Co-presenter "The Evolution of Service-Learning: One Community College's Vision"
• The Chair Academy's 15th Annual International Conference 2006 roundtable presentation "The Importance of Moving from Diversity to Cultural Competency in Cultivating Emergent Leadership"
• Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service-Learning 2005 workshop "Crossing Invisible Borders: Becoming the Community's College by Creating and Sustaining Partnerships"

Publications

• Muhammad, M., Olivarez, J., & Sneath, W. (2008). . Focusing on Impact: Connecting Student Learningand Community Needs in the Evolution of Service-Learning . Student Dialogues: Community College Case Studies to Consider, 29 - 31.
• Open this Door chapbook 2005
• Several poems in African American Literature, Gilyard, Keith and Wardi, Anissa eds. 2004
• "Last Days of a Slow Cooker" From Totems to Hip-Hop, Ishmael Reed ed. 2002
• "Fridays" Ishmael Reed's KONCH Magazine August 2000, http://ishmaelreedpub.com/konch.html

Awards

• GRCC Salute to Women Employee Award 2007
• Brighter Futures Grant Award 2007
• Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award 2006

Creative Writing Presentations

• Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Jaume Plensa exhibit, November 2008
• UrbanArtistry, Barnes and Noble in Detroit, June 2005
• Schuler Book Store, Grand Rapids, October 2004
• GRCC National Poetry Month Celebration, April 2004
• Maryland Institute, (2002)
• Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL, July 2002
• African American Read-In, PSU, February 2000
• Cafe Gourmet, State College PA, April 1999