Professor Mary Hermes of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction was one of ten recipients of this year’s Community-Engaged Scholar Award. This award is presented to University faculty or staff members for exemplary publicly-engaged scholarship that embodies the University of Minnesota’s definition of public engagement.

Hermes work focuses on language revitalization and how it can connect people to the land and the planet. She has done extensive community-engaged work to help create Ojibwe language immersion classrooms and programs to support the revitalization of Indigenous languages with the input of tribal elders.

Learn more about second language education research in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.