Xamaka A. LaTham-Salaberrios

See, as a kid I was aware of many things. I always Questioned everything, it was my only need for entertainment. Asking Questions opened worlds in my eyes, they were how I was going to grow-up. When I asked a question my wide eyed mind expanded beyond any horizon- it raced with ideas and emotions.

My parents were unconventional with affluent brilliance. When I was a baby, Father would carry me out to the porch and we would gaze at the sky and beyond. Together our vision was endless. As we looked upon the universe we watched the clouds move while they contrasted against the lilac sky; A blanket from the universe just big enough for us to feel a little bigger in the vast abyss of phenomena’s.

From Blank Landscape

Artist assistant to Chris Schanck, 2014–2016. Design assistant to Jack Craig, 2016–2018. Work shown at Library Street Collective, Wasserman Projects, MOCAD, Salon 94, Johnson Trading Gallery and Design Miami/Basel. Presidential Undergraduate Research Award and B.S., Lawrence Technological University; presented at Network Detroit, 2018.

Does working outside your own discipline change what students can do, how they think, and what they believe they're capable of? The study compared core-curriculum courses with and without Course-based Research Experience (CRE), measuring academic achievement, cognitive function, satisfaction and self-efficacy.