Ken Sylvester

I am an historian with a broad background in historical population research using census, land and environmental records/data, and methods for microdata collection and linking, and the analysis of longitudinal data, GIS data, and computational methods. This research was funded by several NIH and NSF awards while serving as research faculty at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Since 2016, I have served as director of the Office of Research at the University of Michan-Flint. The research development and administrative work has expanded my knowledge of the research enterprise and extended my horizons into the support of community-engaged, health equity, and STEM research. I have a unique combined experience in collaborative research, research design, measurement, and community-based research. In 2025, we received a new 5-year capacity building award from the National Science Foundation to expand the research development and administration at the Flint campus, and