Kirk S. Riley: ITEC-Lansing Executive Director
Assistant Director of Administration and Engaged Scholarship
Office of University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University


Kirk S. Riley is an academic specialist at University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) and the Executive Director of the Information Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC) , Lansing, MI. The center—a non-profit that operates under a Board of Directors composed of academic, governmental, school district, and private sector partners—seeks to strengthen K-12 learning in science, technology, engineering, and math. ITEC operates in the former Holmes Street Elementary School in Lansing. At UOE, Riley's primary interests are formulating and applying methods for the study of university engagement, promoting scholarly approaches to the practice of engagement, and engaging university faculty in outreach. He participates as a member of the National Center for the Study of University Engagement and began employment in UOE in January 2006. Riley is a Fellow in the Center for Water Sciences at MSU and Member of the Outreach Advisory Board for the Great Lakes Environmental and Molecular Science Center at Western Michigan University. He lectures on risk communication and public involvement in environmental decision making at MSU. Riley has a master's degree in resource development from Michigan State University.