Faculty + Staff

Amy DeWys has a B.A. (Calvin College) in Interdisciplinary Studies and a M.A. (University of Iowa) in Anthropology (Specialization–Museum Studies). She has completed Ph.D. course work (University of Mississippi) in Educational Leadership. She is a Senior Adjunct Instructor and has been teaching for Henry Ford College for over 20 years. Amy has also taught Museum Education classes (University of Michigan, Dearborn). She started her career as Education Curator at the University of Mississippi for 5 years and then went on to act as the Director of Education for the Detroit Historical Museums for 8 years. With over 36 years of experience in nonprofits, Amy has worked as a consultant with the Remington Group, Maud Lyon & Associates and several other nonprofit consulting services as well as establishing her own ASA Consulting Group agency for over 14 years. Her specialties include fund development, educational programming, volunteer management and membership.

She has additionally worked for the Detroit Public Schools Foundation as the Director of Development & Communication for four years, Director of Development & Communications for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan for a year and since April 2022 she has worked as a part-time and full-time employee at Lawrence Technological University.

She has procured funding from a variety of sources including the Ford Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, and mostly recently was directly responsible for the coordination of a $1.7M proposal to the United States Health Resources & Services Administration which was awarded in June 2024 to LTU’s College of Health Sciences Physician Assistant M.S Program. In addition, Amy has sat on a number of boards, committees and grant review panels including Grosse Pointe Historical Society, Michigan Humanities Council, the U.S. Department of Education and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. She has a passion for education and learning!