Ted J. Ligibel Ted J. Ligibel is an Associate Professor of Historic Preservation in Eastern Michigan University's award-winning Historic Preservation program in the Department of Geography and Geology. Historic Preservation is a field that readily adapts to the academic service-learning model. GHPR 630, Documenting Historic Structures , uses students to record historic neighborhoods, structures, and entire communities, often as an aid to receiving historic designation. This work has led to the area's nomination as a Detroit Historic District. GHPR 620, Preservation Research Techniques , involves the preparation of exhaustive historical and preservation-oriented research into the evolution and development of a specific site or theme.
Reports are prepared for the community involved and presented at a public forum.
She has also worked with the Women's Studies Program, the Honors Program, and the AOD Program. She currently serves on a foundation, created by her late father, to provide scholarships to private schools for at-risk secondary school students.