Confronting and Combating Racism

This project ran simulations for 10 states to determine how equalizing voting districts based on citizen voting-age population — rather than total population — would impact minority representation and partisan preference.

This research project aims to ensure a county resolution declaring racism a public health crisis has a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of residents of color.

This project used a mixed methods case study design to amplify how Black families make decisions and leverage resources in support of their children's mathematics education during COVID-19.

This project uses police body camera footage as a window onto police-citizen interactions to examine 1) racial disparities in officer communication and 2) the consequences of these differences for physiological stress and institutional trust.

In the U.S., the first half of 2020 saw a sharp rise in hate incidents targeting Asian Americans, who have been scapegoated for the COVID-19.

The Detroit River Story Lab sought to partner with local organizations in their ongoing efforts to strengthen the narrative infrastructure of the Detroit River corridor in order to reconnect communities with the river and its stories.