Racial Justice

New research by Assistant Professor Heather Randell concludes that dam constructions in the US have significantly contributed to land loss of Native people. Dams have flooded more than 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.

An article co-authored by Associate Professor Tia Sherèe Gaynor, “Coming to Terms: Teaching Systemic Racism and (the Myth of) White Supremacy,” has been selected as the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE) 2023 Outstanding Article.

Humphrey School PhD candidate Rebecca Walker is lead author of the study, “Making the City of Lakes: Whiteness, Nature, and Urban Development in Minneapolis,” which was published recently in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been named the inaugural BIPOC Business Champion by Meda, the Metropolitan Economic Development Association.

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been named to the inaugural cohort of Distinguished Fellows at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University.

PhD student Shuyi Deng has been selected to participate in the Social Equity Summit October 6-8, 2022 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In a new essay published in Planning Theory and Practice, Associate Professor Kathy Quick reflects on her experiences in three extended series of multi-stakeholder dialogues about policing and public safety.

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Contracting Equity. He began his three-year term in April. 

Research scientist Angie Fertig is part of a new $3.25 million research project to measure the impact of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) on the health and emotional well-being of individuals across the life course.

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. co-edited the June 2022 special issue of the Journal of Economic Literature, "Symposium on Race and Economic Literature."