Racial Justice

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."

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been appointed to a three-year term on the Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Samuel Myers Jr. will spend the 2021-2022 academic year in residence at the Foundation in New York City, to complete his book on the “Minnesota Paradox.”