The following is a list of all projects funded by IU's Racial Justice Research Fund during the 2020-21 academic year.
| Name | Title | Department | School/Campus | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Zaid, Mohammad | Assistant Professor | Department of Hematology/Oncology | School of Medicine/IUPUI | Racial Disparities in the Incidence and Outcome of Multiple Myeloma in Indiana |
| Alexander, Andreia | Assistant Professor | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine/IUPUI | Identifying Barriers to the Recruitment of People of Color who are Underrepresented in Medicine into Medical Residencies at Indiana University |
| Barnes, Priscilla | Associate Professor | Department of Applied Health Science | School of Public Health/IU Bloomington | Exploring the Racial Justice Conversation in Midwestern Rural Communities: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Media in 31 Southern Rural Indiana Counties |
| Besel, Karl | Professor | School of Public and Environmental Affairs | College of Health and Human Services/IU Northwest | Racial Justice in the Nonprofit Sector: Addressing Nonprofit Sustainability in Diverse Communities |
| BrckaLorenz, Allison | Associate Research Scientist | Center for Postsecondary Research | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Successes of the Siloed: Black Women in the Professoriate |
| Brooks, James | Assistant Professor | Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Racial Justice and Multiracial Families - The Implications of Critical Consciousness for Couples and Counselors |
| Bryant, Dé | Professor | Department of Psychology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/IU South Bend | Storytelling / Racial Trauma |
| Carter, Selene | Associate Professor | Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | Engaging Faculty Beyond Doing Diversity |
| Chong, Chinbo | Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Political Science and Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society | College of Arts and Sciences/OVPR/IU Bloomington | Fleeing or Flocking: Challenges to Asian American Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Chow, Angela | Assistant Professor | Department of Applied Health Science | School of Public Health/IU Bloomington | A Multi-Component Smartphone App to Support Thriving and Resilience in African American College Students: STARS-21 APP |
| Crowder, Sharron | Clinical Associate Professor | Community & Health Systems Program | School of Nursing/IUPUI | Empowering Indiana's Nurses of Color for Health Policy Leadership |
| Davis, Rosalyn | Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty Diversity Liaison, and Director of Mental Health Counseling Program | Department of Psychology | School of Humanities and Social Sciences/IU Kokomo | Meeting the Needs of Black Students in Higher Education: A Comparison of PWI and HBCU Efforts to Aid the Black Student Body |
| Derricks, Veronica | Assistant Professor | Department of Psychology | School of Science/IUPUI | Not My Organization: Examining How Black Americans' Perceptions of Performative Allyship Affects Their Sense of Identity Safety Within Organizations |
| Filippelli, Gabriel | Chancellor's Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Health | Department of Earth Sciences | School of Science/IUPUI | Ending Environmental Racism from the Ground Up: The Bookworms Initiative |
| Freeman, Tyrone | Assistant Professor | Lilly Family School of Philanthropy/IUPUI | The Giving Syllabus Toolkit Project: Teaching and Study Resources for Decolonizing Philanthropy | |
| Garcia, Silvia | Assistant Director of Research | Family, School, and Neighborhood Engagement | Office of Community Engagement/IUPUI | Co-construction of a culturally relevant college and career readiness program with Latinx families to catalyze social mobility and equity |
| Garcia-Wilburn, Victoria | Assistant Professor | Department of Occupational Therapy | School of Health & Human Sciences/IUPUI | Creating Nurturing Environments: Equitable Leisure Opportunities to Support Resiliency in Children |
| Glomm, Gerhard | Professor | Department of Economics | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | Economics Research Summer Institute |
| Gregory, Virgil | Associate Professor | School of Social Work/IUPUI | Racial Injustice and Cultural Trauma in African American Men: A Mixed-Methods Study | |
| Hayes, Cleveland | Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Department of Urban Teacher Education | School of Education/IUPUI | The 8-minutes and 46-seconds that Started a Movement: A Critical Race Moment of Why Now? |
| Heck, Marsha | Associate Professor | Department of Teacher Education | School of Education/IU South Bend | Racial and Social Justice in Schools: A Digital, Story-based Empathy Curriculum for Teachers |
| Henderson, Danielle | Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry | School of Medicine/IUPUI | Impact of Discriminatory Law Enforcement Exposure and Childhood Trauma on Physical and Mental Health and Quality of Life in Adult Black Men and Women in a Primary Care Setting: Examination of Relationships, Protective Factors and Discriminatory Factors |
| Henry, Tri Keah | Assistant Professor | Department of Criminal Justice | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | Progressive Politics and Policy Setting: Examining Criminal Justice Reform Efforts by BIPOC Prosecutors |
| Herbenick, Debra | Professor and Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion | Department of Applied Health Science | School of Public Health/IU Bloomington | Racial/Skin Tone Anatomical Representation in Human Sexuality Textbooks |
| Herron, Katherine | Research Associate | Early Childhood Center | Indiana Institute on Disability and Community/OVPR/IU Bloomington | Exploring Racial Inequities in Indiana's Early Intervention System |
| Hirsh, Adam | Associate Professor | Department of Psychology | School of Science/IUPUI | GET PrEPD: Goal Elicitation, Treatment Prioritization, & Electronically-Practiced Discussion - R1 |
| Hong, Saahoon | Assistant Research Professor | School of Social Work/IUPUI | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Severity, and Comorbidity of Mental Illnesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
| Hong, Michin | Associate Professor | School of Social Work/IUPUI | Combating Anti-Asian Racism on College Campus: Does College Students' Peer Relations and Sense of Belonging on Campus Buffer the Effects of Anti-Asian Racism on Social Anxiety? | |
| Hyatt, Susan | Professor | Department of Anthropology | School of Liberal Arts/IUPUI | Americanism and Anti-Semitism: Jewish Immigrant Struggles in the Circle City |
| Jackson, Pamela | Professor | Department of Sociology | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | IU Social Empathy Laboratory: Proof of Concept |
| Jikeli, Gunther | Associate Professor and Associate Director of Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism | Borns Jewish Studies Program | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | Racism, Sentiments, and Attitudes in Discourses on Social Media About Black Lives Matter and About the Pandemic |
| Konisky, David | Professor | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/IU Bloomington | Identifying Environmental Justice Communities in Indiana | |
| Kyere, Eric | Assistant Professor | School of Social Work/IUPUI | The Role of Proximal Contexts in Advancing Adolescents' Psychosocial and Academic Achievement through Identity Linked Supported or Inhibited Practices and Behaviors | |
| Lewis, Brittany | Assistant Professor | Department of Finance | Kelley School of Business/IU Bloomington | Racial Inequality in the Housing Market |
| Liu, Xiaozhong | Associate Professor | Department of Information & Library Science | Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering/IU Bloomington | [Chinese Student = Spy?] [Black Man = Predator?] Reducing Racial Bias in Legal Artificial Intelligence |
| Martinez, Rebecca S. | Associate Professor | Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Racial Justice in Psychology Initiative |
| Medina, Carmen | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Crafting Anti-racist Spaces Through Latinx Picture Books for Young Readers: A Critical Analysis of Content, Representation a |
| Merritt, Breanca | Clinical Assistant Professor and Founding Director of Center for Research in Inclusion and Social Policy | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/IUPUI | Piloting an Assessment Tool for Racially Equitable Policy Design in Government Agencies | |
| Miller, Candace | Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Scholar | Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/OVPR/IU Bloomington | Racial Disparities among Small Businesses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Mincey, Sarah | Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Integrated Program in the Environment | Integrated Program in the Environment | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/IU Bloomington | Access to Sustainable Urban Tree Benefits: A Statewide Assessment of Racial Equity and Urban Forest Ecosystem Services |
| Minor, Kyle S. | Associate Professor | Department of Psychology | School of Science/IUPUI | Discrimination Load in Black and White Communities: How Perceived Discrimination Impacts Mental Health and Social Functioning |
| Mohler, George | Associate Professor | Department of Computer and Information Science | School of Science/IUPUI | High-stakes Pairing Systems for Mitigating Police Bias and Misconduct |
| Murtadha, Khaula | Associate Vice Chancellor | Office of Community Engagement | IUPUI | Building Bridges for Youth and Community Well-being Amidst the Time of Racial Strife |
| Musey, Paul | Assistant Professor | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine/IUPUI | Race as a Factor in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research on Low-Risk Chest Pain and Anxiety |
| Mutegi, Jomo | Associate Professor | Department of Urban Teacher Education | School of Education/IUPUI | Indy Empowerment Program: Promoting Racial Justice by Empowering African American Adolescents through Crime Prevention and Academic Achievement |
| Nguyen, David Hoa | Assistant Professor | Department of Urban Education Counseling, Leadership and Policy Studies | School of Education/IUPUI | Revealing the Darkness: Examining Black Experiences in the Legal Profession |
| Nguyen, Thu Suong Thi | Associate Professor | Department of Urban Education Counseling, Leadership and Policy Studies | School of Education/IUPUI | Examining Urban School Leadership to Address School Based Issues of Racial Injustice and Marginalization |
| Nicholson-Crotty, Jill | Associate Professor | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/IU Bloomington | Police Training Reforms and Racial Disparities in Policing Outcomes | |
| Ochoa, Theresa | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | School of Education/IU Bloomington | To Be Young, Incarcerated, and Black: Stemming Racial Inequalities in the Juvenile Justice System through Employment Support |
| Omodior, Karo | Assistant Professor | Department of Health and Wellness Design | School of Public Health/IU Bloomington | Pilot Program to Build Capacity for Biomedical Research Among Black and Latinx Students Attending MSI/HBCUs |
| O'Neal, Tina | Clinical Assistant Professor | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Improving Teacher Success in Urban Settings: Integrating Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Trauma-Informed Education |
| Paarlberg, Laurie | Charles Stewart Mott Chair on Community Foundations and Professor | Lilly Family School of Philanthropy/IUPUI | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Community Philanthropic Response to COVID-19 | |
| Patil, Sameer | Assistant Professor | Department of Informatics | Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering/IU Bloomington | Surfacing Lived Privacy Experiences of Muslims and African Americans in the United States |
| Patron, Oscar | Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Accessing Institutional Resources in Times of Uncertainty: Students of Color and staff Navigating Unknown Terrain |
| Riley, Tennisha | Assistant Professor | Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Black Youth's Emotion Regulation Strategies in Response to Racial Discrimination Experiences: An Examination of Peer Support and Civic Engagement |
| Rodriguez, Gabriela | Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry | School of Medicine/IUPUI | A Behavioral Parenting Intervention for Children Following Lead Exposure: Development and Feasibility in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Rojas, Fabio | Virginia L. Roberts Professor | Department of Sociology | College of Arts and Sciences/IU Bloomington | What is the Impact of Black Lives Matter on American Society? |
| Rousseau, Nathan | Associate Professor | Sociology program | Division of Liberal Arts/IUPU Columbus | The State of Race Relations in an Emerging "Old South" City: Jacksonville, Florida, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today (Phase I |
| Rutherford, Amanda | Associate Professor | O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs/IU Bloomington | School Safety for All or for Some? Considering the Competing Roles of School Resource Officers as Law Enforcement, Teachers, and Mentors | |
| Serriere, Stephanie | Professor | Social Studies Education program | Division of Education/IUPU Columbus | The Role of External Factors in Supporting Young Hoosier Activists in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement |
| Shasanmi, Amy | Assistant Professor | Department of Sociology | School of Liberal Arts/IUPUI | The Nursing Role and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Quality of Care |
| Shrum, Rebecca | Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Public History Program | Department of History | School of Liberal Arts/IUPUI | Documenting Anti-Black Violence and Black Resistance in Indiana, 1865-1965 |
| Smith, Ayana | Associate Professor | Department of Musicology | Jacobs School of Music/IU Bloomington | Creating Real Change: The Pedagogy of Race and Representation in Music History |
| Song, Sanga | Assistant Professor | Marketing program | School of Business and Economics/IU East | Understanding the Anti-Asian Social Media Content and Intervention Strategies |
| Szarleta, Ellen | Professor and Director of Center for Urban and Regional Excellence | School of Public and Environmental Affairs | College of Health and Human Services/IU Northwest | Racial Justice Defined: Multi-stakeholder Community Perceptions of Policy and Politics |
| Tucker Edmonds, Joseph | Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture | Departments of Africana Studies and Religious Studies | School of Liberal Arts/IUPUI | The Black/Body Positive: Black Women, Faith, and Well-Being |
| Vellanki, Vivek | Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society | School of Education/OVPR/IU Bloomington | Picturing Diaspora: (re)Framing South Asian Youth Identity and Culture in the Midwestern U.S. |
| Vogt, Wendy | Associate Professor | Department of Anthropology | School of Liberal Arts/IUPUI | UndocuHoosiers: Racial Justice for Undocumented and DACAmented Students in Indiana |
| Wasmuth, Sally | Assistant Professor | Department of Occupational Therapy | School of Health & Human Sciences/IUPUI | Black Voices for Occupational Justice |
| Weltsek, Gustave | Assistant Professor | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Bloomington City Wide Youth Theatre Collective |
| Williams, Amy | Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry | School of Medicine/IUPUI | Impact of Race-Related Injustice Appraisals on Morbidity in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease |
| Wong, Y. Joel | Professor | Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology | School of Education/IU Bloomington | Encouragement as a Racial Justice Tool for Black College Students |
| Xiao, Yunyu | Assistant Professor | School of Social Work/IUPUI | Racial Discrimination, Resilience, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health: Exploring Innovative Pathways to Structural Competency on University Campuses |