The following resource highlights recent academic research and projects from McCourt faculty, students, staff, and alumni that support evidence-based policy development and community engagement to help advance racial justice and equity.
This centralized resource aims to inform equity-centered policy as well as inspire further collaboration. If you would like to learn more about a specific project or have an interest in collaborating with members of the McCourt community to scale efforts, please contact Sharon Mar.
Faculty Research
From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
Sheila R. Foster (Georgetown Law & McCourt School)
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Bureaucracy, Democracy, and Race: The Limits of Symbolic Representation
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Is Representation Enough? Racial Disparities in Levels of Force and Arrests by Police
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Police Use of Body Cameras—What They Can and Cannot Achieve
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner
Bradley L. Hardy (McCourt School)
6 policies to boost employment for Black men
Harry Holzer (McCourt School)
Why are employment rates so low among Black men?
Harry Holzer (McCourt School)
Police Use of Force Interactions: Is Race Relevant or Gender Germane?
James E. Wright II (Florida International University), Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Understanding the Organizational Factors that Impact Police-Community Relations
Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
National Police Reform Commissions: Evidence-Based Practices or Unfulfilled Promises?
James E. Wright II (Florida International University), Andrea Headley (McCourt School)
Andrea Headley (McCourt School), Rob T. Guerette (Florida International University), Auzeen Shariati (St. Josephs College)
Racialized Burdens: Applying Racialized Organization Theory to the Administrative State
Pamela Herd (McCourt School), Don Moynihan (McCourt School), Victor Ray (University of Iowa)
Reforming a Breadwinner Welfare State: Gender, Race, Class, and Social Security Reform
Pamela Herd (McCourt School)
The American Institutional Confidence Poll
Jonathan Ladd (McCourt School), Joshua A. Tucker (NYU), Sean Kates (NYU)
Racialized Burdens: Applying Racialized Organization Theory to the Administrative State
Victor Ray (University of Iowa), Pamela Herd (McCourt School), Donald Moynihan (McCourt School)
Eva Rosen (McCourt School), Brian McCabe (Georgetown University)
Co-City Baton Rouge: Economically Revitalizing the Plank Road Corridor
LabGov Georgetown (McCourt School), The Marron Institute of Urban Management at NYU (NYU), Build Baton Rouge (BBR)
Novel Architecture for Secure Energy Efficient Community-Edge-Cloud with Application in Harlem
LabGov Georgetown (McCourt School)
Reforming a Breadwinner Welfare State: Gender, Race, Class, and Social Security Reform
Pamela Herd (McCourt School)
Research Center Work
FutureEd:
- The Hidden History of Teacher Advocacy in the Civil Rights Movement
- Teacher Mindsets: How Educators’ Perspectives Shape Student Success
- Racial Bias and the Black-White Test Score Gap
- The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Schools
- The Effects of School Racial Diversity on Political Identity
- Teachers are People Too: Examining Racial Bias
- Bias in the Air: Teachers’ Implicit Racial Attitudes
- the Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
- The Families Talking–and not Talking–With Children About Racism
- In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias
- How COVID-19 Could Doom the SAT and ACT
- A Path to a More Diverse Teaching Workforce
- Why a Diverse Teaching Force Matters and How We Can Get There
- Going Green: K-12 Schools as Models of Sustainability
- The Evolution of School Segregation: The North Carolina Story
- How School Suspensions Affect Student Achievement