Research Study Insights and Findings


Principal Investigators

Algernon Austin

CEPR, Director, Race and Economic Justice

Kate Bronfenbrenner

Cornell ILR, Senior Lecturer Emeritus

Erin Johansson

Jobs with Justice Education Fund, Research Director

Jason Tomlinson

Jobs with Justice Education Fund, Coordinator for the Advancing Black Strategist Initiative

Site-Specific Principal Investigators

Dr. Joseph Jones

Clark Atlanta University, Executive Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Southern Center for the Studies in Public Policy, Associate Professor of Political Science

Dr. Berneece S. Herbert

Jackson State University, Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Tayla D. Thomas

Jackson State University, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Dr. Allison Tomlinson

University of North Texas, Director of Undergraduate Programs and an Assistant Professor of Practice

Wakita Barksdale

Clinton College, Wellness and Community Health Institute (Interim) Director

Dr. Lawren M. Long

Tougaloo College, Interim Chair and Assistant Professor of Political Science

Jacorius Liner

Tougaloo College, Grants Development Officer

Union Partners

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