Experiences

Public Opinion Research

  • Designed and conducted multiple Facing Race Conference Evaluations – full-conference and workshops – as well as employee satisfaction surveys (private) 
  • Provided research methodology feedback to external consultants for Colorlines.com reader and prospective reader survey and focus groups
  • Designed and conducted analysis for a community survey for a food deserts non-profit in a major urban area of California (private)
  • Don’t Call Them “Post-Racial” – Millennials’ Attitudes on Race, Racism and Key Systems in Our Society (landing page / full report)

Narrative Research

  • Beyond Training and the “Skills Gap” – Research and Recommendations for Racially Equitable Communications in Workforce Development (landing page / full report) (with Terry Keleher)
  • Moving the Race Conversation Forward – Part I: How the Media Covers Racism, and Other Barriers to Productive Racial Discourse (landing page / full report); #MediaOnFerguson Report Update (report brief)
  • Moving the Race Conversation Forward – Part II: Racial Discourse Change in Practice – profile of the Advancement Project’s “Schoolhouse-to-jailhouse” (“school to prison pipeline”) campaign (full report)
  • Evaluation research for Race Forward’s Drop the I-word CampaignDrop the I-Word: Why It Matters Now (fact sheet

Thought Partnership

  • Served on the management team of national racial justice organization Race Forward (formerly Applied Research) from 2008 – 2022, including various working groups such as compensation review committee, program team, (pandemic) caregivers working group.
  • Confronting Racial Bias at Work: Challenges and Solutions for 21st Century Employment Discrimination (landing page / full report)
  • Equitable Research Methods – Best Practices Researching Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (co-published by Race Forward and NCAPA) – report
  • Research methodology for California Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity (landing page)

Equity Assessments

  • Conducted an organizational equity assessment survey and stakeholder interviews with a Race Forward team for a major metropolitan museum of modern art (private)
  • Produced infographic data for “What Does Philanthropy Need to Know to Prioritize Racial Justice?” (landing page / infographic) (for Lori Villarosa, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity)
  • Supervised staffer charged with conducting employee surveys for member jurisdictions of Government Alliance for Race and Equity, providing support during leave periods (private)
  • Supervised principal investigators of two key Race Forward Research products Ready for Equity in Workforce Development – Racial Equity Readiness Assessment Tool (landing page / full toolkit) (Tara L. Conley and Julia Sebastian); Adding Racial Equity to the Menu: An Equity Toolkit for Restaurant Owners (with ROC-United) (landing page / full report) (Julia Sebastian with Meredith Reitman)