Student Resources:
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Voices in Policy Research
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
Speakers: Kitt Carpenter, Vanderbilt University, Ayesha Hashim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, John Martinez, MDRC, Trina Shanks, University of Michigan, and Naomi Zewde, Columbia University
Broad participation matters in the policy process. Given the wide array of policy endeavors affecting, and indeed targeting, underrepresented minority groups, effective policy research should carefully attend to what these minority groups have to say. This session addresses ways policy research can be attentive to voices of underrepresented minority groups. The session aims include: discussing some of the existing work on diversity and inclusion within policy research, illustrating how policy research can be used to serve minority communities, and considering how scholars from minority backgrounds can leverage their personal insight to inform their research.
