The Racial and Gender Equity collection brings together a wide variety of research generated by the Portland State University community that is centered on the issues of racial justice, gender equity and related topics. Find more with advanced search; example: Black Lives Matter

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Submissions from 2020

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Between “Us” and “Them”: Political Subjectivities in the Shadows of the 2018 Brazilian Election, Charles H. Klein, Milena Mateuzi Carmo, and Alessandra Tavares

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#AdultingWhileBlack: Encountering in the Campus Climate and the Formation of Racialized Adult Identity Among Traditional-Age Black College Students, Sarah Nana Kutten

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The Representation of Rape and Sexual Assault Within News Media, Katherine E. Layman

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Public Housing With Services for Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities: Differences in Efficacy Among Asian and White Communities, Junghee Lee, William Donlan, Paula C. Carder, Leigh Grover, Insik Hwang, Younghwan Kim, and Gretchen Luhr

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Dreaming Revolutionary Futures: Critical Race’s Centrality to Ending White Supremacy, Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight

Handcrafting Whiteness: Booker T. Washington and the Subject of Contemporary Craft, Marie Lo

Understanding the use of Public Healthcare Programs and Impact of the “public charge” in Oregon Latino/as., Edlyn Lopez, Blair Darney, and Yareli Cornejo Torres

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Assisting Students and Families during the COVID-19 Crisis: Diversity & Equity in Action through a Educator-Family-Community Health Worker Intersection, Eric J. López, Oscar J. Muñoz, and Eva Menchaca-López

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Teacher Education in a Dangerous Time: (Re)Imagining Education for Diversity, Democracy and Sustainability, John J. Lupinacci

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Accepting the Unacceptable: Living Through a Pandemic, Nya K. Mbock

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Perceptions of Students of Color About Their Experience in an Alternative High School: a Phenomenological Inquiry, Massene Mboup

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Centering Equity in Oregon’s 100 Year Water Vision: A Student-led Policy Paper Prepared by the Oregon Water Stories Team at Portland State University, Clare T. McClellan, Sadie Boyers, Victoria Cali de Leon, Tony Cole, Laura Cowley-Martinson, Shersten Finley, Dustin Lanker, Julia Seydel, Aakash Nath Upraity, Janet Cowal, and Melissa Haeffner

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At the Intersection of Safety + Race + Transportation, Charlene McGee

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Racial Justice is Climate Justice: Racial Capitalism and the Fossil Economy, Julius McGee and Patrick Trent Greiner

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Identifying Typologies of Failure to Appear, Ciara McGlynn

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Addressing Structural Inequalities in Planning Processes: a Case Study of an Equity Lens, Marta Conklé McGuire

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Transitioning into Conventional Housing: Narratives of Houseless Individuals, Joyce La Belle McNair

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White ‘Alliahs:’ The Creation & Perpetuation of the ‘Wise Indian’ Trope, Jessica Mehta

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Exploring College Student Identity Among Young People With Foster Care Histories and Mental Health Challenges, Rebecca Miller, Jennifer E. Blakeslee, and Chanel Ison

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Perceptions of Police Use of Force at the Intersection of Race and Pregnancy, Emma Elizabeth Lee Money

The Role of the Psychologist in Supporting Fat Patients in the Medical System, Tessalyn Morrison, Esther Freeman, Jaimie Oller, and Carrie Fuentes

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Faculty Use of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Internationalization at Home, Sally Strand Mudiamu

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Social Saints in the City: Race, Space, and Religion in Chicago Women's Settlement Work, 1890-1935, Johanna Katherine Murphy

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A Qualitative Study on Health Needs of Syrian Refugees in Jordan Using Emic and Etic Views, Mitra Naseh, Natalia Liviero, Zahra Abtahi, Maryam Rafieifar, and Miriam Potocky

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Syrian Refugees’ Perspectives and Service Providers’ Viewpoints on Major Needs and Future Plans in Jordan, Mitra Naseh, Natalia Liviero, Maryam Rafieifar, Zahra Abtahi, and Miriam Potocky

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Assessing Refugees' Multidimensional Poverty in the United States, Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart, and Fatma Huffman

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Mixed Plate: Exploring Multiracial Student Identities Within Higher Education, Haley K. M. Okamoto

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Proposal: DREAMers Success Resource Center (DSRC), Liliana Angelica Luna Olalade, Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza, Cesar Santiago Perez, Vania Lucio-Mancilla, Maria Sorcia Sandoval, and Óscar Fernández

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Creating an Ethics of Love: Encountering Nonduality through Buddhism and Phenomenology, Dakota Parmley

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Curating Equitable Transportation, Nikotris Perkins

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The Collective Contemplation: How a Global Pandemic Offers an Invitation to Dance with the Abundant Divine, Skyler Pestle

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The Velvet Glove: Virtuousness and Class in Balzac’s Paris, Nicholas C. Peters

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What You Should Know About RACISM-20: A Fact Sheet in the Time of COVID-19, Ryan J. Petteway

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Health Impact Assessment and City Council Policy: Identifying Opportunities to Address Local Social Determinants of Health & Place-Health Relationships, 10 Years Later, Ryan J. Petteway and Shannon Cosgrove

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Arab Student Experiences of Inclusivity and Exclusivity at Portland State University and Off-Campus Locations, Leila M. Piazza

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Colonial Articulations: Race, Violence, and Coloniality in Kafka's "Penal Colony", Marshall Pierce

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Time to Act: Envisioning and Creating a Just and Equitable PSU, Portland State University. Global Diversity and Inclusion, Stephen Percy, Ame Lambert, and Cathy Royal

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What Makes Inclusion Work: an Autoethnography on Coordinating an Inclusive Youth Advocacy Program, Megan Price

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Scholar-Practitioners of Color Challenge Normative STEM-M Practices Through Cultural Intuition and Student Narratives/Voices, Maria Reyes, Janet Rocha, Tamara Coronella, and Lindsay Romasanta

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Inclusion for Speech-Language Pathology Minority Graduate Students, Teresa Michelle Roberts

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Addressing Diversity and Inclusion Through Group Comparisons: a Primer on Measurement Invariance Testing, Guizella A. Rocabado, Regis Komperda, Jennifer E. Lewis, and Jack Barbera

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History and Memory in the Intersectionality of Heritage Sites and Cultural Centers in the Pacific Northwest and Hawai'i, Leah Marie Rosenkranz

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Staying at Home, Todd N. Rosenstiel, Charlotte Fritz, Dara Shifrer, and Cynthia Mohr

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Inequities and Opportunities, Todd N. Rosenstiel; Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.; Idowu Ajibade; Alexander Sager; and Jose Coll

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Exploring Perceptions of Healthcare Quality in Oregon Male Prisons: Interviews with Individuals Recently Released from Long-Term Imprisonment, Rén Rosz

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A Personal, Indigenous Feminist Experience with Centering Relationships During COVID-19, Stephany RunningHawk Johnson

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Voices on Immigration, Alexander Sager, Marc Rodriguez, Melissa Patiño-Vega, Eddy Alvarez, and Harry Anastasiou

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Variation in Female and Male Dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Multi-dimensional Analysis, Amber Morgan Sanchez

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Cultural Wealth and the Racialized Experiences of Persisting Latinx Business Students in a Predominantly White Institution: a Study on Sense of Belonging, Rebecca Sue Sanchez

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Epictetus’ Enchiridion and the Influence on Women, Eloise C. Schell

Comparing FARS-Reported Motor Vehicle Fatalities on Tribal and Non-Tribal Lands in the Pacific Northwest, 2010-2018, Jennifer Seamans

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Anatomy of a Violent Protest Wave: Understanding the Mechanisms of Escalation and De-Escalation in Far-Right and Anti-Fascist Street Clashes, Leanne Claire Serbulo

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An Intersectional Mixed Methods Approach to Understand American Indian Men’s Health, Ka‘imi Sinclair, Kelly L. Gonzales, Claire Woosley, Tish Rivera Cree, Celina M. Garza, and Dedra Buchwald

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Authoring Dis/ability Identities Mapping the Role of Ableism in Teacher Candidate Identity Construction, Molly B. Siuty and Margaret R. Beneke

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Mount Mazama Ash Offers Sustainable Solution for ADA Accessibility on Unpaved Trails, Matthew D. Sleep and Damian K. Matzen

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Vampires, Fandom, and Feminism: Updating the Vampire Horror Screenplay Through Themes of Empowerment, McKinzie Smith

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Paradoxical Feminism: Attempts at Gender Equality in the French Revolution, Maggie E. Stanton

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Catholic Social Teaching and Sustainable Development: What the Church Provides for Specialists, Anthony Philip Stine

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Interview with Ed Sullivan (on Fasano and Baker cases), Edward Sullivan and Michael Rupp

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A Sexual Health Promotion App for Transgender Women (Trans Women Connected): Development and Usability Study, Christina J. Sun, Kirsten M. Anderson, Tamara Kuhn, Liat Tzvia Mayer, and Charles H. Klein

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A Cultural History of Black Musicians in Renaissance Europe, 1500-1700, Jamar Taylor

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Individual and Community Supports that Impact Community Inclusion and Recovery for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses, Rachel Elizabeth Terry

Let’s Tell a Story: Using Narrative to Enhance Accessibility in Online Video Tutorials, Anders Tobiason

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The Impact of Vote by Mail on Native American Turnout, Nathaniel J. Torry-Schrag

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Music Education as a Potential Mediator for Social Decline, Gabriel V. Trees

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Hybrid Cultures: Solutions for Cultural Appropriation in Art, Daniela A. Uribe

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Six Feet of Distance Between Belonging: Expansions and Maintenance of Citizenship During COVID-19, Johnathon Daniel Vargas

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The Experiences of Teachers Successfully Teaching Reading to Black Students, Kevin Michael Walker

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Getting an Internship in the Sport Industry: The Institutionalization of Privilege, Nefertiti A. Walker, Kwame J.A. Agyemang, Marvin Washington, Lauren C. Hindman, and Jeffrey MacCharles

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Fem or Foe?: Non-Communal Women Who Report Sexual Harassment Receive Fewer Career Advancement Opportunities, Katherine A. Werth, Larry R. Martinez, Heather A. Firestone, and Timothy A. Carsey

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Ethnic Enclaves and Pregnancy and Behavior Outcomes Among Asian/Pacific Islanders in the USA, Andrew D. Williams, Lynne C. Messer, Jenna Kanner, Sandie Ha, Katherine L. Grantz, and Pauline Mendola

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Post Bellum Wishes, Jennifer Cie Williams

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Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Economic Impact Analysis -- January 2020 Update, Emma Willingham, Hoang The Nguyen, Katelyn Kelley, and Northwest Economic Research Center

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Energy Stores and Life-History Transitions in Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis), Rachel Catharine Wilson

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Asian American Women in Leadership and Abusive Supervision, Mari A. Wu

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Implicit Learning of Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder Across Auditory and Visual Categories, Wanchi Yu

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The Rise of Mono-Ethnic Religious Nationalism in Myanmar and Its Impacts on the Security Situation of the South Asian Region, S M Anisuz Zaman

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What do People Experiencing Homelessness Need?, Marisa Zapata

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Survey on Needs of People Living Unsheltered, Marisa Zapata, Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative, Joint Office of Homeless Services, Shannon Singleton, and Street Roots

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Marketing Ecosystem: An Outside-In View for Sustainable Advantage, Jonathan C. Zhang and George F. Watson

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"The People's Commune is Good": Precarious Labor, Migrant Masculinity, and Post-Socialist Nostalgia in Contemporary China, Xia Zhang

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Valley of, Peter Zikos

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Maus, Masks, and the Performance of Identity, Amie Zimmerman

Submissions from 2019

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Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America, Miriam Abelson

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When the Courts were Tripping: An Analysis of Employment Division v Smith and Its Impact on Oregon Law, Lucy C. Adams

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Public Morality and Ethno-religious Chauvinism in Nigerian: Why History Matters, Bright Alozie and Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani

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Building Wooden Houses: The Political Economy of Plankhouse Construction on the Southern Northwest Coast of North America, Kenneth M. Ames and Emily E. Shepard

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Métis in Oregon: Intermarriage, Agency, and Religion in French Prairie, 1830-1840, Annie B. Amsden

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PSU Class Provides Higher Education Opportunities for Women in Prison, Deborah C. Arthur

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Spatial Analysis of Landscape and Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Green Stormwater Infrastructure Distribution in Baltimore, Maryland and Portland, Oregon, Ashley Baker, Emma Brenneman, Heejun Chang, Lauren McPhillips, and Marissa Matsler

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High Rates of Diabetes and Hypertension Amongst Non-Latinx African-American Women as Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight: Contributing Causes and Potential Solutions, Liliana Barber

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Understanding the Politicization of Oromo Identity in the Diaspora: Re/ Locating the Bones of the Oromo, Madeline Jaye Bass

What are the Prospects for a Politically Intelligent Planning System?, Lisa K. Bates

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The Eloquent Letter, Daneen Bergland

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The Alt-Right and Global Information Warfare, Emmi Bevensee and Alexander Ross

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Testing the Bechdel Test, Kathryn Gray Bouchat

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Integrating Work Ability into the Organizational Science Literature: Advancing Theory and Developing the Nomological Network, Grant Brady

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Our Vision of Health for Future Generations: an Exploration of Proximal and Intermediary Motivations with Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Danica Love Brown

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Racial Capitalism and Expropriation in American Welfare Reform, Sam A.G. Bruns

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From Nativism to White Power: Mid-Twentieth-Century White Supremacist Movements in Oregon, Shane Burley and Alexander Ross