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 2024

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A Marxist Analysis of Women's Labor in the Soviet Union, Shania Sweet

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Education and Tolerance of Homosexuality in Diverse Islamic Contexts, Camila Swift

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Evaluating Equitable Success in Literary Spaces: A Portland Book Festival Case Study, Tia-Theo I. Thompson

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Reintegrating Cultural and Natural Landscapes: Indigenous Homelands of the Alsek-Dry Bay Region, Alaska, Thomas F. Thornton, Douglas Deur, and Bert Adams

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Contested Places: A Typology for Responding to Place-based Harms, Amie Thurber, Amy Krings, Mónica Gutiérrrez, Jason Sawyer, and Greer A. Hamilton

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“To Get More Harvest”: Natural Systems, Cultural Values, and Indigenous Resource Management in Northwestern North America, Nancy J. Turner and Douglas Deur

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Political Context and State-Level Health Behavior Disparities, Jane S. VanHeuvelen, Yi Wang, and Tom VanHeuvelen

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Immigrant Identity Formation, A Transnational Approach: Italian Americans in New York City, 1880-1930, Amelia J. Vena

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Eviction in Oregon's Subsidized Affordable Housing, Yi Wang, Lisa Bates, Azad Amir-Ghassemi, Minji Cho, Marisa Zapata, Jacen Greene, Colleen Carroll, and Devin MacArthur

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The Embodiment of Exclusionary Displacement Pressure: Intersections of Housing Insecurity and Mental Health in a Hispanic/latinx Immigrant Neighborhood., Marisa Westbrook

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Synthesis and Computational Studies of α- and δ-Substituted Macrocyclic Europium and Ytterbium Complexes, Delainey Amara Winder

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Prison Social Organization: Applying Social Psychology to Explain Racial Grouping in Prison, Siobhan Wynn

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Modern Trail of Tears: The Commodification of First Foods and Medicines in Relation to Food Apartheid and Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, Darius Mani Yaw

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Feminist Political Ecology in the Classroom, Ella J. Yeigh

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A History of The Bracero Program as an Agent of Transnational Modernity in the 20th Century, Lea H. Yonago

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Homecoming or Homeless: An Exploration of the Ethno-National Identities of Japanese-Brazilian Dekasseguis, Malina Yuen

Submissions from 2023

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Marginalized Populations’ Access to Transit: Journeys from Home and Work to Transit, Miriam J. Abelson, Ivis Garcia, Sadika Khan, Amy Lubitow, Nicholas Puczkowskyj, and Marisa A. Zapata

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Fanning the Embers of Discrimination at Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen

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Law and Cultural Attitudes Towards Abortion: Ancient Civilizations to Present, Scarlett O. Anderson

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How Unequal Access to Personal and Professional Networks Impacts Success Among Construction Apprentices, Cameron Elliot Arnold

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Final (Year 2) Report to OHA on SOGI Demographic Standards for Minors, Martin Arrigotti, Nell Carpenter, Kieran Chase, Alysia Cox, Itai Jeffries, and Alexis Dinno

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The Double Dutch Retention Framework: A Grounded Theory Study on Increasing Racial Staff Diversity at Pacific Northwest Community Colleges, Dominique S. Austin

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“An Impediment to Those Who Would Walk the Difficult Way”: How St. Francis of Assisi’s Revolution in Catholic Thought Was Built on the Perceived Inferiority of Femininity, Julian F. Balsley

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Reclaiming Public Space: How Black Portlanders Transformed Irving Park, 1960s-1980s, Ana Bane

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“For the Right to Live”: Radical Activity in Portland’s Parks During the Great Depression, Eliana Bane

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Conducting Oral History: Background and Methods, Katrine Barber

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A Just Futures Framework: Insurgent Roller-Skating in Portland, Oregon, Célia Camile Beauchamp

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“Back to Basics:” Converging Mattering, Dialogue, and Love within Pedagogy, Research, and Community-Engaged Work, Camilla Bell, Martín Alberto Gonzalez, and Terrence Burgess

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Digital Humanities in General Education: Building Bridges Among Student Expertise at an Access University, Kathi Inman Berens

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Using the Electronic Literature Collection Volume 4 in the Classroom, Kathi Inman Berens

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Review of Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice, Hali Black

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Preserving Healing: Understanding Historic Preservation Through the Lens of Restorative Justice in Portland, Oregon, Bri Brady

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Myths, Museums, Mothers, and the Power of Letitia Carson, Hailey Brink

Jessie Bullivant, Jessie Bullivant

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Do Frameworks Matter? Testing the Framing Effect on Public Support for Prison Pell Grants, Natalie Miles Burke

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Building the Foundation for a Community Generated National research blueprint for inherited bleeding disorders: research priorities in health services; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and implementation science, Vanessa R. Byams, Judith Baker, Cindy Bailey, Alexis Dinno, and multiple additonal authors

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Cultivating Equity: Harnessing School Garden Education as a Catalyst for Food Justice and Social Change, Maureen Madeleine Callahan

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Comparison of General Population vs. U.S. Military Veterans Eating Disorder Prevalence, Micah Callahan

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The Sanitary Lens: A Study of 19th Century Public Health in British Colonial India and Australia, Josephine Cannistra

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Truth or Consequences: Academic Instruction Librarians as Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Activists, Laureen P. Cantwell-Jurkovic and Heather F. Ball

Master of Public Health Curricula: Deconstructing Our Tools and Desire for Mastery, Alana Carrasco

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Using Queer of Color Theory to Analyze Latinidad, Maria I. Castro-Mendoza

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Back to Nature: Marie Antionette and the Cottagecore Fantasy, Rose Caughie

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Sartorial Representations of Trans Men in the Post-Frontier West: A Case Study in Gender, Class, and Concepts of Societal Degeneration, Rose Caughie

(Un)weighted Assumptions: Anti-Fatness & Health, Kieran Chase, Nell Carpenter, and Madysen Schreiber

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Local Voices: Counterstorytelling and Retention of Faculty of Color in Oregon's Community College System, Kristin Christophersen

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Menstruation Products and Perceptions: Breaking Through the Crimson Ceiling, Ava Colleran

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Economic Analysis of Population-Based Next Generation Sequencing for Breast Cancer, Sapphire Curelaru

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Improving Peer-to-Peer Learning for Students with Extensive Support Needs in Inclusive Classrooms, Zachary Michael Deets

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The House Full of Otters: Recalling Human–Sea Otter Relationships on an Indigenous Oregon Coast, Douglas Deur, Peter Hatch, and Hannah Wellman

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Who Puts the "Support" in Supportive Housing? The Impact of Housing Staff on Resident's Well-Being, and the Potential Moderating Role of Self-Determination, Kenna Estell Dickard

Mental Health Inequity Found in Asian American College Students, Anne Dungalen

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Impact of Industrial Disasters on the Mental Health of Vietnamese Americans on the Gulf Coast, Vivian L. Duong

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Trans Futures in the Present Moment, Willow Grace Eckmayer

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Nationalist and Non-nationalist Christianity in the United States, Aaron Epperson

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Contemporary Library Censorship Tactics: Reviewing the Literature, Lex Faller

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An Equity Framework to Engage Community College Preservice Teachers in Black Liberatory Practices, Denise Farrelly, Joanna Maulbeck, and Laura Scheiber

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Discrimination and Perceived Cultural Mismatch Increase Status-Based Identity Uncertainty, Sierra H. Feasel, Tessa L. Dover, Payton Small, and Brenda Major

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Latinx Students Higher Educational Trajectory Post COVID, Jonathan Felix-Martinez

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The Past, Present, and Future of the Latino Paradox, Sheila Flores

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Homelessness, Water Access, and Environmental Justice in an Urban Environment, Alicia Gamble

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Use of the MSJCC: A Content Analysis of ACA Journals, Alexandra Gantt-Howrey, Alexander Becnel, Yun Shi, and Jared Lau

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Understanding the Experiences of Latino Medical Students in a Learning Medical Environment, Leslie García

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Rush: Volume One, Section One: Super Tuesday, Ruben Angel Gil-Herrera

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How Latino Anti-Blackness Upholds Racism In The United States: A Counterstory Book Review Of Tanya Katerí Hernández’s Racial Innocence, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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"It Snows Year-Round Here": A Counterstory about Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx Students’ Experiences with Racism at a Predominantly White University in the Northeast, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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“Let Knowledge Serve the City” *Restrictions Apply, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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Review of the book Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality, by T. K. Hernández, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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“Universities ain’t what they seem like on TV” A Critical Race Counterstory as a Literature Review about Students of Color in Higher Education, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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“Why You Always So Political?”: A Counterstory About Educational-Environmental Racism at a Predominantly White University, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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Why you always so political?: The Experiences and Resiliencies of Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx Students in Higher Education, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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Participatory Mapping of Tree Equity, Preferences, and Environmental Justice in Portland, OR, Katharine Vezin Gregory

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Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM), Joachim Griesbaum, Stefan Dreisiebner, Thomas P. Mackey, Trudi E. Jacobson, Tessy Thadathil, Subarna Bhattacharya, and Emina Adilović

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Gender Violence Or Tradition?: Media Coverage Of Child/Forced Marriage In US Newspapers, Manjusha Gupte and Sundari Anitha

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Exploring the Impact of Interpersonal Trust on Health Outcomes in Rapidly Gentrifying Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, Julie T. Ha

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Exploring the Role of Information Literacy Instruction in Student Co-Creation of Community-Based Research Products, Robyn Hall

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Re-imagining Mandatory Reporting: Professionalization's Complicity, Sam Harrell and Stephanie Wahab

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Shame and Silencing of Amejo in Okinawa: Examining Gendered and Militarized Violence, Katie Hashimoto

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Cultic Studies Cultivate Libertory Language, Todd Heckathorn

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Impacts of Successive Drug Legislation Shifts: Qualitative Observations from Oregon Law Enforcement [Interim Report: Year One], Kelsey S. Henderson, Christopher M. Campbell, and Brian Renauer

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Key Points in Preparation for Oregon Legislative Session (2024): Examining the Multifaceted Impacts of Drug Decriminalization on Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Prosecutorial Discretion, Kelsey S. Henderson, Christopher Campbell, and Brian Renauer

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Creating a Resilient Regional Food System, Megan Horst, Meg Grzybowski, Carol Chang, Sonja McCormick, Malcolm Shabazz Hoover, Michelle Week, Kimberly Zueli, Stephanie Clark Haynes, Gloria Lee, and Jacobsen Valentine

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Perspectives from Frontline Organizations in the Portland Metro Region On Addressing Food Insecurity During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Horst, Meg Grzybowski, and Huijun Tan

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"Suited to the Wants of the Country": Historical Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver Sutler's Store, Vancouver, Washington, Kaitlyn Nicole Hosken

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Indigenous Water Justice: Theory, Gaps, and Opportunities for Application, Ruby Howard

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Cultivating Joy: Play, Rest, and Connection in Regenerative Cycles, Tim D. Howe

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Left on "Read" and All Alone: Instigated Cyber Incivility, Shame, and Experienced Ostracism at Work, Alison Lucia Hunt

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Developing a Framework for Holistic, Anti-Racist Perinatal Care with Roberta Hunte, Roberta S. Hunte

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Racial Politics in the Contemporary Prison Society: the Importance of Race and Ethnicity to Prison Social Organization, Arynn A. Infante, Stephanie J. Morse, Chantal Fahmy, and Kevin A. Wright

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Becoming an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Thriving Institution, Betty Izumi, Michelle Lee, Toeutu Faaleava, Christian Aniciete, and Taliilagi Aumavae

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Client-reported quality of in-facility medication abortion compared with pharmacy-based self-managed abortion in Bangladesh, Laura E. Jacobson MPH, Sarah E. Baum, Erin Pearson, Rezwana Chowdhury, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Julia Goodman, Caitlin Gerdts, and Blair Darney

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Expanding on the Solutions to Reduce Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Morbidity and Mortality for Extremely Premature Infants—Looking Out the Hospital Window and Into the Neighborhoods, Christina Jäderholm and Lynne C. Messer

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Hegemonization of Whiteness in the LatinX Community, Ava N. Jakubowski

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Mejorando La Raza (Improving The Race) Through Mestizaje: The Pedagogy of Anti-Blackness in Ecuador, Ethan Johnson

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Model Minority Myth and Oral Health Disparities in Asian Americans of Multnomah County in Oregon, Taylor Kang

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Modern Slavery as a Product of Transnational Corporate Supply Chains: An Ecofeminist Evaluation of Systems to Address the Linkage Between Modern Slavery, Climate Change, and Gender Injustice, Miranda Kanter

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Player Character Conflict in Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Makenzie Kellar

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Examining the Motives Behind Performative Allyship, Salena Keys-Kukoricza

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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Anxiety and the Protective Role of Mindfulness Among BIPOC Adults, Salena D. Keys-Kukoricza

The Autistic Student Equity Initiative (AuSEI): a multilevel program to improve the experiences of autistic students at Oregon Health & Science University, Zoë S. Kim-Maskell