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 2023

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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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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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Untethered, Hannah Crabtree-Eads

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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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Motivation to Collaborate: A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Service Providers on an Alternative First Response Program, Desiree' J. DuBoise

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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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

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The Experiences of Black Women Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care, Nakeshia Knight-Coyle

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Extreme Heat Vulnerability among Older Adults: A Multi-level Risk Index for Portland, Oregon, Jacklyn N. Kohon, Katsuya Tanaka, Dani Himes, Paula Carder, Eiji Toda, and Bryant Carlson

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The Invisible Slaughter: Local Sea Otter Hunters on the Oregon Coast, Cameron La Follette, Richard Ravalli, Peter Hatch, Douglas Deur, and Ryan Tucker Jones

Knowledge of Medicaid Expansion to Recent and Undocumented Immigrants Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos, Nancy Ledezma

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"It's Not the Same Anymore" (2023): A Reflection on the Creative Process Behind My Queer Coming-of-Age Short Film, Olivia Lee

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A Guaranteed Income Intervention to Improve the Health and Financial well-being of low-income black emerging adults: study protocol for the Black Economic Equity Movement randomized controlled crossover trial, Sheri A. Lippman, Margaret Libby, Michelle K. Nakphong, Abigail Arons, Monica Balanoff, Rain Mocello, Emily A. Arnold, Starley B. Shade, Marguerita Lightfoot, and multiple additional authors

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Voices on Craft, Chemistry, & Computing, Marie Lo, Tami Lasseter Clare, and Ameeta Agrawal

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Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Peoples' Views on Masculinity: A Literature Review & Meta Analysis, Alyx Loney

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Centering Communities of Color in the Modernization of a Public Health Survey System: Lessons from Oregon, Daniel F. López-Cevallos, Kusuma Madamala, Mira Mohsini, Andres Lopez, Roberta Hunte, Ryan Petteway, and Tim Holbert

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Unequal Realities and Racialized Geographies: Men of Color Biking in Portland, Amy Lubitow, Ethan Johnson, and Victor V. Pierce Jr.

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LEED Buildings and Green Gentrification: Portland as a Case Study, Jordan Macintosh

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Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use Among Young Women in Ghana: A Mixed-Methods Study Design, Adjoa N. Manu

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Dinesen’s Diana: The Transformative Power of Symbols in Ehrengard, Aishwarya A. Marathe

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Care Remittances: Farmworkers' Political Knowledge and Hemispheric Information Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jennifer Martinez-Medina

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Reconceptualizing the Interaction Between ADHD Symptoms and Environmental Context, Oliver G. McFadden

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Climate Change Proposal: Coupling Equity and Scientific Rigor in Facing Global Warming, Rebecca McNicholas

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Race/ism in Field Education: Narratives of BIPOC Field Instructors, Gita Mehrotra, Anita Gooding, and Olivia K. Bormann

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Exploring the intersections of LGBTQ experience and social work education: a scoping review, Gita Mehrotra, Kimberly D. Hudson, and Eli Hess

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“Tradish-ish”: Call Me By My Name: The Language of Calls for Native Artists, Jessica Mehta

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Think Out Loud: Portland State Expert Says Gov. Tina Kotek’s Housing Plan is a Good First Step, but She’ll Need Help, Dave Miller and Marisa Zapata

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A Queer Analysis, Elizabeth M. Munk

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Educational Myths of an American Empire: Colonial Narratives and The Meriam Report, Madhu Narayanan

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#BlackatCMO: Challenging Charter Schools Through Youth Instagram Counterstories, Madhu Narayanan and Matthew McCluskey

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Migration Integration Policies as Social Determinants of health for highly educated immigrants in the United States, Mitra Naseh, Yingying Zeng, Ian Sutherland, Abha Rai, and Hyunwoo Yoon

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Strategies to Address Homelessness at Airports, National Academies of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program, Damon Fordham, Juliana Urrego, Mia Stephens, Carrie Miller, Bridget Smith, Marisa Zapata, John MacArthur, Anna Rockhill, Jacen Greene, Samantha Batko, Lynden Bond, Abigail Williams, Mark Crosby, and Dennis Culhane

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People and Power: Person-First Language Usage and the Criminal Justice System, Casey E. Orr

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Earthbound in the Anthropocene: Spirituality, Collective Identity, and Participation in the Direct Action Climate Movement, David Alan Osborn

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An Exploration of the Relationship Between Disability Status Disclosure, Accommodation Use, and Student Success: Curricular and Co-Curricular Implications, Kaela Marie Parks

Association of Patient-Provider Language Concordance with Healthcare Comprehension Among Latino/as in Oregon, Grace Parra

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The Association of Patient-Provider Language Concordance with Healthcare Comprehension Among Latino/as in Oregon, Grace Parra

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Oregon Tribal Land & County Population Projections by Race & Ethnicity, Population Research Center, Portland State University; Neal Marquez; Ethan Sharygin; Deborah Loftus; Huda Alkitkat; Gilbert Montcho; David Swanson; and Joshua Wilde

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Does Structural Racism Influence How Black/African Americans Define Memory Loss and Cognitive Impairment? An Africana Phenomenological Study, Andre Pruitt

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Critical Analysis of Anti-Asian Hate in the News, Benardo Douglas Relampagos

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A Graph Theory Approach for Public Transit Connectivity in New York City, Francisco Rodriguez and Jhosseline Zhunio

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Love Letters for Liberatory Futures, Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, Roberta Hunte, Lakindra Mitchell Dove, Antonia R.G. Alvarez, Alma M. O. Trinidad, and Gita Mehrotra

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Why Stanford Law Students Were Right to Protest, Jennifer Ruth

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Taking a Heavier Toll? Racial Differences in the Effects of Workplace Mistreatment on Depression, Ji Woon Ryu, Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, and Ernest H. O'Boyle