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Partners

Listed below are organizations and individuals that are collaborating on, partnering with, advising and supporting the work of the Kirwan Institute:

Faculty Oversight Committee

The Kirwan Institute Faculty Oversight Committee (FOC) provides advice and counsel to the Institute on matters regarding the development and implementation of Institute policies, programs, and activities. Currently, the FOC consists of the following Ohio State University faculty and administrators:

  • Paul Beck, Ph.D., Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Kevin Cox, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography
  • Sharon Davies, J.D., Professor, Moritz College of Law
  • Kenneth Goings, Ph.D., Chair, Department of African American & African Studies
  • Kathy Northern, J.D., Associate Dean & Associate Professor, Moritz College of Law
  • Ruth Peterson, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice Research Center
  • John Roberts, Ph.D., Dean, College of Humanities
  • Vincene Verdun, J.D., Associate Professor, Moritz College of Law
  • Judy Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History (currently on leave)
  • Ruby Tapia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Studies

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Funders

  • Ford Foundation
  • Annie E Casey Foundation
  • CS Mott Foundation
  • Kellogg Foundation
  • Public Interest Projects- Fulfilling the Dream Fund
  • The Columbus Foundation
  • Democracy Alliance
  • TIDES Foundation
  • 21st Century Foundation
  • Open Society Institute
  • The President’s Council
  • Individual donors

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Faculty Affiliate

Creating alliances with OSU faculty is critical to Kirwan’s success in accomplishing this goal. Because the nature of an interdisciplinary research institute requires diverse frameworks and approaches, the Institute is excited to draw on the wide-ranging research and scholarship of OSU faculty to help forward its mission. We envision faculty members from a broad range of perspectives—from theater and dance to biology—sharing their ideas and research on issues related to race, ethnicity, and social justice. Through our Faculty Affiliate Program, we hope to develop collaborative and meaningful relationships with which to share: knowledge, research and resources. The Kirwan Institute has created a database of organizations, institutes, and centers that are working in the areas of race, ethnicity, poverty, and social justice, for those seeking information about these subjects. Faculty affiliates will have access to this and other databases that are developed at the Institute. Affiliate members will also be able to share their expertise with an array of researchers and scholars at the Institute on a variety of issues concerning race and ethnicity. The Institute may also offer the services of GIS experts to affiliated faculty members whose research and interests are closely aligned with current Kirwan projects.

The Kirwan Institute firmly believes that affiliate members will serve an important role in helping the Institute sustain and advance its mission. All affiliated faculty are asked to commit to the following activity:

  • Participate in at least one Kirwan event each year.
  • Mentor a junior faculty, post-doctoral student, or research associate/assistant for one year (at least six hours per academic term) in an area consistent with the Kirwan mission.
  • Present a relevant aspect of their work to Kirwan staff or share a written piece of their work to be placed in the Kirwan newsletter or on the Kirwan website.
  • For more information about the faculty affiliate program, please contact Ming Trammel at trammel.2@osu.edu.

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Senior Faculty Fellows

The Kirwan Institute Senior Faculty Fellows Program is intended to capture the insight and intellectual energy of senior faculty at OSU. The principal goals of this program are as follows:

  • Advance the research and scholarship on race, ethnicity and relevant intersections.
  • Support research and scholarship projects that enhance the ongoing work of the Kirwan Institute.
  • Create and energize collaborations that will continue beyond the fellowship experience.
  • Stimulate cross-disciplinary research and scholarship at the University.
  • Provide short-term opportunities for senior faculty to engage in research with full or partial relief from the added responsibility of teaching.
  • Support faculty in developing new pedagogy around race, ethnicity and social justice.
  • Expose OSU faculty and the Kirwan Institute staff to new areas of research and scholarship.
  • Build a cadre of senior faculty who can serve in an advisory capacity (either formally or informally) with the Institute on research and scholarship.

As of October 2007, two Faculty Fellows have been named:

  • Sharon Davies, Professor, Moritz College of Law
  • Charles Hancock, Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Urban, International/Global Affairs, College of Education and Human Ecology

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Associated Web Sites

Race/Ethnicity Journal web site: This website provides information about Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, the Institute’s peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. The site includes calls for papers, peer reviewer information, information about the journal’s editorial staff, and information for subscribing to the journal. The journal web site can be accessed on-line at: http://www.raceethnicity.org/

Kirwan Institute Blog: In a continuing effort to stimulate and sustain dialogue around salient issues, the Kirwan Institute launched a new blog in March of 2007. The blog is devoted to issues of race, ethnicity, social hierarchy, democratic principles and other intersections of social justice. Periodically, new discussion pieces are posted on the blog and all audiences are invited to respond. The blog address is: http://kirwaninstitute.blogspot.com/

The Kirwan Institute partnered with the Center for Social Inclusion on the Diversity Advancement Project in an effort to engage the public on the importance of diversity. Information provided on this website includes: project information and partners, project activities, links to project reports, research resources, bibliography, and tools for the field (publications, talking points, and strategy papers). The site is available on-line at: http://www.diversityadvancementproject.org/

The Structural Racism Caucus (SRC) was created by the Kirwan Institute along with several co-sponsors including Applied Research Center, The Aspen Institute: Roundtable on Community Change, the Center for Social Inclusion, Institute on Race and Poverty, and Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity. Information available on this site includes: SRC’s mission, methodology, and perspective; selected publications by co-sponsoring organization (reports, presentations, articles, or bibliographic annotations); events calendar; press releases, and links to other resources. The site is under construction and some of the information is not available at this time. The site can be accessed at: http://www.structuralracism.org/

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