The Research Justice Shop (RJS) was founded to transform research practices to be more inclusive by facilitating equitable collaboration between the university and the communities most impacted by our collective social and environmental problems. RJS does this, in part, by teaching and training Community-based Research (CBR), a practice of collaborative research with the people experiencing […]
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Bridging the Gap: The Benefits of Scientific communication for Scientists and Society by Mulatwa Haile
Science and society have a symbiotic relationship. Approximately 50% of scientific research is funded by and dependent on taxpayer money (1,2) and society benefits from scientific discoveries that push forward the frontiers of knowledge. That said, the benefits of scientific discoveries are not as apparent or quantitative as the taxpayer money that funds it. Therefore, […]
Hispanic Serving Institutions and Community Based Research: How the Research Justice Shop is bridging the gap between scholarship and communities by Marilyn Garcia
Hispanic Serving Institutions The University of California, Irvine (UCI) received the Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation in 2016. The HSI is a federal designation that can be obtained when an institution’s Latinx student body makes up a minimum of 25% of the undergraduate student population. Once an institution obtains the HSI designation, they are eligible […]
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