Brianna Villaverde, a 2019-2020 undergraduate researcher working with the Research Justice Shop, shared this infographic with participants of the Research Justice Workshop series’ workshop 8: Producing and communicating knowledge in community-based research. This infographic provided workshop participants with an additional example of how research findings were synthesized and visualized to share back with the communities […]

Invisibility… Imagine being able to sneak about, completely unseen. For kids — and even some adult introverts — invisibility seems like a cool superpower. Spy on your friends; startle your parents; never be marked “tardy” in class again… But, in the wrong hands, this superpower has hidden sinister qualities. Invisibility turns harmful air pollutants into […]

The community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach is centered on being inclusive of community partners in the research process, in the effort to prevent or shift the imbalance of power between researchers and community members (Israel et al. 2010).  It promotes community trust, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness through power-sharing, investment in community capacity, advocacy, and policy change […]