Founded in 2018, the Initiative for Race Research and Justice (RRJ) is a growing initiative housed within the Department of Teaching and Learning. The goal of RRJ is to centralize and bring together research and researchers focused on race inside and outside the field of education. RRJ has an overt emphasis on studying and impacting practices and policies toward racial justice. RRJ’s work is organized around three main focal areas: (1) conducting high quality research on race; (2) using new and expanded knowledge to improve practices, policies, society and the overall human condition; and (3) sharing and disseminating knowledge, resources and tools in collaboration with communities, organizations and institutions for racial justice.

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.