The Americans Already Suffering Most From the Fall of Roe
Aug 11, 2022
SSRI cofund and CSA Director Guangqing Chi and Jessica Miller wrote this opinion peice for The Slate on limiting access to abortion increases social inequality and puts disproportionate burdens on women of lower income and minorities. Read more here.
Faculty receive SSRI funds to explore students’ participation
Nov 22, 2021
The Flemming CEED Center faculty members and faculty members from Penn State recently received funding from the Penn State Social Science Research Institute’s (SSRI) "Reducing Social Disparities" initiative. The research team was awarded a grant for the project titled "An Investigation of Factors…News Topics: Social JusticeRacial Disparities
Why Social Science? Because It Can Help Fight Stereotypes in the World of Science
Jan 3, 2021
By Kellina Craig-Henderson, PhD, Deputy Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation The insidious negative effects of racist stereotypes on African Americans’ academic performance was described in The Atlantic in 1999 by former National…News Topics: Social JusticeSocial Science
New resources available for underrepresented, marginalized faculty members
Sep 28, 2020
New support for faculty members from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority backgrounds and other marginalized identities has been launched to provide multiple career advancement resources for faculty, as well as academic leaders interested in supplementing efforts to build a more inclusive…News Topics: Social Justice
Dean's Lecture Series to focus on impact of racism and discrimination on health
Sep 17, 2020
The Penn State College of Health and Human Development's fall 2020 Dean's Lecture Series will focus on the impact of structural racism on human health, development and well-being. The first lecture in this iteration of the Dean’s Lecture Series, "The Impact of Structural Racism and Racial…
Impacts of the coronavirus on social justice
Sep 16, 2020
Although disparities in resource distribution have always run deep across our communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and further exacerbated these inequities. Rates of infection are higher in lower income and more populated areas, increasing the contagion risk. The current crisis is a giant…
Working together for global good: Penn State, Oxfam join forces
Jul 11, 2018
Developing lasting solutions to the problems of poverty, hunger and social injustice is the cornerstone of a new partnership between Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and Oxfam America, the U.S. affiliate of Oxfam, the global organization working to end the injustice of poverty in 90…