How to Embed Equity in Your Research, Despite the Backlash
The current political moment makes equity-grounded research harder. But that’s precisely the reason we need to keep doing it.
Crystal C. Hall is a professor of public policy and governance and adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Washington. Her research pursues the integration of psychology into the design and implementation of social policy and she is the co-author of the recent book Antiracist by Design: Reimagining Applied Behavioral Science. She has collaborated with government agencies at the local, state, and federal level—including having served on the Federal Office of Evaluation Sciences and the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team.
The current political moment makes equity-grounded research harder. But that’s precisely the reason we need to keep doing it.
For too long, the field has confused its limitations with powerlessness.