Our Research
IARA identifies effective strategies for advancing racial equity, from policymaking to organizational change and community-led organizing.
Explore IARA’s research by topic
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Health Equity
Our work equips healthcare leaders with evidence-based recommendations for institutional change. Each project aims to repair historic harms and reduce racial inequities through practical, context-specific policy solutions.
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Bias Education
The Bias Ed Project seeks to inspire parents, teachers, and school leaders to disrupt racism, sexism, xenophobia, and other pernicious and harmful biases in early childhood education and curricula.
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Race, Research & Policy Portal
The Race, Research & Policy Portal (RRAPP) is a free online collection of easy-to-read research summaries. It features the latest articles on diversity, racial equity, and organizational change across sectors.
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Global Processes of Justice, Truth–Telling and Healing
IARA is conducting a three-year project, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to survey international examples of truth-telling, justice, and healing efforts, including truth commissions, tribunals, and community-based programs.
Recent News
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Trump Tries to Erase Black History With His Attack on the Smithsonian
In this op-ed in USA Today, Professor Muhammad assesses how Trump betrays the legacy of those who helped this nation reckon with its past.
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Letter to our community
Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad announces the IARA Project will move to Princeton University at the beginning of 2025, in this reflective year-end letter.
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‘The writing was on the wall’
Five insights on race, class, and gender in the 2024 presidential election from Professors Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Leah Wright Rigueur