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Download  An Intersectional Examination of Implicit Bias in Ohio School Discipline Disparities By Robin A. Wright Using publicly available data from the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Interactive Local Report Card, this report builds on the 2014 analysis by examining discipline disparities at the intersection of both race and sex.

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Civic engagement is more than just a set of practices; it is also a set of conditions. The civic engagement environment is not only informed by what we practice, but by how we are positioned in our communities. This environment exists in the interconnection of our community and individual lives. How we practice civic engagement is tied to our access to resources and opportunities, which is dependent upon the (perceived and intended) motivations behind issue-specific public engagements.

Dr. Maurice Stevens, a Senior Faculty Research Advisor at The Kirwan Institute, has been awarded the 2016 Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award from The Ohio State University. The Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Awards recognize individuals or groups who have demonstrated a significant commitment to enhancing diversity at Ohio State and to exceeding expectations in implementing the Diversity Action Plan.

The Kirwan Institute, in partnership with OSU Extension, Franklin County, United Way of Central Ohio, Columbus Public Health, PACT and Columbus Early Learning Centers, has been awarded the OSU Cares Seed Grant to support an upcoming project focused on Columbus’ Near East Side. The project will expand on United Way’s place-based leadership academy, piloted on the South Side last year which aimed to provide space for residents to build skills for impacting neighborhood revitalization.

In partnership with the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, The Kirwan Institute facilitated implicit bias trainings for more than 700 people in the Kansas City, MO metropolitan area in late April.  In a series of eight events including workshops and presentations that spanned four days, Robin A. Wright, MPA and Maurice Stevens, Ph.D.

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Download Creating a baseline typology to guide investment (preliminary findings).

 Share your voice, be a part of the conversation & our research Gender Norms are the popular and conventional ideas most people have about what it means to ‘act like’ a man or a woman. We tend to learn them from our experiences in the family, peer groups, churches, schools, movies, magazines, and the internet, for example. They come to be taken for granted or thought of as ‘natural’ and ‘just the way things are.’ Gender Norms tend to be narrow and limit the range of possibilities for gender expression.

By Philip J. Mazzocco, Kirwan Institute Faculty FellowAssociate Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University Mansfield

By Philip J. Mazzocco, Kirwan Institute Faculty FellowAssociate Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University Mansfield

With the focus of sharing our research and resource materials with our national partners and those interested in topics such as implicit bias, fair housing, opportunity mapping, and structural radicalization, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity has expanded its social media network to Pinterest.

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Download The Kirwan Institute began publishing its annual State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review in early 2013. We are very excited to release this third issue as a part of our continued commitment to help deepen public awareness of brain science work underway at universities and colleges across the country about hidden biases that can shape our judgments and decision-making without our conscious awareness.