Black Americans Have a Clear Vision for Reducing Racism but Little Hope It Will Happen

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand the nuances among Black people on issues of racial inequality and social change in the United States. This in-depth survey explores differences among Black Americans in their views on the social status of the Black population in the U.S.; their assessments of racial inequality; their visions for institutional and social change; and their outlook on the chances that these improvements will be made. The analysis is the latest in the Center's series of in-depth surveys of public opinion among Black Americans (read the first, "Faith Among Black Americans" and "Race Is Central to Identity for Black Americans and Affects How They Connect With Each Other").The online survey of 3,912 Black U.S. adults was conducted Oct. 4-17, 2021. Black U.S. adults include those who are single-race, non-Hispanic Black Americans; multiracial non-Hispanic Black Americans; and adults who indicate they are Black and Hispanic. The survey includes 1,025 Black adults on Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel (ATP) and 2,887 Black adults on Ipsos' KnowledgePanel. Respondents on both panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses.Recruiting panelists by phone or mail ensures that nearly all U.S. Black adults have a chance of selection. This gives us confidence that any sample can represent the whole population (see our Methods 101 explainer on random sampling).

Visible But Out of Place: Black Women and Gender in Assessments of African American Inequality

In my dissertation, I analyze the ways that leaders of African American social justice organizations use gendered collective action frames in their efforts to interpret and present solutions for social problems that affect African Americans. Previous research has featured pop culture examples and controversial cases-in-point to argue that African American political discourse reflects a male bias that erases the social, economic, and political interests of women of color. In a departure from this approach, my methodology features surveys and semi-structured interviews with 45 leaders of African American social justice organizations, which are theoretically grounded in the work of social scientists that advance empirical intersectional frameworks for studying the existence of male bias and the prioritization of advocacy issues. Findings indicate that black women's intersectional experiences are visible to and clearly articulated by organization leaders, but are used by them as evidence of their gender role non-conformity. Leaders cite this non-conformity as one of the primary causes underlying African American social problem

Amid national reckoning, Americans divided on whether increased focus on race will lead to major policy change

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand Americans’ outlook on racial equality amid increased attention to this issue following George Floyd’s death and explore whether attitudes have changed since 2019. For this analysis, we surveyed 10,093 U.S. adults from Sept. 8 to 13, 2020

Creating Digital Engagement with The Special Collections of the Museum of Design and Applied Art

The Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) Worcester Polytechnic Institute provides a unique experience where we get to work on a team to complete a social science project with real world impact. For our IQP project we worked with Hönnunarsafn Íslands, the Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Arts. Overall, the museum is rather small and has a limited staff, which makes planning new exhibits and managing the collections quite difficult. The museum was looking for a way to digitally represent more items from their collection in storage for their upcoming exhibit about home. Having better access to the storage through technology would allow the museum to optimize their space, minimize the amount of manual labor for the staff, and it would allow patrons to explore the full scope of Icelandic design the museum has to offer. While working with the museum, we conducted research concerning the integration of technology in the museum and the best ways to engage an audience with their collections. Our methods to conduct our research and to gather data were mainly field observations and interviews. Our observations showed that all of the museums visited had some sort of digital component. Each component served a purpose, either for engaging the audience or to better utilize the available space. This data helped guide our decisions regarding the recommendations for our deliverables. The interviews provided information on how other museum experts have dealt with the same issues that our museum was facing, more details on the specific pieces that were going to be displayed, and overall personal opinions based on experience. This data provided further context that could be used for our deliverable, a few recommendations for the museum to expand their collection using technology. We provided the museum with prototypes for two holographic displays, as well as near field communication tags (NFC tags). We also recommended the utilization of VR equipment and provided contacts for achieving this